Graham 10 Month Update…

This crazy kid is 10 months…we’re almost to a year!

Clothes: still in 18-24 months but some 18 month clothes are getting short.

Diapers: He moved up to size 5! The kid is so long he grows out of them in the length.

Height, weight length: honestly I’m not sure. I never measured this month. 😦

Sleep: he still takes two naps a day and wakes up once at night (we will e working on weaning that night time bottle this next month).

Eat: Two solid meals a day with a combination of pureed and some finger foods. drinks four to five bottles a day.

This boy is going to be a big brother come March 2015!

Firsts and Favorites…

• He started pulling himself up to standing and can move along holding onto furniture
• Bath time is his favorite…he loves his Duck. and says “Duck, duck, duck” the whole bath. And throws a fit when we’re finished with bath time.
• He had his first experience going to a lake. He loved splashing in the water and eating the sand (he thought the sand was tasty).
• He has a total of eight teeth now. Four on the bottom and four on the top.
• He loves his blankets
• He went to the state fair for the first time and got to see some animals. He liked the horses the best.
• If your laying on the floor he likes to climb all over you.
• His water cup. He figured out how to hold it this month and drink. He thinks it’s fun to drink his water.

He’s our goofy little trooper. He’s pretty content doing whatever we’re doing. It’s fun to see his personality come out…he brings such joy to our lives.

 

 

Easy Snacks…

I don’t know if I’ve ever posted a recipe on this blog. I’m just not a foodie and there are a ton of other excellent food blogs out there. Anyway, below are two snacks I have been enjoying as of late.

CHIA PUDDING This is so easy and it ends up with a texture like tapioca because the seeds soak up the milk. I adapted it from the above recipe (click on the title of the recipe.).

makes 1 serving

2 Tablespoons and 2 teaspoons chia seeds

3/4 cup milk, almond milk, or coconut milk

whisk ingredients together and let sit at room temperature for about 1 hour. Stir then put in the fridge till thick (about 2 more hours). Another option would be to put it in the fridge over night. Once mixture is thick and seeds have expanded add a little sweetener of your choice like maple syrup or honey (you don’t need much). Enjoy!

NO BAKE ENERGY BITES The only modifications I did was half this recipe and used a 1/3 of the honey called for.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: About 20

 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter or almond butter
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup old-fashioned oats (raw)
• 2/3 cup sweetened shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup ground golden flaxseed meal (I used a flax chia seed blend)
• 6 Tbsp chocolate chips
• Directions

• In a mixing bowl, stir together peanut butter, honey and vanilla extract. Add remaining ingredients and stir until evenly coated. Transfer mixture to refrigerator or freezer and chill until set (I actually cheated here and shaped mine before chilling with damp hands but I think chilling would make it easier to shape them).
• Remove from refrigerator and shape into 1-inch balls. Store in refrigerator in an airtight container.

 

Graham 9 Month Update…

This is a monthly update but it’s more like “just the past week update.” If that makes any sense. Let me explain, he decided to hit some major milestones in the past week rather than throughout the month.

Weight: around 26lbs.

Length: just over 30 inches

Clothes and Diaper Size: 18 month clothes, some 24 month, and size four diapers

Major Milestones:

• Crawling!
• Sit from crawling position
• Says dada and baba (babbles all the time)
• Can roll from tummy to back (took him long enough!) 🙂
• Can roll to his left side now (he would only roll right before)

EAT

This month, things really clicked in this area for him. He started eating more solids (around 8 oz. twice a day) and the whole opening your mouth at the right time finally clicked. I don’t feel like I’m playing this Dr. Mouth game anymore. I started giving him steamed peas, cooked egg yokes, and pieces of graham crackers for him to practice his pinching skills. He’s really improved and gets some up to his mouth now. It’s fun to watch because it takes so much concentration. In addition to the solids, he has about four bottles in a 24 hour time period.SLEEP

Sleep has been all over the place. Between getting another tooth in (six total now) and learning how to crawl we’ve had some rough nights and we’ve had some nights where he slept all the way through. He began waking up earlier like 6:15 or 6:30 rather than 7am; funny how half an hour feels like a big change. 🙂 He’s been taking good naps and is pretty easy to put down. He usually fusses for a few minutes then falls asleep.

PLAY

This month he really began to mimic actions and words we say…it’s a lot of fun. Now that he’s crawling he is exploring everything, and is learning what’s off limits for him to touch. Graham loves when his daddy plays his guitar; just in general Graham thinks his dad is pretty much awesome. Did you know door stops are so fun? Well Graham thinks they’re great. He also likes feeling different textures which is funny to see his reactions. Bath time is the best; when he hears the bath water running he comes crawling as fast as he can to the bathroom.

Graham got his first hair trimming around his ears this month.