10 Months

Double digits and just two more months until the big 1st birthday!!  I know I say this in each monthly post but I cannot believe Nolan is 10 months old already!!!  Time truly flies by like everyone warns you!

Nolan is definitely on the move as a 10 month old.  He is still crawling and pulling up on the furniture but he has also begun to walk from one piece of furniture to the next, go up stairs, loves to walk around while clinging to your fingers, climbs up the furniture (and throws himself off face first), and will stand by himself for a couple of seconds.  He is mobile and loving it and definitely a climber!!  My prediction is that he will walk before his first birthday.

He loves to explore and play.  He cruises around the house discovering windows, door stops, air vents, cupboards, and his toys.  He loves to hold a toy in each hand and bang them together, or on things, or run them along the walls to hear what sound it makes.  He also claps his hands now (without toys) and will wave "hello and goodbye."  His favorite toys are his activity table, stacking cups, balls, Sophie the giraffe, and toys that he can take pieces out of buckets and put them back in.  When he plays with us he loves to be chased down and surprised.  If you crawl towards him and say, "I'm going to get you," he gets SO excited and will laugh and crawl away waiting for you to do it again.

Nolan is drinking four bottles (8-9 ounces) these days.  One in the morning, two during the day, and a bed time bottle.  He has lunch after his second bottle and dinner around 5:30 each night.  His favorite baby foods are the orange vegetables (carrots, sweet potatoes, squash).  He has complete boycotted peas but will still eat green beans and spinach.  He definitely prefers the fruit preferring apples, blueberries, pears, bananas, and blackberries.  Finger foods are another big boy part of his daily routine.  He is trying new foods each week and it is fun to see what he likes.  Blueberries and Cheerios are his favorite table foods right now but I am hoping to find a vegetable that he really likes some day soon or he is going to turn into a blueberry!

We still have an awesome sleeper.  Nolan goes to bed each night around 7:30-8:00, sleeps through the night consistently and takes two naps during the day.  His first nap is usually around 9:00 or 9:30 and his afternoon nap is around 1:00 or 1:30, each lasting about 1.5-2 hours.  Can't ask for a better schedule than that at this point :)

Nolan has his two bottom teeth and one of his top teeth popped out yesterday.  The other top tooth is going to show up any day now.  For a teething baby, his demeanor has been so great.  He has is moments where you can tell his teeth are bothering him but for the most part he is his happy self.

Nolan's vocabulary has expanded from just "da da da" to lots of "ma ma mas" and some occasional "ra ra ras."  Sometimes you will say to him, "Can you say______" and what he responds with sounds so much like what you asked him to say.  It's pretty funny (and he may be brilliant).

Sounds like the perfect baby right?  Well he is but there are a few things that he dislikes which make him mad and fussy.  He does not like to sit still long enough to have his diaper changed or put clothes, on or take them off.  He doesn't like to be set down in the morning, or after naps, for you to make a bottle.  The kid wakes up starving and you better have a bottle already prepared or he is going to make you hold him so he can watch what you are doing and make sure the bottle is prepared correctly.  He also isn't a big fan of the car still.  Unless it is nap time, he can manage a short car trip to run an errand or two but that's it.

Nolan is full of personality, loves people, and will just look at you and smile for no reason.  He is a happy guy and we are so happy to have him in our life.