Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Amazing Miles - 11 Months Old



# of teeth: 4, front 2, top and bottom
Weight: 25 pounds
Mode of transportation: walker, couch cruising, crawling and standing!
Meals: (3) 6-8oz bottles and 3 jars of baby food each day

Likes:
Cheerios, cheerios, and more cheerios
ELMO!!!!!!!
Rice Rusks - Vegetable and Banana
Puffs - Sweet Potato, Banana, Blueberry, Peach
Most baby food - there really isn't a flavor he doesn't like now
Family
Red bucket
Stack cups
Water
Pots and pans
Wagon rides
Going for walks
Books: I Love You Through and Through

Dislikes:
Naps
When you take something away he wants

Mr. BB loves to make us laugh. If he does something funny and we laugh, he'll repeat whatever he was doing to get the same reaction. His Dad taught him how to give high five, it's the cutest thing ever! He'll stop whatever he's doing to give you a high five :) Turns out we have an orange BB this month, too much carotene...i.e. too many orange foods! His little nose, feet, hands, elbows and knees turned orange! No worries at all, he's totally fine, we just have to scale back on carrots, sweet potatoes, butternut squash and all other orange foods :) he now drinks out of a straw sippy cup. we took our first trip to the Dallas Aquarium with Uncle John, Aunt Tahereh and Cousin Gabriel this month and everyone had a blast. Both boys were worn out afterwards. BB has a bit of a temper that's starting to appear when we take things away or if we leave the room without his permission. After two trips to aquariums, we finally got him his own aquarium with 3 neons and 2 tetras. They don't have names yet but BB loves to say good morning and good night to them every day :)

Monday, September 3, 2012

The Amazing Miles - 10 Months Old


# of teeth: 4, front 2, top and bottom
Mode of transportation: walker, couch cruising, crawling
Meals: (3) 6-8oz bottles and 3 jars of baby food each day

Likes:
Rice Rusks - Vegetable and Banana
Puffs - Sweet Potato, Banana, Blueberry, Peach
Cheerios
Most baby food - there really isn't a flavor he doesn't like now
Family
Red car
BB brush
Red bucket
Stack cups
Water
Pots and pans
Wagon rides
Going for walks
Books, books, and more books (we've read Goodnight Moon 1,732 times so far)

Dislikes:
Naps
When you take something away he wants

Mr. BB is now 10 months old! I can't believe how fast time flies. He's standing without holding on to things for a couple of seconds and he uses his walker with ease (sometimes on his knees). As you can see above, his likes far outweigh his dislikes now. He's just the sweetest, funniest little boy. He loves to make us laugh. He'll mimic us laughing and even scrunch up his face just to make us laugh. His little (but oh so big) personality shines through more and more each day. He gets up between 6-7am each day (usually closer to 6am), takes an hour to hour and a half nap (on good days) and goes to sleep at 8pm. When we went in for his 9 month appointment, his doctor made it very clear that if we didn't start getting him to sleep through the night now it would be very difficult once he was walking and able to get up out of his bed on his own. So, we had to go with the cry it out method. It was rough for the first week, but it played out exactly like she said. Nights 1&2 were awful, he cried almost the full hour. Nights 3&4 he cried 30-45 minutes, nights 5&6 15-30 minutes and after that, nothing. He still has a random night here and there when he doesn't want to go down but it's nothing like it used to be. A sleeping baby makes for a much happier household...on all accounts! He loves water and being outside and he continues to flirt with all waitresses within his line of sight :)