Little Bud passed the 10 month mark over 2 weeks ago, but in the hustle and bustle of everything, I forgot to take pictures until today! He continues to be a sweet and happy little guy.
A few months ago, he started waking up between 4 and 5:30 every morning to nurse. He usually goes back to sleep, but sometimes if he wakes up closer to 5:30 (which seems to be the norm for him now), he wakes up Big Sister with his trying to go back to sleep, and when that happens, they chat/coo/sing at each other until it's time to wake up. A few glorious mornings they both slept until 6:30/6:45, but unfortunately for us, they quickly returned back to their "normal" schedule. The major downside is that if Little Bud does wake up that early, he desperately needs his morning nap, and since most of Big Sister's activities are in the morning, that does present a problem some days. We never experienced this problem with Big Sister, but I do remember her waking up around this same time most mornings and babbling a bit before going back to sleep. This is the one downside to them sharing a room. If he was in his own room, I probably wouldn't have been so quick to get him up to feed him when he started his waking up routine. The upside is that I get a few extra seconds of snuggle time with him every morning, although as soon as he finishes nursing, he scoots over to see what Daddy's doing. Little Bud sure loves his Daddy!
He's making more noises this month, clicking his tongue (one day he even was making a snapping motion with his fingers while clicking his tongue at the same time when we were listening to music in the car), doing the typical baby "blah, blah, blah" sound while sticking his tongue in and out, fake coughing, making the "Indian" sound by clapping his hand to his mouth, growling and he also does a strange growl/whine if he doesn't get his way (or he catches you eating when he hasn't been offered a snack; he considers this behavior quite rude!).
He seems to be gaining weight well, although since everything checked out great at his last check up, we haven't been back to the doctor to have him weighed. I thought about scheduling a weight check, but with all the bugs and viruses going around, I don't want to risk any of us catching something while at the doctor's office.
He's been enjoying all of his new Christmas toys. Big Sister has actually been interested in all of his new toys as well, and we've already encountered a few sharing struggles. Thankfully those seem to be behind us now, since Big Sister has realized the art of offering a different toy to replace the one she's about to swipe from him.
