We're two months away from Peyton's first birthday! It's creeping up way too fast, but oddly enough, we're excited our baby is turning into a toddler. He's so much fun, and as I hear, they just keep getting more fun as the time goes on!
Oh where to begin! At the beginning of this month, Peyton started waving. Sometimes he'll wave with one "hand," and I say "hand" in quotations, because it's more like one arm. :) And sometimes he'll wave with both "hands." He always gets really excited when he waves and his whole body gets into it!
This was a huge month in the teething department. He cut four teeth, all on top. Coincidently, he's also had a few colds (I still think it's connected). His newest trick now that he has upper and lower teeth is... GRINDING! He's always grinding those teeth together, and makes the funniest, most serious face while doing it.
This past month I've really noticed his personality bloom. He's always been very happy & cheerful, but man, our newest entertainment during the day is
each other! He's constantly laughing at his mommy's goofy personality and loves when I say, "Rock on!" and "Down Ginger, down!" and I'm always laughing at him laughing.
Mid-month he started dancing to music, and loves it. He'll hear music way before I do, and when I see him bounce, I stop and listen for it, and sure enough there's music playing. I personally think he already looks like Steve when he bops to music, haha. It's the way he moves his neck or something, it's great!
Towards the end of the month, he started blowing bubbles in his mouth. He'll make this certain humming noise when he's doing it. He's getting really good & makes bigger bubbles than I can!
He can, or more like,
will, hold a 4 oz bottle and has the sippy cup down pretty well. He has yet to hold the 8 oz bottle, but I know he can do it, he just knows
I will do it! He's still learning that he needs to tip the sippy up when it runs out of milk. His nifty high chair allows me to recline him back so I do that to help him out. Believe it or not, I
totally miss cuddling during our feedings. I sometimes feed him a bottle just so I can cuddle with him. :)
And last but not least, we're still waiting for him to start crawling! He's starting to army crawl a little, and still gets on all fours as if he's about to take off any second. We saw the pediatrician last week (next post!), who says he's just fine and may never crawl. He's hitting all of his milestones and recognized that he's a very chill baby and there's absolutely nothing to worry about. So in the meantime, I'll just continue to enjoy the less chaotic household I have since he's not on the move yet.
And for the (my) record, he's wearing 12 or 18 month clothing. He's taking, on average, 24 oz of formula a day, and eating 3 meals with a snack & water. He's starting to push away pureed foods and wants to feed himself only. He's showing that he knows to put the spoon in the bowl and back into his mouth, which amazed us! But for now, he feeds himself with his fingers.
Ten Months Old!
Peyton & his partner in crime!
One of his best looks. =)
Loves feeding himself!
And LOVES teasing Ginger!
...Awww, Gingie! We love her a lot too!
"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down."
-Robert Benchley
