Well, mister, you are in double digits now! 10 months old! What a month this has been...I sound like a broken record, I know, but you were pretty much sick the entire month. :( I am SO ready for summer so all this sickness can go away!!! At your 9-month "well" check, you had a sinus infection so you were put on antibiotics (yet again), and while on those, you can down with a random 3-day virus where your only symptom was fever. Two days post-antibiotics, you came down with a stomach bug that lasted about 5 days, and then two days after that, you came down with yet another cold. Buddy, you are absolutely GIFTED at picking up sickness. It is by far your strongest skill. I've asked multiple pediatricians how to prevent you from getting sick all the time, and other than being sure you get lots of sleep and washing your hands, they all say the same thing - I can't. It's just something you have to go through to build up your immunity and it just takes time. Lovely.
The good news for you is that your sickness has absolutely NOT held you back from growing like a champ. You're SOOO tall (over 30 inches now!) and kind of a chunky monkey again...I think we might be on the downhill of a growth spurt because the last few days, you have been a TANK. 25-30 oz a day of formula plus three meals and a snack. BUT, I'm really trying to let you be the dictator of how much you eat (within reason)...I really don't want mealtime to become a battleground, and I'm trying to let YOU learn your hunger/fullness cues, so until you start spitting food out (your new thing) or turning your head away, I let you keep eating. Here's an example of what you might eat on a typical day...
Breakfast: baby yogurt, fruit, and cheerios
Lunch: veggie, string cheese, bread of some sort
Snack: yogurt melts and/or nutri-grain bar
Dinner: turkey and veggie ravioli, veggie, and applesauce
Let's talk play time...you are a SPEED DEMON on the crawling and can get what you want to go in a hurry! You love walking behind your push walker, cruising around furniture, and playing in your new playroom. (We cleared out my old "office" to make it a baby-friendly room for you to go crazy in.) You have started becoming a little daredevil and will let go and stand by yourself for a second or two. I'm SO NOT READY for you to be standing/walking, but I'm not sure I can stop it at this point, so we'll go with it. I am fairly certain that you'll be walking around your first birthday party, but time will tell.
Oh, sleep. This is just not your spiritual gift, honey. You've been good and sleeping all night, but this month you become a morning person. Like a 5:30-6am morning person. This is NOT good news for your mom and dad, especially on weekend mornings. We've tried feeding you and putting you back to bed, but you will have none of it and are ready to greet the day before the sun comes up. We've tried later bedtimes, earlier bedtimes, more naps, less naps, nothing works. You are up no matter what by 6:30, so we'll just learn to roll with it.
Well, that about sums it up, I guess! We look forward to seeing what month 10 holds for you and love you so much!
Guesstimated Stats:
Weight: 21.5ish pounds
Height: 30ish inches
Clothing: 12 month
