10 months you were 17 pounds 6 ounces and 27.5 inches long!
No doctor visits until one year, so we estimated the above measurements. Isla figured out the scale in our bathroom and will walk up to it and try and sit down. She first bonks her head on the wall, because she is staring straight down. It's terribly cute.
There are so many times that I feel like I'm just making up her schedule and the things I'm doing. Is she getting enough? Am I nursing enough? If I change something will it affect her sleep schedule?? I have a few resources I'm using as a guide, but I try to read Isla's cues. She hasn't been super interested in nursing during the day. So about a week ago, I thought it would be a good idea to pump and just let her drink milk from the bottle/sippy cup during her snack times. I wanted to encourage her to drink milk from a sippy cup and to have her eat more finger foods during snack time. Well, as of a few days ago, she is now refusing the bottle and really doesn't seem interested in drinking milk from anything. My stubborn little girl. I want to make sure she is drinking enough during the day. She loves water, but I know she also needs the nutrients from my milk, so I'm thinking of changing it back to nursing 3 times a day, which is still down from the 4 we were doing. If it works out, she'll nurse at 7 AM, 10:30 AM and 7 PM. She eats breakfast at 8 AM, snack (after nursing) at 10:30 AM, lunch at 12 PM, snack at 2:30 PM and then dinner at 4:30 PM. She is still growing and isn't starving, so I guess we are still doing okay.
The biggest achievement with her eating has been her ability to pick up a small piece of food with her fingers and put it in her mouth. I am pretty sure I think everything she does is cute, but this really is!! Seeing her little fingers move it around until it's in the right spot and then shoveling all her fingers in her mouth, if need be, to get it in there. It makes me smile. She typically gets oatmeal with a fruit for her breakfast. Occasionally I'll give her some pancakes, but oatmeal keeps her iron up and she loves it. For snacks, she can't get enough of anything in bread form. I don't like to feed her a ton, but she has had banana bread and corn bread. Isla is all about anything I can feed her with my fingers. Lately she's had a grilled cheese sandwich - the girl loves cheese. She also will eat a ton of meat, which really surprised me. I've made an egg scramble for her a few times (eggs, sausage, cheese) that she gobbles up. Her chompers are getting really good at chewing up bigger pieces. The only thing she isn't crazy about is a pea/carrot mix and avocado. Her favorite sippy cup is actually a Camelbak water bottle. She loved mine, so I decided to get her a kids one for Christmas as well.
She got her two top teeth in this month, and I'm so exhausted! When she was getting her first right top tooth in, she also had a super runny nose and congestion. She wasn't sleeping well and there were even two nights that I held her sleeping so it wouldn't all build up in her chest. I'm still not sure if it was caused by her teeth coming in or if it was really a cold. The first top tooth cut through on December 30th. The left tooth came in on the 8th of January. She still seems to be chewing on everything. This might just be her adjusting to the new teeth or her getting more teeth. It starts to feel like a constant battle, poor baby. She doesn't like chewing on a ton of teething toys, but lately it's been the plastic rings or a new teething tooth brush I got her. Wouldn't it be nice if all the teeth came in at once?
I feel like this month was all over the board for her sleeping. She'll go from multiple nights of sleeping the full 12 hours, to waking up mid-night and being up for 2-3 hours. Ugh. Most of the terrible, long nights are related to the teething and congestion she had. The long nights are even worse, since we know she can sleep all night. In the last 2 weeks, D has been the one to go in there. It really has helped keep her sleeping. If she sees me, she typically wants to stay up longer. I don't mind staying in the warm bed!! Her nap schedule changed slightly. If she sleeps until 7 AM, then she goes down for her first nap at 9 AM. Then she will be awake until 1 PM for her second nap. I still typically get one good nap out of her. Since we ordered most of our holiday gifts online, I dealt with packages arriving/dogs barking and waking her up a few times. We still keep the white noise on for both bedtime and for her naps, but it won't muffle our crazy pups.
Isla is officially out of most of her 6 month clothes. Most of her onesies are still 9 month, but her leggings/pants are 9-12 month. No changes on her diaper size this month. Still wearing cloth diapers about 75% of the time. Since it's freezing on our cement floor, Isla has to wear socks or shoes walking around the house. My mom made her some great cloth shoes that we can easily put on. They allow her to run around because they don't slip all over the place like the socks do.
This girl is SO ready to walk. She really has good balance, but is too scared to walk with out having both hands being held. She'll climb and crawl all over me, picking herself up and going all over the place, but not crawling on the ground. I really would be surprised if she is not walking on her own after this next month. Our day basically involves walking around the house with her. Yes, this is exhausting, and my back hurts! lol. She loves to stand on the outside of her jumper and play with the toys. As of 2 weeks ago though, she refuses to go in her jumper. Instead she resorts to the lovely flailing of the body that they somehow learn to do. She will stand at the coffee table and play with D's keyboard (luckily it has an 'off' setting). We also have a box that is an L shape that she loves to stand by. Since finding out that it's the perfect height, we have her toys on top and have paired it with the couch/foam flooring underneath. She still adores climbing all over Steel and running around the house with the dogs. We got her a walker for Christmas, but she still isn't 100% confident walking with it. This week has been the first time she is really gotten close to crawling. She is up on her knees a lot, but typically gets too frustrated before figuring it out. I see her mobility changing a lot this next month.
Isla had a great Christmas. She really enjoyed tearing the wrapping paper and waving the tissue paper all over the place. She got spoiled with the walker, Christmas pjs, Elmer swim school classes for the spring, The Night Before Christmas book and a dolly in her stocking. Then she got even more from my family and D's. We had a great time with her and even went to see the Trail of Lights one night. She made it through about half of the trail before wanting to really be asleep. Holidays with her are the very best.
A few fun things she has learned this month include learning to high-five. She doesn't slap hard, but will put her hand up to yours if you say 'high-five'. We are working on clapping and waving hi and bye. She likes to yell really loud and then look at you for a response. She typically does this in the mornings. Isla also will place her hand on her mouth, with her index finger inside by her cheek, and open and close her hand. It makes the same sound as running your finger over your lips and it's really cute. Every once in a while she gets excited and waves her hands up and down hitting her belly. Isla is using her voice a lot more, so most actions involve some kind of noise.
We've been trying to get out of the house, but it's been so cold here. She is still going to swim class, but I'd also like her to have more play dates. She really does enjoy being around older kids. We were at a friend's home and she was really enjoying playing with their one year old. Isla just needs to be walking and they would be all over the place. Isla gave her a big open mouth kiss before she left. A few of her favorite toys this month are her little Einstein radio, plastic rings, the Toot Book, and The Little Owl's Night book. We are also still trying to get her to really say mama and dada. She was definitely saying her 'd's more. The last week or so, the m sound is getting a little better. She recognizes who we are by the name, but doesn't say it to us specifically. It's been such a fun month. I can't wait to see how she changes and grows in month 10.
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