Kathryn Reese: 10 Months

Weight: 17.8 pounds (pretty much a total guess)

Height: No idea

Clothes: 9 month, 6-12 month, 12 month

Diapers: Size 3

Sweet thing, another month has come and gone. You are SO close to being mobile. About ten days ago, you FINALLY figured out how to move from your belly into the sitting position and from sitting back to your belly. You spend a lot of time on all fours and are ALMOST a crawler. You understand that moving your arms forward gets you going, but you haven't quite figured out how to use your knees to help you yet. You still have some frustration when your little lunge move doesn't get you your desired toy, but we definitely have some progress.

Let's talk schedule - you are down at night from about 7:30pm to 6am (early bird!). I've tried everything to get you to sleep in longer, but it's just the environment you're in. Your room gets bright and loud around 6am thanks to the early summer sun, a family of noisy birds, and the cars outside on the street. We just deal with it. :) You are napping typically from 9:15-10:30am and 2-4pm. 

As far as food goes, you have cut back to just 3 bottles a day, as we combined the mid-afternoon and bedtime bottle since you didn't really take much at either feeding, so you are now getting 6-7 ounce bottles at 6:30/7am, 11:30/12pm, and 5:30/6pm...basically, you get a bottle before each meal. On the subject of food, you are a phenomenal eater and will eat just about anything we give you. Some favorites right now are rice, chicken, peaches, yogurt, crunchies, bananas, graham crackers, and pretty much anything out of a pouch. You are a little picky when it comes to textures and your hands - you don't really like to pick up things like bananas, pears, etc but will gladly accept them off a fork. You also love your snacks - yogurt melts, crunchies, puffs, Cheerios...if it's a carb, you like it. :) You also got two more teeth this month...I can't believe you already have all 8 of the front ones!

You have become a MAJOR talker this month! You have mastered the "m" and "b" sounds which have basically given you three words - "bubba" (what you call Carter), "mama" (me, obvi), and "ma" (more). We are trying desperately to get you to say dada, but no luck yet. You also discovered how to wave, high-five, and shake your head to say "no" this month. You are VERY social!

You are a momma's girl and still get quite upset when I put you down somewhere and walk away. God forbid I do anything other than play with you! ;) On that note, dropping you off somewhere is tough...you are NOT a fan of the hand-off, but fortunately, I am always told you recover quickly and move on. 

Since it is summer now, we have been doing a lot of swimming and splashing. Girlfriend, you LOVE the water! Water table, baby pool, big pool, splash pad...if it's wet, you're a fan!

I think that about sums it up for this month...we love you, baby girl! Keep growing! XO.