Teething and other fun stuff

Today we hit exciting four month mark. Oscar is a big and strong boy, growing faster than I could ever imagine. He is always on the move or so he wishes he could be. He is trying to roll, crawl, walk and jump… yes, all at the same time. I see we have trouble on our hands and need to make sure that our house is baby proof as soon as possible.  Oscar is more aware of the surroundings and other people around him which makes going out more fun for all three of us. And if a “stranger” holds him for a second, the whole world will be crushing down and it will never be the same. So, Tanya, you need to come visit us more often!!! Oscar is mesmerized by our furry friends and I have a feeling he can’t wait to get his little hands on them as soon as he can scoot himself fast enough. What I’m noticing more and more each day is that Oscar, not to my surprise, is a very talkative guy. Squeals of joy and throat gargling is his way to communicate now, and every day he invents and tries out new ear piercing sounds that my husband only can handle wearing both earplugs and headphones at the same time.    

Teething… we finally arrived to the dreaded teething period as well. Everything, and I mean, EVERYTHING goes in the mouth: hands, all the toys around, blankets, our fingers and NOTHING is quite satisfying. What’s worse is when you thought that your night routine was set, you and your little one finally started getting some sleep then the horrible teething would ruin that for you. As soon as Oscar turned three months his sleep during the day became pretty much non-existent while at night it would be constant rocking and singing. But as I mentioned before we don’t have a little guy on our hands, so my arms were sore from trying to continuously rock him to sleep, since he grew out of his swing already. And as soon as you think he is asleep his eyes will pop back open, and you’ll have to start all over again. So, desperate mama got a “promote healthy sleep book”, read it with a speed of the lightning, and some advice was very valid but in general our sleep problems continued. However, still desperate mama found an amazing cure that gave us both peace and healthy happy sleep back. The miraculous solution that I found was Camilia drops that soothed his pain within minutes and let him have a good sleep. I know that we still might be boxes of Camilia away from our first tooth. But, oh, how happy we all will be when that first tooth arrives!