11 months- Brett

11 months old!  The countdown is on for your 1st birthday party!  We can't wait. Mommy usually procrastinates on things but she is trying really hard to have all her ducks in a row before the big day.  You are soooo much fun these days and are ALL.OVER.THE. PLACE!  Still not walking but you are a super fast crawler.  There are a few areas of the house that you are very interested in that aren't very "baby safe" ie dog food/water bowl, fireplace, ironing board and guest room TV.  You got sick twice this month:(  The first one was croup at the beginning of April.  You were barking like a seal all night on the hour every hour on the hour.  You were so pitiful.  We were ready to take you to the ER but read up on what to do.  We did take you to the Dr. the next day and you were given a steroid.  We also thought you were going to go a whole year without an ear infection.  Mommy & Daddy were wrong.  You had been hitting your left ear every once in a while.  A few days later you had a low grade fever.  The next day you woke up with a 102.9 fever:(  You had your first ear infection (in both ears!).  You were on antibiotics for 10 days. You were such a trooper.  We are still doing swim lessons at the Y.  Your Aunt Lindsey came down to visit at the beginning of April.  We had fun with her! And you also got to meet your Uncle Dave, daddy's best friend flew in from DC to meet you!

Sleep:  You are pretty consistent now a days.  You fall asleep 7:30-8:30pm every night.  You sleep until about 5:30am/6am. You are waking to eat.  Mommy feeds you in mommy & daddy's bed and sometimes you sleep until 6:30/7am.  You still take 2-3 naps a day. Morning is about an hour, Afternoon is about 2 hours and early evening, 45 minutes (sometimes you skip this). 

Daily Routine: 

5:30ish- Wake up to feed and fall back asleep (sometimes)
7/7:30am- Wakes up and Mommy feeds you before we leave
8am- leave to head to babysitter (we get there around 8:20am and we get to spend about 15-20 minutes
together before Mommy has to leave for work, Mommy usually feeds you breakfast - yogurt or fruit/oatmeal)
8:30am until we pick you up - 2 naps, 1 bottle, lunch lots of playing with Miss Lori
4:30pm Daddy picks you up
We come home, you eat, play, sleep.  We take baths  most nights and you go to bed around 7:30-8:30pm

Feed:
We are struggling with bottles at the babysitters.  You MAYBE get 4 oz.  Mommy sends 8 oz because you can surprise us one day and drink that much.  For the most part, your feeding schedule goes like this:
4530am- nurse
7:30am- nurse
8:30am- Breakfast  yogurt and bagel
11:30am- 3-4 oz bottle; lunch (deli meat, cheese, green beans, rice, ravioli, veggie burger, etc)
1pm- snack (Mum Mums, string cheese, puffs, etc)
3:30pm- we try another bottle and maybe get 3oz out of it.  
 5:30/6pm- nurse and/or eat whatever mom and dad are eating (Baby Led Weaning. ) 
8pm- nurse
You are loving real food.  Pretty much gave up purees (which I am A.Ok. with).  You won't eat fruit.  you act like it's poison.  We still try to give you purees of fruit to get some in you:) Lori thinks you are a meat, cheese and potato boy. 

Weight:  

birth:  8 lbs 9 oz

now: 20 lbs 6oz  on 4/24/13

Length:

birth:  21 inches

now: 27 1/2 inches on 3/18/13- probably 28 by now. 

Diaper Size : You are still in size 3  We are still using Luvs.  We had to go out and get you overnight diapers as you were starting to soak through. 

Clothes Size:  You are still wearing some 6-9 month clothes because it's still not warm and your 9-12 month clothes are spring/summer

Hair Color:
You were born with dark (almost black) hair.  Getting blonder every day  (4 haircuts to date)

Eye color:

At birth: blue/gray
Now:  blue

Funniest or Favorite moment: You have finally started to giggle a lot.  I can always put you in a good mood by saying "cookie monster likes to eat cookies"   You got a swing at Christmas and Daddy put it in the tree.  You love it!!! 

Milestone: you are recognizing pictures and items ie ball and baby.  You point to EVERYTHING and are so proud to show us whatever it might be.  You are starting to let go a little bit when standing up- not sure you really realize it; when you do realize it, you quickly sit down:)


Your favorite toy:
Sophie will probably always be a favorite.   I hate to say this but the iPhone is one of your favorite toys.  You have your own (mommy's old one) and we have Fisher Price games, You Tube and a rattle/shape game that you have loved since you were a few months old. You love your activity table and new (Kate's old) toy that you can crawl through.  You love your new swing out in the back yard!

Firsts:
First sickness(es)

First time meeting Dave

First time in the swing

 

(mommy can't remember everything- anything-  forgive her!!)