Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Evie: 10 Months

I can't believe it's already time for another monthly post.  Time continues to fly by!  Here's the info on Evie at 10 months.

Sleeping:  Evie sleeps 12 hours at night and still wakes up once to eat, usually between 3 and 5am.  I am ready for this to end!  She is still following the same nap schedule, with 2 naps of about 30 minutes each during the day.  She goes down for her naps fine, and wakes up happy and smiling, wide awake, 30 minutes later.  Ugh.

Eating:  Evie eats 3 meals and 1-2 snacks each day.  She can feed herself Cheerios, but still mostly eats purees.  She keeps adding new foods, and will pretty much eat anything.  Any vegetables that she won't eat, we just mix in with some cheese, and she loves them!  Evie also still nurses 4-5 times each day. 

Words:  Evie says "mama" for me and, less frequently, "da" or "dada" for her dad.  She was saying dada more until Nick left for about a week and a half this month.  She also says "bye bye" and sometimes will say "hi" if we say it first.  She loves to wave when she does this!  She uses bye bye for anytime she wants to end something like eating a meal, being in her playpen or exersaucer, etc.  It's like her version of "okay, I'm done with that."  She has also started handing us things and saying, with a sincere and focused expression, "bow."  I don't know what she's getting at, but she means something!  Evie says "uh-oh" when she drops something on the floor, like Cheerios or her water cup.

**After I had written this post this afternoon, but before I published it, Evie said to Nicholas "Hi Dada" when he came home from work.  In case we doubted what she meant, she said it again about 30 seconds later, waving and smiling at her Daddy.  I guess that was her first sentence?!

The big news this month is that Evie started walking!  She took her first two steps on Sunday, September 25th while cruising between the couch and the ottoman, holding onto a little yellow chick toy.  As of today, she is up to taking 5 or 6 consecutive steps before falling down.  She is really loving being more mobile!  (She is also able to stand up well on her own).

Evie's favorite toys these days are push-toys.  She also loves board books, but is more interested in eating them than reading them.  Evie likes to play the uh-oh game, wherein she drops a toy or her water cup, and says "uh-oh" and waits for us to pick it up.  She especially like to do this while we are eating dinner and she is in her high chair, and while she and I are out at the grocery store. 

She loves to be out and about!  She is much happier when we are running errands or on a walk than just sitting at home.  When we are in public places she loves to flirt with the other people around us by smiling, laughing, and jabbering baby gibberish with them.  She has adjusted well to going to a babysitter during my weekly bible study, which is a huge blessing!  My small group is for nursing mothers so she is always welcome with us, but it is so nice for me to have a little break while knowing she is happy and well cared-for.  She is also able to play in a little children's area in the "family exercise room" at the base gym.  This is a great set-up because I can watch her while I run on the treadmill or use the eliptical.  She really enjoys it so I don't have to feel too guilty about getting back into an exercise routine.  Finally!

One negative is that Evie has really started throwing tantrums. When something doesn't go her way, her whole body stiffens up, and she starts to cry - hard - with real tears. It is so sad! But I know that giving in to her tantrums now will mean big trouble later on so I try to stick to my guns, especially on the important things, like not playing with outlets.
She is still in size 3 diapers, and wears either 9 or 12 month size clothes.


 Labor Day at the park
 Walking practice with Dad
 This face melts my heart
 So jealous of those lush lashes!
 Daddy adores her.  The feeling is mutual.
 Contemplating her next move
 Fun times with Dad - chasing Funlay around the park
 Edie came to visit!
 Typical Evie pic - always moving.
 Loving her new red wagon from Edie and Grandad
Standing by herself!


1 comment:

Mom (Grammy) said...

What a beautiful little family. So proud of all of you! Love, love, Grammy