11 Months!

Henry is now 11 months old.  It’s crazy how sometimes I think this year has flown by and other times I think it is taking forever!  I guess it just depends on the days… henry has mellowed out a lot since he was born.  He takes about a 2 hour nap daily and gives mommy some down time in the afternoon.  (Thank god) he is still rather clingy and prefers mommy to anyone and everyone else.  Henry has gotten both his bottom middle teeth and all 4 in the middle of the top have been coming in together for the past 2 weeks.   They have finally broken through within the last 2 days. 

Henry is crawling around like a fool and can pull himself up to anything.  He recently just discovered how to climb stairs as well.  This little man has developed an attitude and now I know how mike feels sometimes when he has to deal with me J  Henry does not like to be told “no” and will crawl after me and try to hit me when I won’t let him do things he wants to.

Henry has started drinking whole cow’s milk today.  He seems to be taking it great and didn’t even seem to notice when I swapped it out for his formula.  I am sure it tastes better!  He has also been on a Sippy cup for about 2.5 weeks now too.  We have done away with nipple bottles except during bed time.  Mostly we only keep them then because the Sippy cups we have don’t hold enough milk for the hungry man before bed.

Language has been a difficult thing with henry.  He is making tons of sounds, continues to growl, but he won’t vocalize any real words and doesn’t even seem to try.  I think most of it is laziness. I know pretty well what he wants now that he doesn’t even need to ask for anything.  I’m sure with time he’ll get sick of waiting for me and finally speak up!

Figure Skating

Autumn has started figure skating this year.  We decided to join the Norwood Norfolk figure skating club after a child in daycare had started.  Autumn has been having some ups and downs when it comes to skating.  There has been a few times where she has spent the entire time on the floor or ice screaming her head off.   Most of the time she loves it though.  I am hoping it continues to get better and we fewer episodes as time wears on.  Within the first lesson she had managed to get up off the ice on her own and even let go of the wall a few times.  Since October autumn has begun to push off from side to side with her skates and will spend most of the time on the ice without throwing a fit now.    In fact… at the last session she didn’t want to get off the ice!  I can’t wait to see the ice show in March!

Autumn

Pictures of Henry

9 Months!

Henry’s nine month well-baby appointment was October 8^th.  He is getting to be such a big boy.  He still comes in small on the baby charts but he is growing every day!  Henry doesn’t babble a lot but he can do it, since we hear him from time to time.  The doctor said not to worry and that he still has plenty of time to develop those skills.  Henry can pull himself up t things now and will slowly work his way around furniture but has a tendency to fall a bit.  His poor face usually always has marks now.  We are still waiting for henry to crawl.

Henry’s first sick visit:

Henry went to the doctor for his first sick visit on OCTOBER 1^ST.  The poor little guy had a cold the week before and a fever throughout the entire weekend.  Turns out that henry had developed an ear infection.  The doctor gave us some antibiotics.

Henry’s first teeth:

Henry finally got some teeth the other day.  The first one was the bottom right on September 28^th and the bottom left followed suit on October 2^nd.  He was a pretty miserable guy for about two weeks while they worked their way out but his grin is awfully cute with his big boy teeth!