10 Months

You are officially in DOUBLE DIGIT months and I cannot believe that my little baby is getting sooo big.  Every day you seem to be learning or exploring something new and I love watching how you take in everything and for the most part always stay soo happy.  This was our first full month living with grandma and grandpa since our move and so far you are adjusting well to your new crib and surroundings.  Since grandma and grandpa's house have so many toys, you are fitting right in at their house.  I think they enjoy having you as well :).  

In other news, in your nine month post I mentioned that you started a new daycare when we moved down here.   Well, since you weren't doing so well there and cried most of the day, the lady watching you decided to kick you out!! While mommy was sad that day, I think it was really good for you because you got to spend the next two weeks with you Aunt Patty at her house and then started at Abby's daycare on October 14th.  As I write this post, you have been at daycare for a little over two weeks and are doing very well there.  You love Miss Ashley, your teacher, and have a great time playing with the toys and gym mat there.  They even have a slide that you apparently used for the first time the other day.  I'm soo happy that you like your new daycare and we found a place where you can play with other babies close to your age!

Overall Health

The month of October was a healthy one for you.  No new sicknesses or trips to the doctor were needed.  You do seem to be slimming down (a bit) because of all the non.stop. moving around that you do around around grandma and grandpa's house.  In the health department, we had to find a new doctor for you in Cincinnati since we moved from Columbus, so your next scheduled visit there is in January after you turn 1!!

Clothes

While the first part of the month was still a little hot, towards the middle and end it is finally feeling like fall!  Which means that you started wearing more long sleeved onesies, coats, and pants and had to put away the shorts and short sleeved onesies that you were living in all summer.   In terms of clothes sizes, you still fit in your 9 month pants, but since Mom didn't buy many 9 month pants you have been "swimming" in some of your 12 month clothes.  It is not too bad, but the pants are a little long on you so when you try to pull yourself up on things you sometimes get tripped up because your pants are too long!  You also have a pretty tiny waist, so the 9 month pants fit you perfectly!   In terms of pajamas, the 12 month footie pajamas or footless pajamas are our go-to now.  All in all, you have A LOT of cute sweaters  and vests that I can't wait to put you in as the weather gets colder, all ranging in sizes from 6-12 months to 12-18 months.  So, I'm sure over the next few months we will get plenty of wear out of them!

Sleep

What can I say, I think we have created a monster… This month, you have still been waking up once in the middle of the night (usually).  Probably about 3/4 of the time when you wake up we feed you because you won't stop crying.   The funny thing is, this month was the first time that mommy left you overnight when Dad and I went to a Halloween party.  I didn't believe it, but you slept from 9:30pm to 8:30am the next morning!!  Grandma and Grandpa say that it is because of your parents that you don't sleep, but I just think they didn't hear you cry! Anyway, it was a funny story because grandpa gave you a little ducky and said that is what made you sleep all night.  So, now, since I am trying everything, I have been trying to give you the ducky at night hoping for the best.  Starting next month, my goal is to not feed you at night so hopefully that will enable you to start sleeping longer stretches!  I'm aiming for you to sleep consistently through the night before you turn 1 and the clock is ticking!

Diet

You looove food and cannot get enough of it.  I should clarify that you cannot stand oatmeal+fruit anything and you stick your tongue out and refuse to swallow once it is in your mouth.  Besides that, you have tried just about everything except peanuts and peanut butter.    We have started giving you more and more "regular" foods at dinner and you seem to love everything we give you.  You make this hilarious noise (yumm yumm yumm) whenver you are eating (you got this from your dad), and there are sometimes when I think that you would keep eating and eating if we let you.  Some of your highlights this month was trying LaRosa's pizza for the first time, and getting a little too much of Uncle Rick's 50th birthday cake while mom wasn't around.. Can you say sugar high?!?!   In the liquid department, I am still pumping and you are still eating breast milk.  You don’t seem to want as much as you used to in the milk department but still enjoy it at night and in the morning especially.   

On milestone that happened at the end of the month is that you were able to suck water from your sippy cup for the first time!  (Grandma gets credit for teaching you how to do that. )

Milestones

You still love to babble and have continued doing it this month.  I'm not for sure, but you can say mama and dada now, in addition to making other sounds.  You do what we call the "indian" call a lot where you bring your hand to your mouth and go "ba ba ba ba".   In the motor skills department, you are wanting to stand on your own so bad but haven't quite mastered it yet.  You do, however, stand up on furniture, toys, whatever and will cruise around to get where you need to go.  You have also gotten A LOT better with your balance and are not falling down and hitting your head on things anymore, so that is good. :)   You love your sit to stand walker and will walk behind that across the living room.  You are soo proud of yourself when doing it and get the biggest smile on your face!

One of the cutest things you have done this month is DANCE.  So, when we start singing and do a dance song, you start dancing along and smiling.  I have included a video here because it is one of the cutest things I have seen..

Statistics

You don't have a doctor's appointment again until one year, so not sure on these statistics right now.  I would guess somewhere between 22 and 23 pounds!

Here is an overview of the past month in pictures.  

Here you are celebrating your first Halloween!