Happy 10 Months, Nellie!

10 Month Stats

Weight: 19.8lbs (approx)

Length: 28in (approx)

Eating: you are eating three meals a day now and continue to have four bottles of 28 ounces of milk.  You are also taking a iron supplement to help with your low iron levels.  Tori says you LOVE caviar and get so upset when it's gone (not sure why the other family has caviar for babies!); you love oatmeal for breakfast and lately have been on a couscous kick.

Bedtime: your bedtime is still about 630pm, although, it's hard to always get you down at that time with everything that we have going on.  You're still waking about 6-630 every morning but we try not to get you up until 7am on the weekends.

Naps: you are down to two consistent naps, each averaging about and hour and a half to two hours at a time

Diapers: size 3s 

Clothes: i packed away all of your 3-6 clothes and you are mostly wearing your 6 month outfits.  The 9 month clothes are a little big but you are starting to grow into them.

Favorites: you love to walk around the house and play with the magnets on the dishwasher.  You want everything that Mila has and then you play with it for two seconds, long enough to upset her, and then you throw it aside and look for your next toy.  You love eating dog food, playing in the toilet,  digging in the trash/diaper pail and dancing to Whip/Nae Nae.

Development: you are full on saying mama and dada now and have started to sign "more" a couple of times (always when you want more food!).  You can grab all your food and feed yourself and I think we will introduce a sippy cup soon.  You are cutting two more teeth (for a total of eight) right now and you are thisclose to walking on your own. You can now walk when holding one hand and have taken a couple of steps on your own before you drop down and start crawling.  

Nellie,

Happy 10 months my love!  You are such a delight and always so happy.  You had your flu shot yesterday and only whimpered for about two seconds before smiling at the nurse and clapping.  

You are definitely our little firecracker and you have a mind of your own.  You have been trying for weeks to get to Roscoe's doggy door, even biting Mila on the arm when she tried to stop you.

You finally made it and played with the door for about two seconds until you realized you could actually climb out of it (something Mila never did!).

You went full on head first trying to climb out the door but ended up getting stuck with your legs kicking inside, reminding me of Winnie the Pooh getting stuck in the honey pot.

You constantly keep us on our toes and you are such a little daredevil.  You know when you're doing something wrong too because when we catch you you crawl away at full speed.  I could barely keep you seated long enough to get your monthly photo, and after 10 minutes I only had one that wasn't blurry.

You're so very close to walking and are now only interested in holding one hand while cruising along.  You have taken a couple steps on your own, but nothing we have caught on video yet.  

You might not be able to walk on your own yet but your favorite song in life is Whip/Nae Nae and any time it comes on or we start singing it you get the biggest smile on your face and start dancing. I swear you are actually doing the dance too.

You try anything you can to get Mila to notice you and love to crash her party when her friends are over. Anywhere she goes, you are close behind, following her and getting into whatever she is doing.

You say both mama and dada now, you love to hug and snuggle and have been glued to my hip lately, pretty much not wanting anyone else.  You are absolutely beautiful and it looks like your blue eyes and dark hair are here to stay. We love you so so much and I can't believe we are only a close two months away from you being one!

Love,
Mommy