Ten Months

10 Months

Weight: 23.6 pounds

Height: 28.5 inches

Sleep: She’s a great sleeper at night, but still struggles to get good naps during the day. Both of our parents watch her while we’re at work, so she may have a hard time sleeping at the different houses. It’s a good day when she gets a couple of good naps.

Size/Diaper: She’s in 9-12 and 12 months clothes (and a 12-18 month jacket) and size 4 diapers. Her 12-month pajamas don’t have footies and it makes her look so old.

Diet: She’s eating lots of different foods. Since we moved, I’ve started giving her jarred baby food, which she seems to enjoy. She really likes the ones with pasta in them. She's also still on formula.

Baby Gear Love: Pack-n-Play. Technically, it’s my mom’s pack-n-play that she keeps for when Addi’s at her house, but we are using it while we are living at my parent’s house for the month. It really is amazing! It travels easy, is lightweight, small enough so as not to take up too much space, and Addi seems to be comfortable enough in it when she sleeps. I’m sure her crib and mattress are more comfortable, but she’s a champ and the pack-n-play is working great.

Milestones/Firsts: She’s walking with her walker. Her personality is coming out more. She’s talking a bit more like saying Mama, Dada, and PopPop, and making new sounds like “bah’s” and “gah’s.” She has even started standing on her own for short periods of time. I think 15 seconds is her record.  

Likes/Dislikes: She likes crawling up the stairs, walking with her walker, and playing peek-a-boo. She loves seeing anyone in our family, and she loves FaceTiming with my sister. I have an app for kids called, “Jesus Loves Me,” that plays music and such, and she really enjoys watching the music video of the animated animals singing “Jesus Loves Me.”

Currently, she doesn’t like having her diaper changed or sitting still – ever.

Things I don’t want to forget: The way she tries to crawl really fast to get away from us when we chase her. The way she loves to crawl over the pillows on our bed and try to climb up the back of the couch. The way she crouches down while standing and holding onto the couch to play peek-a-boo with us. The way she hoots like an owl whenever the dog barks as her way of “barking” back. She also hoots just at random times, too, usually to get our attention. The way she gives kisses. The way she rubs her eyes when she’s sleepy. The way she scrunches up her nose to make a piggy face and blows through her nose. 

Nine Months

9 Months

Getting so big.

That face.

Her serious face.

Oh, and that smile. Even behind the paci.

Weight:Weight: 22lbs

Height: 27.5 in (I may or may not have measured her with a piece of paper since we are living in chaos and I don’t have a ruler handy. And then as I’m writing this, I see the toolbox with the tape measure in it. I think I like my way better).

Sleep: She’s a great sleeper. Over the last couple of weeks, she’s started screaming at her naps, but since we just moved and her life’s kind of crazy, it’s understandable. At night, though, she’s a champ. She sleeps all night long, and sometimes even sleeps in until 7:30am.

Size/Diaper: She’s in size 3 diapers and size 9-month clothes. She also wears 6-9-months size and can squeeze into some 6-month clothes. I bought her some 12-month clothes recently – so crazy. 

Diet: She’s drinking formula and eating lots different foods. She’s gotten pretty good about feeding herself. She really enjoys eating puffs and her teething biscuits.

Baby Gear Love: I really like the play yard. It’s nice to be able to put her somewhere safe where she can play, and I can get something done.

Milestones/Firsts: She has two teeth! The first one broke through right before her 8-month birthday, and the second one just came through last week. They are the 2 front bottom teeth. It’s adorable when she smiles, and you can see them.

She’s standing with assistance like a pro. She can pull herself up on just about anything, and stand while barely hanging on. I have a feeling she’ll be standing on her own and even walking soon.

Likes/Dislikes: She likes standing up and she loves getting into everything. She’s constantly moving. She loves moving/dancing to music. Her favorite right now is the Gilmore Girl’s theme song. She also loves giving kisses.

She’s not a fan of her play yard. She’ll play in it for a while, but she just hates being confined. She’s so curious and wants to move.

Things I don’t want to forget: The way you can see her two little teeth when she smiles. How curious she is and wants to get into everything. How she picked up and spilled the dog’s full water bowl and put a piece of his food in her mouth (I got it out ASAP, in case you were wondering). The way she whips her head around to look at the TV whenever the Gilmore Girl’s theme song comes on and starts dancing and smiling. The way she gives kisses, which are usually more like tongue stamps.

Eight Months

Getting so big.

Always moving.

Big girl crawling.

Love her.

8 Months

Weight: 20 pounds

Height: 28 inches

Sleep: She’s a great sleeper. She typically sleeps 10-11 hours every night. When we are home during the day, she typically naps pretty well, but doesn’t like taking naps at day care.

Size/Diaper: She’s in 6-9 month clothing and size 3 diapers. I took her to day care one day in her pjs and was going to change her there. I grabbed an outfit out of her diaper bag and realized ALL of the clothes I had for her were 3-6 months. So, she wore 3-6 months clothes that day, but I made sure to get larger sizes the next day.

Diet: My milk dried up, so she’s only drinking formula now. We’ve given her water occasionally, but she’s not a huge fan yet. We bought some sippy cups, so we’ll try those soon. She’s eating all kinds of food – fruits, veggies, yogurt, and cereal. We think that eggs give her diaper rash, so we haven’t been feeding her those, but other than that, she seems to like everything else. We will probably add puffs and other small whole foods.

Baby Gear Love: We just bought a playpen. Holy moly, this girl can move, so it’s so nice to have her contained so that we can actually get something done.

Milestones/Firsts: She CRAWLED! She’s been army crawling/scooting on her belly for a while now, but she actually crawled on her 8 month birthday. She had been able to get up on her hands and knees, but couldn’t figure out how to go anywhere. Then one day, I turn around, and she’s crawling. Two days later, she pulled herself up to standing. Time to lower the crib mattress.

Likes/Dislikes: She loves Ace, our dog. She thinks he’s great, and loves to pet him. She loves to eat, and gets excited for her bottle and food. She loves her Daddy, and saying “Dada.”

She doesn’t really like taking naps, and she’s not a fan of being left alone.

Things I don’t want to forget: How she loves to go for Ace’s basket of toys. The way she learned so quickly how to crawl and sit herself up – and then pull herself up. How she loves to grab for anything that does not below to her – glasses, phones, pens, straws – pretty much everything. The way her and Chris “say hi.” Chris will say hi and she’ll grunt back at him, and they’ll repeat it 10+ times. It’s as if she’s really saying hi. The way she smiles/giggles every time we walk past her picture in the hallway. She smiles at the baby in the picture and reaches for the frame. The way she scrunches up her nose, sticks out her tongue, and huffs through her nose because she likes the sound it makes. Then smiles when mommy and daddy do it back.