Oh my goodness, baby boy!
You’re one month away from being ONE!
How can that be?! Time has just
flown by in the blink of an eye. You are
still a great baby… a mobile, walking baby!
You learned to walk this past month!
You’re my little part-time walker.
You haven’t figured out how to get from your bottom to standing without
holding onto something, so you still crawl a lot once you plop down. It’s pretty stinkin’ cute.
Everyone always compliments how great a baby you are. You’re always having a good day, it
seems. And you really are… you’re always
great. As long as you are full and not
tired, you’re great! But, you definitely
still need to nap about every 2.5 to 3 hours.
You get cranky for sure. This is
going to be a problem for a while since you are starting the toddler classroom this
very week where you will only have one nap a day. So, you’ll be napping a lot in the car on the
way home.
This month you have really figured out that you prefer table
food. No more baby food for you… and you
eat just about anything. You love
yourself some creamed spinach and spaghetti.
Not necessarily together. Hehe. You
eat 3 meals a day plus a couple of snacks.
So, you’re well fed. You weigh
probably around 23 lbs and have 7.5 teeth!
The .5 tooth just popped through the gums in the last couple of days!
You and your brother have been playing a little bit more
together and I love watching you two laugh at each other. It mostly involves your brother chasing you
around the house and you just cackle.
Parker calls it “playing giggle time with Andrew.” It’s super sweet.
You’re little personality is really starting to come
through. I’ve seen you walk up to your
brother, grab his toy (which, to be fair, was yours not his) and scream bloody
murder. You wouldn’t tolerate him taking
your stuff. Good for you. It’s OK to give brother a hard time about
this—he needs the lesson.
I’ve discovered you seem to have “tall” feet! I had to buy 4 different shoes to find some
that fit you! I think this means maybe
you have a high instep? It’s more than
your foot being wide—it’s like you can’t get the shoe to open up enough to put
your foot in. But, Nordstrom’s for the
win! I found some shoes that fit your
feet and you look super adorable in them.
You traveled to San Antonio for a family reunion (Mema’s 80th
birthday) and did really well with the car ride. You also went on your first car ride to
Arkansas! You did amazingly well—hardly cried
at all and were super patient about the whole thing. Mom was impressed. Houston got hit with a crazy amount of rain
during hurricane Harvey and we decided to head to Arkansas to escape all of the
rain and floods. Turns out that was a
wise decision… we’re having way more fun in Arkansas. But, we know there has been severe
devastation back home and our thoughts and prayers are with everyone. Lots of clean up headed our way.
So, baby boy, let’s see… at 11 months you:
- Eat 4, 6 oz bottles a day and 3 meals a day
- Wear size 3 diapers and poop 1-2x/day
- Wear 12 month clothes and size 4 shoes
- Take two naps a day with one nap lasting around 1.5 hours and the other 2 to 2.5 hours
- Sleep from 8-8:30 on weekends and 8-6:45 on weekdays
- Love all foods… seriously; I’ve found nothing that you don’t like. You particularly love eggs and sausage, spaghetti and yogurt.
- Have curly hair still in little ringlets at the back of your head. I hope you keep these for forever.
- Walk! But, you can’t get from sitting to standing without crawling onto something to pull yourself up.
- Love climbing on everything and then also putting everything in your mouth!
- Realize when things are taken away and make it known that it made you mad
- Love “playing giggle time” with big brother. I gave you guys a big box and you two just played for a long time going in and out of the box.
- Still suck your thumb and rub your ear at the same time when you’re sleeping or need to calm yourself down. It instantly soothes you.
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