This little Ollie man of ours is growing up, and he's telling us all about it. Through spit bubbles, raspberries, and streams of babble, he is shedding his infancy and throwing himself at this baby business. I had forgotten just how much of a personality a 6.5 month kiddo can have!
It's so much fun to have him interacting with us as he really wants to be involved. No longer is sitting next to the activity just fine, he would like to participate, thank you very much. Whether it's standing at the train table, playing the card games, or making tracks on the couch, Oliver is smiling if he is included. If you leave him in front of a basket full of baby toys, they might be chucked at you, but he will not be playing with them.
The latest thing he wants, I mean, REALLY wants, is to eat. He reaches and twists and grabs for anything that we are eating. Soooo, I have been letting him have little bites of puffs, and full jars of vegetables. A friend of ours gave him a "Mum Mum" the other day that he loved and gobbled in all of 2 minutes. I have to say this is one stage of development that I hate! I hate wondering if they are going to choke. I hate watching them make their gag faces and hear that pukey noise that starts in the chest, and I hate watching how scared they look when it happens. But I love how happy he is when he gets placed in that high chair and how we get to eat together. One step closer to family meals, if we could only get the timing right!
A big step Ollie made tonight was to sit in the big bathtub with his brother. Usually Oliver is in the baby tub that is in the big tub that Austin is in. This results in all the bath toys being piled in the baby tub with Ollie while Austin gets the bubbles and to choose his toys as he wants them without being surrounded. Oliver is getting really sturdy at sitting and catching himself as he leans to the sides, that I let him bathe free of the surrounding plastic. The splashes, smiles, and giggles let me know it was a good choice. Austin wiggled his toes on Oliver to tickle him which had them both laughing that they could touch and Oliver held his own in the splashing competition.
Yup, I believe this house of ours has a true blue baby, and we are all pretty excited about it.
4 comments:
This is a great picture Jessica, I want it.
Jes, I love reading about your life! Keep the posts and pictures coming. I want to squeeze that Ollie!!!
He looks like a little prince!! I can't wait to see him again. Only 3 days.
i want him
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