Yet another month has passed in our house. This month not only marks eight months since Oliver's arrival but also triggers my eight week count down to returning to work from my maternity leave (I'm heading back two months early)...gulp.
It has been an incredibly fast eight months but I will look back on these past months with so many fond memories. Oliver continues to be an amazing little man who brightens each day with his incredible smile and easy going personality.
This month Oliver has:
- Grown and gained weight: We won't have Oliver's official eight month weight / length measurements until June 13 but I am quite confident Oliver will tip the scales at over 20 lbs.
- Begun to sit unassisted: On May 27 Oliver decided it was time to change his vantage point and began to sit unassisted! He is quite proud of himself and really enjoys being able to play upright vs on his back or front
- Said so long to his bath support seat: This past week we threw away Oliver's bath support seat. Now that he sits unassisted he prefers to play in the bath that way as well.
- Sprouted his first tooth: On Friday June 1 I noticed Oliver was fascinated with pulling his lips into his mouth and biting on them so I decided to explore his gums to see what was happening in his mouth...much to my surprise I felt his first tooth poking through. (bottom right front tooth) It is still very small but means we no longer have any toothless children in our house....oh how I'll miss those "toothless grins"....sniff sniff
- Moved from pureed food to small chunks of real people food: Oliver is now eating the same meals that we eat in our house. We have officially said good-bye to baby food purees and hello to small chunks of whatever food we're eating. So far he has enjoyed Rice Krispies cereal, turkey meat, cheddar cheese, yogurt, peanut butter, hummus and pita, mushroom pizza, pesto pasta, steak, green beans, broccoli, french stick bread, brie cheese with fig sauce, peanut butter toast and chicken - in addition to all the other food we've introduced over the past four months - - so long baby food!
- Wished GG's a happy 90 birthday: On May 19 we all gathered to honour "GG" as she celebrated her 90th birthday...if only we can all be so lucky!
- Celebrated his baptism: Oliver was baptised on June 2 at St. Anselm's Catholic Church
- Become more mobile: Oliver continues to enjoy rolling to get where he needs to go. Although he remains stationary in his seated position he is no longer stationary while on his stomach or back
- Started to wean from his dream feed: We have started to experiment with weaning Oliver from his dream feed. We are on night number two...stay tuned over the coming weeks for his progression from the dream feed to sleeping completely through the night without a feed before we go to bed
- Shown more of an interest in being part of the "action": Oliver loves being anywhere that Charlotte and Jacob are. He is always laughing at them and watches them in amazement. He has also started to react when someone takes something from him that he was playing with - grunts in frustration and makes his feelings known!
- Continued to sleep through the night: Oliver by far is the best sleeper out of all the kids. He continues to sleep from 6:30 p.m. to 6 or 6:30 a.m. (with a feed between 9:30 / 10 p.m.)
- Continued drinking from his straw sippy cup: Oliver continues to enjoy drinking from a cup. Most of his feeds are still from the bottle but I do give him his sippy cup throughout the day so he can get used to drinking from it
- Not missed a moment to show off his clapping or vocal abilities: Clapping, smiling, screaming with excitement or making sounds are just a few of Oliver's favourite things! Not a day goes by when he isn't engaged in one or more of these skills!
- Activities outside the house: Walks in the neighbourhood, Stroller Fit, Music at CECC, yard / porch time, visit to Mommy's office
No comments:
Post a Comment