Nathan's 10th Month!

Well Nathan is officially 11 months old today! Where has this year gone?? It is unbelieveable that he'll be 1 at the end of April! Here are some memories and milestones from this month:

*I've offered the sippy cup more this month (before I'd give it maybe once a day or every other day or so when I'd think about it... now I've been giving it at least a couple of times a day!) Nathan is now a pro at using it! He'll drink water, but prefers when it's about 1/4 juice, the rest water :) He'll be ready to start whole milk next week! Since he's almost one, his doctor said earlier this month to start offering whole milk for practice once a day at 11 months. He's never had formula, so this will ease the transition to milk and help with weaning as he turns one next month. We did the same thing with Alex and it made the transition very easy!

*We had his 9 month check up this month (he was about 10 months and one week old - oops!) I'll have to update the exact stats later, but he was a little over 19 lbs and in the 14th percentile for weight and height. His head was in the 40th percentile.

*He sneaks many foods from his big brother - apple jacks and goldfish are among his favorites to steal ;) *

He has learned to say several new words this month... with obvious purpose now! (Although he was saying a couple of words sporadically over the past couple of months, it was difficult to know if he really meant what he was saying!) He says: mama
dada
A-ex (Alex)
yeah
yes
truck
duck
light
dance
wow
nigh-nigh

*He points at everything! Including what snack or food he wants :)

*Nathan doesn't like baby food much these days... he wants to be a big boy and feed himself!

*When you say "dance dance!" or if Nathan hears any kind of music at all, he goes crazy dancing and giggling! It is the most adorable thing EVER!

*We've been doing some simple sign language and he signs "all done" occasionally :) The rest of the time he just puts his food on the floor or puts his arms up to be picked up out of his chair! haha

*Nathan's been stacking blocks lately, putting shapes in the shape sorter, and mimicking many of the ways that Alex plays. It's so fun to watch - he fills up the dump trucks, "drives" cars, makes airplanes fly, and makes people and animals "walk". It's fun to see him learning from Alex!

*He's very observant - he finds every little peice of ANYTHING on the floor (even right after it is vacumed) and puts it in his mouth! Alex never did this, so it is a new experience for me! He also points out lots of little things to others, and things that are far away or up high.

*The other morning when he got up he was looking at me saying "A-ex" over and over again, as if to ask where his big brother was! He LOVES getting Alex up in the morning or from naps - he gets giddy with excitement and crawls all over him giggling and talking!

*He likes to explore - he figured out how to turn on the radio, changed the channel several times, and then stopped on a salsa music channel and danced in rhythm! HAHA! He also constantly finds the remote and pauses the tv or changes the channels on that too.

*He continues to be such a happy and flexible baby! It is easy to take him places and do things with him! And we always get comments on how happy, handsome, and sweet he is :)