Today, we celebrated Sydney's 10-month birthday. Hard to believe how quickly it has gone by. He now stands up ALL BY HIMSELF (without holding onto anything) and we find that he opts to walk (instead of crawl) most of the time.
The "Frankenstein"-style walking (photographed below) is gone!!! He walks with great skill now and can even make the transition strip UP into our kitchen without stopping to crawl over the threshold now. He is our LITTLE BIG GUY!
Our biggest challenge right now is SLEEP! He goes to bed at an inconsistent time at night, keeps waking for a feeding between 3-4am, wakes anywhere from 6am-9am and protests daytime napping, as well as the battle to go to bed at night. Everywhere we read, they say that he NEEDS a morning and an afternoon nap. (He doesn't want to miss anything, I'm afraid.)
It would be different if he were fussy or crabby, but this kid is just so darned HAPPY ALL THE TIME!!!
Our neighbor has recommended a great book about SLEEP and we are now trying to teach Sydney how to fall asleep on his own, as well as sleep better/longer, etc.
Reading it, we feel like we've done A LOT wrong, but are moving forward... the best is yet to come. (Perhaps, if he takes (a) nap(s), I will have some more time for housework, baking, card making, etc. since most of my time is devoted 100% to Sydney.)
He's going through a goofy period as far as eating is concerned... he LOVES to smash his (soft) food in his hands instead of eating it and tends to hold out for crunchy things like Cheerios... his favorite! He has a tendency to gag on solids so, we still do some puréed foods (contrary to instructions given by the specialist at a recent breastfeeding support group who indicated that we need to STOP giving him puréed foods because we are boring him.) At least we know that he's getting SOME nutrition out of it when we are able to feed it to him still. We're hoping that we can talk to the specialist again in the near future to see what she recommends, as far as the gagging is concerned.
Sydney - YOU areSO STINKING CUTE!
Other goofiness, is that Sydney LOVES to be silly. He has adopted a new fake laugh. He smiles almost all the time. He makes car noises with his lips. He can make a clicking sound with his tongue. Mike is trying to teach him how to blow kisses (as if he isn't yet a big enough flirt) while I am trying to teach him to go "Ahhh!" after taking a drink.
So, maybe he comes by the goofiness naturally... what can we say?
We like to laugh and giggle, as we have A LOT of fun here!
Sydney likes to point now. He points at things a lot. His favorite thing to point at lately are the photos at the bottom of the stairs. We have to check them out every morning when we wake up as well as most of the times that we are going upstairs. He also likes to point at the cats and cars driving by. He had been playing Pat-A-Cake and SO BIG, but has recently moved on to signing the word MILK. He goes in streaks...
Sometimes, we find this goofball chewing on or playing with his tongue. You can see him running it across his teeth or poking it into the side of his cheek.
Here, you can see one of his cars. He knows that it makes noise(s) when you press its "nose". He is often taking it on tours of the house... from the living room, into the dining room, under the table and chairs and back into the living room.
My favorite part is how he makes car noises as he pushes it across the floor.
These adorable on-the-go car jammies were just packed away today. They were only a 9-month size, but we would still use them in a pinch. But since his toes sometimes looked crammed inside the footies, we washed them and packed them away. He's been wearing 9 and 12-month clothes, depending on the brand and style. Although, according to the size chart at Target, the 18-month sizes aren't too far off since he is tall. (Sniff, sniff... sad mommy.)
It was SO SAD to look at all of his tiny clothes as I packed them into labeled totes. So many good memories.... but EVEN MORE great memories to come!
Sydney, these past 10 months have been AN ABSOLUTE BLAST!!! We love you SO VERY MUCH!!!
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