So little man. You are officially on the move! You pull yourself everywhere in your own little special crawl. Unfortunately the carpet at our apartment gives you rug burn on your knees or belly, so I try to make sure you have the proper clothing to help your skin. I love how you find yourself in the most unusual places and spaces. I have had to start putting things up so you don't get into them. You know how to open drawers and love to pull anything out of a container. Thankfully I have started working with you to put things away and hope you will learn as quickly as your sister. You get up on your knees to look into things, but no pulling up to a standing position yet.
Here's a random selection of pictures of all the things you have been up to!
Crawling under the coffee table, driving the car, party at the mustang pool, bowling, finding your reflection, playing with your sister, crashing out in your stroller while your sister plays at the OKC zoo, and tea parties!
I think with all the moving around you are doing, your eating has increased! You still nurse 4 times a day, along with an occasional extra nurse at bed time. With you being so active, there are times you aren't interested in nursing. Yep, you refuse me because of anything or everything that might be happening. It always works out because you always make up for it with nursing longer at another feeding. Along with nursing you are eating 3 meals a day with a afternoon snack. You gave up baby food after your 9 month check up, however I was able to get you to eat sweet potatoes because we were at some place that didn't have kid friendly food. When eating you sign more (clapping your hands together), all done (the normal way) and more, please (clapping your hands together with a side swipe). You do say "mum mummmm" when I don't pay attention and miss the signing. Your favorite thing to eat is blue berries! There was a day that I thought you would turn blue with how much you ate, but you didn't.... you just pooped blue berries.
Here the official running list of foods you have: black beans, rice, any type of noodle, beef broccoli, vanilla wafer, gold fish, chicken nuggets, grapes, watermelon, turkey & ham, cheese, any type of bread, sherbet, ice cream, tomatoes (you love this stuff), strawberries, cereal bars, cheerios, carrots, and I am sure this list could go on....
Your favorite foods are: avocado, grapes, tomatoes, blue berries, strawberries
Along with food, I still have you working with a sippy cup. You mostly chew on it, but I think you are learning to swallow liquid better because you are always reaching for cups. I am sure you will master it when it is the only thing you can get liquid feeds from.
Your sleeping patterns are come and go... It just depends on what is going on. For the most part, this is what your sleeping patterns are: morning nap ranging 1 1/2 hours to 2 1/2 hours, afternoon nap ranging 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours and occasional early evening naps that last about 45 minutes. There are times that you skip a morning nap, so we are able to go to the zoo, have a play date or on the go for any number of reasons. However, there has been a few afternoon naps that get skipped but we never miss more than one. Here's a picture of you curled up sleeping.
I love you sweet boy!!
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