11 Months

Chunky monkey, you are 11 months today! I am currently planning your 1st birthday party and cannot believe I am about to be a mommy to a TODDLER! In so many ways, I feel like you were JUST born, and in so many other ways, I feel like you've been part of our life forever. You are SO MUCH FUN right now and are EVERYWHERE! You crawl at about 90 mph and cruise like a maniac. You stand without support for a few seconds from time to time (accidentally I think), and you will walk a few steps holding onto our hands, so I'm not sure whether or not you'll be walking soon or not. Your daddy and I both walked before we were a year old, but I'm just FINE though with you taking some time on that front, so baby boy, don't rush it! You are exhausting enough as it is now! :)

On the sleep front, this month has been rough as far as naps are concerned. Your nights are still just the BEST and you sleep for 11-12 hours each night (7:30-6:30/7) without a peep. Naps are a rougher subject - you are a CHAMP typically at home and naps last 1-2 hours each. At daycare, not so much. Your naps there are MUCH shorter...usually 25-40 minutes each. I've tried EVERYTHING I can think of to help you get more sleep - moving your crib, a white noise machine, changing up the times - but it just seems to be too loud of an environment for you to truly relax in, so most nights you catnap either in the car seat on the way home or in the stroller on our evening walk. I'm okay with that since it's not messing up your nights, but poor thing, you are SO overtired during the week that it just hurts me to watch. Fortunately, you are about to move to the scheduled mid-day nap from 12-2:30, so hopefully you'll sleep the whole time once those become the norm.

As far as eating goes, you are a rockstar! You eat just about anything we put in front of you, but you are NOT a fan of bread or cheese. (Although, ironically, you LOVE goldfish and cheez-its.) You are on total table food at this point eating 3 meals a day plus 1-2 snacks and drinking water/diluted juice like a champ out of a sippy cup. You do NOT appreciate me putting formula in your sippy though and seem to get a little worked up if I expect you to drink it that way, but we'll get rid of those bottles eventually. Some of your favorite foods right now are yogurt, peas/carrots, applesauce, rice, chicken, ravioli, ground turkey, graham crackers, bananas, and vanilla wafers. 

You have become quite the talker recently and seem to attach any consonant sound to "a" - you've got baba, dada, mama, wawa, gaga, and vava down, and you are especially found of grunting, growling, and screaming. (Lovely.) Tonight, I listened to you talk yourself to sleep and it was just precious. We now put soft books in your bed, so you "read" yourself to sleep at night and "read" when you first get up in the morning. It is the cutest thing in the world! (And secretly, I tell myself it's making you smarter...)

You also got a new tooth this month on the bottom, so we have 3 top and 3 bottom at this point that I know of, although I'm fairly certain more are coming in. I get a little worried because most of your teeth are on one side of your mouth, but you'll even out eventually right? :) You started brushing your teeth this month and giggle every time we do it. You are Mr. Independent and love to chew on the toothbrush brush your own teeth, too. Such a big boy!

Well, I think that's about it! We LOVE this age and are so excited to plan your first birthday party! We are so blessed to be your parents and love you so much little one!

STATS:

Weight: 22.5/23 pounds

Height: 31 inches

Clothes: 12 month or 12-18 month

Diapers: Size 3