Baby to Little Boy

The past 10 months have gone sooooo fast! It is mind boggling to think that in just a couple of days Peanut will be 10 months old!!!

I am looking at photos of him here, one was taken 21st March (when he was 1 1/2 months old), one taken 10th May (when he was 3 months old) and another taken 31st October (at nearly 9 months old) and it is amazing how much he has grown up already.

I remember when the first photo was taken, he was so small - I could cup his whole in head my my hand. At that time he would smile at M34tb4LL and myself, turn his head when we spoke to him, he loved sitting in his bouncy chair and staring at the toys that hang from the bar attached to it. He would even fall asleep in the bouncy chair sometimes! But that was pretty much all he was able to do!

By the time he was three months old, he was happily sitting up on my knee, would smile and laugh, he played with his toys, his hand and his feet.

By 9 months he was crawling, every object he could get his hands onto was an object of interest, he was saying simple sounds like mama dada baba, was able to hold his bottle himself and had gotten eating his mushy food down pat.

Now, at nearly ten months he can (or at least try) feed himself toast, sandwiches, cubes of fruit and vegies and chunks of cheese - it's messy, but it works. He is crawling very well now, if I turn my back for just a minute I have to go on a hunt to find him. Fortunately for me this is quite easy because he finds it such a fun game he will be laughing constantly!

And as for his eating - he now wants to feed himself! This is a little tricky for him seeing as he has NO coordination. But to encourage him with the whole self feeding thing, last night i gave him some chopped up peach. HE LOVED IT! He was grabbing little squares of peach and shoving them into his mouth, and he was doing a strange trembling laugh while eating. He was so excited with the process of feeding himself

I am finding it hard to believe that in two months he will be a year old! Soon he will be walking - making him a toddler! He is not a baby much longer!!! it makes me want to shed a little tear.

(: Reggie