I hope your neck is flexible...or you are looking at this on an ipod or otherwise rotatable device. I am not as tech-savvy as I wish I were, so I can't figure out how to fix the orientation of these pictures! How frustrating!
Addie turned 10 months old last week. Here's where she's at:
She weighed in at 17 lbs 9 oz a few weeks ago at the doctor office. The doctor didn't like that weight and encouraged me to feed her more and more often. It was frustrating to hear that from the doctor because she said it in a very demeaning manner, implying that I was leaving her hungry and unsatisfied and she used a poor choice of words like calling her "scrawny"! This was not our normal doctor so I am glad we will not have to see her again. At the same time the doctor said that this "thinning out" is normal for babies at this age! I have tried to brush it off because I know that Addie eats well and often (except for when she is sick, like any normal person). She is starting to prefer finger food over being spoon fed baby food, so that does increase the challenge in giving her variety and abundance in appropriate foods for this age. She loves avocado pieces, so maybe she'll pack on a few pounds before we go back for her next checkup.
She measured 29 1/4 inches long...which is really long (or tall) for babies her age. So it's not like she's not growing! She is too long for her infant carseat now, so we will be changing that out as soon as it stops raining for more than a few hours!
Addie is an adept crawler now, seeking to explore and claim every corner of our home as her own. I was not eager to enter the mobile baby stage of life, but it's been fun watching her grow and learn and see what draws her interest.
Ma-ma-ma-ma, Ba-ba-ba-ba, Da-da-da-da are sweet sounds that we love to hear from her. She also makes sounds that gives us the idea she's trying to sing, and also like she's trying to yell or call to us, imitating her siblings!
Addie is drawn to round objects and loves to hold balls of any size. She's taking 2 naps each day that are about an hour to hour and a half long. She's sleeping 11-12 hours straight through at night. She seems to have the early-inclination of her siblings, too. That's OK. At this point I don't expect any differently and better that we're all on the same or similar schedule anyway!
And of course Peter wanted to get in on the photo-session.
Pretty handsome little guy, huh?
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