Stats at 10 months:
28 inches long
18.7 lbs
Nicknames: Monkey, stinky, lil' man, Finn Bob.
Sleeping pattern: 12- 14 hours a night, and I am getting better about putting you down for one long nap a day.
Feeding schedule and foods you love to stuff in your face: Oh, all of it! You definitely prefer feeding yourself and I do too since it's less work for me. So lots of finger foods: homemade pancakes, breads, dried fruit and nut bars, cheese, meat, fruit, frozen peas corn, and carrots. You can have homemade peanut butter and cows milk now too. The cows isn't replacing nursing yet, you just have it once in a while but you seem to like it. I don't feel good about giving you pasteurized milk, we are exploring raw milk as an option. For now, I am giving you the best thing I can find in the grocery store, Kalona, non-homogenized, whole milk.
What you love the most: Playing with everything except your toys. The more random, dirty, and dangerous the object the better. That springy door stopper thing? SOOO Exciting! The little cap that comes off on the base of the toilet? Into the mouth! Daddy's mouse? click, click, click, click. Other favorites include the toilet, seeds from the garden, dog bowls, the remote control, toilet paper, and dirt from the potted plant. Oh yes, and balls. Bouncy, rolly balls.
You have figured out how to play ball with yourself.
You have figured out how to play ball with yourself.
What makes you mad/sad: You are HATING the changing table. Any time we put you horizontal for a diaper change or to change your clothes, you exert the surprising strength of an angry ninja in a very tiny body. I am not very good at restraining you, so it just take longer. Daddy is more efficient at the diaper changes. He is less patient with your antics :)
Things I’m loving most right now: Being with you.
Sounds you are making: mamama, dadada, and the beginnings of ball! ba ba ba, said in the right context!
You are learning to: Dare I say it? You are becoming a biped! I bought your this little walker. This was one of your first tries. You are much faster now.
You are getting close to standing up on your own unsupported too. We have seen you in the triangle position with your butt up in the air and you really want to push yourself up!
You had your first ER visit this month. On a Sunday afternoon you had a fever and it climbed up to 104. Lesson learned: you just get high fevers and I wont put you through the stress of a hospital visit again now that I know that. They did a flu test which was just awful. They stuck tubes all the way up both nostrils only to get the test back negative. Then the nurse said that test has a 20-50% accuracy rate. Then what was the point subjecting my baby to that? Thanks for nothing.
My sweet little dude, you still managed a smile.
In other news, you've been hitting the gym.
This is your first free hang all on your own on the pull up bar- a proud day!
You and Daddy came to CTRC to meet my favorite rider.
The
Tasty
Weasel :)
Finn and Jackson. I would say he is your first friend!
Your first St. Paddys Day. My wee Irish lad!
Your umimpressed face.
Thats's more like it!
My babies.
We took a little trip up to Estes Park. We had never seen the Stanley Hotel so we had to check that out. Creepy and fun. We bundled you up and went for a big hike in Rocky Mountain National Park. We had our snowshoes on and we were post holing, falling down, jumping off snow drifts and.... you slept through it. Amazing kid.
You are on Daddy's back, sound asleep through it all.
I cant believe in 2 more months we will be celebrating an entire year of your life. Knowing you has been nothing like I expected. You have brought me love and light unlike anything I have ever felt. And that's after only 10 months together. We have only just begun Finn Henry, how cool it that!
BIG love to you sweet boy,
Mama
