Our Noah turned three last month. We love you, Noah!
Noah is so very bright! He's observant and notices the smallest of details. Sometimes we'll be reading a book or outside somewhere and he'll show me something and I think it's so interesting that he is fascinated by this little detail. It's kind of hard to explain! But he notices stuff other people probably wouldn't. He's also very good at reading people's emotions. It reminds me how I need to be extra careful with the way I react to situations. He really notices people's expressions and the things that they say, and how they say it.
He has gotten quite shy over the past while. When he meets people, he is very quiet and reserved. Once he warms up he turns on his wild side. He also doesn't like when people kind of put him on the spot, if a stranger were to start talking to him directly and asking him questions in front of other people, that would make him very overwhelmed. He doesn't like when Jessie smiles at him. And when he tells her that she laughs because you'd think one would like someone smiling at them, haha.
Noah will be starting preschool this Fall and we're so excited! I think it'll be really good for him. He has a hard time getting along with friends, and although I understand this can be normal at this age, we're hoping he learns to get along better with others. We're excited for him to learn and experience new things. We think we found a preschool that we are going to go with.
He can recognize a few of his letters (like N & S), and recognizes most of his numbers 1-9. He can count to around 13 then starts saying random things "13, 17, 16..". He knows things like when his birthday is, his family member's full names (with middle names), how old he is and how old other people are, what season it is, and simple gospel truths. He can completely dress himself from top to bottom - although sometimes he needs help if he's not feeling motivated that day. He knows a heck of a lot of nursery rhymes and has always loved music and people singing to him. Every song on the radio that he has heard at least 2 times becomes his "favorite song". If I change it, he's VERY unhappy. He is getting more into books. Right now he loves story-books that are a little advanced for him. I think since he doesn't understand everything it keeps him more interested. Which is normally not like him. But it makes me happy because I just love reading with him.
He makes all kinds of faces right now. He scrunches his nose and forehead and makes a "scary" face. all. day! He does this when he's being a stinker. He has a lot of energy for sure. He likes to be silly and everything is about poop. Poop this. Poop that. Me: "Noah, how did you get to be so handsome?" Noah: "Because I pooped on you!!!". Me: "Noah, do you know where we're going today!?" Noah: "To the poop store!".
Speaking of that, it has definitely been a roller coaster ride with potty training. We started when he was 22 months and he did really well at first. And then it was just up and down for a long time. Last year we went through all kinds of phases and for the most part he did good, but then he'd go through a few weeks where he'd start not caring again. Then around this last Christmas he started doing really good CONSISTENTLY. For about 3 months he was pretty much 100% (besides the rare actual accident). He was going to the bathroom all by himself all the time (usually we had to bug him to go) and he was staying in the same underwear all day. We thought we were in the clear, finally. Then in March he suddenly started peeing everywhere again! I couldn't believe it! It lasted two weeks exactly and then he went back to normal. So weird. And now he's kind of in between. He usually goes on his own but has his moments where he wants to just pee in his pants and does not care! Anyway, it taught me that we're never really in the clear when they're this little I guess. Well at least for him. And I have to say, at least when he does have a problem, it's just pee :)
Noah surprises us all the time with new phrases or words he's picked up. The other day Derek told Noah he needed to go on the roof to fix some things (with the AC) and Noah said, "Daddy, don't give up!"
Noah is completely and totally a daddy's boy! And it becomes even more so as he gets older. His daddy is his everything. Mommy is the boring, mean one and daddy is the fun and more laid back one. He LOVES helping Derek with stuff around the house. Whenever Derek is working on something with the house, Noah is his little shadow. He has his own play tools that he loves. He likes to pretend to fix and work on stuff. He's a total boy when it comes to these kinds of things. One of his favorite things to do is wrestle with daddy!
Of course Noah loves Oliver but has been really struggling with sharing with him lately. Oliver isn't allowed to touch anything. That causes a major problem since Oliver obviously wants to touch and play with anything that belongs to Noah. It makes playing difficult. Noah wants me to play with him, but doesn't want Oliver to touch anything we are playing with. It Doesn't work. So that's something we're trying to work on.
That's all for now. We think it's crazy that we have a three year old already. We do our best to cherish every moment and soak it all in because we're leaning it goes so fast!
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Oliver is 10 months old!
My little guy is getting BIG! His birthday is creeping up fast. He hit 10 months old this week.
At his 9 month appointment, his doctor was concerned about his weight. He had only gained 1 pound since his 6 month appointment and he was in the 1% for weight. For height, he was pretty average, so for his height, he seemed pretty small. But he didn't look skinny by any means, but just not a huge chunk like some babies. His doctor talked to me for a while about ways to get him to gain weight. The problem is I don't feel comfortable giving him cow's milk or other animal products. I felt like I had a lower milk supply, probably due to the fact that he has never been a good nurser. He sometimes only nurses 1 minute on each side.. So we didn't feel like he was getting very much breastmilk. But I did not want to supplement with conventional formula or any that were made with cow/goat milk.
So we needed a plan! I decided I would do everything I could do increase my supply and see if that helped. I started drinking Mother's Milk Tea and that seemed to help a little. I met with a lactation consultant (even though I had been reluctant and felt she couldn't tell me, who nursed Noah almost 2 years anything I didn't already know) and thought I might as well drop my pride and at least give it a try. I felt like I wasn't giving him enough fats, so we increased his fats/proteins/carbs and lowered his fruits a bit.
We also wanted to try to give him a supplement drink. I found a recipe online made with coconut water/milk from fresh young coconuts. Of course I know this is nothing in nutrition compared to breastmilk but I felt like maybe if he had one bit bottle of this a day, it would just fill in some calories/fat. I made it but I just couldn't get him to drink it unfortunately. I tried different bottles and sippy cups. So it's just in the freezer and I guess it's good for an emergency. We also tried giving him just canned coconut milk mixed with a splash of homemade almond milk to water it down. He'll drink that sometimes, only like an ounce maximin though.
We decided to meet with the doctor 2 weeks after his 9 month appointment to check his weight. He gained a whole pound!! His weight was 16 pounds 9 ounces. We were both shocked but very pleased. And when I say we, I mean myself and the doctor. She said she wasn't as concerned anymore. And although I was never as concerned as she was, I felt much better. Since then, in the last few weeks he seems like he's gained even more and you can really see it in his cheeks! We'll get his weight checked next week at Noah's 3 year well visit.
He's also gotten stronger with his weight gain. He has started to pull up on things now. He hasn't pulled up past his knees his crib yet - Okay literally when I was writing this post I went to check on him and he was standing on his feet in his crib! He can pull up to shorter things pretty well, like our step stool, and is starting to climb our basement stairs a bit (he just gets to the first step usually). He's done an army crawl for about 2.5 months and I don't know if he'll ever start crawling on his knees. He gets up on his knees but when he wants to move forward he flops back to his belly and army crawls away! He's really fast and goes all over the house like that. I have to really make sure I close the basement door and the bathroom door now (he likes to play with Noah's potty...).
He eats a lot of food! He usually eats as much as or more than Noah. He literally will eat anything. But his favorite I think is blueberries and blackberries. My boys just love berries (like me!). Also beans and peas. He's fun to watch eat, he just gobbles everything down so fast and makes a huge mess! He could literally eat a whole banana in a few minutes. He's a plant based baby and it makes me so happy.
Oliver is a feisty little baby. His temperament reminds me of Noah in many ways. I used to think they were different because Oliver has always been very smiley and more animated. But they're actually quite similar in a lot of ways. They both have strong personalities and I would never describe them as "easy going". Oliver has started having little tantrums already. If you take something away from him or don't allow him to do something he wants to do. Or if you take him out of the bath. He REALLY loves baths and splashes with his hands like crazy! He even tries to stand up and get in the tub by himself, haha. Oliver is generally very smiley and social. But he's also sensitive and at times, timid. He is easily startled and afraid. Specifically with people. I don't remember Noah EVER crying with a stranger as a baby/toddler. Oliver is definitely more attached to mommy than Noah was.
Basically my life story right now is this: Oliver wants to touch EVERYTHING that belongs to Noah. And Noah doesn't want Oliver to touch ANYTHING of his! It's a real struggle. Noah also takes away Oliver's own toys too. But Oliver really likes Noah's toys It's kind of driving me crazy! He loves Oliver to pieces but has become a bully to him the last few months. I don't know why he is like that, he's also like that with his friends and he was like that with his kitty, Jovi (why we had to give her to my mom). So playing together is a challenge right now. I hope we get through this phase fast.. It's kind of sad because Oliver LOVES Noah so much and loves more than anything just to play with his stuff and with him, haha. He wants to be around people and see "what's going on" all the time. He's very inquisitive.
Oliver makes silly sounds, and talks like "derka derka", using his tongue and makes a bunch of gibberish mostly. He does make the sound "dada" but not really "mama" or anything like that. He can be very loud!! Sometimes it seems like he's mad but I think he's just trying to get his voice heard haha.
Oliver is sleeping better.. but still not even close to "ideally". But that's okay! I don't wish that he would sleep through the night every night (although that would be amazing), but it would be nice if he only woke up once every night. Some nights he only wakes once, but most nights it's at least twice, sometimes 3-4 times in a 12 hour period. Most of his wakings are right after he goes to sleep though. We usually put him to bed around 6:45-7:00. but he almost always wakes up 30 minutes later because he's overtired. And then sometimes another 30 minutes later. Once we get him to sleep after that first initial waking(s), he usually wakes at around 11 to nurse and then sometimes another 1-2 times (maybe around 3, and occasionally again at 5 or 6) before he wakes up at around 7. Derek has been amazing with helping me in the nights. I just can't get up more than once after I've already gone to sleep. So if he wakes up again, Derek usually goes and gets him back to sleep. Also if I go in there he'll want to nurse again and I don't want him to get used to nursing several times throughout the night.
He is taking two naps most days. He'll go down for his first nap around 8:30-9:00. Sometimes he'll only sleep 30 minutes, sometimes 1 1/2 hours. He'll go down for his afternoon nap around 12:30-1:00, right before I try to get Noah down for his nap, too. Then he'll usually take a 1-2 hour nap. Noah definitely needed more sleep at this time. Oliver does technically need more, he's still tired, but he still functions without as much, he just gets more grumpy.
I think that's about it. I can't think of anything else. He loves his family. He gets so happy when he wakes up and I take him to go see his daddy or Noah, or little Sophia. He loves to explore and go outside and see everything! He is a pretty happy baby, just kind of whiney sometimes too :) But we love him so much! I still look at him and think, how are you my baby!? Haha, although I must admit, with his chunkier cheeks lately, he does resemble baby me a tad more.
Love you Ollie boy!
At his 9 month appointment, his doctor was concerned about his weight. He had only gained 1 pound since his 6 month appointment and he was in the 1% for weight. For height, he was pretty average, so for his height, he seemed pretty small. But he didn't look skinny by any means, but just not a huge chunk like some babies. His doctor talked to me for a while about ways to get him to gain weight. The problem is I don't feel comfortable giving him cow's milk or other animal products. I felt like I had a lower milk supply, probably due to the fact that he has never been a good nurser. He sometimes only nurses 1 minute on each side.. So we didn't feel like he was getting very much breastmilk. But I did not want to supplement with conventional formula or any that were made with cow/goat milk.
So we needed a plan! I decided I would do everything I could do increase my supply and see if that helped. I started drinking Mother's Milk Tea and that seemed to help a little. I met with a lactation consultant (even though I had been reluctant and felt she couldn't tell me, who nursed Noah almost 2 years anything I didn't already know) and thought I might as well drop my pride and at least give it a try. I felt like I wasn't giving him enough fats, so we increased his fats/proteins/carbs and lowered his fruits a bit.
We also wanted to try to give him a supplement drink. I found a recipe online made with coconut water/milk from fresh young coconuts. Of course I know this is nothing in nutrition compared to breastmilk but I felt like maybe if he had one bit bottle of this a day, it would just fill in some calories/fat. I made it but I just couldn't get him to drink it unfortunately. I tried different bottles and sippy cups. So it's just in the freezer and I guess it's good for an emergency. We also tried giving him just canned coconut milk mixed with a splash of homemade almond milk to water it down. He'll drink that sometimes, only like an ounce maximin though.
We decided to meet with the doctor 2 weeks after his 9 month appointment to check his weight. He gained a whole pound!! His weight was 16 pounds 9 ounces. We were both shocked but very pleased. And when I say we, I mean myself and the doctor. She said she wasn't as concerned anymore. And although I was never as concerned as she was, I felt much better. Since then, in the last few weeks he seems like he's gained even more and you can really see it in his cheeks! We'll get his weight checked next week at Noah's 3 year well visit.
He's also gotten stronger with his weight gain. He has started to pull up on things now. He hasn't pulled up past his knees his crib yet - Okay literally when I was writing this post I went to check on him and he was standing on his feet in his crib! He can pull up to shorter things pretty well, like our step stool, and is starting to climb our basement stairs a bit (he just gets to the first step usually). He's done an army crawl for about 2.5 months and I don't know if he'll ever start crawling on his knees. He gets up on his knees but when he wants to move forward he flops back to his belly and army crawls away! He's really fast and goes all over the house like that. I have to really make sure I close the basement door and the bathroom door now (he likes to play with Noah's potty...).
He eats a lot of food! He usually eats as much as or more than Noah. He literally will eat anything. But his favorite I think is blueberries and blackberries. My boys just love berries (like me!). Also beans and peas. He's fun to watch eat, he just gobbles everything down so fast and makes a huge mess! He could literally eat a whole banana in a few minutes. He's a plant based baby and it makes me so happy.
Oliver is a feisty little baby. His temperament reminds me of Noah in many ways. I used to think they were different because Oliver has always been very smiley and more animated. But they're actually quite similar in a lot of ways. They both have strong personalities and I would never describe them as "easy going". Oliver has started having little tantrums already. If you take something away from him or don't allow him to do something he wants to do. Or if you take him out of the bath. He REALLY loves baths and splashes with his hands like crazy! He even tries to stand up and get in the tub by himself, haha. Oliver is generally very smiley and social. But he's also sensitive and at times, timid. He is easily startled and afraid. Specifically with people. I don't remember Noah EVER crying with a stranger as a baby/toddler. Oliver is definitely more attached to mommy than Noah was.
Basically my life story right now is this: Oliver wants to touch EVERYTHING that belongs to Noah. And Noah doesn't want Oliver to touch ANYTHING of his! It's a real struggle. Noah also takes away Oliver's own toys too. But Oliver really likes Noah's toys It's kind of driving me crazy! He loves Oliver to pieces but has become a bully to him the last few months. I don't know why he is like that, he's also like that with his friends and he was like that with his kitty, Jovi (why we had to give her to my mom). So playing together is a challenge right now. I hope we get through this phase fast.. It's kind of sad because Oliver LOVES Noah so much and loves more than anything just to play with his stuff and with him, haha. He wants to be around people and see "what's going on" all the time. He's very inquisitive.
Oliver makes silly sounds, and talks like "derka derka", using his tongue and makes a bunch of gibberish mostly. He does make the sound "dada" but not really "mama" or anything like that. He can be very loud!! Sometimes it seems like he's mad but I think he's just trying to get his voice heard haha.
Oliver is sleeping better.. but still not even close to "ideally". But that's okay! I don't wish that he would sleep through the night every night (although that would be amazing), but it would be nice if he only woke up once every night. Some nights he only wakes once, but most nights it's at least twice, sometimes 3-4 times in a 12 hour period. Most of his wakings are right after he goes to sleep though. We usually put him to bed around 6:45-7:00. but he almost always wakes up 30 minutes later because he's overtired. And then sometimes another 30 minutes later. Once we get him to sleep after that first initial waking(s), he usually wakes at around 11 to nurse and then sometimes another 1-2 times (maybe around 3, and occasionally again at 5 or 6) before he wakes up at around 7. Derek has been amazing with helping me in the nights. I just can't get up more than once after I've already gone to sleep. So if he wakes up again, Derek usually goes and gets him back to sleep. Also if I go in there he'll want to nurse again and I don't want him to get used to nursing several times throughout the night.
He is taking two naps most days. He'll go down for his first nap around 8:30-9:00. Sometimes he'll only sleep 30 minutes, sometimes 1 1/2 hours. He'll go down for his afternoon nap around 12:30-1:00, right before I try to get Noah down for his nap, too. Then he'll usually take a 1-2 hour nap. Noah definitely needed more sleep at this time. Oliver does technically need more, he's still tired, but he still functions without as much, he just gets more grumpy.
I think that's about it. I can't think of anything else. He loves his family. He gets so happy when he wakes up and I take him to go see his daddy or Noah, or little Sophia. He loves to explore and go outside and see everything! He is a pretty happy baby, just kind of whiney sometimes too :) But we love him so much! I still look at him and think, how are you my baby!? Haha, although I must admit, with his chunkier cheeks lately, he does resemble baby me a tad more.
Love you Ollie boy!
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Oliver is 7 Months!
My baby is growing, growing, growing! Seven months old already. Things were still extremely challenging until the past few weeks. We moved Oliver into his crib around 4 1/2 months and decided things had to change. Things are finally starting to calm down a bit and become a little more consistent. It's still challenging and super frustrating when Oliver doesn't sleep but I'm not at my breaking point every day anymore. From the time he was 2 months until 6 months I felt like I never wanted any more children because I could never and would never want to put myself, my baby or anyone in my family through this again. I felt like I had to either choose for myself to suffer (emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually) or for Oliver to suffer by letting him cry and cry and cry until he learned to stop crying for us. I didn't want either of those things. I tried letting him cry it out one day but I just really couldn't do it. It didn't feel right. Thankfully things slowly started to get better on their own. I think his internal clock is starting to become more regular since he's getting older, he's also learning how to fall asleep on his own better, and I think he's getting used to somewhat of a daily routine.
He's still not able to stay awake too long before getting too stimulated and over tired. So that's the tricky part, knowing when to put him down. But I'm getting better at figuring it out. He has 2-3 naps during the day now. The improvements we've been seeing the last few weeks.. Most nights he's only waking up 2-3 times in a 12 hour period - once around the time Derek and I are going to bed, and then around 2 or 3 am, then sometimes he wakes up again at 5:30 or 6 but not usually. He usually wakes for the day around 6:30 -7:00. This is MOST nights. The last few days he's had some rough nights waking 5 times... So hopefully he gets back to improving again. Another improvement, most days I am able to put him down to sleep during the day and in the night, while he's still awake, and he can fall asleep on his own without crying. Not always, but more and more. So that's HUGE! Before it was like 1-2 hours of trying a million different things to get him to sleep and lots of crying. Another new thing.. wait for it... he's taking actual naps now!!! Yay! The 30 minute naps are starting to fade. Most days he takes at least one good nap (1 1/2 - 2 hours long) and some days he takes two good naps! It's seriously a miracle! I don't think people understand how amazing this is, for him to sleep 2 hours. It still blows my mind. He never did this until just recently. Even as a newborn, Oliver didn't take long naps! Like, what the heck. My life is going to completely change if this continues.
Anyway, I just had to get that out there! But here's a little more about our big guy!
Oliver is still a happy, smiley, attention seeking boy. He loves people! But can also be scared of people. Haha. I guess he likes them from afar maybe. He's always been much more sensitive to new people and places than Noah was. He is also getting a bit clingy lately. Which is funny though, because I guess I wrote about that for Noah when he was this age too. It must be a phase. Oliver loves his mommy! Sometimes he'll be totally content until he sees me and then starts whining for mommy.
He also LOVES his big brother. It's so fun now that they can interact and have fun together. They love each other. Noah likes to talk to Oliver in silly voices and Oliver just laughs. He thinks Noah is the funniest person ever. It just melts my heart. I can't describe the joy I get when they make each other happy. It's so precious. And of course Oliver loves his daddy too.
Oliver is such a grabber! He needs to grab everything and gets very upset if you take something away from him. And everything goes to the mouth. He seems like he's also a curious boy, like his brother. I have been reminded of why I cut my hair when Noah was a baby. Oliver's hands love to find their way all tangled up in there!
We've been a bit more slow with giving him new foods to try. We're doing Baby Led Weaning again and still love the convenience and fun of it. But I feel like with Noah I was always making new things for him and this time I kind of forget about Oliver and then think, whoops, there's not much for him to eat in this meal. I mean, most days what we eat he can have at least one thing, but picking up things like rice, quinoa, or very small things is still a bit challenging for him. So I need to be better at making more veggies he can eat. I've just been really bad at planning our meals lately with how busy the holidays are, but it's okay. He really LOVES eating though. And he actually is doing really well, and caught on right away with it.
Little Oliver has started rolling much more now. We were wondering when he was going to start rolling around because Noah rolled from point A to B from the time he was around 5 months until he started crawling. Now Oliver is starting to roll more but still not like Noah did. He can sit up but not for very long actually before tumbling over. It'll be nice when he can sit for longer. Oliver isn't close to crawling but he has started enjoying being on his tummy more and is starting to want to move forward, but hasn't figured it out yet.
It's funny, I was thinking, there's no way Oliver will be making babbling sounds this month like Noah did. But just last night we heard him making all kinds of new sounds in his crib. And then he started saying "dada"! And said it a few times today too. It's so fun when they start making these sounds!
Oliver still has his blue eyes! Although they look like they're starting to change.. but it's so hard to tell. I still am curious to know what they'll end up looking like. I have a lot of people tell me they think they'll stay blue, but then many people say their baby had blue eyes until they were one. I also read online about babies changing eye color from blue to brown at 15 months! Geez. So we're still waiting. They just have a dark, grayish hue to them sometimes. Either way, we love his big, "bug eyes" as people call them, haha.
It always surprises me with how many people comment on how beautiful he is. Of course we think he's beautiful and perfect, but it seems like everyone else agrees, haha. Or I guess they could be sucking up to us. Nah, he really is beautiful. His Uncle Jared has been favoriting him lately. He just loves him.
Anyway, happy 7 months big guy. We love you and time sure is flying!
He's still not able to stay awake too long before getting too stimulated and over tired. So that's the tricky part, knowing when to put him down. But I'm getting better at figuring it out. He has 2-3 naps during the day now. The improvements we've been seeing the last few weeks.. Most nights he's only waking up 2-3 times in a 12 hour period - once around the time Derek and I are going to bed, and then around 2 or 3 am, then sometimes he wakes up again at 5:30 or 6 but not usually. He usually wakes for the day around 6:30 -7:00. This is MOST nights. The last few days he's had some rough nights waking 5 times... So hopefully he gets back to improving again. Another improvement, most days I am able to put him down to sleep during the day and in the night, while he's still awake, and he can fall asleep on his own without crying. Not always, but more and more. So that's HUGE! Before it was like 1-2 hours of trying a million different things to get him to sleep and lots of crying. Another new thing.. wait for it... he's taking actual naps now!!! Yay! The 30 minute naps are starting to fade. Most days he takes at least one good nap (1 1/2 - 2 hours long) and some days he takes two good naps! It's seriously a miracle! I don't think people understand how amazing this is, for him to sleep 2 hours. It still blows my mind. He never did this until just recently. Even as a newborn, Oliver didn't take long naps! Like, what the heck. My life is going to completely change if this continues.
Anyway, I just had to get that out there! But here's a little more about our big guy!
Oliver is still a happy, smiley, attention seeking boy. He loves people! But can also be scared of people. Haha. I guess he likes them from afar maybe. He's always been much more sensitive to new people and places than Noah was. He is also getting a bit clingy lately. Which is funny though, because I guess I wrote about that for Noah when he was this age too. It must be a phase. Oliver loves his mommy! Sometimes he'll be totally content until he sees me and then starts whining for mommy.
He also LOVES his big brother. It's so fun now that they can interact and have fun together. They love each other. Noah likes to talk to Oliver in silly voices and Oliver just laughs. He thinks Noah is the funniest person ever. It just melts my heart. I can't describe the joy I get when they make each other happy. It's so precious. And of course Oliver loves his daddy too.
Oliver is such a grabber! He needs to grab everything and gets very upset if you take something away from him. And everything goes to the mouth. He seems like he's also a curious boy, like his brother. I have been reminded of why I cut my hair when Noah was a baby. Oliver's hands love to find their way all tangled up in there!
We've been a bit more slow with giving him new foods to try. We're doing Baby Led Weaning again and still love the convenience and fun of it. But I feel like with Noah I was always making new things for him and this time I kind of forget about Oliver and then think, whoops, there's not much for him to eat in this meal. I mean, most days what we eat he can have at least one thing, but picking up things like rice, quinoa, or very small things is still a bit challenging for him. So I need to be better at making more veggies he can eat. I've just been really bad at planning our meals lately with how busy the holidays are, but it's okay. He really LOVES eating though. And he actually is doing really well, and caught on right away with it.
Little Oliver has started rolling much more now. We were wondering when he was going to start rolling around because Noah rolled from point A to B from the time he was around 5 months until he started crawling. Now Oliver is starting to roll more but still not like Noah did. He can sit up but not for very long actually before tumbling over. It'll be nice when he can sit for longer. Oliver isn't close to crawling but he has started enjoying being on his tummy more and is starting to want to move forward, but hasn't figured it out yet.
It's funny, I was thinking, there's no way Oliver will be making babbling sounds this month like Noah did. But just last night we heard him making all kinds of new sounds in his crib. And then he started saying "dada"! And said it a few times today too. It's so fun when they start making these sounds!
Oliver still has his blue eyes! Although they look like they're starting to change.. but it's so hard to tell. I still am curious to know what they'll end up looking like. I have a lot of people tell me they think they'll stay blue, but then many people say their baby had blue eyes until they were one. I also read online about babies changing eye color from blue to brown at 15 months! Geez. So we're still waiting. They just have a dark, grayish hue to them sometimes. Either way, we love his big, "bug eyes" as people call them, haha.
It always surprises me with how many people comment on how beautiful he is. Of course we think he's beautiful and perfect, but it seems like everyone else agrees, haha. Or I guess they could be sucking up to us. Nah, he really is beautiful. His Uncle Jared has been favoriting him lately. He just loves him.
Anyway, happy 7 months big guy. We love you and time sure is flying!
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