our boy is rolling over

Oscar sleeps on his tummy with a pacifier and usually before he falls asleep I have to put his pacifier back into his mouth a couple times. So when I walked back to his crib for a usual pacifier re-do, it was the best thing to find him on his back staring up and smiling at me. He had rolled over onto his back and was probably pretty proud of himself. I put him back on his tummy, gave him his pacifier again and walked out. A couple minutes later I hear him cooing so I go back in there to see what he was doing, and he was on his back AGAIN smiling at me. I started laughing so he laughed a little too. Days like these are pretty awesome and make it fun to be a mom. Oscar also is 4 months old today so I was really just enjoying the heck out of him all day as I thought about how happy he is and how much he laughs and giggles and loves to be tickled.

On a side note...
People are always asking me if Oscar's a good baby, and before I can say yes, they ask me if he's sleeping through the night. So it's kind of like two questions in a row that are supposed to be one in the same. When I answer, "No he's not sleeping through the night he still wakes up to eat," I usually get a disappointed look. This has bothered me and I've been feeling guilty, like I'm a failure because Oscar's not sleeping through the night. Yes, I'm running back and forth to give him a pacifier when he falls asleep. No, I don't let him "cry it out" in the middle of the night when he's hungry. So it probably is a failure on my part that he doesn't sleep through the night.

But, today I don't care anymore. I'm ok with being a failure because I have a happy happy baby who is so sweet and social. I sure miss sleeping through the night, and I'm sure it's something Oscar would love to experience. But I'm not gonna feel guilty or feel like a failure over it because Nate and I still get to wake up to this happy face.....