Lucy is TEN Months Old!

  I am TEN months old!

 

I like: Still eating real food over her baby food, watching her sisters run around (I'm sure she can't wait to run with them), being held (still our koala...maybe boarding on leech baby?) and seeing herself in mirrors and cameras haha.

I dislike: when we walk away from her when she wants to climb up our legs or put her down and walk away, not getting food fast enough.

I am now: still in 9/9-12 months clothes and size 3 diapers still. Still loves eating ALL the foods.

A Typical Day looks like: 

We usually wake her up around 7:40 ish

 

7:40-10 I give her some cereal to feed herself and then a half to full jar of baby food with her probiotic. I then lay her down with a 6 oz bottle and change her bum. After she finishes that she'll crawl around and play with whatever is near her or wait for Cara to come visit her. Dad will lotion her up and put clothes on at some point after I head up to work (around 8:15)

10 -11  nap time in her crib

11-12 diaper change and the next 6 oz bottle. Around 11:30 we'll do lunch and give her some finger foods like puffs or veggie straws. We'll also give her bites of our lunches.

12 - 12:30 play time (sitting, crawling, playing, etc.)

12:30-2:30 nap time.

2:30-4:50 - next 6 oz bottle and diaper change then play time. Dad takes her downstairs around 4:15 to workout and mom will rescue her at 4:30 (when I'm done with work) and play with her for a bit. Or have her help me make dinner.

4:50-5:30 nap time.

5:30 - 6 we do dinner. She gets baby food and tastes of our food haha.

6-7 doing whatever for the night (aka free/play time)

7-7:45 we start our show for the night. At 7:05 she gets her last 6 oz bottle of the night and just relax at this point. If it's bath night (Sunday and Thursday for her), that starts at 7:30 ish

7:45 get ready for bed. We change her diaper, put cream (lotion/vaseline/etc.) on her dry spots, put on pajamas, take her upstairs, read a book, lay her down and give her the binky.

This Month: Lucy is even more silly. She is much more happy and playful. She still loves to be held, but she is exploring more on her own as the days go on.

 

We celebrated her first St. Patrick's Day and Easter and she had so much fun watching my sisters celebrate and get ready. Speaking of watching, she LOOVES observing and watching things. I feel like it's her way to figure things out for when she's big enough to do them (like watching her sisters run around in anticipation for when she can run around. Or looking around the house so she knows where certain rooms are for navigating to later).

She's starting to walk more with our fingers and is adjusting well if I hold her and move around. She seems to be most content if I do things upstairs and have to put her down for a minute (maybe because it's new?). 

She got a new tooth, her 3rd, but it's an upper tooth to the side of her front teeth. Still no front teeth on the top, just bottom, so she looks a little like goofy, but a cute version haha. 

It's funny watching her eat as she HATES seeing us eat our food without her. She needs to be being fed OR have big bites of our food to feed herself. She's also still got a tiny bit of stranger danger, but I think she's starting to warm up to people. I can't tell if she's this way because of being inside a bunch due to COVID or that's just her personality type or a little of both. But both girls had that stranger danger phase so I assume it'll pass.

Either way, she's such a cutie little girl and I'm loving seeing her come out of her shell more. I can't wait to celebrate her first birthday...I've got some fun thoughts on what we're going to do and it'll be a great one.

Update on last month's goals:

• Work on getting down from pulling up: She's a pro at this. We practiced one morning on one day and she figured it out so quickly. Now she has no problems getting up and down.
  
  
• Work on walking more: she's great at walking with our hands. She doesn't miss a step. I thought she'd take longer to get to this point, but she surprises me all the time with how quickly she catches up.
  
  
• More holidays (St. Patrick's Day and Easter): We had a GREAT month of holidays and I'm excited to make these even more fun in the future!
  
  
• Get outdoors more: it's finally starting to warm up now and then around here. We still have cold days, but when it's warm we definitely get outside and it's been SO nice! Lucy didn't love the grass at first, but then we'd put her on the grass with us and then next to us and now she's getting used to being on it by herself.
  

Goals for next month:

• Work on walking or standing on her own (she's already starting this on her own so I think she's ready to practice more)
  
  
• Get outside more and more
  
  
• Celebrate my first mother's day with her
  
  
• More foods to try
  
  
• Work on using utensils