At 10 months Patton:
- still weighs around 20 pounds. Like a girl, he fluctuates between a couple ounces depending on the time of day.
- Is 29" tall, or short, however you want to look at it. I think that is tall, but then again my mini is a nugget so I am used to smaller proportions.
- Wears 9-12 months clothes.
- Size 4 shoes are still too big on him, so not really into any shoes yet. I bought him some baby ones that he just takes off.
- Is talking up a storm. His favorite person to talk to is his sister. Tonight he was enjoying a very quiet, quaint bath and she decided she wanted to take one with him (hoping this is a trend because 2 in 1 is soooo much easier on us parents!). As soon as she set foot in the bathroom a babbling a way he went. Then she giggled at him and started talking back; they must have their own language.
- Finally caught on to wave. It is hysterical because he won't just wave with his hand, he waves his entire arm up in the air like you are a mile away and need to see him.
- Is. Always. Happy. Every time we go in to the doctor he says, "Now don't be alarmed when he starts being a fussy one … he is getting to that age that he isn't going to be content all the time like this." He started saying that 4 months ago.
- Has 6 teeth. 2 of them are halfway through, but I am counting those.
- Learned to pull himself up all the way this past weekend. He has been teetering with it on Kirby's stool the last few weeks, but when we were at my parents house he did the full shebang. Yay. Or not yay.
- Is "in to" more things that Kirby was. He likes to wander and discover a lot more than Kirby did. She used to (and still does) focus on whatever was in front of her. Turning it every which way and trying to figure out how it worked and why it worked that way (CR thinks she is going to make a wonderful tractor hand one day … I say mechanical engineer). Patton, on the other hand, plays and moves on quite quickly.
- Does this cute little thing with his head when he is waiting at his high chair:
- He also does this really cute thing with his nose and eyes that I can't seem to get a picture of. He closes/squints his eyes and pugs up his nose and kind of laughs. It is so cute. He does it randomly, so I am thinking it's when he has a funny thought. Or gas.
- Eats everything I give him. I hope he keeps that up. Kirby used to … and then she got an opinion around the age of 2 and got picky.
- So far is ambidextrous. Some days he does everything with is left hand, other days he does everything with his right hand.
- Signs milk, more, hi, and understands eat, sleep/tired, no.
- Is a stunner for the camera ….
I had to include Kirby in on this post too, because she has come such a long way as a big sister.To be honest, the first few months of Patton's life CR and I did not know what we had gotten ourselves into. We knew that millions of people have kids the same age distance apart and that our parents did it and survived - amid throwing pencils and breaking butter dishes, right? Many of our friends have children their same ages. "They're doing great, why aren't we?" we often thought. Then it occurred to us, they probably are having the same issues we are and no one talks about it. It's part of being a growing family. Remember the show "Growing Pains"? Yup, now I know why it was called that. Acclimating while adding is not as easy as it always seems. When CR and I realized (and sometimes we have to remind ourselves this) that we are on the same team, things go so much smoother. And Kirby senses and sees that, too. She has started to actually play with Patton. The other day I noticed her reading to him. There are evenings while I am cleaning up from the day that I set Patton in the living room with her and they just play away. Today her loving nature came out and it made me so happy. He had to go in for his second round of the flu shot. I explained to her what was going to happen at the doctor and I asked her if she wanted to hold Patton's hand. She of course wanted to! As the nurse came in she climbed up on the table with him and grasped his little hand into hers. When the nurse ripped out the needle Kirby tightened her grip and said, "ah". I reminded her not to be tense because then he would. She looked at him with the most enduring eyes and said, "It's ok, brother, it will just hurt for a second. Like an ant bite." He yelped for 2.0 seconds then caught her gaze again and smiled through his tears. Snap. Memory for my cookie jar.
Go check out July 2011 post from my blog. There is a picture of Kirby in this same position. And in the 4th picture down on that post is the same thing that Patton does with his nose and eyes that I can not seem to get a picture. Same fruit tree? I think so!"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." Ephesians 4:32
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