Everyday with the Doyles: Ollie Lately

For Super Bowl Sunday we headed to Gam and Pops to eat and watch the game. Tutu and Uncle Doug were also there. Although Ollie was not up for much of the time everyone enjoyed seeing him and he did manage to do a little gambling...

WOW...I can't believe how fast Oliver is growing. He now has two teeth coming in on the bottom (still can't manage to get a good pic)!!

INSERT BAD PIC HERE...THEY ARE THERE I PROMISE! HA

He can no longer fit into 3 month clothes due to his length but can still wear some 3-6 month PJ's and he is wearing most 6-9 month clothes. He can were some 6-12 month clothes but most are still loose on him. He seems to be getting more and more REDish hair everyday!! Ha

His personality is SHINING!! He still loves to fake cough and laugh at us all the time. If you say NO to him he just responds by fake coughing or laughing. He rarely gets told NO, but he still loves to hit/grab people in the face. We are working on it but Oliver doesn't seem to think it a problem! He is now clapping and it so cute. He looks like such a big boy and he seems pretty proud of himself. We are still working on waving bye bye. He has done it a couple of times but still doesn't quite understand it. It is like he has discovered his hands all over again. I will sometimes catch him trying to wave while he is playing with his toys.

He is becoming interested in the TV. We usually have it on Sprout (the preschool channel) and he has become very fond of Chica.

I think it is Chica's high pitched voice that catches his attention. He really likes when they sing The Birthday Song. He still enjoys The Wiggles when they are singing and dancing. Ollie is also kind of partial to Star on The Goodnight Show and again I think it has to do with Star's voice. On Saturday and Sunday mornings we will sometimes turn to LPB with Curious George, Cat in the Hat and Super Why. Of course he doesn't watch much of TV at all; we just usually try to have something on the TV that we would want him to watch.

For so long we struggled to get Oliver to spend time on his belly and roll from his back to his belly. He NEVER EVER wanted to do it and then last weekend I woke up during the middle of the night as I often do to check his monitor and there he was ON HIS BELLY!!! I woke Jacob up so he could see and he asked if we should go in there and check on him. We didn't check on him although it kind of freaked us out but in a good way. So now almost every night since then he has rolled almost immediately to his belly to sleep. This caused a problem with his diaper because he was filling them up and being on his belly made it soak through his PJs and sheets. After researching online most people suggested going up a size in diapers for nighttime and so far that has seemed to do the trick. Oliver also has no problem flipping onto his belly during the day also!! It is crazy how literally overnight so much can change!!

He still isn't crawling yet but he is trying to pull up on things. He can't quite figure out the leg part but I think he is realizing that he is going to have to move himself to get things (or cats) that are not always in his reach. He has started to try and roll around to get to where he wants to be. Of course he still loves to stand and walk (with someone holding both hands of course). So it is still a mystery as to if he will crawl or walk first.

We finally believe that we have found a formula without Soy that doesn't make Ollie break out. He has been on Elecare now for a week and his face is clear! So we are hopeful that this continues. He is doing really well at holding his own bottle so we bought a sippy cup just to see what he would do with it...