Tractors & Tutus: Johnny: 10 Months

This month has been the month of the biggest changes. Johnny is doing so many new things that we can hardly keep up! It is so exciting as his parents to sit back and watch things just "click" for him! It is definitely one of the most rewarding things about parenting. Even though so many things are changing, Johnny remains one of the happiest baby's who smiles at you and laughs at you at the drop of a hat.

Here's a little bit about our baby boy this month:

He likes to open and close toys/objects, but mostly close them...doors, drawers, lids...you name it, he will sit and play the "open-close-open-close" game
Loves to dance--as soon as music comes on, the little guy is moving
He absolutely loves Mellany's little people princess castle. I think what he likes most about it are the doors that open (he loves this about her Barbie Dreamhouse too) but he really likes the music that plays and the actual princesses themselves.
Sitting still for long periods of time just doesn't happen anymore. He is always on the go, wanting to do something else. Really, the only reason he sits still for long is to eat.
Johnny cannot stand his crib bumper and smashes it down so he can see what's on the outside of his crib. When you walk into his room to get him out of bed, 9 times out of 10 he is looking at you through the crib slats, smashing his bumper down.
One of his favorite toys are pull-back toys....he can't pull them back by himself but he sure does like to see them roll across the floor
He loves to clap and has even picked up on cues of when to clap. Now he is working on waving and blowing kisses.
Johnny is wearing size 3 diapers
Clothes sizes are mostly 12 months and some 12-18 months with a few clothes still being 9 months
He has a fake laugh that he thinks is hilarious
Diaper changes are getting pretty difficult because he wants to roll and crawl whenever you lay him down.
One of daddy's proudest moments was teaching Johnny how to growl. So now, he will shout and growl majority of the time
He still loves to bang on tables and floors, etc with his hands. He really enjoys when daddy plays "table drums" too!

Sleeping:

His morning is still starting around 7:30/8 with a nap around 10-11. He will nap again in the afternoon from 1:30-3:30 and will be in bed by 7:30 and sleep all night. Really, we couldn't ask for a better sleeper. Some days, his afternoon nap is even longer (usually when he doesn't nap in the morning).

Eating Habits/New Foods:

New foods: Oatmeal, chicken and noodle, peanut butter and jelly, grilled cheese, beef with gravy, waffles, cheerios, pizza....he is basically eating anything and everything!

Little man LOVES to eat. By the way he eats, you would seriously wonder how he ever had weight gain issues as a newborn. We will sit and feed him the entire meal we had planned for him and he will still want more. We envision that he will be packing on several pounds by the time he sees the doctor at 12 months.

Formula is still in the diet and he will drink 6-8 ounces at 8:00, 4-6 ounces at 11:00, 4-6 ounces at 3/4:00 and 6 ounces at 7:00. (I'm pretty sure that he would be totally fine cutting formula out at this point though.)

Johnny still says "more" when he wants more and we are continuing to work on "all done"(at least in sign). He is doing a great job at feeding himself and actually prefers that to us feeding him.

He really doesn't spit up his formula/food unless he has moved around too much for his tummy to handle or he has eaten something that's given him a little reflux. We are so thankful spitting up is a thing of the past! (I was thinking about his spitting up the other day and how there are actually very few days in the week-if any-that he will have to have an outfit change....versus after every other feeding!)

New Discoveries:

His two bottom teeth!!!! Although they have just barely broke through the surface, he is really enjoying biting on things and chewing food with his teeth. The process has been long for them to come through but not really that painful for him until recently as they were breaking through the gums. A few teething tablets later and he was good to go!

With the warmer weather we have had lately, Johnny also got to take his first ride in the outside swing. John said that while he wasn't real sure about it at first, he loved it and didn't hardly want to get out when it was time to go back inside.

Accomplishments:

Army crawling!! He has done this here and there in the past, but he is consistently army crawling now....we have our very own human mop!! He is pretty quick too! I really think he is enjoying the freedom of being able to get things on his own when he wants them.

Places:

Kids Club at the gym, Mellany's preschool, Church, gymnastics, the bank, the grocery store, the tax office, Buick dealership, tire store, the salon!

Special Memories:

Johnny got his first hair cut. It wasn't a real big one, but it was a cut. He has so much hair and it was getting pretty long on the sides and in the front that something needed to be done and I just don't trust myself to do it. He sat so well and played with the arm of chair the whole time. I was one proud mama! (Mellany was really excited for him too!)