Development-
Not walking yet! Which is fine by me : ) I know he'll realize eventually all the mischief he can get into on two legs and then we'll really be in trouble! Not much has changed as far as babbling goes, he says mama and something that sounds close to dada. He has four teeth now! He points ALL.the.TIME... His favorite thing is to point at lights...which are everywhere- big fun! :) He makes a gentle little high pitch noise for the kitties (meow?). And he makes a less gentle VERY high pitch fussy noise when you are taking too long to get his food. Really, kid? Not sure how to discourage him from doing it, I hope he just grows out of it because "no" just doesn't seem to work!
Sleep-
He's doing so great, I can't complain. He usually goes to bed around 7 and sleeps til 7...some days even til 8..those days are extra special :) We stay over at my husband's parents house on the weekends sometimes and he has gotten pretty comfortable with that routine but he still will wake up extra early when we're there- at like 4... not cool. My heart goes out to mama's that are still going through the newborn sleep phase- it get's better! And when it does get better, you'll have a new appreciation for sleep like you've never had before :)
Eating-
Almost a year and mama is still breastfeeding! I was thinking of stopping a few weeks ago when we went on a little getaway to Vegas without baby, but when we got back he had a little cold and was teething and was overall miserable and it just didn't feel like a good time to stop. Surprisingly, my milk hadn't dried up.. ??? Everything I've read about breastfeeding seems like if you don't keep on a strict schedule of pumping then you'll dry up and that's that. We've never been strict about it.. I've always just fed on demand and haven't pumped since he was like 3 months old & we're still going strong. He only gets nursed to go down for naps and at night now, so 3 times a day. It's easy enough now and not bothering me to nurse so I think we'll just keep this up until he can start regular milk. In other food news- he likes eggs, waffles, french fries, strawberries, those little gerber "cheese" puffs, yogurt.. basically anything. The only things we have tried that he's not a fan of would be baked beans and bananas.
Likes-
Talking on the phone. (the phone=anything he wants to hold to his ear like a phone :). Cars and Balls. Books. "Petting" the kitties. Swinging at the park. Lights (turning the switches on and off, pointing at the lights, really anything about the lights). Climbing. Pretending to play xbox, or playing with the tv remote. Giving stuffed animals kisses.
Dislikes
He's not a huge fan of car rides.. he can last about 10 minutes then starts to get a little mad. He still gets pretty annoyed about getting his diaper/clothes changed. I think he just has so much he wants to do at this age that laying still for even 2 seconds is asking A LOT. That's about it, he is a pretty happy baby considering teething and every day baby angst. Being a baby is hard work but he's doing great! : )
