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@Adira: Well apparently she has been doing it just sitting at day care. Not even when someone is leaving. Silly girl. Usually she doesn't care when I leave, I wave by and she just looks at me while eating little people.

@Adira: of course tonight she looked at me smiled and then crawled off to play. Stinker!

After almost a month of teething I can feel the top front right tooth has just cut through. Now if the other one could follow closely behind and then we could have a teething break.

L just suddenly started doing a ton of new stuff so it's time for me to update!
Age: 10 months, 1.5 weeks
Size: 21 lbs? 30 inches?
Physical milestones: Today started clapping, and took 2 steps!!! crawls, pulls up on everything and walks with a push toy/cruises everything. Waves, throws a ball, gives high five
Talking?: No not really. Says a lot of sounds but not at anything in particular.
Eating: EVERYTHING. Tonight he ate a 4 oz babyfood pouch, cut up ham, about a 1/2 cup of stirfry vegetables, and 3 dumplings. Plus some puffs. He's gonna eat us out of house and home! He is also still breastfed and nurses or has bottles at 5, 7, 11, 4, and 7:30
Sleeping: JUST started sleeping mostly through the night until about 5
Birthday Plans: party at our house- retro cowboy theme
What you're looking forward to: walking! And talking!
Sibling plans, if any: (look there's a lot of talk on other threads lately about this, so I gotta ask!) We'll talk about it over the summer.
Other updates: Now, thanks to our nanny, if you ask him in Spanish where his ears are, he grabs his ears. so cute.

Found Isaac a girlfriend the other day! We went for a walk to get the mail and there was another mom and baby. She is also 10 months and lives just a few houses away. I am glad to find out there are other kids in the neighborhood the same age.

We are stuck in nap hell. I've been trying so hard to get him back napping in his crib. Last weekend he had an awesome nap. Then it was screaming and crying, so I gave up for a couple days. I just don't know what to do with this baby.

@travellingbee: OMG that is so cute about the ears! Yay for bilingual nannies!

@ALV91711: So cute! Boo on the nap hell. I totally understand and been there.

@Smurfette: AWESOME! You must catch it on video!

I'm happy to report K drank frozen/thawed BM from the Zoli Cup last night! DH gave her 4 oz and said she drank it all! I wasn't home. So at least I will feel okay if I need to leave her for something these days. Now IDK about drinking from the Zoli cup to sleep though. Gotta tackle the nurse-to-sleep thing before any nights out.

Also - She stood unassisted a few times today! And stood for at least 10 seconds the last time! I got it in pics and posted it on IG!

We're dealing with a crazy weekend here with Grandpa's birthday and celebrating Chinese New Years with both families early. I know she's not going to get good naps. Woke up an hour early today and then only took a 30 min. nap. I finally got her back down for another nap before we drive to the ILs. argh. I told DH we are not staying past 8pm, but I know it's going to happen and K will not be happy tonight.

I also think she is teething again. Biting everything REALLY hard. I think she even bit herself. She keeps clacking and grinding her top and bottom teeth together. Anyone else's LO do that?

@travellingbee: @Smurfette: So exciting about taking steps!!!

@shopaholic: I want to try breast milk in the zoli too but I'm worried he won't drink very much since he only drinks a small amount of water from it usually. How many oz does K usually drink from the zoli?

@travellingbee: exciting!! I bet he beats R to walking. She is obsessed with walking with the walker.

@Adira: I can't believe it either. Too fast!

@ALV91711: R would only cruise the furniture for awhile before she started using the walker. And just in the last two weeks finds the walker to walk. Before we would put her behind it and then she would walk.
@Adira: That is great! Sorry he didn't nap yesterday.

I seriously hate teething. R is still working on teeth 7 and 8. She was up 5-6 times last night crying in her sleep. I was about to go in there and she would fall back asleep. She looks so tired today. And I checked and I don't think they are broken through yet.

And I am over winter. So sick of sucking out snot multiple times a day. She has had a runny nose for almost 2 months straight. And now the little cough is back. Poor baby!

End of rant!

@Smurfette: We are in just the same situation. L woke up multiple times last night and I don't know if it is because of his cold or his tooth he is cutting. But he was a sad little boy, that's for sure.
@Adira: When are you going to start giving him the hemp milk? What is your plan?
@ALV91711: Yay cruising!

Sorry - haven't had time to catch up yet!

Just wanted to ask bottle-feeding mamas - how much is your LO drinking in a bottle these days at a time? My niece can easily finish 4-6 oz in a few minutes and she is only 3 weeks old! I was shocked when I fed her! We never even made a 6oz bottle for K before - she'd just waste it!

Finally back on the boards! Pete is feeling a lot better (had an ear infection, fever, on a nebulizer last week) and went back to daycare for the first time today.

We have also been busy with our house buying, which I think is really happening! We had inspections last week, have been collecting and faxing a ton of documents every day, and our lawyer is currently reviewing the contract. Fingers crossed it all works out!

And finally, I'm starting to get a little nervous that LO seriously does not babble. At all! He is super communicative (always makes eye contact, smiles, laughs, does high-fives) and has conversations with me but only makes the "ah!" and "eh!" sounds. In December, he used to babble "ow ow ow" but I haven't heard anything like that in at least a month. I am thinking of calling the ped next week to hear what she thinks. I've been really trying to say the "b" and "d" sounds over and over to him. "Look at the BALL. Ball. Ball. The red BALL." I'm not sure if it's helping at all. However, I did hear him attempting to make a new sound when he was playing in his crib this morning and I was SO excited. It sounded like an attempt at an "ffffff" sound. I hope he starts to catch up to the other March chatter-boxes soon!

To answers some of your questions:
@Smurfette: I haven't thought much about the switch to cow's milk yet. He also loves drinking water from a cup so I think he'll be okay drinking milk from a cup too. I hope so anyway! Also, our ped said she would discuss the switch to cow's milk at the one year appt so I am also waiting until then to hear what she says. Has your ped given any advice or suggestions?

I am SO over winter. It's the worst. Dressing Pete in full winter gear each time we leave the house is getting old real quick. And yes, the constant stuffy nose needs to be gone!

Yay for taking some steps! That's so exciting, esp since you and DH could see it!

@shopaholic: Wow, 6 ounces sure is a lot for that little pipsqueak (She is so cute, btw!)) Pete has started to lose interest in his formula and it's hard to get him to finish his bottles. He usually drinks 3-4 ounces at a time, 5 times a day.

Sounds like a very busy weekend! So nice that you have such a close family!

@Adira: Your smash cake looked awesome and delicious! Did you taste it? And I love this 11 month photo!

@ALV91711: When do you leave for your trip to visit the fam? It must be coming up so soon! Also, Pete needs a lot of help with his walker too because it goes fast on the hardwood floors. Soon enough!

@travellingbee: I was so excited to see your update that he is sleeping through the night until 5am (except last night)! That's awesome!

@QueensBee: So glad that everything seems to be working out with the house. Fingers crossed!
Great news that Pete is feeling better!! I wouldn't worry too much about the babbling, every baby is different. But if it is bothering then I would call the pedi.
The pedi told us to introduce milk after she turns 1. But if two days before we run out of formula don't go buy a new one, milk is ok. I might just wait till her well visit since it is the day after her bday. They didn't schedule it on her bday, so she wouldn't have to get shots on her big day.

@shopaholic: That's so awesome that she drank breastmilk from a cup! I've tried a few times, but C won't take more than an ounce before he gets mad and wants it straight from the tap. Some days I feel like I have to force him to nurse to make sure he's getting enough, and then other days all he wants to do is nurse. I'm starting to think about when/how I want to wean him and it seems so overhwelming!