about 23.5 pounds
Carson Robert,
You are growing up so fast! This month it seems like you’re already beginning to transition from baby to toddler. Maybe it’s because you’ve traded in footie pajamas for two piece jammies and are sleeping all night more often than not, or it could be the speed and ease with which you crawl and pull up. Maybe it’s all of the table food or the babbling that’s sounding more and more like talking. Whatever it is, you are more and more fun every day! We are trying hard to savor every moment and new stage, because you’re growing and changing so quickly! It’s been fun to see you become more independent this month. You’re still curious and work hard to learn about the world around you.
You are a fast crawler and always crawl with your right knee down and your left foot up! When Daddy gets home in the afternoons, you crawl as fast as you can to greet him! It is the highlight of his day! You still love pulling up every chance you get and are cruising more and more. You stay busy pretty much the whole time you’re awake!
You are such a happy boy! We are so thankful for your good health and sweet spirit. You bring so much joy to our lives and to the lives of others. When you smile, your whole face seems to smile. Many times, you smile so big that it makes your eyes close. You like to smile back at people when they smile at you or talk to you. You’ve started smiling when we’re walking in the door to church, because you’re so happy to be there! You smile and reach for Madelyn, your sweet cradle roll teacher. You’ve started laughing more and more this month, too! Sometimes you laugh when someone’s being silly, when we sing to you, when I dance for you or with you, when we tickle you, when we give you kisses and zurburts, and when we squeal back at you! You’re a great squealer! You like to look at yourself in the mirror. You touch the mirror, smile, and make sweet sounds.
Some of your favorite toys are books, keys, your purple rectangle, your plastic eggs, Sophie the Giraffe, your blue teething ring, and your airplane puzzle piece. You like to play outside. You crawl around in the grass, pull weeds, play with dirt, and try to chew on sticks! We’ve been enjoying the beautiful spring weather and taking morning walks around the neighborhood. You love to ride in your stroller, feel the breeze and sunshine, and listen to the animals and cars. You help check the mail every day. You always carry in a piece of mail and sometimes there’s a piece of junk mail or catalog that you get to crumple and tear up. You really like to play with paper. You like to play in the kitchen while I’m cooking. You love to play with open drawers and take out lids and towels. You still enjoy your magnets, and playing with the dishwasher is a treat for sure! You don’t like the sound that the blender makes, and sometimes it makes you cry. We know you’ll get used to it before too long! We like to listen to music while we’re in the kitchen. You really like TJ McClouds’ Playground and Andrew Peterson and Randall Goodgame’s Slugs and Bugs.
You like to go with me to Walmart. You look cute sitting up in the shopping cart and looking around. There’s so much to see! A couple of times, you’ve tried to stand up in there, which was scary! You smile at everyone and lots of people talk to you while we shop. You make grocery shopping lots of fun!
You got two teeth on top this month. Just like on the bottom, the right tooth appeared about a week before the left. Now you have four teeth and it’s made biting and chewing lots of fun! You started eating table food this month. We’ve done a combination of feeding you purees and letting you feed yourself finger foods. You really like feeding yourself and seem to favor your left hand when you eat. Mealtime has become messy with scraps of food on the floor afterwards. You’ve tried so many new foods this month! You love fruit. Blueberries are your absolute favorite! You squeal and shake with excitement when I get them out, and it’s adorable! You also really like watermelon raspberries, blackberries, and banana. You eat watermelon from a fork, but you take off and use your fingers for anything else we’ve given you on a fork. Sweet potatoes are your favorite vegetable. You will also eat green beans. You also really like bread and crackers. Goldfish crackers are right up there with blueberries. They’re one of my favorites, so I figure you’re excited that I finally share with you after all these months of watching me eat them. As soon as I walk to the pantry and shake the box, you squeal and shake with excitement! You also like ritz crackers and saltines. Sometimes, I dip saltines in pureed veggies for you. It’s messy, but lots more fun than being spoon fed! You like to eat bits of bread, bagel, bun, roll, and pasta. Your dairy favorites are yogurt and cheese, and your favorite meats are chicken and ground beef. Poppyseed chicken and baked ziti are two of your favorite dishes. You seem to think it’s fun to eat what Mama and Daddy eat. You’ve gotten really good at drinking water from your sippy cup. The one with the straw seems to work best. You take a big drink then throw your cup on the floor!
You wear size four diapers and 12 month clothes. You’ve been sleeping so well this month! About the middle of the month you started sleeping through the night more often than not! This has been a fun milestone for Mama! You usually go to bed between 9:00-10:00 at night, and in the mornings you usually wake up between 7:30-8:30. You take two naps a day, usually 1.25-1.5 hours each. We read to you before your naps. You sit in one of our laps, point to the pictures, and turn the pages. Sometimes you even kiss the people in the pictures. We love reading with you! You nurse four times a day, once before breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and again at bedtime. We love to hear you. You babble (/b/, /g/, /m/), squeal, grunt, laugh, and make your motor boat sound.
One of our very favorite times of the day is bath time. Since the weather’s been warm and we’ve been spending more time outside, you take a bath almost every night. You use your ducky tub now, and you love to sit up and splash. Playing in the water is lots of fun! You like to stand up and hold on the rail on the side of the tub. Sometimes you crawl out of the duck so you can touch the shiny silver drain. After I bathe you, I pass you off to Daddy and he dries you off. You and Daddy love this special time together and I love to hear the sweet giggles coming from your room as he dries you off and plays with you.
It is a joy and honor to be your parents. You make life extra special, and we are so very thankful for you, Baby Boy!
We love you!!
Mama and Daddy
2 comments:
It is impossible that he will be a year old in two months! Time has flown by, girl! Your precious boy is too cute!
Wow! Ten months! What a cute idea to help you look back and remember his milestones in such a creative and descriptive way. He will love and appreciate this so much someday when he is older. I have nursed both of my girls so far and that is also a sweet and special bond as a mommy. I'm glad you're staying home with him. I do the same with my two. It's a sacrifice but one I will never regret and hopefully they'll appreciate someday. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. Our children are such a blessing and they really do grow up so fast!
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