I think this is my favorite time of having an infant. Lucy has changed so much in the past month. Just recently she has started to stand unassisted and stay standing for several seconds at a time. She still loves to climb the stairs and crawl everywhere. She also still loves to make her own obstacle courses. Climbing over the dog, under chairs and around the table are great activities. Now that she is tall enough, looking out windows has become her new favorite thing to do. She will now also dance when music comes on. It's adorable.
She has also become much more aware of being able to communicate with us. Using baby sign language she will tell us when she wants 'more' of something or if she is 'all done'. I'm beginning to introduce drink next. This is much better than her just screaming at us from her high chair, although that sometimes still happens as well.
Her hair has started to grow and just yesterday I put it into the cutest little pigtails. *sigh*
At this point I think it's safe to say she has three words to her vocabulary. "dog" "Dad" and "Mom". She doesn't say any of them consistently but every once in awhile she will and we kind of look at her like, "Did she just say a word?". She babbles and "talks" a lot though just not any real words besides the three up above.
Lucy now has 7 teeth. Four on the bottom and three on the top. She loves to smile and show them off at anyone who takes time to talk to her.
My most favorite thing about Lucy being 10 months old? She has now consistently been sleeping through the night for the last 1-2 weeks. It's marvelous. We haven't done anything differently. In fact, right before this giant milestone we had a couple of nights where she woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep. She would quiet down while holding her but if we tried to lay her back down she would immediately wake back up and start to cry again. Evan even laid out the sleeping bag to sleep next to her crib. *he's such a good Daddy* Those times the next morning she would have a new tooth so at least we had a reason for the waking. And as I type this I'm sure tonight she won't sleep through the night but can I get a Hallelujah! And apparently my body is still trying to recover from lack of sleep because when the girls take a nap I still try to take one too. 9+ months of sleeping for only 4-5 hours at a time is hard on an old body like mine.
And just recently, for the past week, she has also started protesting morning naps. I'm not sure if she is transitioning herself out of them or what. I will say that I'm completely ok with that choice if she is. Two naps a day is very difficult. We miss out on so many of the morning activities like Baby Rock at the library (story hour, music), Rader Pumpkin Farms, Children's museum. We still try to do those things but between the naps gives you only such a short amount of time. It would be nice to be able to get out in the morning again. We shall see what Lucy decides to do about that.
I really can't believe that this little girl came into our lives 10 months ago. It has gone by so fast! She is our last baby and soon to be toddler!
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