11 Months

Less than one month until the big day...Hayden's first birthday!

What is Hayden up to at 11 months?

PERSONALITY, PERSONALITY, PERSONALITY! He makes many faces these days! This has become his signature look though! He snarls his nose and makes this loud breathing sound. He is such a mess!






And...he can be quite serious.


Busy, busy, busy! This is how I can attempt to cook dinner...


Or, bribe him with snacks in his high chair. :-) He loves cheerios these days along with his mum mums, yogurt melts, puffs, graham crackers, and mandarin oranges as snacks.

He is beginning to hold out his hand and point at something or at somebody. He will also give you objects or pretend that he is going to give you an object (cheerios) and then stick it in his mouth.



We are working on giving 5. He does pretty well with this.

I am beginning to see him showing preference in eating finger foods and table foods rather than "baby" food. We have tried whole green beans, mashed potatoes, broccoli, chicken spaghetti, regular spaghetti, tortellini, etc. We will pretty much let him try anything we think he can handle. He definitely wants to be eating the entire time you are and wants a bite of whatever you might be eating! He is nursing four times a day and once at night.

On occasion, Hayden will hold out his hand while he is in the high chair and he has finished eating and say, "Mo, Mo, Mo". I am assuming he is saying "more"?

He loves balls of all sizes! We have a few small hard plastic ones that go with toys and we also have $1 ball from Wal-Mart that he loves! He will push them, drop them, etc.

Saying "Momma" and "Dada" much more clearly. He is especially good at "Momma". Wonder if that is because we practice it repeatedly every day? Ha! He will crawl to me, climb up my leg, and say "Momma". Melts your heart, I know! So sweet!

He has his two top teeth, but his two bottom teeth are beginning to peek through! No, doubt he will have them soon!





Loves blowing raspberries over and over and over. This is why in so many of his pictures he has slobber running down his chin!



SLEEP???? Getting better! Yes, finally! We are finally down to one feeding during the night...most of the time. :-) We have started letting him cry some when he wakes up before we feel he should "need" to eat. Sad I know. I hate every moment of it. But, we feel that it is a necessary evil. To say he has a little bit of separation anxiety it probably an understatement. He is a little attached to his Momma (and Daddy). But, it is getting better. We also put a box fan in his room for some white noise. This has seemed to help as well. He usually takes two naps a day. Usually, at least one is a good one (1 1/2 to 2 hours) and the other being about 30-45 minutes.

What's not to love about this age? Nothing! We are so in love with our precious little boy! We love you Hayden Luke!