Anderson is now 10 months old! I say NO WAY, but the calendar tells me otherwise! I can't believe she is only 2 months shy of being one! That is not even possible! At any rate, it is in fact true, so I can't stop it!
She continues to delight us each and every day! She is quite the little pistol all of a sudden and into EVERYTHING!!! She keeps us busy, that is for sure! And, she is very feisty and a little squirmy worm. Changing diapers/clothes these days is a workout in and of itself!
Anderson had tube surgery last week for her ears. She did great and everything went very smoothly. We are really praying this will keep those nasty ear infections away!
Andi has a few new tricks up her sleeve. Clapping seems to be her newest favorite thing to do! She is doing it all the time and usually very random! She is pointing at everything these days. It is very cute to see her point and babble as if she is trying to tell you something very important. She is saying "Mama" and "Dada" regularly and sometimes she will say, "Hi", although I think we only know that she is saying that because of when she says it. She is babbling constantly and definitely knows how to express herself. She is clapping all the time and also makes the clicking sound with her tongue, to which she is very proud of herself...mainly because her brother gets so excited every time she does it! I think he is especially proud of her because he has helped to teach her all of these new tricks! She has started pulling up on anything and everything she can! She did this the first time a few weeks ago, but then didn't really do it anymore, but not for lack of trying. She just didn't seem to have good enough balance or coordination to get herself up and then once she was up, she was very unstable. However, ever since she got her tubes, she has been non-stop! I really believe that when they drained out all of the backed up fluid from her ears, her equilibrium is now back in balance and she is able to stand easier. She used to stumble a lot when she was crawling and would fall to her face, but now, she hasn't seemed to have any trouble with that anymore. Along with pulling up, she has also decided that the stairs are a really fun place to be. All of sudden, she discovered them and has pretty much mastered them at this point, which scares me to death! Earlier this week, she was in the kitchen with me when I was washing bottles and then she went into the living room. I heard her playing and then she seemed to get really quiet. I knew that wasn't a good sign, so I went to check on her and she was almost all the way to the top of the stairs!!! That was a wake up call for me...we now put the gate at the bottom to keep her from going up alone!
The cutest thing Anderson is doing right now is playing peek-a-boo! She hears "Do you want to play peek-a-boo?" or "Where's Andi/Anderson?" and she puts the back of her hands over her eyes with the cutest little grin on her face! She loves it! It is so precious! I will post a video!
Eating textured things is getting much better! She still can't stand textured baby food, but she eats puffs and yogurt melts with complete ease now! I don't even have to break them up anymore! She also will eat broken up goldfish and cheerios. I have tried to offer her bread, pancakes, and bananas, but she isn't interested once she picks them up. She seems to be opposed to the way they feel. I will keep trying though! We have definitely turned a corner, so I am sure it will be no time before she is eating everything we are eating! She has also finally mastered the sippy cup...well, just one sippy in particular. After trying several, she just couldn't figure it out. While I was at Walmart one day, I grabbed a cheapo just to see what she would do and she had no problems. I was definitely getting worried about the sippy because I want to be done with the bottle shortly after she turns one. So, getting a sippy mastered was a must!
She continues to delight us each and every day! She is quite the little pistol all of a sudden and into EVERYTHING!!! She keeps us busy, that is for sure! And, she is very feisty and a little squirmy worm. Changing diapers/clothes these days is a workout in and of itself!
Anderson had tube surgery last week for her ears. She did great and everything went very smoothly. We are really praying this will keep those nasty ear infections away!
Andi has a few new tricks up her sleeve. Clapping seems to be her newest favorite thing to do! She is doing it all the time and usually very random! She is pointing at everything these days. It is very cute to see her point and babble as if she is trying to tell you something very important. She is saying "Mama" and "Dada" regularly and sometimes she will say, "Hi", although I think we only know that she is saying that because of when she says it. She is babbling constantly and definitely knows how to express herself. She is clapping all the time and also makes the clicking sound with her tongue, to which she is very proud of herself...mainly because her brother gets so excited every time she does it! I think he is especially proud of her because he has helped to teach her all of these new tricks! She has started pulling up on anything and everything she can! She did this the first time a few weeks ago, but then didn't really do it anymore, but not for lack of trying. She just didn't seem to have good enough balance or coordination to get herself up and then once she was up, she was very unstable. However, ever since she got her tubes, she has been non-stop! I really believe that when they drained out all of the backed up fluid from her ears, her equilibrium is now back in balance and she is able to stand easier. She used to stumble a lot when she was crawling and would fall to her face, but now, she hasn't seemed to have any trouble with that anymore. Along with pulling up, she has also decided that the stairs are a really fun place to be. All of sudden, she discovered them and has pretty much mastered them at this point, which scares me to death! Earlier this week, she was in the kitchen with me when I was washing bottles and then she went into the living room. I heard her playing and then she seemed to get really quiet. I knew that wasn't a good sign, so I went to check on her and she was almost all the way to the top of the stairs!!! That was a wake up call for me...we now put the gate at the bottom to keep her from going up alone!
The cutest thing Anderson is doing right now is playing peek-a-boo! She hears "Do you want to play peek-a-boo?" or "Where's Andi/Anderson?" and she puts the back of her hands over her eyes with the cutest little grin on her face! She loves it! It is so precious! I will post a video!
Eating textured things is getting much better! She still can't stand textured baby food, but she eats puffs and yogurt melts with complete ease now! I don't even have to break them up anymore! She also will eat broken up goldfish and cheerios. I have tried to offer her bread, pancakes, and bananas, but she isn't interested once she picks them up. She seems to be opposed to the way they feel. I will keep trying though! We have definitely turned a corner, so I am sure it will be no time before she is eating everything we are eating! She has also finally mastered the sippy cup...well, just one sippy in particular. After trying several, she just couldn't figure it out. While I was at Walmart one day, I grabbed a cheapo just to see what she would do and she had no problems. I was definitely getting worried about the sippy because I want to be done with the bottle shortly after she turns one. So, getting a sippy mastered was a must!
Although she is still little, Andi is growing like crazy! I really feel like she has gained a lot of length here recently...she just seems much longer! My guess is she weighs close to 18 lbs now. She is still in size 3 diapers, but I will most likely switch her to size 4 when I buy diapers next. She is definitely more in size 9 months or 9-12 months clothes at this point. But, I can still squeeze her into her 6 month clothes. I am really trying to stretch out what we have for the remainder of the cold(er) days versus buying new stuff when spring and summer are right around the corner.
As always, we are enjoying our sweet girl! She is just such a joy and she definitely keeps us on our toes!
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