I apologize for the late post, as we have had a rough week!  Our past week consisted of a broken air conditioner and all of us being sick with a stomach bug.  Poor Ethan spent his 10 month birthday with a fever.  Luckily, the rest of the month was great.  Here is what our little guy is up to.

Sleep – Ethan continues to sleep great!  It is so nice for his sleeping to be predictable and for him to fall asleep on his own.  I really never thought this day would come!

Eating – Ethan is still nursing 4 times a day, but I think we might be getting close to dropping one.  I’m not quite sure how we’re going to adjust our schedule, but we’ll figure it out.  He still isn’t always loving solid food but is slowly figuring it out.  Some days he eats with no problems and others he sits in his high chair and arches his back and whines like I’m feeding him poison.  He looooooves “snack” food such as puffs, mum mums, and lil crunchies.  He gets so excited when he sees the cans.  But, I tell him he cannot live on those things and we try others.  He still isn’t a big fan of feeding himself pieces of food (other than the snacks) but we are trying.  He still loves yogurt and eats it every day.  The funny thing about all of this is at daycare they claim he is starving all day long and always finishes all his food.  We think it is because every time he sees other babies eating he wants to eat too!  He has mastered the sippy cup and actually prefers a straw sippy to a regular sippy.

Activity – Ethan is still loving to crawl and pull up on things.  He has just started cruising on furniture the past few days.  He loves to open and close things, especially the kitchen cabinets.  We have had to put child proof locks on all of our kitchen cabinets.

He is making lots of noises – apparently he is the most vocal of his daycare class.  His favorite is still dadada but he has been making a really loud “eeeeeeeeeeeeee” shreak when he gets excited.  He also likes to smack his tongue and blow raspberries.  He is constantly talking and moving.  If he is quite he is likely getting into trouble.

Ethan loves music these days.  He is starting to recognize songs and gets excited when he hears something familiar.  He especially loves the Itsy Bitsy Spider.  He will stop whatever he is doing is try to do the hand motions.  He also loves anything that he can shake that makes noise.  His two favorite “shakeys” are some plastic containers with beans inside and some cat toys with bells.  There is also a commercial on TV that he watches intently every time it comes on and sways back and forth to the music.  I’m hoping to find some new ways to incorporate his love for music into our playtime.

Ethan also loves to read.  A book will always keep him quiet and keep his attention.  He loves to turn the pages.  His favorite book is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, and he loves any book about animals.  He also loves books that have “peekaboo” flaps.

Ethan is getting so big, we can’t believe how much older he looks every day.  I haven’t weighed him in a while but I’m guessing he is close to 20lbs.  He has grown out of his Carter’s 9 month outfits so we are trying to get by on his 6-12 month clothes until the fall.

Here are some pictures of our big boy.

Happy boy

He will eat cookies, of course.

Playing with his books.

Reading with Daddy.

He loves to swing!

Getting into everything!