My Little Lainie Month 10

I think I'm in denial that my baby is almost a year old.  I'm pretty sure of it.  To both Joel and I, she is still a tiny little newborn, who just happens to stand, crawl, almost walk, laugh and be a complete joy.  Month 10 was a huge one, full of change and growth. 

Eating:
Lainie is still eating great.  She still loves yogurt, thank goodness.  So far she likes both vanilla and strawberry yogurt.  She loves puffs and cheerios and baby goldfish if she can get her hands on her sister's.  She eats three meals a day around 7am, 11:30am, and 5pm.

We were able to move to a flexible 4 hour nursing schedule and man that changes everything. I remember feeling this way with Ruthie and I love the freedom! She nurses around 7am, 11am, 3:30pm and 7pm.

Thusfar, I've given Lainie all organic food.  We don't eat all organic (although I'd like to), but for the girls we try to give them as much organic food as possible.

Size:
She is still so big, but shes starting to stretch more.  She's just under 20lbs and long long long (comparison, her sister was 17 pounds).  She has only gained about 1/2 a pound this past month. 

She is wearing 12-18 month clothes, and still in size 4 diapers.

Nighttime Sleep:
AHHHHHHHallelujah! (thats me singing).  My girl can sleep!  and she can sleep great!  The wall has 100% changed our lives.  Our house feels double the size because we can now use our room/bathroom anytime!  Lainie now sleeps from about 6:45pm-7am.  We both feel like new people, as I'm sure Lainie does also.

Daytime Sleep:
She does great when we're at home.  She sleeps from about 8:30am-11am, and 1:30-3:30pm-ish.  If we're out in the morning, she sleeps from about 12pm-3/3:30pm.

She doesn't sleep in the carseat (unless we're out almost all day) or the stroller (can't remember that last time), so pretty much her crib/pack n play is where she sleeps.

Mobility:

She is still a speed crawler.  I keep thinking she is going to take a step any day now.  She stands for about 15-30 seconds at a time and then realizes shes standing and uses her shocks to ease her way slowly down. Its ridiculously controlled.  She's trying to go from sitting to standing without holding on, but she's not quite there yet.  She cruises all over our house on the furniture.

Eyes:
Just like Daddy.

Paci:
Still in the crib and carseat. 

Hair:
Apparently our kids hair grows in the exact same way.  Business in the front, party in the back.  She loves playing with her hair especially when she's tired. Its really sweet.  She also loves playing with my ponytail and yanking hair. She's really strong and its pretty impressive the grip she gets.

Signs/Words:
She loves to watch signs but hasn't done any yet.  Ruthie loves to show her more please and all done so I'm thinking she'll start copying those first.  We'll see.  She says Mama and Dada (although Joel hasn't heard it yet).  Its really sweet.  She still waves bye bye.

Teeth:
Still the bottom two (comparison, her sister had 8 teeth at month 10, way more than any of her other friends at the time).

Doesn't Love:
-Having anything taken away from her. She's getting quite the spunk, and I love it.  She is not going to be the forgotten second child, that is for sure. She makes her presence known and if there is something she wants, she will let you know!
-Having her diaper changed.  Thats not entirely true.  What she cannot stand is having to lay on her back, she has the alligator roll down!
-The car seat.  She does pretty well almost all the time, but there are definite times she's not having it.
-Strangers.  Hello stranger anxiety.  She doesn't have it as bad as Ruthie did, but every week we drop her in the nursery at church she just wails.  It is awful.  By the time I get to the window she has usually stopped crying (It doesn't help its right in the middle of her nap), but when we pick her up as soon as she sees us, she remembers the pain and agony of being left and just wails again.  It is pitiful.

Loves:
-Almost everything.  She is really starting to love Chloe.  She likes to pat pat her and Chloe has reinforced her position as the worlds greatest dog, by continually taking it from two girls.

-Ruthie, especially when she jumps in her crib.  Lainie tries with everything she's got to jump like Ruthie and does her own little baby bounce. So cute.

-To dance.  If you start singing Go Lainie, Go Lainie she starts moving. it is awesome.  I love the dancing.
-Grandpa. She was so curious about this man asleep on the couch (after his overnight flight). It was really cute!

-If you pretend you're doing to get her and chase her.  She starts squealing and laughing like crazy, crawls as fast as she can, then gives in to the giggles, lays down and cracks up.  One of my favorite things in life.
-The ipad, my phone, the monitor.  She's pretty much a genius.
-The stairs. She flies up them after Ruthie.  She's a definite climber.
-Me.  She totally loves me right now and I am soaking it up. I know it won't last, but I love it while it does.
-Anything of Ruthies.  Her cups of milk especially (or water). I quit giving Lainie the baby sippy cups and just started giving her the same ones I give Ruthie and she loves them.

 They both like to eat each others things.  Its incredible how much Ruthie loves a cheerio if its on NayNay's tray!

-Being tickled. 
-Peekaboo. I think she might love it more than any other kid ever.
-Being upside, spinning her around, throwing her up in the air.  My girl, what can I say?
-Pulling clothes out of the laundry basket.  Lucky for her, there seems to always be clean, unfolded clothes in the basket.  I'm just trying to keep my girls happy :-).

 
There really isn't much better in life than seeing my girls love each other.  Lainie has added so much to our lives and we are so thankful for her and her sweet smile and laugh.