Ten Months

On Friday Brylee turned 10 months old.  We were out of town this weekend, but I had really good intentions of getting her picture and starting this post before now.  Oh well!

 Our big milestone this month...MOBILITY!

Brylee started showing good signs of crawling right after she turned 9 months, but really took off about two weeks ago.  In the last two weeks she has discovered she can crawl all over the house, pull up on everything, and has learned to sit up and pull up in her crib. Life is so different, but so much fun! I love it now that she can crawl.

She has also really started talking so much more.  She can say Mama and Dada, and has a word she uses for our dog Paisley (although it does not sound like "Paisley", but I have no idea how to type it).  I am pretty sure she understands the words "No", "Cookie", "All done", and "Bath". She talks constantly in a lot of combinations of "Ya-ya, da-da, ma-ma, ga-ga, ba-ba." She also is very good at blowing raspberries with her mouth and spitting with her tongue.

 She loves reading and exploring books by trying to turn the pages on her own, although she has a hard time sitting still long enough for me to read a book to her. She loves going for walks either in her stroller or in the shopping cart at the store.  We have been feeding the ducks in our neighborhood recently, and she recently saw her first horse. She is really acknowledging other animals and objects around her lately.

 She is a pretty happy baby, and has the best giggle. We can make her laugh by tickling her, chasing her crawling, playing with Paisley, or tipping her upside down.  She can make use laugh by almost anything she does!

She can be a little diva sometimes. She has started this high pitch scream...not a cry, but a scream...when she wants something she's not getting. I am getting a little nervous that my child may be a tad strong willed and may require more discipline than a simple request to do or not do something.

 For the record:

• She wears some of her 6-9 month clothes, but mostly has switched to 12 month size recently
• She wears size 3 diapers
• She goes to bed around 8:30 pm and wakes up at 7:30 am (but can be flexible if we are out late, and usually will sleep in the next day)
• She takes 2 naps, one from about 10:30-11:30 am, and the second from 3-4:30 pm
• She eats 3 meals a day, with five bottles total.  She is eating a combination of home made and store bought baby foods and "big people" table foods
• She loves: watermelon, cantaloupe, banana, vanilla wafers, animal crackers, both Greek & regular yogurt, applesauce, beans, eggs, pancakes

This not so little girl is so much fun, and I'm looking forward to watching her learn and grow as she approaches her first birthday!

Ten Months Old

September 23, 2011