11 Months Old!

Chance is 11 months old today. He is doing very well in the new house. He is sleeping through the night with no problems. He goes to sleep now between 8 and 9 pm and wakes between 8 and 9 am we can hear him wake up a few times in the night to talk to himself or play around but usually does not cry and puts himself back to sleep. He is down to one nap per day in the morning he will take a second nap about once per week if he has had an active day. He is really getting a sense of humor now. He laughs at little jokes. Like when Scott mimicks me Chance will laugh at him. Chance also initiates peek-a-boo now he will hide under a blanket or behind something and then stick his head back out to look at us and laugh. He also like being under a blanket like a tent. I was playing peek-a-boo with him one day and then he pulled the blanket over his head and left it there. Now he will pull the blanket over his head on his own and play under there. He is so funny. He is eating a lot of adult food and is not eating as much jared baby food now. He likes vanilla wafers and graham crackers a lot and he LOVES yogurt. Any kind of yogurt. When we are in the grocery store I have to give him one of the yogurts to hold onto or he will cry. Anytime he sees one of the containers he grabs for it and makes noises till I feed him one. He also likes sandwiches. He does not like meat or cheese by themselves but if you tear him off a piece of your sandwich with all the parts put together he will eat it actually he will eat a quarter of your sandwich if you let him. He can work the remote to the TV now. He climbs up on the couch finds the remote and turns the channels on the TV till he finds something he wants to watch. We are now pretty sure he has said his first word and it is 'Dada' He seems to be talking to Scott when he does. He has given up on 'Mama for now but he says 'Baba' for his bottle a lot too. He is really working on the cruising. He cruises around everything and bathtime has now turned into him cruising back and forth in the tub till it is time to get out. You can tell he is getting ready for walking, he is spending a lot of his energy on it now. He almost let go of the ottoman today to go to the couch. I saw his think about it and he took a step then let go with one hand but decided not to do it and sat down crawled the foot to the couch then stood up again. He still does not wave bye-bye but he has started saying uh-oh when he drops something I say uh-oh and then he makes an uh-oh face and says "oh".

By the end of month eleven a baby typically:

Says "ma-ma" and "da-da" discriminately see above

• Understands "no" definately


• Claps hands he claps his hands all the time


• Waves bye-bye see above

By the end of month twelve a baby typically:

May take one to two naps daily One nap most days

• Triples birth weight and is 29 to 32 inches long He had done that at his 9 month check-up


• Bangs two cubes together He bangs lots of things together


• Puts objects into containers and then takes them out He just started doing this


• Voluntarily lets objects go He has done this for a while too


• Shakes head "no" He does not really do that but I don't shake my head "no" very much


• Has fun opening and closing cabinet doors He loves doing this and he gets in the cabinets too


• Crawls well Check


• "Cruises" furniture Check
  
• Walks with adult help He will walk holding onto my legs like a conga line


• Says "ma-ma" and "da-da" see above


• "Dances" to music it is more of a bounce really


• Interested in books and may identify some things He loves books and points to some things in the book we read every night "goodnight moon"


• May understand some simple commands He understands No and come to Mommy and some other little things


• Fearful of strangers Not at all he likes everybody


• Shares toys but wants them back Yes he does this exactly


• May form attachment to an item not really yet


• Pushes away what he doesn't want He does this now


• Prefers to push, pull and dump items He does this but I am not sure what the other option is (leave item alone?)


• Pulls off hat and socks Almost every time I put them on him


• Understands use of certain objects Remember the remote story?


• Tests parental responses to behavior Yes he has started doing this recently


• Extends arm or leg when getting dressed He doesn't do this exactly but he does help put his head in and out of shirts when I count to 3 he ducks his head to help take his shirt off. He also helps to get out of his carseat which is kind of the same thing.
  
• Identifies self in mirror He does this too it is a fun game for us and I want to get a wall mirror for his room

  We are all spending Thanksgiving together here at our new house with Dan and Patrick (Dan's boyfriend) Tomorrow will be full of cooking and eating and those are two good things.