Month 10
On Sunday you reached the big 1-0. And as you approached the double digit, your development in areas suddenly sped up. For instance, you see the value in crawling and will drop on all 4's to go and chase Ollie around the room (or mamma if Ollie isn't around). You also switched from "da-da-da-ba-ba" to "na-na-ma-ma. mom". It's exciting to see you building a vocabulary and will be even more thrilling once you learn to associate "dadda" and "mamma" to your actual parents.
One of your favorite pass times is to stand at the back door (or window), slam your hand against the window and just babble very loudly "BA. BA-BA. BA. BAAAAAH". Unless you see Ollie, I'm not really sure what you're trying to communicate. When I repeat these words back to you, you turn your head and look at me with a "Why are you speaking nonsense?" look. So I stop and go back to just talking, which helps get you going on another round of window-slapping-babbling.
We finally figured out the whole straw-in-the-bottle method. All of these months we thought that the bottle would come with a straw insert, allowing you to feed yourself. And being that we couldn't find these bottles, we figured that they weren't made anymore (like so many other products from my youth). Yet, that wasn't the case at all. These inserts are sold separately and you have to put them into the glass bottle. #@$$%#%#$@%$#@!!!! Well, once we got on the right track, it took you all of 1 hour to figure out how to hold the bottle and self-feed ... and now I think we've created a monster!! It's difficult to spoon feed you cereal anymore because you want to do everything yourself. You don't have the skills to use a spoon yet, so instead we're exposing you to as many different types of finger foods possible and letting you go crazy. Enjoy!
Your Mimay came out to visit for the week. It was the first time you guys have met each other and that's only because she has taken residence in a very, very cold place called Alaska. I speak of it as if it were fiction because I still can't believe people willingly live in areas where the temperature drops 80 below freezing. When you're older, we'll visit -- in the middle of summer so mamma doesn't freeze! Anyway, she is your other grandma and I guess you found her tolerable? interesting? amusing to have around? It was difficult to tell because you absolutely refused to let her pick you up. She could talk with you. You would walk up to her and touch her, but there was no holding. And if I left you alone with her, that's it -- a river of tears were released. But otherwise, it was a good trip!
Before closing, I am asking you oh so sweetly: please, oh please won't you sleep for stretches longer than 3 hours? Apparently, you have a very difficult time self-soothing and we've been working on that this past week with some success. I just don't want to get my hopes up in case you regress. For the sanity of our entire family, please enjoy night time sleep. It really is wonderful. I'm not kidding you either.
One of your favorite pass times is to stand at the back door (or window), slam your hand against the window and just babble very loudly "BA. BA-BA. BA. BAAAAAH". Unless you see Ollie, I'm not really sure what you're trying to communicate. When I repeat these words back to you, you turn your head and look at me with a "Why are you speaking nonsense?" look. So I stop and go back to just talking, which helps get you going on another round of window-slapping-babbling.
We finally figured out the whole straw-in-the-bottle method. All of these months we thought that the bottle would come with a straw insert, allowing you to feed yourself. And being that we couldn't find these bottles, we figured that they weren't made anymore (like so many other products from my youth). Yet, that wasn't the case at all. These inserts are sold separately and you have to put them into the glass bottle. #@$$%#%#$@%$#@!!!! Well, once we got on the right track, it took you all of 1 hour to figure out how to hold the bottle and self-feed ... and now I think we've created a monster!! It's difficult to spoon feed you cereal anymore because you want to do everything yourself. You don't have the skills to use a spoon yet, so instead we're exposing you to as many different types of finger foods possible and letting you go crazy. Enjoy!
Your Mimay came out to visit for the week. It was the first time you guys have met each other and that's only because she has taken residence in a very, very cold place called Alaska. I speak of it as if it were fiction because I still can't believe people willingly live in areas where the temperature drops 80 below freezing. When you're older, we'll visit -- in the middle of summer so mamma doesn't freeze! Anyway, she is your other grandma and I guess you found her tolerable? interesting? amusing to have around? It was difficult to tell because you absolutely refused to let her pick you up. She could talk with you. You would walk up to her and touch her, but there was no holding. And if I left you alone with her, that's it -- a river of tears were released. But otherwise, it was a good trip!
Before closing, I am asking you oh so sweetly: please, oh please won't you sleep for stretches longer than 3 hours? Apparently, you have a very difficult time self-soothing and we've been working on that this past week with some success. I just don't want to get my hopes up in case you regress. For the sanity of our entire family, please enjoy night time sleep. It really is wonderful. I'm not kidding you either.
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