Fabian is entering the world of book reading

Last week, Fabian figured out how to climb on to our armchair. Since then, it has become one of his favourite places. He does two things in the armchair: read a book (as in the photos) or jumb up and down. When he wants to read a book, the first thing he does is put the book on the seat. Then he follows. Because it's quite an effort for him to get up the chair, he usually lands with his bottom right on the book. Which then means he has to drag it out from underneath his bum. Another big effort! Once he's managed to do all this, he's happy to read for a while and recover from the exercise. Not for too long though, and he's up on his feet again, turning his reading place into a bouncy chair.

What surprises me most in all this is that Fabian has chosen the chair for his reading. We never sit in it, we always sit on the floor when reading and so far, Fabian has always modelled us. But he clearly isn't too impressed by our carpet reading and he's probably wondering why on earth his parents put two lovely armchairs in their room when they never use them!

Uta