Oliver is now three months old. He is becoming more interactive each day and frequently enjoys short conversation. He can now follow us with his eyes as we move around the room. Oliver also has a great sense of humor as he laughs at us. Currently he weighs around 14 pounds and his favorite thing to do is eat and sleep.

Oliver is such a sweet little guy. He sleeps most of the time unlike his brother when he was this age. He is eating well and gaining weight. So cute with his plump little self. Within the last week is beginning to look around and can follow us moving around. He seemed to have a fascination with looking into the mirror last night while I was carrying him. On occasion we will here him make a small laugh. Since he’s been born he has been trying to lift his head. While looking into the mirror last night he was holding his head up. He’s quite strong that little guy.

Well, it has only taking me over a month to post these but better late than never. I’m too busy being a dad and not on the computer. Thomas had a wonderful Birthday party with family and friends. Thank you all for showing up and making it an awesome day.

Thomas loves sticking out his tongue now. We think it is hilarious. His other milestones are that he started rolling over about two weeks ago. We still can’t get him to crawl, but he does sit up on his own and he can roll over from his back to his stomach and vice versa. He is really strong and we don’t think he will have any problem getting to the walking stage. He also can stand in his crib holding on to the railing. Personally, I think he is going to be somewhat daring, but aren’t all boys? That’s what we do.

As a parent you are constantly worried about your infant sleeping and the possibility of SIDS. I decided to read a bit about it before going to bed to hopefully calm my fears when I discovered this information on Wikipedia about the difference in development between babies either sleeping on their stomachs or on their backs.

I will still have to do research to determine if sleeping supine is really the best choice in avoiding SIDS and is it worth the possible loss of motor development. Read the quick excerpt below and then read more on the click through.

“Since 1998 there have been several studies published which report that infants placed to sleep in the supine position lag in motor skills, social skills, and cognitive ability development when compared to infants who sleep in the prone position. In the 1998 article entitled “Effects of Sleep Position on Infant Motor Development.” by Davis, Moon, Sachs, and Ottolini, the authors state “We found that sleep position significantly impacts early motor development.” The prone (stomach) sleeping infants in this study slept an average of 225.2 hours (8.3%) more in their first 6 months of life than the supine (back) sleeping infants.” Read more…

Thomas had his 4 month check-up today. He’s now 15 lbs 6 oz. He also received his first immunizations and did really well. Since he recently learned to tear paper he was very fascinated with the sheet on the exam table.