Firstly, Oliver has started to talk. It literally happened over night. Sure he used to make noises
before but now he talks and babbles and even does what sounds like singing to a tune :O) A couple of weeks ago Oliver by chance said 'Mama' twice. I knew that it was just a fluke but being of 'Mouttet' blood the competitive side got the better of me and I might have said on facebook something along the lines of 'in your face Dada'. Whoops. So of course karma came and kicked me in the butt because Oliver's very favourite thing to say is Dada. And he is always happy when he says Dada, just happily babbling away something along the linkes of da da do da do da da dada! Now thankfully, just to make sure Mum isn't feeling too left out Oliver is also now saying Mama! But unlike the happy babbling of dada that he does he uses mama when he is upset or angry. For example, the other morning we had a bad night where we didn't get much sleep. Craig very kindly took Oliver with him into the living room and played with him so that I could get some sleep. Well this was all good for a while but then Oliver started to get grumpy again and this is when he uses the words mama. It's and angry mmmmmmmmmmMAMA! mmmmMa mmmmMAMA haha but at least he says it right :O)
Oliver has now started the first steps to crawling which is pushing up his bum in the air and pushing backwards. So I can't really say he is commando crawling yet, but it's a great sign of things to come. I did however see the child health nurse last year and she said by no means is he expected the crawl yet and that if he was she would say he is advanced. So that was nice to know. I love the child health nurse, because she always makes me feel like such a good Mum. Always praises me for my efforts with continuing breast feeding through all the troubles that I had. Told me that she fully expected me to give it up, and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.It's really nice to hear praise when you are a new Mum, especially when most people like to tell give you their advice and tell you what you are doing is wrong.
Oliver has now been moved out of his capsule into the next size car chair. We still have him in a new born seat as I would prefer to keep him facing backwards as long as possible. His seat is so plush. I wish that I was given a seat like that in the car to lie back in and enjoy whilst someone else drives me around. The only down side to this new car seat is, gone are the days where we can take him out of the car in the capsule and click him straight into the pram. If he falls asleep in the car, I have to try and take him out as gently as possible in order not to wake him up, which is not always so easy.
I am in great need of a holiday. I am dreaming of just chilling out in another place, being looked after by a hotel and just relaxing with my family. So just in case we decide to go on a last minute holiday overseas we have started the application for Oliver's passport. And with a passport we need a photo. So this week we got Oliver's first ever passport photo done. It's so cute haha, his cubby face is just gorgeous. He looks like a little baby criminal. Don't we all look like criminals in our passport photos these days? Firstly we had to find somewhere to actually have this photo done. We went to a few different post offices, each one saying the didn't do baby passport photos because they were to hard. Finally after speaking to my friend who had her bub's done recently I found what may be one of the only places that do them. I was warned that it could take up to 15 minutes because there is no exceptions for babies. They also need to be looking straight at the camera, both ear showing, mouth closed and not smiling. So add that on top of how hard it is to get a baby to look at a camera in the first place we prepared ourselves for the worse. Well my angel baby did it on first shot! What a clever boy. Maybe Oliver also wants to go on a holiday.
Well I think that is all for now. Oliver turns 7 months this week. I can't believe just how quickly time flies by when you are having fun. He is just so adorable and makes everything just sooo damn good!
I love his "mug shots". ♥
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