The Next Baby Bachelor

Presenting the next bachelor. Line up ladies.

Busy Bee

Ollie has become quite active since he started crawling. He is pulling himself up with regular ease now. Chairs, entertainment center, couch and his momma and I all make great things to climb. He's even sparingly used his walker. He just turned 8 months this week. His momma thinks he'll be walking by 9! That's a scary thought. Of course he has been doing a lot of things earlier than he's supposed to, so maybe she'll be right. We'd be in real trouble then. In the mean time the cats are still safe from his grasp, unless they aren't paying attention. They can still out run him, but now he follows. It won't be long and they'll be all his muawaaahahaha! And to think it all started with this:

Cheeto Poll: Last Day

What do you do after you exit the bath?
A. Squirm, scream and cry because you have to get out of the bath.
B. Spit up all over everything so you have to have another bath.
C. Roll around naked and show your butt off to the world.
D. Eat more cheeto's and start the process all over.

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C. Roll around Butt naked

Cheeto Poll: Day 2

What do you do to clean up after eating Cheeto's?
A. Have parents spray you down with a hose in the front yard.
B. Take a nice relaxing bubble bath with your bubble crown and friends.
C. Taken to a car wash strapped to the roof for a good wash and wax.
D. Given to the cats for a tongue bath cleansing - also good for the soul.

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King of the Bath Tub
Quite a Ham isn't he?

Cheeto Poll: Day 1

What's the best way to eat Cheeto's?
A. Putting them in your mouth.
B. Smushing them against your cheeks and inhaling the cheesy smell.
C. Dropping them all over your pants and hope they soak through your clothes and skin.
D. All of the above.

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D. All of the above
Anyone want a kiss!

New Tactic

Well, we are going to try a new tactic tonight. Unless Ollie screams bloody murder we are going to let him put himself back to sleep. We're going to turn down the baby monitor so we don't hear the rustling around, but can hear the screams. He woke up several times like this last night and for the first part of the night we helped him get back to sleep. He got a bottle about 1:30 and got moved back to his own bed about 3. At 4 he started rustling around, but he wasn't screaming. He played in his jail cell (bed) for...well we don't know how long because we both fell asleep and so did Ollie on his own. He woke up happy as a camper around 6 am. So, unless an axe murderer is coming to get him, he'll be squirming on his own until he figures it out. Maybe his parents will get more sleep this way.

Sleep-Wiggling Baby

You've all heard of sleep-walking right? Well we have the infant version, we have a sleep-wiggling baby. In his sleep he wiggles, rolls and scoots. In the beginning he would eventually hit the top of the bed and wake up. So I started putting him to sleep lower in the bed. Now he hits the side railing before waking up, after he's moved up to the top. He fusses for a bit, but once you move him back to the middle, where he doesn't hit his head, he puts himself back to sleep. We already took his bumper pad off because he would play with it and wake himself up. He also tore 2 of the strings off while playing with it, so that was the end of that. I just wish there was something we could do to prevent him from moving and waking himself up.

The only options we've come up with are:
1. Putting him closer to the top, so he figures out to just move side to side (yea, I know, dumb dadda logic).
2. Putting blankets where the bumper pad was to prevent head bumping.
3. Tying arm, leg and body restraints for night sleep (just kidding).

Any other suggestions?

Eating Out

Whenever we go out to eat Ollie is usually well behaved. He'll usually get a few of his parents french fries and mash them all to heck while gumming them. He also likes to pre-smash his real food. He takes it in his hand and smashes them on the table over and over. I guess he likes the way his baby food looks.

We took him to Cheddars last night and since he has begun crawling and walking with parental help, he does not want to sit down! He sat in the high chair for a little while, but when he was done with sitting, he was done. Had to be in a standing position for the rest of the meal. If he wasn't, he let us know he wasn't happy. So, we had a quick meal and took him home where he played while crawling and sitting most of the night. Sigh.

Normal

Ollie got closer back to his normal sleeping pattern last night. He awoke and fussed several times before 10 pm (which is unusual). We let him cry it out for awhile and he only got up once during the night. Maybe we're closer to his normal routine. Maybe someday we'll get him to sleep through the night. I only hope it's soon.

Trip Totals

1,257 miles - Distance Ollie traveled on his trip
20 hours - Amount of total time spent in our car.
7 days - Amount of time gone.
6 houses - Number of places stayed during trip.
3 rolls - Number of canisters of film taken during this period.
5 Illnesses - Bronchiolitis, ear-infections, flu, diarrhea & Vomiting.
1 nasty fit - Number of nights Ollie was a major pain to get to sleep - more later.
7 nights - Number nights of Ollie slept with his parents during the trip.
0 nights - Number of nights of normal sleep for Ollie since the trip began.
1.5 hours - Number of hours of video tape of Ollie to edit on the PC for posting here dating to his birth.

Ollie was a lot better on this trip for the most part. He wasn't as crabby as he was on his previous trip. He had one nasty night where he wouldn't settle down for the night. For over an hour he cried, screamed and threw a giant fit. Apparently he had enough of the trip. With nothing left to lose we took him on a car ride and got him a bottle. He fell asleep fairly quickly, so we drove around for awhile and he got a small nap. We brought him back in the house, set him in the bed and 10 minutes later he was awake ready to play. We weren't sure what was causing him the problem, so his momma and him went downstairs to play away from the extra people, just in case that is what set him off. For the most part he had a hard time sleeping and maintaining any sort of schedule. Especially when we got back.

It still doesn't seem like any holidays occurred other than we brought stuff back with us. Maybe next year will seem more like Christmas and New Years. Ollie didn't know what was going on and was crabby for the present opening, but it was past his bedtime, so who could blame him. He enjoys his toys though, his parents don't enjoy the annoyance so much. He's also extremely mobile now. The Saturday after we left he was able to get to a sitting position on his own. He's very good at crawling, as the cats found out. He also is starting to pull himself up on things. He'll be cruising in no time.

It all caught up to him when we got back. He was crabby and out of sorts for almost the entire week. He also got diarrhea and vomiting for New Year's Eve. So, his parents got little to no sleep. He has not had a fun 2 weeks. Now his momma is sick from him, hopefully, I don't get it. It made me realize, I wouldn't want to be a stay-at-home parent with babies, never a second to yourself to do anything. We'll see how he is today. He's back on normal food from Pedialyte yesterday. Maybe going to the babysitter will help straighten him out to his old schedule. I hope something does. All of us need the sleep.