So I missed the 10 month report, but I'm going to get this 11 month report in before Evan's 1st birthday :) Speaking of which I can't belive he will be ONE YEAR OLD on Friday. Where has the year gone. In some ways it seems like we have known Evan FOREVER and in other ways...it seems just like he was born yesterday.
Eating/Nursing: Evan is still nursing quite often and in that respect is still very much like a little baby! He nurses approximately 3 times during the day and often 2 times at night. I'm letting him go at his own pace (just as I have done with the others). Some days he will nurse less and other days more. He went through a persiod where he was very distracted nursing (around 10 months) but now I can nurse him in a lit and active room if he is hungry. On the eating front, he eats like a toddler! He will only eat chopped table food now. He can chew chicken, salmon and beef with ease. He only has the 4 top and bottom teeth (no molars) but he manages to eat a large variety of table food with no mashing. He has never been much of a fan of the spoon. Both Erik and Evan are very simliar in this respect. His favorite foods---salmon, chicken, broccoli, corn, carrots, green beans, bread, pasta, meatballs, bananas, clemintines, PEARS, yogurt (in the squeezeable packs...don't think these exist in the USA but you twist off the top and they squeeze it out directly into the mouth). I buy an organic Strawberry yogurt and he just adores it! He also loves apple sauce in these same "pouches"... He snacks on cheerios and sesame bread sticks..love fruit and veggies of all kinds. He is SO easy with food. He'll eat anything and try EVERYTHING. He is very vigilant about chewing also (unlike Erik who would just inhale his food!). In this respect he has been a very easy baby.
Sleeping: Okay. This is our sticking point. This guy does NOT sleep well. Not well at all! He is up to nurse about 3 times per night. I still have his crib in our room. I have NO idea when he is going to start sleeping solidly. Right now it is exasperating because he will wake around 4 a.m. and stay up until 6...then he is up at 8 a.m. for the day. The 4-6 stretch is really getting old! There is one trick that works but it is really in desperation that I use it. If he doesn't fall back to sleep and just is standing there in his crib crying. I will put him in his carseat. He zonks right out, but I reallly don't like letting him sleep in there. If I am desperate though I don't hesitate.
Activity: Evan is a guy on the go! He has been crawling well since 9 months and started walking (just steps..during his 11th month). He is a unique little fellow because he can get up to standing in the center of the room. Most children pull up to stand on objects, but he just stands up in the center of an open room and takes his little steps until he tumbles. I HATE the tumbling stage. I'm always on edge that he is going to fall and get hurt. I just get so anxious about the safety until they are stable....
Interests/Personality: LOVES buttons, loves to turn on the light switches, loves to push anything he can see. Loves grabbing anything within his reach. He has the fastest grip ever--he will grab something off of a table or countertop before you even notice. Loves cuddling stuffed animals and singing to them. Loves to dance to music..just sort of bops up and down. He communicates well. He can sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider", he can sign "all done" and "more" and nod his head for No and Yes in the correct context. He can say "bump" and shows me how he bumps his head against something. Bump and dada are his first words. He is a funny little guy. Loves to make silly faces and get you to laugh. Scrunches up his nose and imitates. Loves to imitate. If you hit a wall with your hand he will do the same. If you make a sound he will try to imitate it. He can show you were his head/hat/hair is by tapping his head. Smart little fellow. Seems to understand a LOT!
Physical: Evan is almost 12 kg.. He is a sturdy little man. He is wearing 2t clothes and filling them out. He can still fit into 18 month but it is getting to be tight. He is finally growing hair this month. It seems to be quite light---more like Krista in complexion it seems. His eyes are deep blue and he now has 11 teeth. His 3 molars came in all at once. This seems to be the standard fare for Evan. He got all of his top teeth in a 1 week span as well! He had 11 teeth before his 1st birthday. Amazing! Still waiting on the bottom right molar to pop through but it won't be long I'm sure. These last 3 looked like they were quite painful. He even had some slight bleeding on his gum with the bottom right molar. They really push through at record speed.
Just so happy that Evan is deloping so well. He is a handful, but a loveable one!!! We can't imagine life with out this little character!!
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