10 Months Old!

Braden is 10 months old today! We would be having much more fun if he wasn't feeling so poorly today :( He has had a high fever all day long. The highest it has been is 104, and Tylenol only seems to bring it down a few degrees. He has been miserable. He just wants to lay on your chest, and he even napped on me for about an hour today. Anyone that knows Braden knows that this is completely out of the ordinary for him because he is always "go go go". He has no symptoms other than the fever, so I'm hoping it runs it's course quickly. He has slept the majority of the day today, so we will see how tonight goes...

Anyhow, moving on...

I don't have any updated measurements for him this month since he doesn't go back to the doctor until he is 1 year old.

His new accomplishments are:

• Walking! He started taking steps around March 29 - yes, 9.5 months old. He then began walking a few short days after that. He rarely crawls anymore. It's so cute because he's so little! It doesn't look like he should be able to walk yet.
• Using a sippy cup. After about 12 different sippy cups, he has finally figured it out. But only if he can recline on you. If he's sitting on the floor he can't quite figure out how to tip it back far enough. He still prefers a bottle, but at least we are making progress.

His new discoveries this month include:

• Grass. It was so funny at first because you would put him in the grass and he did not like the texture of it so he would just sit there. He wouldn't crawl anywhere! He would lean forward like he was going to crawl but would then convince himself that it wasn't safe and would just go back to sitting there. He's pretty much over that now and likes it for the most part.
• Shoe laces. If you have shoes on with laces he comes up and pull on them, but only if you are actually wearing the shoes.
• Crawling underneath the dining room table and chairs. This is good fun until he gets stuck trying to crawl through an opening that is too small for him. Henry does not like this new activity because Henry sleeps underneath the dining room table :)
• Peekaboo. He understands the concept now and thinks it's funny.
• Pincher grasp. He is now able to pick up items between his thumb and index finger, as opposed to his entire fist. This has led to him being able to find every little thing on the floor and pick it up. Awesome...
• Running around naked. Diaper changes have become quite the challenge around here. He is FAST. You get the dirty diaper off and he quickly rolls over, stands up, and starts walking away. When you try to get him, he goes faster and just laughs. This is currently his favorite game.

Eating and sleeping patterns:

• He sleeps from 7:30 to 7ish, getting up once for a bottle still.
• He naps for 1.5 to 2 hours in the morning and then about the same in the afternoon.
• He is still not a big morning eater, but does still love his pancakes and waffles!
• We feed him pretty much anything now, and he gets really upset if we are eating and he is not. He loves chicken, green beans, oranges, and bananas. The only things that are off limits right now are: sweets, spicy foods, peanut products, honey, and milk products. We will introduce milk products when he is a year old, to see how it goes, but until then we are playing it safe.
• He has several snacks throughout the day as well.

He is such a happy baby for the most part. He is very busy and gets bored quickly, so keeping him entertained is a must. Luckily, he loves to be outside, so when it's nice we go on several walks a day. This month we took him to the Indianapolis Zoo and he loved looking at the animals. We also celebrated his first Easter! I can't believe it is only two more months until he turns 1. That just doesn't seem possible. But, it seems like every phase he goes through is the best one yet!