I almost wrote a post two weeks ago titled 10 1/2 months old because Oliver changed so much in those two weeks, but it seemed a little odd so I waited. I felt a bit blue when I pulled out Oliver's 11 month sticker this morning, as there is only one sticker left. Technically, Oliver will be a toddler, no longer a baby, in just one month, but since I doubt he'll be walking by his first birthday, I think it will still feel like I have a baby, which is fine by me.
Oliver definitely can express his preferences even though he only has a two word vocabulary (dada and mama). He's gotten better about wearing a bib and sitting in the carseat, although there are still trips where he cries up to 30 minutes straight. He really, really wants to feed himself so I always put some fingerfood on his tray (pieces of cereal, Cheez-it crackers, blueberries, lima beans, etc.) while I am feeding him something with a spoon or fork. He usually has oatmeal, rice cereal, or cream of wheat for breakfast and a yogurt for lunch. He usually has whatever we're having for dinner. He particularly likes macaroni and cheese, baked beans, stuffed shells, pancakes, french fries, lasagna, and pizza. On June 19th I had no idea that would be the last day he nursed. He fought me some on June 18, but I finally got him to nurse after I gave him some bottle. Usually he nursed first and then had a bottle. On June 19th he didn't fight me at all, and he nursed longer than usual (15 minutes). On June 20 he absolutely refused (before or after his bottle). It was a hearbreaking experience for me. He made it almost 10.5 months, which was 4 months longer than Nadia and 4 months shorter than Ian. Ian's was the smoothest ending of the three (easiest for me to handle emotionally). Next month he can switch to cow's milk, which will mean an end to the massive guilt trip I feel every time I have to buy more formula at Walmart.
Over the past month he began to frequently get in a lying down on his belly position from a seated position. He hasn't yet gone from lying down to sitting up on his own. He gets up in the crawling position and rocks MANY times a day, but he hasn't actually started crawling yet. A few weeks ago I felt confident he'd be crawling by the time he turned 11 months old, but I was wrong.
Shortly after turning 10 months old he started using the arms up sign as to when he wanted to be picked up, and he added the word "mama" to his expressive vocabulary on June 29.
He loves to play in the swimming pool. He splashes like crazy!
He weighs 17 pounds 11 ounces (2.3 percentile) and wears some size 6 month clothing but mostly wears size 9 month or 12 month. He still is wearing size 3 diapers and still only has 2 teeth. I think his swimsuit is the only thing he's still wearing of size 3-6 month.
His naps have never come close to returning to what they were until we went to Florida. At this point a short nap is 30 minutes, an average nap is 45 minutes, and a long nap is 60 minutes (whereas short used to be 60 minutes and long used to be 3 hours). Sometimes he takes a third nap, but most of the time I just wake him up because he tries to take a third nap too late in the day (ex. 6pm). He goes to bed between 7:30-8:30 and gets up between 5:35-5:55. Putting him to bed later does not cause him to wake up any later. He's getting an average of 11 hours of total sleep a day compared to 14+ hours total prior to vacation. I never would have guessed that a less than 2 week vacation would permanently change his sleeping habits that had been in place for more than 6 months, but that's what happened. He's a sweetheart, and we are SOOO grateful he joined our family 11 months ago!
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