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| Ahh the freedom of a bike! Oliver loves the feeling of the wind in his hair. |
The last few weeks have been all about talking, walking and teething. Doing all three at the same time makes for some exciting and exhausting days. I don't know how the teachers at daycare do it. Oliver isn't quite able to walk yet, but he has started to cruise and works at it every single minute of the day. He pulls up on everything and has mastered the smooth transition from standing to sitting back down, well most of the time. He is starting to move along furniture and is growing his confidence. Yesterday I watched him go from the ottoman to the coffee table, a move that involved an unassisted rotation. I also saw him attempt to stand up from a sitting position without holding on to anything. He made it up wobbled then plopped on his butt. I am so proud of his progress. I anticipate independent steps soon!
Talking is taking off all of a sudden too. Just in the past few weeks Oliver has discovered a whole world of new sounds. He rattles them off in entire sentences of gibberish. You can tell he is experimenting with his new words. He is curious about everything too, he points at everything and says "dat? dat?" Sometimes your answer will amuse him inexplicably. Last night while we were getting him ready for bed we were putting on his Elmos pajamas. He really like his elmo jams and mostly just wants to hold them and point at them, rather than wearing them. This time however, he was saying "Meh-mo! Meh-mo!" So it is official, at 13 months, Oliver can say Elmo.
If those two things aren't big enough, to go along with it Oliver is working on some new teeth. I'm still not sure which ones are coming in, but I am suspecting it's either the canines or maybe one of the early molars. These suckers have been brutal. Poor little guy is IN PAIN. He is having trouble eating, and often furiously spits out whatever he is eating and CRIES. As a result he hasn't been eating much, and is even fussy when nursing. Last week he got an ear infection which sometimes comes with new teeth, and this week his diaper rash has inexplicable gotten really bad. Poor thing, not only does his mouth hurt but his butt is super red and itchy. I've been told the canines are hard core when they come in and they take a while too, so I am thinking that may be what is going on. Either way, I hope it eases up soon and gives him a little break. The kid has so much going on already!
