January 25, 2010 – 2:09 pm
I have come to the conclusion that Oliver is teething. For the last few days he’s been not eating real food, ‘fussy’ for Oliver, doesn’t want to sleep, needs to be around one of us, poopy, drooly, and alittle warmer than average. I still question if we’ll ever sleep through the night again and start eating real food. I know that’s short sighted. I like his gummy smile, I know he’ll be just as cute with some teeth-it just means he’s growing up. He’s tall, small, mobile, some days I can see the toddler version of him and other days he’s still this babbling baby.
A moment Jon and I both love is when we’re holding him when he’s sleepy and give him his binky, he collapses on our shoulder as if he’s a puppet and his strings were cut.
January 15, 2010 – 11:10 pm
Before we left for Christmas, Linda the daycare provider, said, “All I want for Christmas is for Oliver to be a good eater.” We focused on it, and by the end of the week I think he finally equated food with a filled belly. We came back home and apparently regressed at daycare. Linda said Oliver is the most difficult eater she’s ever had in all of her 22 years. I’m alittle concerned that O is too small and have a need to bulk him up. As soon as I feel like we have some weight on him he grows taller and stays the same weight. After a few days of stressing out over it I decided to relax. He’s getting the best food he can right now, breast milk. He won’t starve himself. He really likes his puffs and yogurt things. Tonight we ate roasted potatoes and he loved it. He started clapping in the middle of eating. I’m going to introduce more chunky foods to see how he does…sweet potato, carrot, potato. I’m also going to make some meatballs. All of this food I feed comfortable eating with him instead of this gross baby food jars. I’ve also made carrots and an apple pear mix…both of which are very tasty and fresh.
Side note: tonight he stood up on his own for a few seconds. he’s standing with less and less support.
January 6, 2010 – 4:42 pm
The biggest event that happened this past month is our Christmas trip to Baltimore. Oliver is a better traveler than Jon or I. He was charming, engaging and slept through the night most of the nights. He definately filled The Sandrucks home with noises and excitement. Nicole and Kevin brough their 1 yr old puppy, Bella with them and by the end of the trip I think Bella and baby forged a very nice friendship. Oliver got to meet the alot of the Croney side, including his great grand mom who had a huge smile and made the universal “awww” when she saw Oliver. Oliver, still stuck in his carseat returned the smile and it was a very sweet exchange. Mom mom also took much interest in Jon and thought he was very handsome and asked how he ‘found his wife.’
Oliver had his first go at a sippy cup, but much prefers a real cup because he can spit in it and put his hands in it. Sometimes I question why I let him do stuff. He is getting much better at eating and I think has realized that the food can actually has a purpose other than playing with it on his tongue. He’s fascinated with puffs and is starting to swallow them instead of spitting them out once they get soft. I’m ready for him to grasp the concept of eating. It’s hard for me to comprehend that he’s going to learn how to do this on his own.
He’s mastered crawling has has picked up a new style of crawling where he uses his right foot instead of his knee, and still crawls on his left knee. He loves standing, being naked and still in love with his binkie which has been named Reggie.
I loved watching Oliver get new toys for christmas and how he explored them. He likes things he can bang and make noise with. The ‘toy’ that gets his attention the most these days is his hair brush. It keeps him still through an entire diaper and clothing change. Maybe I should switch it out of a toothbrush?
Ohh, Oliver waved for the first time to another baby. We hadn’t been working on waving so this was a nice surprise. He’s done it a few times since then but he won’t do it when asked. He’s developing his language skills and changes the shape of his tongue while babbling, he also likes to ‘cough’ and ‘clear his throat’ (Both Jon and I have had a cough lately, he’s picking up those noises and coughs then smiles at us. He thinks its really funny too when Jon blows his nose.) He also enjoys growling. We’ve been told he’s very vocal.
Happy Eight Month Birthday!
January 6, 2010 – 4:27 pm
(This is a month delayed, had to add it before I add the 8 month update)
So, Oliver is seven months old.
In the past month Oliver has moved, has a cozy room with updated electrical and cute curtains. He is back to sleeping through the night. He sleeps with a humidifier and LOVES his glow worm. His face lights up almost as bright as the glow work when we turn it on for him. He’s not as excited for the glow sea horse because just his belly lights up.
Oliver has added bananas, sweet potatoes and pears to his diet. He also takes great delight in teething buscuits. He’ll put it in his mouth, take it out and move it between his fingers looking at it and then back to mouth. This is repeated until a goopy mess is all over his hands, face, my pants and sleeves.
He is crawling with speed that I constantly underestimate. He finds us throughout the house. He use to stay on the rug or close by to the rug, definately stay within the same room. Now he’s exploring. He also stands easily and gets up on his feet quickly. He’ll take a few steps down the couch but usually can entertain himself by eating the couch.
We went through a rough few weeks of sleeping at mom and dads during the move, he also had a yucky cold and he also would wake up hungry like the wolf. I think we all wondered if he ‘outgrew’ his good sleep habits. But, so far they have returned and he is a happier baby sleeping through the night. It appears that he’s on a schedule of napping around 10am and again at 2 and going to bed from 7-7. We’re some lucky ducks.
I think he’s teething and he has decided to sometimes only take food from the bottle. I’m not sure what’s going on but everyday and week we get by still on breast milk is a day and week that I am happy.
December 14, 2009 – 12:59 pm
Our boy is really cute and fun, and he’s starting to form real preferences. For example, he really like Pears. He likes Bananas just fine, and sweet potatoes a little less…but he REALLY likes Pears and gets very excited when he eats them. Watch the video linked below.
Oliver Likes Pears