Owen does Stevie

Owen's latest cute thing (not that I'm biased) is shaking his head from side to side like he's Stevie Wonder. I managed to capture it with my phone - which I'm still in love with. It's posted to YouTube. I'll update the link here later.

The continued quest to master rolling over

We reached another breakthrough today on the rolling over front. Although I am becoming increasingly resigned to the fact that Owen doesn't particularly like rolling over, I continue to press the issue, trying all sorts of things to encourage him to try. Today, I hit on something. I put Owen on his tummy and then pushed on the side of his head so he'd tilt it over and voilà, he pushed himself the rest of the way. He last couple of days his "quota" had gone steadily back down to once or twice and the frustration (for him and me, let's be honest) was starting to settle in. It was like he needed to be reminded of what to do. After that initial push, though, he must have rolled over 20 or 30 times. He barely let me put him onto his tummy befor he was trying to roll back. It was so much fun.


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The Rolling Over Quota

For the last week or so, Owen has decided that he can roll over. But, only under certain conditions. He does it only once a day, and mostly when mom isn't looking. I'd praise him anyway, but in the back of my mind I'd wonder if he thought I was praising him for laying on his back. He'd smile at me and I'd roll him back over onto his tummy after which he would whine and fuss and burry his face in the carpet/blanket until I'd either roll him over or pick him up.

Today, though, he exceeded his quota, rolling over 4 times in one "laying". The first time was pretty standard. I put him on his tummy, walked away to do a couple of quick dishes in the sink and while I was there, I heard some loud thumping, which turned out to be his hugely powerful legs bodyslamming themselves onto the floor. He was on his back! I put him back on his front and right away he tried to roll over so I got a chance to observe the technique. He tips his head way over to the side and follows with his arms. The hips and feet are the last to go. It looks somewhat awkward because his head is so big but at least he's not banging his head on the way over, which is what was happening before. Again and again he rolled over and was so pleased with himself. He was totally beaming.

I also snapped a pretty cute sitting picture today with my phone. He continues to get better at that too, sitting for longer and longer without falling to the side or backwards. Those feet are soooooo cute.

Tooth number 4 (upper right) has arrived!

Sleep, part 2

Owen slept through the night! For real. I put him down at 8 pm and he woke up at about 7 this morning! Funny, it's what I wanted, but I was still a little nervous when I woke up this morning and didn't hear him. About five minutes later, he woke up.

His naps have been a whole lot better too. Both naps yesterday were about an hour and a half. This morning's nap was somewhat short, but he was pretty happy when he woke up.

We went out just after noon to visit baby Sienna down south and he didn't even fall asleep in the car seat (which never happens). We stayed well past nap time so he did fall asleep on the way back, which usually spells disaster for napping, especially when he wakes up on the way up to our place. He did wake up, but I was careful to keep the activity low key once we got home. About half an hour later, I went through the bedtime routine and put him into bed. Without much fuss, he fell asleep!

I hope he sleeps well again tonight.


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Sleep

We have been trying to get Owen to sleep through the night for the last couple of nights. Not to say that he doesn't sleep well, because he does, but I'm a little tired of getting up every night at 4 am and I keep reading that after babies are 12-14 lbs they don't need to eat in the middle of the night. He's around 17 or 18 lbs now, so he really doesn't need it. And, I really do think it's for his own good to stop waking up. It's not like I  have a 4 am snack every night. We've been doing a sort of "modified" cry-it-out since we're both a couple of softies, which we discovered after the first night. He woke up a bunch of times throughout the night and then woke up at 6am and cried until 7 when I fed him and then put him back to bed. Then he slept until 9:30. Last night was way better. He woke up at 12 (when we went to bed), but went back to sleep on his own after only about 5 minutes. Then he woke up again at 4. Kris went in and put his soother in and not much else... he went back to sleep. Then he woke at 7:15 am and cried until 7:30 or so when we got up. Now, he's been sleeping since 10:00 with no help... he never does that. I can't wait to see what will happen tonight.

On the move

Owen is just beginning to figure out that he can move. He other day he was on his tummy and he figured out that he could put both arms straight out and push himself backward. He moved about a foot. Today, he was in his crib, not sleeping, and he started crying pretty hard. When I went in, he had his leg caught in the railing. And in the last two days he's managed to roll over, fully clothed, independently, three times. I am so excited that we're going out to buy more baby-proofing stuff.


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