Somehow I completely overlooked doing Jaida’s 10 month post and now it’s time for number 11!!! In less than a month, our baby will be a year old. Mommy is not excited about how quickly she is growing up but she is such a joy and we love her more and more all the time, if that’s even possible! Let’s start with her 10 month post…
During this month, her favorite new word was “Jake” (our new dog). She absolutely loves this adorable animal and looks for him outside the kitchen door all the time (see pic below). She gets huge thrills out of taking him for walks and will cry for him when we have to come in. She also finally started saying a version of “mama” though I still don’t think she’s attaching mommy to the word.
At 10.5 months, we finally went for her 9 month appt, complete with a finger prick and 4 shots. Jaida was super brave and didn’t cry long for any of it. She weighed in at 19lbs 4oz (50th percentile) and was 29 inches long (90th percentile). The doctor had us continue with formula because her iron levels weren’t quite high enough, but he wasn’t concerned. She’s eating about 20 oz of formula each day but is starting to decrease slowly. She still loves solid foods and it shows on those awesome little thighs and cheeks of hers!
Sometime around Thanksgiving, she started to do a “real” crawl…belly off the floor. Not long after that, she was pulling up and climbing…now she is cruising. So I’m thinking she may take off walking before too much longer! She still loves to get into anything she’s not supposed to and the Christmas tree is very tempting for those little hands.
11 Months
We can tell that her language skills are starting to develop more. She says “uh oh,” “hi,” and “yes” fairly often. I have even heard her attempt “thank you” several times! I’m pretty sure she has said “I did it” as well. She nods and shakes her head, though not usually in the appropriate response 
She loves to make different noises with her mouth and will now smack her tongue if she’s hungry and I ask her if she wants to eat. She’ll also wave for “bye bye” and “night night.”
Mommy is so happy to hear her little girl calling for her “mama” now! She is starting to get pretty attached, but still doesn’t have any problems going into the nursery at church or being handed off to others. She’s more of a daddy’s girl anyway and rarely chooses anyone else if he’s around. I love to watch her lean towards him, arms out, just smiling, kicking and laughing away! What a welcome home to him after a long day at work too. My sweet Uncle Rick is the only one she’s seemed “afraid” of until tonight…we learned that she is NOT a fan of Santa Claus! We have no idea why she cried around Uncle Rick but I’m hoping that she’ll be over that if we get to see them at Christmas. Santa, I can understand
We are looking forward to Christmas and more time to spend together as a family. I am so thankful that Jaida is in my class at PMO so I can be with her on those days, even though I’m working. It’s fun to watch her learn to play with other children. Of course they don’t really play together yet but she is learning how to interact, be gentle, etc. She loves to watch other people, hear/dance to the music we sing, and play with all the toys. What a fun age this is!!!
