Steps Forward and Back

Oliver saw me get out a cookie to eat yesterday and said, "Eat cookie." First sentence! And soooo cute. Of course I shared my cookie with him then.

This morning before nap time he was crawling all over me (one of his current favorite pastimes) while I was reading a book. He laid down on my lap with his Taggie blanket (his lovey, but he has three versions) and before I knew it he was sound asleep. 20 minutes before he should have gone down for nap. It's nice to be snuggled and napped on once in awhile.

This evening after Ethan got home we were carousing on our bed and Oliver said, "Eat 'nana." So of course we rewarded him with his second banana of the day.

I have a bunch of questionable quality pictures from my phone to post that should be up tomorrow.

Oliver's Communication Skills: An Update

February 10, 2009
Words Oliver can sign (more or less):

1. More
2. Go
3. Stop
4. Tree
5. Flower
6. Daddy
7. Baby
8. night
9. day
10. fish
11. cat
12. horse
13. leaf
14. lion
15. dog
16. train
17. eat
18. bird
19. duck
20. book
21. yes
22. brush teeth
23. all done
24. universal ‘I don’t know’ for where is it, I don’t know etc.


Words Oliver can say:

1. ‘ck’ tongue click for duck
2. Mama
3. Dada
4. Bah (ball)
5. moo
6. ahma (gramma)
7. buh (bye)
8. uhoh!
9. dis (this)
10. baba (bottle/sippy cup)
11.

Words Oliver Can Say

bah (heavy on the 'hhh') - ball
baye - bye
mama
dahdee - daddy
[edited to add:
iddee - kitty
dee - ding]



Various babble can sound like full sentences now but after he spews forth the syllables we can't distinguish what were words that we can really call new words in his vocabulary.

He can follow directions, especially when you point and is so close to a full on RUN.
He can stack blocks one on top of the other, claps after each is stacked and knocks them down with a big "hurraugh".

He's a big copy cat when it comes to language. I think he tried to say banana the other night; we've heard him say 'cat' complete with full T at least once; he was using 'dat' and 'dis' alot but those have gotten a little less frequent (thank goodness!).

He loves music and will push buttons on his toys just so he can stand there and dance (wiggle, with his hands in the air) next to them.

He loves his Signing Time videos more and more and is trying to do the more complicated signs that use a few fingers now. He can sign lion (backwards), all done, and knows lots of the signs when he sees them.

Practically New Video

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Size Matters

As of the 21st, O weighed in at 23 lbs, 1 oz and measured 29 1/2 inches long.

New Measurements

Oliver was measured two weeks ago when we went to the doctor. Here are his stats:

At 7 months:

your child is 20 pounds, and that is
at the 66th percentile for weight.

your child is 27.25 inches, and that is
at the 46th percentile for height.

A little more movement

Here's another clip from last week. He's rolling over now! So far it's from back to front, but he gets an arm trapped under him almost every time. He's still figuring it out.

Also - he's getting his first tooth, a bottom incisor. And he also has a cold. Poor guy! I'll try to take some video of him when he's NOT on the play mat. We do use the other toys! :)

[Edited: Clip removed to stop the autoplay. You can still see it here.]

Hallelu-wha?

Sleep schedule has been as follows:

Last night: 9 pm -5:30 am
Saturday night: 8 pm - 4 am
Friday night: 8 pm - 5 am
Thursday night: 9 pm - 3 am
Wednesday: see previous post

I keep thinking I'm going to jinx myself by talking about it but so far so good. I didn't even set my alarm last night. Whew. I think we're gonna survive this thing!

The Hulk

Oliver has been arching his back for a few weeks now, mostly when he's screaming. But last night while I was changing him (and there was minimal screaming) he found purchase with those newly bared feet and lifted his torso off the changing pad. It was only split second but boy howdy, was I surprised. This boy is STRONG. :)

One Month Old

Oliver had his one month check up today. He's healthy and growing good! He lucked out with no shots. There's a new immunization schedule apparently, so next month he'll get one. He almost tipped the scale to 10 pounds with a kicking foot but they took the lower weight instead. Doc moved his legs around to check his hip action, looked in his ears and mouth, checked his soft spot and palpated his tummy. We talked about how often he ate and how much he slept. Doc is somewhat more concerned with my amount of sleep right now than with O's. So he gave me some suggestions and an article he really likes. So E and I will try a few things: a set bed time, and once we set him down at night, we don't pick him up. Comfort and talk to him but he stays in his basket. So no more sleeping on me! Whew. Here are his stats: