October 23, 2015 "10 months!!"

10 months old

Time sure is flying by!!! Rayden is 10 months old. It seems like he was just born yesterday. He has truly matured a lot this month.

20.4 lbs.
46.25 cm head circumference

*It's getting really hard to take these monthly pictures. Rayden wanted to play with the sticker. Then he layed back to yawn. Eventually he just rolled over to crawl away!

*He cut his third tooth at the beginning of this month. He now has two on the bottom and one on the top.

*He can hold his own bottle without the itsy grip, when he wants to that is!!

*Has become aware of Momma's presence. He cries horribly every time I leave the room.

* I love the way he puts his thumb in the end of his paci and then sucks it. The problem here is his thumb is getting too big so it gets stuck sometimes. He mainly uses his paci to go to sleep. Other than that he just uses it as a teether to chew on.

*He reaches for you when he wants to be picked up now. And can sure throw a fit when you don't!!

*We've experienced new foods this month. He can eat a little table food like canned carrots, green beans, scrambled eggs, and mashed potatoes. He has a pacifier looking net thing that we can put food (fruit) in so he can suck the juice out. Michael decided to put a piece of steak in it. I can't even put into words how much Rayden loved it!!! When we took it away you would've thought we killed him. He screamed like crazy. We've also introduced the sippy cup with juice.

Not sure how he feels about that one.

*He sat in a high chair in the restaurant for the first time this month. I know that may sound trivial at this age, but we normally just keep him in his car seat. The restaurant high chairs are unlike his at home. They are just wooden with no cushion at all.  This promotes an issue for Rayden so this little milestone needs to be celebrated too.

*He's started making this utterly adorable face where he squeezes his eyes shut while he has this huge smile on his face.

*Rayden loves to take Daddy's hat off. He loves to chew play with it and doesn't mind wearing it either.

*His therapist has been working on holding something in each hand independently. At first this was a difficult concept for Rayden to grasp. If he had something in his hand he would drop it to pick up the other item. She would offer something else to him and he just kept dropping what was in his hand over and over. It was actually kind of funny, but he can do it now-if he wants both items that is.

*He actually said his first recognizable word this month, "mama" or something that sounds like it. He actually says it quite a bit now. I'm not going to say he knows what he's saying, but it sure sounds wonderfully sweet coming out of his mouth. Listen carefully at the end of this short video clip and you should hear it.