Liam is 10 Months!

I know that this is posted way late.  But I did have the draft done the day before he turned 10 months old.  I just didn't have any pictures uploaded so that delayed me.

 -Liam is still huge!  He is around the same weight that I posted last time as a guess (his last month's weight was really 24lb10oz).  And he is SUPER tall!!

-Teething has hindered his sleeping abilities lately.  So sleeping....well, sometimes he sleeps through the night and sometimes he wakes up just once.

-Speaking of teething he now has 3 teeth!!  And more is about to pop through!!!  

-He took his first steps 1-2 weeks ago.  He walked 5 steps all by himself!  He braves it every once and while by taking a few steps.  He sometimes just stands there and starts to sit, then stands like he is going to take a step, and repeats the pattern.  So many choices!  

-He loves to feed himself food.  He isn't a shoveler either, which is good!  He will just chew while holding another piece in his hand, and when he's ready he pops it in there!

-He's still a pretty good eater.  If you don't count his extreme teething, which makes him not eat sometimes, he's doing good this month!  He will now eat some meat.  He more or less just eats whatever meat we eat, so steak, chicken, lunch meat, etc, whatever is in our meal.  The other night we had a casserole with beef and the little piggy snarfed it all down!  He LOVES broccoli.  Seriously, obsessed.  He also eats northern beans, green beans and peas.  He loves nutrigrain bars, too!  He has them all the time.  He will now pick of pieces of a pear and eat it, and he will finally eat cheese!!  Of course he eats yogurt melts, puffs, goldfish, etc.

-He's babbling a lot more.  We are trying to get him to communicate what he wants without just screaming at us.  

-Bedtime is a lot later now.  He goes to bed between 8-9pm.  If he happens to only get one nap in, he will go down a little earlier.  

-Naps are switching between 1 and 2 when we are home.  When he falls back asleep at 8:30am, he will only nap one more time (I don't count the 8:30 as a nap) and if he doesn't, then he usually takes two naps, one around 10:30am and another one around 3:30pm.  

-He loves playing with anything!  Wipes, toys, magnets (they are safe, don't worry), stuffed animals, measuring cups.  You name it, he loves it!

-He is still obsessed with crawling all over everyone!

-He is still wearing mostly the same size clothing.  I am already ordering some winter clothes and I chose 3t shirts.  They will shrink and he'll have room to grow.  I did get him a couple pair of jeans, and those were 2t.

-He is still wearing a size 5 diaper.

-He is still using a binkie, but not every second.  I'm not worried about it.  During this teething phase that binkie is my life saver.

-He loves giving kisses!  Such a sweet boy!  He gives kisses to all of us, baby dolls, stuffed animals.  He's a lover not a fighter!

-His new show he likes to watch is Max and Ruby.  And he loves when Moose comes on Nick Jr.

-For the first time since he was a newborn, someone else has successfully put him to sleep that wasn't me or Jimmy.  My mom watched him while we took Sydni to a concert and he did great!  

-He knows how to play peek-a-boo.  He holds up one of his blankets in front of his face and them slams it down in front of him and just laughs!!

-Bath time is still one of his favorite things.  I just walk down the hall and have him follow me and once he sees me walk into the bathroom you can hear his knees smashing on the ground trying to beat me there.  He knows it's bath time!

-His hair is SUPER long!

-He's mimicking things we do.  We put sunglasses on, then put them on him and he will take them off and try to do it, too.

-His eczema is currently under control!  YAY!!

-His bff is still Sydni.  He's done great with her starting school.  He patiently waits while we are in line to pick her up everyday, and the playing resumes when we get home!

-He is such a happy baby!

Liam is 9 Months Old!

**P.S Sorry for my pictures...I can never get them lined up....motion sickness might occur.

-Liam is a monster at 26ish pounds!  I'll have a more accurate weight amount after his well visit next week.

-He had some trouble sleeping this past month because of teething and a growth spurt that was making him wake up to eat a few times, but other than that he is doing well sleeping!!

                                                

-He is a super stander and is even trying to stand on his own.  He will stay up about 3-5 seconds before his toosh hits the ground!  He pulls himself up on EVERYTHING.  And because he is such a chub, he will sometimes pull whatever it is on top of him because he's heavier (canvas toy bins, his bumbo, his table toy, etc).

-He still only has one tooth...I thought he was popping another one, but I was mistaken.  But soon two more will be coming!!!!  I can see them through his gums!

-He is still a little piggy, but isn't too fond of meat.  I think it's a texture thing, so we'll just keep experimenting.  Other than that, the only extras that have been incorporated into his diet are finger foods, crackers, gerber cheese puffs, etc.

-He is starting consonant sounds more frequently.  "NiNi" is his new sound.

-He's getting really flexible with his schedule as far as naps are concerned and bedtime, too.  Syd was always really good about that since I had a different school schedule every semester.  He will fall asleep if he's tired enough while we're out running around, and bedtime is a breeze now.

-Naps are switching between 2 and 3 when we are home.  He used to always fall back asleep around 8:30am (after he woke up around 6am), and sleep until 10:30 or 11am, but now he skips that sometimes. So instead he will just nap around 12/1pm and then sometimes around 4pm depending on his mood.  Sometimes he will just do the 12/1pm nap and only have 1 a day!  We'll see how this turns out next month.

-He now knows our food is edible, too.  So anytime we're eating, he'll rush up to us and just stare at the food waiting for us to offer him some.  He does the same thing with drinks.  Syd had a bottle of water and he saw it, spit his binkie out and opened his mouth! HAHA!

-His new thing to do is to start crawling around on the hard floor and then sprawl out.  It's so funny because it's so random!

-He also is obsessed with crawling all over everyone!  Most of the time I'm sitting on the floor and the moment I do, he crawls over to me, crawls all up on me, and stands beside me holding my shoulder and pats my back. HA!

-He is still wearing mostly the same size clothing.  I am already ordering some winter clothes and I chose 3t shirts.  They will shrink and he'll have room to grow.  I haven't bought pants yet so I'm not sure on the sizes for those.

-He is still wearing a size 5 diaper.

-He is still using a binkie, but not every second.  I'm not worried about it.

-He now feeds himself his bottle at every feeding.  Such a big boy!!

-He LOVES cats.  Let me explain...we have a Hello Kitty metal poster and every time he sees it he gives it a big kiss.  He also has an animal book, and whenever he sees the kitten inside he gives it a big kiss, too!  AND he follows our cat around everywhere, and I'm sure that's why he likes them.  It's just so cute that he kisses all of the pictures of cats he sees!

-He's still obsessed with Monsters Inc.  I think that will be is Halloween costume!

-He's becoming more open to strangers, and by strangers I mean people he's seen, but never let hold him before.  Hopefully that gets better.

-He likes to pull out wipes from his wipe box and smell them.  It's so funny.  He pulls one out, looks at him, crumbles it in a ball, and then smashes it up to his nose and gives a big sniff.  It's hilarious.  It's complete coincidence, but he will also pull a wipe out while he is leaning forward in a crawling position, and then swipe it by his side...totally looks like he is trying to wipe himself.

-He is obsessed with the vacuum.  Syd was terrified of it!  He just follows it around.  Sits on it, touches it.  Pretty much loves the vacuum.

-Bath time has become playtime.  He loves it and can now enjoy some toys in the tub without landing face first in the water.

-He seems to have really great fine motor skills...i.e, picking up really small pieces of food, turning pages on board books, etc.

-He's been having some pretty bad eczema problems, but it seems that I am starting to get it under control with magic California Baby Calendula Cream.  Expensive, but AMAZING.

              

-Sydni is still his bff/playtime bud.  Too bad she starts school in less than 2 weeks.  He's going to miss her so much!  He always leans forward in his car seat when I put him in to check to see if she's sitting beside him.  Love it.

 -He is SUCH a happy baby!