Let's be real, up until this point, every month has been my "favorite" but for many reasons, I think this is the best one yet! Aaron and I have seen Madison shoot to the stars in developmental and learning! I literally think her brain could explode at any given moment with all the things she is observing and taking in. Okay, I'll start off with my favorite... Kisses! That's right. Madison had learned to give KISSES!!!! I will have to upload the video later, but they are the sweetest little baby kisses anyone has ever received!
Another one of my favorites is her growing love for books! If you are willing, that girl will look at/read books with you for hours. She is learning to help turn pages. Sometimes she gets impatient and I either have to speed read or make something up before she turns the page haha! She also does the most adorable things! After a while, she will come over to sit in your lap and look at the pictures while you read. It's completely unprompted, but she plops right down and leans back on you slightly and watches the pages! It melts me! She loves to hand me the next book (or the same book... Over and over again) and make a noise like "Come on! Read this one!"
Another favorite this month is what I like to call "sharing" toys. She will hand toys to me and I will say "thank you" and play with for a minute before she puts her hands back out as if to say "oooookay... Your turn is done. Hand it over!" We love sharing blocks, baby dolls, balls, puzzle pieces and teething toys. She thinks it is especially funny when I pretend to "teethe" on her toy. That gets a good giggle going!
A new one that started the last day or so is that she is really enjoying emptying bins and buckets and filling them back up. Today, she even put her sippy cup in one of her buckets. Note to self, at the end of the day, make sure all sippy cups are accounted for! Everything goes in a bin, drawer, bucket!
Speaking of today, this morning, I was cleaning bottles and this crazy girl was playing in the living room. She then gets up, walks herself along the wall past the dining room, past the kitchen, and into her bedroom. All by herself. Just apparently had the idea she would like to go in her room and play with her books! The independence she exhibited just blew me away and almost brought me to tears. Soon, she won't need mommy to carry her from room to room. She now just goes by herself. Just the idea that she "doesn't need me" for such a task. If I'm already getting emotional letting go, you may as well reserve a spot for me in the psych ward when it comes to the first day of school.
Finally, an area where she is also excelling is eating! Yay! I was so concerned that she was never going to eat real food and was going to be bottle fed until age 2! Silly mommy....
She is now eating and trying new things. Aaron and I are getting pretty good at fixing a breakfast lunch and dinner. This has been an adjustment for me. I typically don't eat breakfast and I rarely eat a lot for lunch. I'm more of a snacker and grazer. So to sit down and have a "meal" is kind of a big deal for me. Even if it is only a sandwich and chips. It's also been an adjustment thinking about what to make for lunches for her. I can eat PBJ all day everyday. But I like to change it up a little for her and have fruits and vegetables too! So being prepared and thinking about making things ahead of time has been challenging because once that girl is hungry, there is a small window of opportunity to make something before we have a meltdown on our hands! She is doing so well with it now, especially this past month, it seems so trivial that I was soooo concerned about it a few months ago!
There is still about a week left of her being 10 months old, and I think she might even be walking then. The past two days she's been taking more and more steps on her own! Seriously... This is the best month yet! (Look out for next months post "why 11 months is my favorite")
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