Creeper Crawler

Here are Oliver's first attempts at crawling. This was last week, and he's since refined his technique somewhat. He has no problem moving where he needs to on the ground, and he's discovered that pulling books off the bookshelf is pretty fun, too!

Also, about the same day he figured out locomotion, he showed signs of his first tooth! Jutting up from the front bottom gum, it has since grown a bit longer and sharper. This has led to some fussy discomfort, but mostly just lots of drool -- add that to the crawling, and you get slime trails across the carpet. -Keith

Adventures in Solid Food

Oliver loves to eat! He never seems to get full. I keep expecting him to explode but it hasn’t happened yet. He’s a little skeptical of things that are green. Spinach isn’t his favorite food, but he manages to get it down. He just doesn’t eat it with the same enthusiasm as his oatmeal. Here is his typical day:

Morning

• Nurse


• Breakfast: oatmeal with fruit. Today the fruit was apple and blueberry. Tomorrow will be Mom’s peach and mango combo
  

During the day at school

• Bottle


• Lunch: one container of vegetables (green beans, peas, broccoli -- you can see why he is suspect of anything green -- carrots, squash or sweet potatoes) and one container of fruit (pears, apples, peaches, etc.)


• Bottle


• Bottle
  

Evening

• Nurse


• Vegetables/meat combo (tonight was turkey, vegetable and barley) and steamed broccoli
  Usually a little fruit for dessert but not tonight


• Evening snack/education in self-feeding: Cheerios

Although he has yet to show a single tooth, he’s finally figured out how to chew. Now we just have to work on chewing with our mouth closed. It’s just that he’s so proud and having so much fun! - Jenny

Aquaman!

Oliver has been taking swimming lessons since the beginning of the month. I use the term lessons, but it amounts to him just hanging out in the water with either me or his dad. He enjoys it a little more each time we go. The first couple of lessons his dad helped him get acclimated to the pool. Oliver enjoyed bouncing up and down. As you have noticed from previous blog entries, Oliver is obsessed with Nemo. Imagine our good fortune when we discovered a Nemo toy in the toy bin. That made pool time even more fun. This last time we worked on floating and not touching the bottom of the pool. He did pretty well but didn’t enjoy floating on his back. I guess we’ll work on that next time. - Jenny