10 months!

Happy 10 Months Hayden Luke! (a couple of days late) Only two more months until you turn one year old! Mommy needs to get busy planning a PAR-T!



What is Hayden up to?

Crawling everywhere and is lightening fast!! He can get anywhere and into anything! He especially loves the dog food and water bowls. :-) He even has had a few tastes. Believe it or not, he keeps going back for more!

Knock on wood, he hasn't learned how to open the cabinets yet. It is probably right around the corner!

Digging in the fridge! Ranch, ketchup, or hot sauce anyone?


Pulling up on everything...including the toilet! UHK!


He thinks it's super fun to bang on the lid.


I have really seen a change this month in Hayden's attention span during independent play. He is playing for longer periods of time without needing assistance or attention.


He loves, loves, loves his Learn and Groove music table!


Loves shadows. Seriously, I make things with my hands that project onto the wall and he will sit and watch it forever. He also will crawl and try to "get" his shadow.

A few weeks ago he started shaking his head no. I got so tickled when he did this the first time. He doesn't particularly know it means "no". Now he does it and closes his eyes while he is shaking his head and just laughs. It is so darn cute!

Talks, talks, talks! At times, I feel like he is repeating things we are saying. But, honestly, who knows! He will repeat or say Momma and Dada quite often.

Waves bye, bye.

Eats great with his new two top teeth! Ha! Will eat anything you give him! A few new things we have tried recently are kiwi, grilled cheese, graham crackers, and squash casserole. In reality, if we are eating something and I think he might could eat it, I let him try it. Rice is one thing he has had a hard time with. We have tried it a few times but I guess because it really doesn't melt or "chew" up easily. He still nurses about every 4 hours during the day.

I have also seen a huge change in his ability to use his sippy cup. He has been able to use the sippy cup for several months, but would still choke on it quite a bit. I think a big part of this is we changed from a Nuby to a Playtex and it has worked sooooo much better! He still just drinks water out of the cup. We haven't introduced juice and don't plan to for a few more months. I do plan on starting to use the sippy instead of a bottle of milk if needs to take one for some reason.

Sleep...no change, about the same. Still up every 3-5 hours at night. I am determined to work on this soon! :-) Maybe tomorrow night?

I have to say that this age is one of or maybe my favorite. His little personality is really starting make its appearance. He is so much fun!

We love you Hayden!