15 weeks old

some pictures of ozzy. he's getting better and better at grasping and putting things in his mouth. still not very good at it, but slowly improving. he's not able to sit up on his own yet, but can sit with some props around him for support for a few minutes. i dont like to sit him for too long because i dont think it's good for his development to be forced to sit up on his own for very long when he's clearly not physically strong enough just yet. but he continues to get lots of tummy time and we're practicing rolling over front to back and back to front. if i get him started, he can usually follow thru to change his position.

he continues to sleep well at night, logging 7 hours before waking to feed, then sleeps 2-3 hours, feeds, sleeps 2-3 hours and then wakes up for the day. he still sleeps on his tummy, but i am trying to get him to learn to be a back sleeper. once he goes into a deep sleep, i'll try to keep him on his back for awhile. i still worry about SIDS and when he's been still for a long time, i get scared and so i have to poke him in the middle of the night to see if he's still alive.

daytime naps are still very short and lately getting more difficult to get him to fall asleep. of course the fact that i'm always rushing him out the door to get mimi to school or her other activities makes it hard to keep up any kind of daytime nap schedule anyway. poor guy. he literally naps on the move. naps in the car on the way to swim class (5 minutes), naps on the way to preschool (15 min), naps on the way back home (15 minutes), naps on my shoulder while standing at the checkout at the fabric store (me fumbling to pay with one hand and trying not to be the customer everyone else standing in line is grumbing about), etc. mimi wasn't much of a napper at this age either.

in other news, he's spitting up a lot less these days. i think his reflux is starting to resolve itself with maturity. but he continues to feed every two hours. so i think that helps...small, but frequent feeds.

the drooling. oh the drooling is insane. i think he's got more drool than kaya. i wonder if he could be teething? there's just soooo much drool! he's like an endless fountain of drool. he just sits there and a thin line of saliva will slowly drip from his mouth, string down and slowly pool. that would be a super cool trick if he could suck it back up too. then we could take him out for parties and be like, hey ozzy, do that really cool spit trick that you do.