Aubrey 10 Months!

Somehow overnight, you grew leaps and bounds in the development department this month!  You are certainly no longer a small baby anymore, but more of a pre-toddler who wants to be a full blown toddler with very specific desires. You know what you want, when you want it, and become Angry Elf quicker than we can say "Huh?" if we don't catch on right away! I can't believe we are only 2 months away from celebrating your first birthday because time has just gone so fast. But when I look at you, and all the things that you do, I feel like we are already at 1! You are a ball of fire and energy my little Chunka Munka (despite actually being small on the growth chart!), and we absolutely love watching you grow!!

Happy 10 Months Aubrey Lynn!

Oh hey, I'm 10 months already!?!?

10 Month Highlights:

-Your personality has really come out this month! You are super happy and easy going (until you aren't, and then it's angry elf!).  You love to be right in with all the action, and if Bella is doing something your eyes are glued to her.  You love to laugh, and most times when I try to rock you before sleep, you are playing and try to give me wide mouth kisses which just makes us both giggle so hard! That being said, you also can throw what I call "baby fits" with the best of them if you aren't getting your way, we take something out of your hand that you aren't supposed to have, or we are attempting to feed you something you apparently hate! 

-You had your 9 month appointment just a few days before 10 months, and you showed off your insanely active side! While you went from the 30th to 10th percentile in weight, your MD wasn't surprised based on the amount of activity that you were exhibiting.  Holy moly you would not sit still!

Looking so cute and smiling pre-shots : )

-And the bulk of the month's pictures are from our 2 week vacation to Florida, which I will do a separate blog post on because really we got quite a lot of great pics!  However, you did well, except in sleeping through the night. You went to sleep extremely easy pretty much all the time (perhaps b/c you were in a pitch black walk in closet with the sound machine close to you!), but you woke up pretty much every 3-4 hours to eat. Loads of fun.  During the day you loved crawling all over the condo and exploring, and putting EVERYTHING in your mouth. It became a game as to "What is Aubrey eating now?" Winning answers included: stickers, 2 seashells (yes, at one time), a fistful of sand, and various black or other gross colored things that I couldn't figure out what they were...EWW!!!  We took you to the pool several times and while you didn't always love it initially, by about 5 minutes in, you were reclining in your shaded floatie just loving life.  Same goes for your time at the beach! You were terrified of the waves at first, but once we got you in the water, you loved it.  

Best idea ever to bring a small inflatable pool with toys to the beach so you could stay cool in an inch or two of water, play, and not get insanely sandy (or eat a gallon of sand, b/c we all know that would happen!)

-You also have officially deemed yourself a "Mama's girl" this month, and although we never explicity stated it, it was/is pretty clear Isabella was a Daddy's girl by this point. You will follow Mama ALL over the house, are constantly trying to crawl up her leg, want to be held quite a bit, and have started crying when Mama hands you to other people. 

Sleeping: Ugh, there has been some big time regression this month in the overnight sleep department. I don't know if it's b/c we were out of town for two weeks it just threw you off your game, but it's been rough this month! Bedtime is around 6pm most nights, and you wake up two to three times to eat (usually right around every 4 hours) before you are up in the morning, usually around 7am.  You take a morning nap around 9 or 10 which lasts about an hour, and then an afternoon nap around 1 or 2 lasting 30 minutes (yup, love that one!). You pretty much never go down without crying a little bit (morning nap it lasts all of 10 seconds usually, bedtime more like 2-10 minutes!), and it's not a sad cry, it's a "I'm ticked off you are putting me in bed crazy lady" super angry cry!  You roll around quite a bit until you find your comfy spot in the crib, and then go to sleep, usually on your tummy with lambie nearby. I'm really hoping next month you start getting more consolidated sleep b/c Mama & Daddy need it! 

Breastfeeding/Eating: As much as you don't love sleeping, you really love breastfeeding! You eat 6-7 times a day, usually around 9am, noon, 3pm, 5:30pm, 11pm, 4am, & 6 or 7am. 

As for eating, you have pretty much declared yourself to wanting to eat "baby led weaning" style, and are not too into purees.  I think a lot of it is you eat when Isabella does, and you watch her feed herself, and you want to do the same! When we try to feed you purees or yogurt, you get so mad (unless you are super hungry), and just want to do it yourself.  You love eating small pieces of fruit, cheese, chicken, green beans, black beans and rice, whole wheat noodles, or pretty much anything that is on our plates that we can rip small pieces off of! We do still feed you oatmeal in the morning and this month your appetite has really decreased in the morning, although the last couple days it's picking back up.  You must be growin' : )

Aubrey Loves:
-Dancing when Bella & Mama sing

-Musical puppy, singing penguin toy, & toy pianos

-Feeding yourself finger foods

-Looking in the mirror

-Caterpillar toy
-Being on the move and very active
-Being outside, taking stroller rides in the warmth is an instant calmer!

Aubrey Hates:

 -Being fed and not allowed to feed herself

-Being put to bed

10 Month Stats:

-Height: 27.5 in (31st percentile)

 -Weight: 16 lb 0.5 oz (10th percentile)
-Head circ: 17.25 in (33rd percentile)

*Teeth- no new teeth this month despite INSANE teething (including 3 days of intermittent 102 fevers), still 6 teeth total (4 uppers and 2 lowers)

*Wearing size 3 diapers

*Wearing a few 3-6 month outfits still, but mostly 6 month clothes fit the best, with some 9 month things, and a few 12 months thrown in

Aubrey's Firsts this Month:

-First step: 40 weeks- it was one step and then you fell, you've done that twice this month, otherwise you are just practicing standing

-First long roadtrip (6.5 hrs) to Florida!
-First vacation to the beach!

-I would mention first foods this month but really if it's on our plate you've tried it (including eggs, PB and other things that previous we were told to be careful with, although our pediatrician said it was fine).

This Month in Pictures:

 

Well this is unfortunate...I messed up, was off on my counting and repeated a week! No, Aubrey didn't have 2 weeks of the same age Dana!! Argh. Total Mama brain over here!! I told ya we aren't getting good sleep this month!

 

Bath time with the 2 of you together is fun now b/c you both love it!

This was right after Daddy walked into the bathroom, you crawled over, and as he closed the door you laid down on the floor with your eyes peering under the door, and tried to stick your hand below. As I laughed and said your name, you popped right up like this and had the expression of "What? What did I do!?"

 

 While your sister wants to swing and slide for days, you just want to eat at the park! Typical!