Happy 3 Months, Ollie!

OllieWE MADE IT!!!!! We are out of the “newborn” phase all in one piece. Oliver is growing like a weed and loving daycare. Our work/school routine is in place and we are all chugging along. We still get lots of bonding time because I get dropped off with him before 8 to nurse before daycare, come over at lunch and then back at 4 for the ride home. I never go long without seeing him. It helps me really take a break in the day too. I can’t do much when he is cooing and laughing at me. With that said, he LOVES to talk. He starts nursing and gets enough to satisfy him and then pops on and off to chat and smile. It is bordering on frustrating at times honestly. Sometimes I don’t have 45 minutes for him to talk :).

The colic seems to have faded and no more mystery tummy trouble. I also have been gluten free for a month…so maybe that is helping as well. I am keeping it up until his 4 month appointment and then talk to the pediatrician. I have done a few dairy challenges and haven’t seen a change in him. I plan to try some more after this first little baby cold is out of the way. I think I might could actually have some cheese! WOOT! We did have chocolate gluten free cake this week and I think I narrowed it down to the cause of him spitting up like crazy! He was sent home for “throwing up” at school but never had another symptom. I didn’t have cake that night and the next day he was fine. STUPID CAKE!

His sleeping has gotten much more consistent. No sleeping through the night but I don’t really care about that as much as consistent. He usually wakes around 11-12(sometimes earlier if he gets out of the swaddle or poops) and eats. Then again around 4ish to eat and back down. we have had a few 1 feeding nights but usually the 2. He goes back to sleep after eating…so the lack of fighting is just such a welcome change. We are still working on napping. School and home are WAY different but that is just the way it is. They have him for their time and they do what they need to. He usually naps around 4 times on the weekends per day. He goes down pretty easy…now it is just working on length. We can get anything from 30 min to 2.5 hours. We use methods of CIO mid nap to usually at least get us an hour total. It works for us. He is different than Landon was but a lot of that could be that Landon was tummy sleeping by now already and out of the swaddle. Who knows. I am just happy to be sleeping in my bed!

Ollie is a happy little guy and loves hanging with his family. He watches Landon and Jack like a hawk. He loves standing (for real, we barely give him something to lean against) and loves the bear on his carseat. Most evenings we are rushing home to play in the front driveway with Landon and Ollie comes along either in the Moby wrap or just sitting in my lap. We hit magic hour this week and I ran for the camera. Here is what we got. Say Hi to Captain Blue Eyes.

Daddy and OllieMommy and Ollie

7 thoughts on “Happy 3 Months, Ollie!

  • October 29, 2012 at 8:14 am
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    Love those pictures…the one in the wagon is so sweet! How long does he cry mid-nap? I’m thinking about trying it with Griffin because he naps 30 minutes at the most. Drives me crazy!
    Hooray for being out of the newborn phase!

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  • October 29, 2012 at 10:19 am
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    Such sweet and fun pictures! You have a beautiful, or should I say handsome, family! My son was a “power napper” too. It was annoying for me at first but then I just said screw it, this is how he is and we adjusted. It was hard for me to think there was something wrong with it when he woke up completely rested and was still growing very well. He grew out of it on his own and we were doing the happy dance for sure when that happened!

    I’m so happy you are in a good groove/routine! From what little I know about you it seems like we are similar in that having the routine in place makes for a happy household indeed. Plus you are giving me hope for when my #2 arrives as I will get these bouts of stress where I think, “how am I going to handle two?!?!” I for one think you are doing a great job with all the hurdles and the successes and in case you haven’t heard it lately… you are a great mom!

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  • October 29, 2012 at 2:10 pm
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    What beautiful pictures! And I keep forgetting your hair is darker now. I’m glad that things seem to be settling down for you.

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  • October 29, 2012 at 4:52 pm
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    Ah, thank you for reminding me there is light at the end of the tunnel! A seems to be napping more than E did during the day, but i cant wait to sleep in longer stints at night!! Glad to hear Ollie is doing well. Great pictures!

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    • November 1, 2012 at 2:52 pm
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      you trade old problems for new…but sleep sure helps.

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  • October 30, 2012 at 9:32 pm
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    ADORABLE! Glad things seem to be turning around for you!

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