Yesterday Elijah turned 10 months on my birthday! It made me think back on how different life was on my last birthday....SO SO different! I was 7 months pregnant and dreaming of all that was ahead, and I wasn't disappointed!
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| BTW, we notice from time to time, that Elijah's hair looks strawberry in some lighting...what do you think? Notice the eyebrows too. |
New: Elijah is spending about 50% of his time standing up holding on to things. He can also walk pretty well using his walker. When he first started he would walk 2 steps, fall to his knees, stand back up and repeat. That's how he got around the living room. Now, a few weeks later, he can go all the way across the room quickly and with no falling. The only problem is he can't turn yet, so we have to do it as an activity, where I follow him around turning him as we go. It keeps him busy though! He can also walk along furniture, but it's not his favorite thing...maybe because we don't keep a lot of fun things there or maybe because he's just not into it. Elijah will also walk behind his stroller (holding on), but can't let walk by holding our hands.
Also, Elijah now can climb up stairs! It's a fun new development, but dangerous (especially b/c the staircase is set up in a way that it's impossible to block off the first stairs with a gate). One day Jeyson went upstairs to take a shower and thought Elijah was with me. I thought Jeyson took Elijah upstairs. A few minutes later Jeyson heard Elijah hitting on the bathroom door...he had followed Jeyson all the way up the stairs!
Elijah is also STARTING to wave back when someone waves at him, though it's very inconsistent. He is also starting to purposefully do funny things (or if we laugh he'll do the funny thing again) like put a washcloth in his mouth and grin, and will play peek a boo a little (looking for us only).
Elijah is starting to really follow some of the "rules" we've been teaching him. It's so fun and encouraging to see results! For example, we've always taught Elijah not to touch anyone's glasses. The other day, he was all excited and flailed his arms and accidentally knocked Jeyson's glasses crooked. Immediately Elijah got a HUGE sad lip...he knew he broke the rule. It's so neat to see him learn right and wrong and to obey.
Struggles: Temper tantrums have improved during diaper changes, but they're still an area to watch. We also are struggling at bath time because he wants to stand up in the tub! But the biggest struggle this month has been nursing! Nursing has been pretty easy for us until this month. All of a sudden Elijah is loosing interest and even getting upset when I lay him down to nurse. He can even throw an angry temper tantrum because he is just doesn't want to have to stop playing to drink and refused to latch on. He much prefers drinking out a straw! But at 10 months it's a little too early for him to go to milk, so I really want to continue at least 2-3 nursing sessions a day for the next month or two. I am not very successful at pumping, so I've just been giving him water if he refuses. But it has been a very trying, tiring, frustrating, and emotional struggle for me, but we're almost at the finish line of the 1 year goal and even if we don't make it, I consider the past 10 months a huge success! Things change so quickly in a short time though, so I"m hoping to make it over this bump yet.
Below are some of the goofy outtake pictures from our photo session. These pictures are getting harder and harder as we go!!!!
Routine: Same as last month, but the nursing schedule has been a bit crazy! He's almost always taking awesome 1 1/2 - 2 hour naps now.
Some days are tough and I want to hand him off to a babysitter all day so I can get back to my old life and routine for the day, but I can't tell you how much I love this boy.
So full of life, and so sweet. It's a privilege and a blast to watch you grow into the boy God made you to be!
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