11 months and growing!

Here's our big and growing boy!  

Right after Disney, this guy turned 11 months old!

I haven't weighed him or measured him, so not sure on that, but I am sure he is somewhere in

the 21 pound range and 30+inches long.

As you can see, he has RED hair! Just like his sister, we will see if it lasts or not!  I hope it does, because 

I just love it and it seems to fit him well!

SLEEPING:

This month, he has proven to be better-ish at sleeping. 

We went through a period of nap screaming!  Everytime I would lay him down for his regular nap times, he would stand up in his crib and just scream at the top of his lungs! And no, he would not cry himself to sleep! I thought surely he is exhausted, but no, he would keep on wailing. And no matter how many times I would go in to give him the paci (that he would throw on the floor...smart trick)  and lay him back down, nothing would work! 

So he did that for about 3 weeks!  Super fun!

Then, night time was okay, but not great. I could never predict a full night of sleep. There were no patterns to what was going on, he wasn't sick, teeth had already broken through and I would change his diaper whether he needed it or not.  

I tell you, it was a mystery!

The only thing I could find was that he was going through a sleep regression.

EATING:

No nursing strikes this month, which was nice!  He ate about 3-4 times a day and had solid meals 3 times a day plus 2 snacking times, too!  

The boy eats! 

He has started to eat some new things, but I feel that he doesn't eat as many as I would like.

He likes pancakes, sometimes avocado, cut up chicken and pulled pork, spaghetti with shredded cheese, yougurt, applesauce, any food pouch, oatmeal and pasta shells.

Bananas cut-up are not appealing to him, so I am going to have work with him on those.

MOVING:

He is still crawling all over the place and pulling up and standing beside tables and chairs, but now he tries to push and walk with the little chairs we have in the play room. I need to get out the walker we have that he can push around and buy him  some new early walker shoes! That is on the to-do list!  

TALKING:

Lots of babbling patterns with "dada" and "mama" but mostly "dada" and loves to yell in response to Henry's voice.  And they sit up late into the night discussing the latest train set-ups, I am sure of it!  It is fun to listen to them play (and fight, already?!).

I will say that on our Disney trip, he was the easiest and most content traveler! So thankful for that...he hasn't hit the fit-throwing and frustration stage yet! That was a bonus for sure!  

We are just enjoying this little guy so much and look forward to celebrating his 1st birthday with a Mickey Mouse theme, of course!