Olivia is ten months old now! She is moving around better upright, and she's standing without holding on more and more. She can stand up without holding on to anything now, too. She can crawl
really fast when she wants to, too! She can get outside over the stoop, though she doesn't much like doing it.
This month Olivia was sick a lot. She had a runny nose that lasted forever, and after she got her vaccinations she had a pretty high fever that lasted a few days. That combined with constant teething has moved us backwards when it comes to night sleep. At some points this month she was waking up three times in the night to nurse.
During the day, she nurses pretty infrequently, though for the same reason, sometimes it has been more often, and we have totally blown our scheduling. She never likes to nurse right when she wakes up for the day, so sometimes it will get pushed later and later. She is pretty distractable. But I'd say she nurses about 4 times in the day. She is also drinking water from a sippy cup, which is adorable!
She's eating more food now. She likes it all, too! Pureed carrot, pureed green beans, Kix, bagel chips. She's still loving oatmeal, banana and avocado. She is so funny about food - she gets jealous when someone is eating and she's not. When I eat my cereal, she cries and cries! When we eat lunch, she fusses until we give her something to munch. And heaven help you if you try to take food away from her or swipe it out of her mouth!
This month we went to the beach a couple of times, and we have started swimming in the pool. I have been worried about her pale skin in the sun, but even with being outside in the heat of the day, she hasn't burned! (She does wear sunscreen and hats, but I was nervous that she would burn anyway.) That's a blessing. She wasn't a big fan of the ocean (though she really enjoyed eating sand!), but she loves the pool! She likes to play with the diving fish and cups, and she will stay in the float for a little while.
This month naps have been difficult, as well as night sleep. With all the sickness, it was hard to keep our patterns, and for awhile she was having trouble going to sleep in the evening. It would have been fine to keep her up, but she wasn't happy - she would cry and cry. Then she would wake up in the night and not go back to sleep. We tried going to one nap, but that was a fail. Then we moved back her first nap from 10 to 11, and her second nap was shorter, either at 3 or 4. We moved her bedtime from 6 to 7. Then she got sick again and her naps moved back to 10 and 2, but she kept the later bedtime for most of the time, unless she was really tired. So that's where we are now.
She has been saying some "words." Her first word was "dada," for sure. She says it when we go into his office or he walks in the room. Her first really distinct word, though, was "ah duh" for all done after her dinner in the high chair. She paired that one with the raised hands that we use for the sign. She said "mo" for more a couple of times, though she doesn't use that one any more, that I know of. She is definitely babbling more and more, and she is making the connections between the sounds she makes and the words we use.
A big step this month - she got her first teeth! The bottom left tooth came in March 15, and the bottom right tooth came in March 22. It really makes her look so much older!
She still has the excema on her cheeks... I'm putting creams on it as often as I can, and I'm really hoping she'll outgrow it. It makes me sad to see!
She is interacting in more complex ways with people, too. She knows to wave bye-bye when people say goodnight to her. She likes to play copy games with Elena - one will squeal and then the other, or one will pat a surface and then the other will. She is much more picky about only me putting her to sleep, but she loves seeing Andrew to play with him. She
loves peekaboo; she will hide or put a blanket over her face and then pop out with a big smile. And she likes to laugh. We've been blowing her belly lately, and she will put her mouth on you and pretend to blow, then make the noise with her lips. She's a great imitator.
She loves the bath - she has so much fun playing with the toys and splashing, and standing up and sitting down in the water. Elena loves to take a bath with her. They are so cute together.
We are so proud of our girl, learning and growing. She is such a sweetheart.
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