The Big 10

More often than not, as I'm writing my monthly updates on Nico, I get teary eyed at some point. This would be one of those updates. He's growing up so fast!!!! Month 10 has brought the most changes so far from eating to sleeping to mobility. Basically everything has changed a lot... for the better, ofcourse! Every day is a new day!

The stats: Somewhere around 20 lbs and 30 inches long.

The clothes: 12 month clothes! Size 3 diapers. Lives in t-shirts and athletic shorts.

The schedule: Same as last month for the most part. He has started waking up earlier. Booooo! Half of the mornings he'll get up at 6, the other half it'll be more like 630-645. BUT.... drumroll please.... he's been sleeping through the night for 90% of the past 2-3 weeks :)  He naps 1 1/2 to 2 hours both in the morning and the afternoon. Drinks four 6-7 oz bottles/day and eats 3 solid food meals/day.

The appetite: He's moved onto real food! He eats very little baby food now. Sometimes he rejects us trying to feed us with a spoon, since he's a big boy now and can eat finger foods all by himself! Fav breakfasts: pancakes, little french toast bites, fruit (especially bananas), yogurt bites made for babies, cheerios. Fav lunches/dinners: pasta noodles, chicken, burgers, turkey burgers, green beans, peas, carrots, apples, bananas, potatoes.

New things/milestones:

• Stands unsupported! I've seen him stand up in the middle of the room all by himself a few times, but usually he will pull up onto furniture and then let go.

• Drinks good from a sippy cup and holds his own bottles. Here he is drinking his bottle all by himself in the car...

• Cruises while holding onto furniture.
• Sleeps through the night consistently! (Yes, it was worth mentioning again!)
• He can play catch! He's really good at throwing a ball to you when you're 3-4 feet away. It's now looking like he's gonna be a righty.
• Has responded to "no" on occasion. Usually we just get that cute, little, sh*tty grin. He has shown signs that he is aware of our disapproval.
• Imitates us on a new level with different faces and noises. The recent fun one has been him learning to imitate kissing and make that noise. Today I was smacking my gum (David's top pet peeve) and he started making that noise. I've got a great little sidekick now. He still claps and flaps his arms all the time, and usually will do so whenever I say "yayyyyy!" He always looks so proud.
• He gets pouty sometimes when he doesn't get his way. (David says he has my personality.) This usually occurs when he's crawling and getting into something he shouldn't, and you move him. Or when he's being clingy and one of us leaves the room.

The best way to describe him is still smiley, full of laughter, and happy! He has such a fun personality. Wonder if this is indicative of how he'll be when he's older? He cracks us up on a daily basis. He can be a little shit though too. He's very relentless and will keep playing until he is so tired that he can't hold himself up anymore. He also will make noises back and forth with you and get louder and louder. He likes attention! He's extra happy when food is on his highchair tray and when he's around other kids or outside.




The new fav things: a) Jessica says...  twice in the past few weeks, he has been so sleepy that he put his head on my shoulder and his left thumb in his mouth when I picked him up.  Love those little moments.  b) David says... when you go in to get him in the morning and he's standing up and it sounds like he's saying, "hey!"  + playing catch with him with a baseball for the first time.

The fav toys: throwing/rolling balls, banging little blocks/toys together. Half of the time he's not interested in his toys... he's too busy trying to explore things we want him to stay away from! If we have him in the playroom though, he will be good about entertaining himself for a while. He has started to actually play with toys now, rather than just want to put everything in his mouth.

 

If this doesn't say mischievious, I don't know what does.


 




 

I love our little family.