Leah: Ten Months Old!

Last week Leah turned 10 months old. Lazy Mama missed the post by a week. Sorry Leah!

Leah happened to have a doctor's appointment on her 10 month birthday, so we have a weight update - she weighs 17 pounds, 10 ounces. She also had a double ear infection and a possible strep throat. Poor little monkey! In fact, we knew there had to be something wrong because our usually sunny baby was a bit cranky and woke up a few times at night. Once we took her to the doctor and got some antibiotics into her system, she was good as new.


Leah has been eating like a champ this month and has added more foods to her repertoire. She eats cheese now, along with fish. She likes both. She also continues to do a good job on all other foods - she likes meat, veggies, fruits, and breads. She has been going through a bit of a phase lately where she only wants to be in her high chair for a few minutes before she starts to whine and cry. The minute we take her out, she is happy as a clam and wants to eat off her tray. As long as she is sitting on Mama's lap, she wants to eat and eat and eat. We are glad she is eating, but we need to get her to stay sitting in her high chair!

Leah's first mac and cheese - talk about a gourmet meal!

One of her favorite snacks, baby cheesy puffs. She can eat a can of these if we let her!

Leah has become so mobile over the last month. She crawls like a champ, on her hands and knees now. She is so quick, scrambling around the floor going after Cameron. She can also pull herself up onto things and has started moving around, taking little steps to creep along them. One of her favorite activities is emptying off her entire floor shelf, pulling each toy off individually. She hasn't quite learned to clean up her messes yet, but luckily she has an older brother to take care of that for her (sometimes).

One thing Leah will not be trying for at least a few more years - beer!

In daycare, Leah has moved up to the next class. She is now in Infant 2. She has a new head teacher but the two helper teachers switch back and forth between her old class, Infant 1. They have "big kid" toys in the room and a big table with six seats built into it that all of the babies sit in. At first Leah wasn't eating very well, leaving most of her bottles. She is also taking really short naps - there is just too much excitement going on for her to sleep. She is getting better about the bottles but still takes a 45 minute or an hour nap at the most. She just takes time to adjust, so we aren't too worried.

What are you looking at?

Leah had a fun trip to Canada this month, for her first Winterlude. She got to spend lots of fun time outside and enjoyed checking out the festivities.


Bundled up and ready to "skate" on the canal

As for sleeping through the night, Leah is getting better about it. She doesn't sleep through every night, but since she has been feeling well she goes to bed around 7pm and wakes up to eat at 5:30 or 6am. After she eats, she goes back to sleep for another hour or so.

It has been another wonderful month with our sweet Leah girl!