At 10 months you are on the go and intensely curious. You started sitting, crawling and cruising around 7-8 months and continue to exercise your super baby strength on the regular. You can stand without holding on to anything and I'm pretty confident you'll walk before your first birthday. You're into everything and the other day Owen told me, "Mom, Hazel's playing in the outlet!" We've got some serious baby proofing to do around here. You got your first tooth right around 9 months and second right around 10, after acting as if you were teething for months. You love dancing, playing peek-a-boo and your little doll.
You have the best baby belly laugh and when you smile it takes over your whole face. Your hazel eyes twinkle and fill our home with so much joy. Your brothers adore you and are constantly in your face. Their new thing is that they both like to pick you up and walk you around the living room. It's certainly not my favorite activity but you don't seem to mind. You've started clapping and waving, much to the delight of our entire family. I love experiencing your milestones along side the boys, there is so much magic in watching you learn.
Somewhere between 6 and 9 months you figured out that nighttime is for sleeping. I can't recall exactly how or when it happened but you no longer get up in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. You go to bed around 7 and sleep until around 7 in the morning, usually waking up once to nurse. There have a been a few nights recently where you've slept all the way through. It's a great routine for now and our family is feeling so much more rested because of it. You've started taking two naps a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The predictably has brought a much needed routine back into our daily schedule.
Your hair is lightening up with the warmer weather and sticks straight up all of the time. You're holding strong in the 13% percentile for height and weight. You still love to eat solids and chomp down whatever I feed you. Salmon, chicken, cheese, salmon, broccoli, frozen peas, frozen grapes, lots of cheerios and packets of baby food are our current staples.
For some reason it feels difficult to articulate what a sweet little thing you are. There is a lot of chaos to our days but your smile and scrunch face calm the storm. My uterus aches knowing the baby chapter that has dominated my life for the past six years is coming to a close. I feel totally differently holding newborn babies knowing I'll never have another one of my own. All I've ever wanted is to be a mama and I've always imagined myself with a baby in my arms. You are the perfect end to such a sweet chapter of my life.
As bittersweet as it feels to have the time slip by so quickly, I vowed many years ago to fully embrace the present. I am enjoying what's left of the baby phase and eager for what is to come. I'm looking forward to watching you continue to grow and seeing who you become. You're my girl and I pray that you always know how deeply you are a loved.
xoxo,
Your Loving Mama
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