Dear Mason: 10 month edition

Happy 10 months baby boy! This month mommy is realizing you are almost 1. I'm so proud of you for all you are accomplishing & learning but then I also become super sad that you are about to be ONE! How is that possible?!

You are weighing in at 21.4 pounds (68th percentile) & measuring  27.5 inches tall (5th percentile)
You have outgrown your 9 month sleepers & are in 12 month sleepers. I literally feel like this happened over night. You are wearing mostly 9 month clothes but we are mixing some 12 month in there. I feel like you spent forever in 6 month clothes & flew through 9 month clothes.

This month you have really slowed down on drinking momma's milk. I have stressed & worried over it so much but am starting to just accept that this is part of you growing up and enjoying people food more. You used to drink about 36 ounces a day and now you are drinking between 16-21 ounces a day.

You still really enjoy people food! This month we let you try sweets. Our plan was to let your first sweet be our traditional monkey bread on Christmas morning. However, as we were making Santa cookies on Christmas Eve we were posing for a picture and before we could stop you, you swiped a ball of cookie dough and jammed it in your mouth as fast as you could. I'd like to say you stopped there but when we took your picture with your Santa cookies you double fisted them and jammed them right in your mouth. You definitely got that love of sweets from your momma's side of the family! Pops used to share cookie dough with your momma often growing up.

Your favorite foods right now are chili, chicken enchilada soup, spaghetti, yogurt, oatmeal & waffles & peanut butter. You still absolutely hate eggs & I recently bought some prepackaged veggies and fruit to make things easier but you prefer to have fresh fruits and veggies.

An exciting thing in your life lately.....you are completely over your dairy allergy! YAY!!! This has been such a relief for mommy. However, we have discovered that I still cannot include dairy into my diet just yet. Something about the way that it comes through my milk still really upsets your tummy.

This month your sitter, Miss Tiffany, decided to go back to work. We were all so sad about this. Miss Tiffany was an answered prayer when mommy had to go back to work. It was an incredible relief and blessing when your backup sitter Miss DD said that she wanted to start keeping you every day. You were already used to her and loved her so it was a perfect & seamless transition. You absolutely love her too and I know you guys play hard every day because little one you are straight WORN OUT at the end of the day. I know that all sitters are great, however I hope these 2 women are always incredibly special to you because they truly love you like mommy and daddy do.

You are still a toothless little wonder, my love. We know that a tooth is very close on the bottom because your gums are very swollen but still nothing has popped through just yet.

 

You are still crawling and walking behind stuff. You are getting much faster at walking when daddy holds your hands and walks you places you move really fast now. For a second I see a glimpse of what you will look like when you are walking. I think youre going to be a fast boy that gives us a run for our money! You are starting to try to stand on your own. The time you are able to stand before sitting is getting longer and longer.  

This month has been a HUGE learning month for you! I feel like you are learning something new every single day. You have always been interested in the wheels on cars, but this month you have started actually playing with the cars rolling them back and forth on the tile.

You have also learned how to swipe daddy's iphone back and forth to change the screen or look through pictures.

You have really good hand-eye coordination. You have a dump truck that has a hole in the top of it and you take the balls out of the back and put them in the hole. You will sit and do this for ever!

Your favorite place in the kitchen to be is right under momma's feet. You love playing in the dishwasher, with the pots & pans, measuring spoons & your very favorite place is the spice cabinet. You spend the majority of your times in the evening in there.

You LOVE to dance!! Any time any music comes on the tv or we turn Alexa on you start grooving. It doesn't matter if you're sitting, standing or crawling you're going to smile and start shaking your little booty right there. 

Exciting things from this month:

*You celebrated Christmas at Nana's house

*Santa came to visit

 

*We celebrated your first Christmas

*You celebrated Christmas with the Kemp family

 

*We celebrated our first New Years Eve

 

*You discovered your shadow

 

*We lost our dining room to all of your toys. 

*You started at your new sitter Miss DD.

*We had our first "snow day" together

You are so happy go lucky & light up every single day of our lives. You have a contagious smile & when you laugh you do so with your entire body. It is one of my very favorite things about you. I hope you are always so care free & happy. I love you baby boy!
Love, Mommy