Osland Baby: 14 weeks

Oh my, we have a roller on our hands! I placed Julian on his tummy on our bed and he was as happy as can be. I saw him trying to roll over, told Dan to watch, and then he did! I'm glad Dan got to watch it with me because then we all giggled together. I hope I can get it on video. This morning he was too tired and gave himself a hickey on his arm instead of rolling over.

The last two days have been fun getting out and going to different events, but exhausting in a different way. Wednesday was the grand opening of The Green Nursery, a baby boutique that has cloth diapers, wooden toys, and environmentally friendly things. After that we hung out at our neighbor's place and had a great conversation. Yesterday we went to brunch at a friend's house and after that we went to our last new mom's group meeting. Julian loves seeing new faces and it entertains him unlike me reading, singing, and bouncing nonstop. He's so happy and alert when around people that he doesn't give cues, or I miss them, for being tired so he doesn't get a nap. Then he is so overtired that he has begun to arch his back and scream in my arms. I used to be able to calm him by holding him and bouncing on the exercise ball, but he's been impossible to soothe. I just did this now and resorted to the fact that since I cannot calm him, I put him down, put a blanket by his face and the pacifier in his mouth and he just fell asleep instantly. That frees me up a bit. I hope he has a long nap like he did this morning (1 hr 20 min).

He is still enthralled with his feet, but doesn't care a thing about his hands except eating them. I put his toes in his mouth and he thinks that is great!

I think he's growing out of the belly issues. Maybe I just haven't been eating as much gassy food, but even when I had whole wheat pasta and onions, he didn't have any problems. When he does cry and I try to let him be, I have lifted him and he's had to burp even though he didn't feed recently. Maybe it's from chewing on things, but it now makes me not want to leave him when he's crying.

I don't know how soon gender roles develop, but Julian loves the SNORT (a back hoe) in the Are You My Mother? He screams and kicks happily when it is on the page. Ha ha.

Julian is singing more than ever and babbling away. He is so happy and so funny. We get into these "deep" conversations where he keeps talking almost very serious-like and then burst out in laughs. I make up what he's saying and Dan and I crack up and then Julian laughs. He definitely keeps us entertained.

Our nights are still going well. I'm getting nervous for going back to work. I hope to organize everything I need today so I don't have to think about it on Sunday. When I would take a week off work before, I would feel rusty coming back. Now it's been 14 weeks, I have a lot on my mind, and now I have to find time to pump...very scary. Since I work in critical care, I can have any kind of patient (cardiac, GI, neuro, trauma, etc.), so I have to be on top of things. Thankfully I work with a great team of nurses!

Here are some photos for those who aren't on facebook.