10 Months Old

Somehow it seems like I just typed Evan's blog for his 9 month milestone.  I can't believe he's now 10 months already.  With Christmas vacation, everything seemed to just fly on by.  The season defninitely went by way faster than I wanted it to.  We celebrated New Years by chilling out at home.  Evan has been sick with RSV, after getting his first cold during the Christmas break.  And I've been nursing a runny nose for a few days as well, which is probably due to Evan's cold.  Vince has had a sore throat as well, so we just had a nice quiet evening at home.  In fact, Evan was out by 9:30pm, I feel asleep at 10:30pm and Vince watched the ball drop all alone.  Maybe next year we'll have some more energy to celebrate the new year. 

Evan is now 10 months old.  He seems to change a little bit every day.  He can reach toys and things on his swing and bouncy chair that used to not reach. 

• He weighed 16.5 pounds with clothes & his helmet on at the doctor last week. 
• He wears size 9 months clothes and size 2 diapers. 
• He eats stage 2 Gerber foods, which I mix with oatmeal or rice cereal. He eats oatmeal with fruit for his first solid food meal, meat with rice for his second meal, and veggie with rice cereal for his third meal.
• He drinks about 5 bottles a day of Similac formula (some of these are partial after eating food).
• He can roll all over the place & push up on his arms.
• He can reach out for toys while on his tummy or back.
• He prefers to sleep on his tummy now.
• He sleeps from about 9pm to 7am (as usual).
• He likes to move like a frog with his back legs when he's on his tummy, but isn't crawling yet.
• He will sit up to play with toys, but still has to be supported because he likes to lean back every few minutes.

 

He likes to bang toys or throw them.

He drops one toy to pick up the next, but doesn't like to hold two at a time.

He loves oatmeal and fruit the best, but will eat all foods.

He is starting to hold his own bottle more now & can hold a sippy cup if you help him tip it up.

He just started potty training this weekend and has gone 8 times in the potty so far just a few seconds after sitting him on it. He hates wet diapers so we're hoping this will be something he picks up quickly on. For the last 3 weeks, he will wet each time you open his diaper & touch him with a wet wipe.

He loves watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Disney Jr.

Evan is a joy to watch every day.  He is so fun to be around and smiles and laughs all the time. He is so cute.  His daddy and I are competing to see whose name he will say first. He can say both mama and dada, but hasn't said it directly to one of us yet.  He says lots of things, but his favorite sound is like that of a dinosaur roar or a motor boat. Happy 10 months Evan Vincent!