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Here are some shots I took today of Oliver on his playmat


 

3 months!!

I can't believe Oliver is 3 months old already! Let's see, he started out at 19 inches, 5 pounds 8oz. We measured him a few days ago and he's 24 inches long now. His last weight measurment was 13 pounds 8oz. That's 8 pounds and 5 inches of growth in 3 months.

He is starting to do more too. He smiles all the time, and he loves his playmat (thanks Sarah!) He hasn't learned to roll over yet, but he's working on it. He got close a few times today during tummy time. He sleeps better than he used to. He still wakes up every 3 hours or so to eat, but he goes right back to sleep afterwards instead of staying awake for a few hours. He's awake a lot during the day, too. He loves to sit up, and he's always trying to stand any time he's held upright. He has really good head control now. He is almost always looking around trying to see everything. The only time he's floppy is when he's tired. He talks a lot, and squeals when he's happy. If you talk to him, sometimes he'll talk back. We've had quite a few conversations consisting of "agoo" "agoo" "aaaaahg" "aaaaaahg" "uuuuhma" "uuuuuhma" and so on...it's very amusing for me, and I suppose he enjoys it because he keeps doing it. His favorite toy is Spike the Dinosaur (Thanks Brenda!)...he loves those Dino Smooches! Whenever he's on his back playing he's always kicking his legs and waving his arms around. It looks like he's trying to crawl, but he's just upside down. We're working on trying to get some upper body strenght so he can crawl, although he's really good at scooting himself along, propelled by his legs. His nickname now is Mr. Boobah.

Overall I think he's progressing well. Happy 3 month birthday, Oliver!

Yay!

I guess they had a good time while I was at work, this was taken yesterday.
 

back to work

today I went back to work. I had a really hard time leaving the house...I felt so guilty about leaving poor Oliver for 8 hours. I'd never been away from him for that long. (I think the longest amount of time was 3 hours) It was hard!! When I got to work it was a little better because I had lots to do so I wasn't sitting there just missing my boys all day. However, about 4:30 I was suffering! It sucks to not be able to feed your baby when you have been doing it for so long. By the time I got home I was about to burst! Luckily Oliver was hungry so he ate a bit then I pumped the rest.
I guess Bob did ok, Oliver is still in one piece. He wasn't screaming uncontrollably when I got home or either of the times I called. Bob did send me a picture of him crying though. Talk about making me feel bad!