You are getting so big and at 10 months becoming less a baby each day. At your check up last week you were a big 29.5 inches tall and 19.5 pounds.
New things you've learned this month: how to stand alone and how to walk holding on to things are some of the latest moves. You've also learned how to "blow raspberries" and spray spit (and whatever else is in your mouth) at all those near you. You are getting better at talking and communicating your needs, though you haven't said any words yet, just lots of imitation babbling. Your favorite way to communicate is screaming at the highest pitch and loudest volume you can. You scream when you are excited, mad or upset, or just tired and cranky. This means you are screaming lots of the time. The worst place you scream is in the car. You used to cry and scream, and now you scream at your brothers or at me when I'm buckling you up. This makes car trips with you still interesting.
You still love to smile at everyone around you, though some of the separation anxiety is showing up more and more. Your doctor says that if you can eat Cheerios, then you should be eating all table foods. We've been trying to feed you table food, but you really just like the softer baby food. You are slowly becoming better at eating what we give you. Nursing is still your preferred way to be put to sleep, but you are getting better at putting yourself to sleep at the sitter's. You still call for me several times a night.
For months I've been trying to discover what your schedule is, and I finally figured it out. If it were up to you, you would like to sleep in until 8:00, then take another nap at 10:30, and then your afternoon nap at 2:30, then be up until bedtime at 8:30. The biggest reason it has seemed like you've had no schedule is because your schedule is the opposite of everyone else's. No wonder you're cranky on days when I've got to work! I'm hoping that with summer coming and you turning one soon your schedule will morph into a better one for next school year.
Baby toys only hold your interest for so long, you are really interested in what your big brothers are playing with or the electronics around the house. Your brothers do get tired of keeping their Lego's in their rooms and racing you to the door to shut it. You especially like your brothers' quads and we just couldn't keep you away from them last weekend.
Baby boy, you are almost one! 