Sipping and sitting

Ollie is completely obsessed with water.

Any time that I have a bottle or glass of water, Ollie stares at it so intently. He has even started to grab at it when I am holding it. I figured that was as good an indication as I was going to get, so he got his first sippy cup last week. It was a total failure and even I am not able to get water out of it and into my mouth. So he also got his second sippy cup last week as well. This one was much more successful and he takes great pride in swigging out of it. In fact, he loves his sippy cup so much so that I have to keep it out of his line of sight when I am feeding him.

Speaking of feeding, Ollie and I were both getting totally bored with the wallpaper paste farex stuff so we took a quantum leap straight past the single flavour foods we were meant to have and tried a store bought three fruit combo. You should have seen the look on his face - he had discovered flavour, and he liked it. He kept opening his mouth and grabbing for the spoon. Today I got around to cooking him up a batch of pumpkin which I think he liked even more and later in the week we are going to have some pear. It is a lot of fun and a bit of mess.

The pics I've included show Ollie's new big trick - sitting up by himself. The second pic shows him sitting up earlier in the day with Nick just behind him for emotional support. The third is the same day and you can see that he has figured it all out. He is a bit wonky still but he is improving everyday.

Don't be alarmed by all the scratches on his face, he hasn't had a run in with Gus the psycho cat. Ollie just scratches himself up in his sleep. We've tried everything to stop him but to no avail. And speaking of Gus, she should be very nervous as Ollie is taking a very keen interest in her lately. I don't know how it is going to go down when Ollie starts crawling soon. I might have to call the local Chinese restaurant and see how much they will offer for her.

Nick's highlight of the weekend: He was blowing rasberries on Ollie's belly (a very fun game at the moment) when Ollie decided it would be really fun to eat Nick's ear. Slobbery revenge.

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