Caitlin – you are 10 months old now!
I still cannot get over how fast this year has been flying
by! How is it possible that you
are already 10 months old? That in
two months from now you will be a YEAR OLD!
You are still our sweet little girl… but can definitely be a
handful at times.
At your 9 months appointment, your stats were the following
(all around the 90%):
- Weight: 21 pounds, 6 ounces
- Height: 28.5 inches
- Head Size: 46 cm
Needless to say – you are growing well! You are wearing 6-12 month size clothes
and size 3 diapers. I am thinking
of moving you up to Size 4 diapers when our current supply runs out. Your eyes are still blue and your hair
is still blonde. Your hair is
starting to come in a little more now and is probably about 2 inches long in
some spots, but your hair is SO fine that you cannot really tell its there
unless you are really looking!
You are still breastfeeding/getting a little formula during
the day + eating a few meals and snacks a day. You eat baby oatmeal, yogurt, fruit/veggie puree combos,
puffs and yogurt melts. We also
give you small pieces of real food – string cheese, avocado, bread and
chicken.
You have also started drinking from a straw sippy cup! One day while James was napping you
grabbed his sippy cup and Brian let you play with it and all of a sudden you
were sucking on it and he realized you were actually getting water from the
straw! SO – we have now bought you
your own girly colored sippy cups and you love drinking from them! Although you do sometimes drink the
water and then forget to swallow and have it all run down your chin…
You are also getting thisclose
to walking! You love to stand and
can walk all along furniture – mainly along the ottoman and the couch. You have stood on your own for a second
a few times and have been getting braver about moving between pieces of
furniture. At this rate, I think
you will probably be taking your first steps around 11 months old!
Since you love to stand a lot now, you have also started to
dance. When there is music or when
James or Brian and I start to dance – you like to dance too. Your version of dancing is more
“bouncing up-and-down” – but it sure is cute!
As you grow, we are definitely seeing more of a
personality. You are very stubborn
and get mad very easily if someone takes something away from you. You are also very determined. If you want something – you will find a
way to get it. You usually are
pretty happy and like to clap a lot.
You also get a very big kick out of giving high fives. You think that is pretty
hysterical. You also have a
slightly evil side – since you tend to find it funny when you pull my hair or
hit us and we say “owww”!
Sleep. You are
still NOT sleeping through the night.
I think you are just a bad sleeper. There was a few days in a row about a month ago, that you
were only waking up once for a short feed – so I thought things were on track
to get better. Nope…. You then got
a cold and went back to waking up 2-3 times a night. Pretty consistently you tend to wake up around 12pm/1am and
then again around 4/5am. I am
hoping you go back to one time a night soon and then hopefully just learn to
sleep all night long! A girl can
dream, right??
At daycare – you moved up to the Young Toddler class at the
end of August. You really seem to
like your new teachers, your new friends and all the new toys in the
class. This class is also set up
to get you on an eating & sleeping schedule – which is probably a good
thing for you and us.
The relationship you have with your brother is still so
amazing to watch! You sure do love
him and he sure does love you. You
definitely light up when he talks to you and you are always crawling/walking
over to be next to him and see what he is doing. While James may not enjoy you taking his toys… he does like to help you play with your
toys! Just last week you and James
were playing with your walking-dinosaur toy and James stopped to say “Caitlin,
you are my very best friend. I
love you.” My heart just about
melted right then and there.
We love you so much baby girl and love watching you grow!
Love,
Mommy
P.S. Here are your 9 months photos - since I never got around to posting an update last month.
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