In the past week or so we've seen the onset of drool. That combined with gnawing on hands and my fingers and anything that comes near his mouth, I think he's starting to teeth. I tried to capture a picture of some drool rolling out of his mouth:
Oliver has also been introduced to the bebePOD. He can work on his sitting skills while watching his sister play.
As you can see, he's working on a bald spot on the back of his head. Speaking of his head, we had a second appointment with the physical therapist and got some good news. His torticollis (head tilt) has completely resolved and his plagiocephaly (flat spot) is almost resolved. We have another appointment next week and hopefully it'll be the last one. The stretches and exercises she gave us have been working.
In other news, Oliver still refuses a bottle. I reached out to a lactation consultant last week and she gave us a long list of things to try. We have tried so many strategies: having different people feed him, starting him on the breast and transferring, feeding him in different locations, in different positions, with three flows of nipples, and 4-5 kinds of bottles, formula, breastmilk, when he's hungry, when he's not hungry, wrapping the bottle in something that smells like me... No luck so far. Today a package of latex nipples arrived so that's what we're trying next. Supposedly they are softer than silicone and feel more like a real nipple. I'm not giving up on this and I'm confident we'll figure it out.
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