sleeping like a big boy
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Mamamamamama
After weeks of dadadadadada Oliver has finally expanded his vocabulary to mamamamamama of course he still prefers dada and da but it is a start.... :)
Sunday, June 19, 2011
sleep issues, 7th tooth and father's day
For a few days now I have been suspecting teething as the culprit behind Oliver's current not wanting to sleep around midnight and today I found tooth #7!!! how many more teeth is he going to get? I swear it is all fun and games until he wakes up in the middle of the night and I have to lay next to him on the floor... Most of the time I fall asleep right there and I wake up anywhere between an hour or sometimes three hours later... most of the time I am cold - his little swaddle blanket isn't big enough to cover me LOL
hopefully tonight he will sleep through again... PLEASE OLIVER - Mommy needs SLEEP!!!!
I kind of failed on the Father's Day gift - I ordered some cool Seattle and Star Wars prints a few weeks ago but the Canadian Postal Service is on strike and therefore they have not made it here yet :( hopefully they will make it soon and hopefully Patrick will enjoy them. Oliver also got him the Rambo Blue Ray Box Set. Not sure how he got a hold of my Credit Card and Amazon log on.... might have to check his pockets before I leave to go to work....
A few days ago we got Oliver a push walker and he seems to like to be able to cruise through the house. He sounds really advanced right now, but it is more him "walking" two steps and then letting go and falling... he feels really comfortable though when he holds on to the couch or the coffee table and we have seen him move securely between the both... He also has his own remote now. However he seems to know that there is no battery in it... Gosh why are they so smart?
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Update on the little guy
before we went to Germany he was working on tooth #5 and on how to crawl forward.
It is my pleasure to announce that while we were in Germany we got tooth #6 and we learned how to crawl forward *getting the champagne*!!!! We also developed biting as a habit while we were in Germany and started eating stage 3 baby food. I do have to say that I was more impressed with the Germany ready to eat baby food in comparison to the US products. However snack food is a lot better in the US than in Germany. Oliver also tried German Brei (it's their version of cereal) and he liked it. He enjoyed some good ice cream while we were there and lots and lots of Bretzel. If I could wish for ONE thing and ONE thing only I'd love to have a Bretzel stand in walking/driving distance. It is THE best snack food. (maybe that is the one and ONLY reason the German's lack otherwise in the baby snack department...... food for thought)
I am very happy we got to go to Germany and spend SO much time with my family and it was so nice to see that Oliver had the best time (I believe) and he got to spend a lot of time with his cousins - especially Tom who is 1.5 years older than him. Man those two will be trouble one day...
Come to think of it - I didn't buy that much stuff this time in Germany... I guess I have been gone long enough that I just don't care about certain things anymore, or I found the equivalent in the US or it is just too pricey. This trip was the first trip I didn't buy a book for myself. Usually I would load up on German books but I knew I wasn't going to be able to read it on the plane or at home... For whatever reason (Oliver) I just don't have time to read anymore and if I do have time I prefer to stick to the known (shout out to the latest Sookie Stackhouse which is still in the store)
Anyways - back to Oliver - since we got back he has been sleeping on the lowest setting of his crib and we installed his convertible car seat in both cars. I stored the infant car seat today in the basement. It is crazy that he will be 10 months old in 3 days and I am cleaning out his belongings daily... Just today I stored away a few breastfeeding items. Currently he is nursing 3 times a day and I stopped pumping at work last Tuesday. It is liberating. Don't get me wrong I enjoy breastfeeding him, but man am I looking forward to being DONE! Right now my plan is to continue to nurse him for one more month and then substitute one of his liquid meals with whole milk and then within 4 weeks replace all of them *yay* and somewhere in the next two months he has to drink the remainder of the frozen stash :) since he got back he has been sleeping a lot better at night, however I don't want to jinx it, therefore I am not making an official announcement ;)
It is my pleasure to announce that while we were in Germany we got tooth #6 and we learned how to crawl forward *getting the champagne*!!!! We also developed biting as a habit while we were in Germany and started eating stage 3 baby food. I do have to say that I was more impressed with the Germany ready to eat baby food in comparison to the US products. However snack food is a lot better in the US than in Germany. Oliver also tried German Brei (it's their version of cereal) and he liked it. He enjoyed some good ice cream while we were there and lots and lots of Bretzel. If I could wish for ONE thing and ONE thing only I'd love to have a Bretzel stand in walking/driving distance. It is THE best snack food. (maybe that is the one and ONLY reason the German's lack otherwise in the baby snack department...... food for thought)
I am very happy we got to go to Germany and spend SO much time with my family and it was so nice to see that Oliver had the best time (I believe) and he got to spend a lot of time with his cousins - especially Tom who is 1.5 years older than him. Man those two will be trouble one day...
Come to think of it - I didn't buy that much stuff this time in Germany... I guess I have been gone long enough that I just don't care about certain things anymore, or I found the equivalent in the US or it is just too pricey. This trip was the first trip I didn't buy a book for myself. Usually I would load up on German books but I knew I wasn't going to be able to read it on the plane or at home... For whatever reason (Oliver) I just don't have time to read anymore and if I do have time I prefer to stick to the known (shout out to the latest Sookie Stackhouse which is still in the store)
Anyways - back to Oliver - since we got back he has been sleeping on the lowest setting of his crib and we installed his convertible car seat in both cars. I stored the infant car seat today in the basement. It is crazy that he will be 10 months old in 3 days and I am cleaning out his belongings daily... Just today I stored away a few breastfeeding items. Currently he is nursing 3 times a day and I stopped pumping at work last Tuesday. It is liberating. Don't get me wrong I enjoy breastfeeding him, but man am I looking forward to being DONE! Right now my plan is to continue to nurse him for one more month and then substitute one of his liquid meals with whole milk and then within 4 weeks replace all of them *yay* and somewhere in the next two months he has to drink the remainder of the frozen stash :) since he got back he has been sleeping a lot better at night, however I don't want to jinx it, therefore I am not making an official announcement ;)
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