At ten months old, you are sleeping 7:45-around 7:15. You have never slept better and I am forever thankful! You wake up and immediately stand up in your bed, most of the time you throw your paci down on the floor and start talking to yourself. If daddy or I wait just a minute too long to come get you, you definitely start to "tell" us about it! You wear size 4 night-time diapers or you will wake up because you are wet.
In the morning, I change you into regular size 3 diapers, make your 6 oz bottle and most importantly, make mommy a full glass of coffee. I sit you in my lap and you give yourself your bottle, which I have to say is pretty nice. You play independently so well these days. We stop to have breakfast about 9:00. This is usually in your highchair and is normally a variety of fruits.
At 10:00, you are ready for your first nap and this will usually last until about 11:30. About once a week you stretch it until 12:00 and I am normally pacing around trying to find more things to do with those extra 30 minutes. You get another 6 oz bottle between 11:30 and 12:00. Sometimes daddy comes home for lunch at this point and other days we get out to run our errands for the day.
You still highly dislike your carseat, but I have pretty much gotten use to this and it doesn't bother me like it did when you were really little. You love to get out and about though, so once we get somewhere you are just fine. You will smile at any stranger and I know it just melts their heart.
About 2:30, you go down for your afternoon nap and will sleep until around 4:00. You get another 6 oz bottle and more play time. Most of the time we stay home at this point, but sometimes we have to run maybe one more errand before daddy gets off work or we run out to the house to check on the progress.
You go back in your highchair about 6:00 and eat vegetables or whatever we are eating. You know "more" in sign-language and usually will do this over saying "mmbite" like you use to. You do still yell at us if we don't get you the food fast enough or if we don't see your sign-language. I put you straight into the bath and then we normally play until your 8 oz bottle about 7:30. We put you in bed, on your tummy with a paci and you put yourself to sleep within a matter of minutes.
You love to walk with your walker (getting closer to walking by yourself), pretend like you are talking on the phone, "help" mommy with the laundry, take everything off of your shelves, playing with cabinets (which is a "no no"), dancing, chasing Millie around, bath time and being tickled around your collar bone. You say "mama", "dada", "mmbite", "kitty kitty", "thank you" and "uh oh". You will repeat many other words but don't know what they mean yet. You also love to shake your head no, and you know exactly what it means! You crack us up and keep us on our toes.
You are getting a little attitude and even though it is quite funny, daddy and I are trying to be more stern with you (hah!). You definitely try and push the limits already. Man it's hard to be a parent sometimes! We would literally give you whatever you want, whenever you want, because you melt our hearts to pieces. There are times however, that we want to try and teach you good manners and that you won't always get what you want. We believe that it is never too early to start teaching these things but know that we have a long road ahead of us. We just pray that you will always be respectful to others and treat others like you would want to be treated.
You have the biggest personality and we laugh at you constantly. I can't believe that when I look at you, I am starting to see more and more of a toddler coming through. You are the biggest blessing we have ever received and cannot wait to find out what you do in month ten!
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