10 Months Old

Double digits already, seriously?! I'm really not liking how fast he is growing up! He had some seriously big milestones in his ninth month on this great big planet. He started crawling, begun standing and cruising on anything remotely off the ground, and even got his first tooth! People say it all the time, but no joke, he's changing every single day. Noticeably. It's so fun to watch all that goes on that big head of his!

Kyle is still solely on mommy's milk and his twice a day solids. I'm really proud of us having made it this far with breastfeeding-- it has definitely been a lot of work (especially now that I'm back at work) but I truly can't imagine how sad it'll be when that part of our special bond goes away. Kyle also really enjoys oatmeal and we've been mixing it with every fruit, vegi or pureed meat we give him since it has added iron. It seemed like a better substitute to the nasty drops that stain & give him tummy problems. He's a pro with finger foods. He can pick up little cooked pieces of rice with no problem (have you tried that? it isn't easy!). He doesn't always eat everything we give him (although it all makes it TO his mouth at least), but we've been trying to put a cut-up sample of our dinner on his plate each evening.

Kyle is still a super sleeper. He goes to bed around 7-730 and is never thrilled when we wake him around 7-730 for daycare. He REALLY loves sleeping in on Fridays after a long week of hard play at daycare. He's still not napping that well at daycare (usually squeezes in 2x 45 min naps), but he's an excellent twice-a-day-napper for us (often of 1-2 hrs each). I think there's just too much going on and too many screaming babies back in the crib area for him to get many zzzzs at daycare.

Kyle was far less fussy this past month (I know, it's all relative, and he's really barely ever a fuss) now that he can move around to get to other moving things (read: the doggies). He likes to go after the dogs tails and loves to find all the dangerous parts of the house. His favorites? Outlet covers and stairs. He can get up to the 2nd stair already! He uses crawling as a means of finding an object that he can use to stand on. He frequents our hardwoods the most and enjoys being in the kitchen with me while I cook. He even has a favorite bowl he "cooks" with!

He's a huge fan of bath time as we've moved him to the big boy bath. He has a riot squirting his toys, splashing water EVERYWHERE, and playing with mommy's feet (can you blame me for using bath time to relax a bit myself?!).

Here's a summary of his current likes and dislikes:

door stopper springs, helping mom in the kitchen, "swimming" on the hardwoods, pulling off people's socks, his thumb, throwing balls off the loft, playing catch, eating cooked rice, fish, and and oatmeal, using just about anything to get to a stand, dog toys, bath time in the big boy tub, shaking towels, outlet covers, celery, and bouncing balls. His dislikes include objects that are out of place, the changing table, meats, and getting into his carseat.