Oliver has been officially rolling over lately. He has been rolling over sporadically for weeks, but we are never sure if we should count it, because there was always some extenuating circumstances. First he would roll over when I was sitting on the bed. So I would think, “Well, that doesn’t count, he’s just falling in the crater made by my heinie.” Then I would sit somewhere else and he would roll over and I would think, “Well, I’m still technically on the bed, so maybe I’m helping him somehow.” So there was always some reason why it wasn’t a “real” roll.

Finally however, there can be no doubt. He can do it repeatedly on a flat surface, like the floor. I think he just finally realized that if he wants a toy or something, he can roll over to get to it. I remember that’s how we got Evie to roll over, by offering her some toy just out of her reach. That hadn’t been working on Oliver, because he would just sort of go, “Oh well, I can’t get it,” and either ignore it or cry. This time he was actively trying to get the toy, and rolling over. It looks like it won’t be long before he can roll the other way too. Of course this opens up all sorts of awful possibilities and he can no longer be left alone on the bed.

He also managed to sit up by himself for about 3 seconds. He loves to be in the sitting position, but he hasn’t had the balance to do it by himself. So hopefully he can learn to sit up by himself and then we won’t have to hold him up like that all the time.

He’s also getting pretty good at holding his head up. When he’s lying on his stomach, he just looks like he is ready to crawl away at any second. I know he probably won’t for a long time, but he looks like he’s ready to go.

He seems to be very interested in solid food. If you are holding him and eating, he’ll try to dive out of your hands and take a bite out of anything coming his way. We’ve given him a few tastes and his enthusiasm hasn’t seemed to diminish. Hopefully this means he will switch to solids without much fuss. Evie wasn’t interested in them at all when it was time for her to start on them.

You can get him to laugh, but Oliver is very stingy with his laughs! He smiles big smiles, sometimes he even squeals, but an actual laugh is pretty rare. We get him maybe once every few days or so. Hopefully this doesn’t mean he is going to be very serious when he grows up. I kind of doubt it though, in this family.

Also this week, Ollie went to daycare for the first time. All in all it was much less traumatic for us than when Evie went to daycare for the first time. I just remember being so sad and everything that our little baby was going to be with some stranger all day. With Oliver it was more just like part of the daily routine. I didn’t even feel even the smallest twinge of guilt. He did sob inconsolably for a while to me when I got home from work. I think he was trying to pay me back for abandoning him. Other than that though he seemed to take everything pretty well.

So that’s about it, he’s growing up fast!