It’s so hard to believe, but my little man is already 10 months old today! I was looking through all the photos on my computer last night, and I’m just in awe over how much he’s changed. I pulled up each picture from his birth to today and watched as his personality developed before my eyes. I really do miss that sleepy cuddly little newborn who would snuggle up in my neck for hours a day. But I am having so much more fun with my laughing smiling babbling little crawler! I thought it would be fun today to list all the skills he has mastered and is developing now that he is 10 months old:
Mastered
Smiling
Laughing
Kissing
Giving “noggin” (bumping forheads)
Sitting
Babbling and imitating sounds
Manipulating toys appropriately (rolling truck/car on floor, shaking rattle, banging hammer)
Rolling around
Reaching for people/things he wants
Self feeding with hands (no utensils yet)
Eating “big people food” (bread, diced veggies, crackers, meat bites, cheerios)
Pincer grasp
Splashing in the tub
Visually tracking objects as they go by, such as cars
Turning to look in the direction of a sound
Wrapping Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and even total strangers in stores tightly around his little finger!
Developing
Using words appropriately (Ma Ma, Da Da)
Sitting for extended periods of time
Pulling up from laying to sitting position
Crawling (is more of a commando crawl so far, but lightning fast!)
Giving “high five.”
Making faces
Shared experiences (I play music from his toy, we make eye contact, then he looks at the toy, then back at me)
Giving objects to another person (he’ll hold it out to you, but forgets to let go of it)
Concept of “in” and “out” (putting small toys into a container and taking them out)
Concept of object permanence
Obedience/Testing of Rules (Grandma says it’s a ‘no no,’ does Grandpa?)
The last time we had him weighed was almost two months ago and he was 23 pounds then. He wears size 4 diapers, size 18month clothes and size 3 shoes. I am amazed when I sit back and realize just how BIG he is! He started out so tiny and skinny. He was dark skinned, and black haired. Now his hair has finally started growing back in, after having all fallen out, and it is a nice light brown. His skin has turned paler. His eyes are kind of brown in the middle, but still grey/blue around the outside. He has seven teeth, four on top, three on bottom. His favorite food is bread. He wants to drink ANYTHING he sees big people drinking. (He loves soda, milk, water, juice, tea, and coffee) He will grab food out of your hand and eat it. He wants only big people food, and it is very hard to get him to eat his baby foods anymore. He is just recently beginning to “play shy” with strangers when we are in public. When someone speaks to him, he will smile real big and lay his head down on my shoulder.
I am thinking about what I want to plan for his first birthday, and astounded that it is time to do that already! I have no idea what kind of theme I want to have. I guess we will probably do it at our house. I’m sure it’ll be a big crowd!
Mastered
Smiling
Laughing
Kissing
Giving “noggin” (bumping forheads)
Sitting
Babbling and imitating sounds
Manipulating toys appropriately (rolling truck/car on floor, shaking rattle, banging hammer)
Rolling around
Reaching for people/things he wants
Self feeding with hands (no utensils yet)
Eating “big people food” (bread, diced veggies, crackers, meat bites, cheerios)
Pincer grasp
Splashing in the tub
Visually tracking objects as they go by, such as cars
Turning to look in the direction of a sound
Wrapping Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and even total strangers in stores tightly around his little finger!
Developing
Using words appropriately (Ma Ma, Da Da)
Sitting for extended periods of time
Pulling up from laying to sitting position
Crawling (is more of a commando crawl so far, but lightning fast!)
Giving “high five.”
Making faces
Shared experiences (I play music from his toy, we make eye contact, then he looks at the toy, then back at me)
Giving objects to another person (he’ll hold it out to you, but forgets to let go of it)
Concept of “in” and “out” (putting small toys into a container and taking them out)
Concept of object permanence
Obedience/Testing of Rules (Grandma says it’s a ‘no no,’ does Grandpa?)
The last time we had him weighed was almost two months ago and he was 23 pounds then. He wears size 4 diapers, size 18month clothes and size 3 shoes. I am amazed when I sit back and realize just how BIG he is! He started out so tiny and skinny. He was dark skinned, and black haired. Now his hair has finally started growing back in, after having all fallen out, and it is a nice light brown. His skin has turned paler. His eyes are kind of brown in the middle, but still grey/blue around the outside. He has seven teeth, four on top, three on bottom. His favorite food is bread. He wants to drink ANYTHING he sees big people drinking. (He loves soda, milk, water, juice, tea, and coffee) He will grab food out of your hand and eat it. He wants only big people food, and it is very hard to get him to eat his baby foods anymore. He is just recently beginning to “play shy” with strangers when we are in public. When someone speaks to him, he will smile real big and lay his head down on my shoulder.
I am thinking about what I want to plan for his first birthday, and astounded that it is time to do that already! I have no idea what kind of theme I want to have. I guess we will probably do it at our house. I’m sure it’ll be a big crowd!
There's NO WAY he's 10 months old. LIES! LIES! LOL - I can't believe how big he is. And from your descriptions of his recent eating, he's working on a growth spurt!
ReplyDeleteLove you bunches!
GmaC~