11 Months Old

Our little Lucas Bryant is 11 months old. I told Jeff that it would be nice if babies were born as 11 month olds. We love this age the best, but of course I say that every month. As you can see from the picture above, Lucas is looking more and more like a little boy.

Below is where I update on Lucas's milestones. Boring for most to read, but this is my only form of journaling, so I have to capture everything here.

Signs that Lucas understands: milk, more, eat, dog, duck, frog, book, night-night, bye-bye, ball. We know he understand them because when I do the sign for duck or frog he will pick up the duck or frog.

Signs that Lucas can produce: milk, more, dog, night-night, bye-bye, ball, and eat

Words - The only change from last month is that we're pretty sure that he knows who ma-ma and da-da are now. He crawls up to me saying ma-ma-ma-ma and I wrote last week how he was calling da-da-da for Jeff. His other two words are still uh-oh and woof-woof.

Mobility - Just this week Lucas has become really interested in the toys with wheels that he can walk behind. His little legs are getting stronger, but they are still kind of wobbly. He's so proud of himself. He smiles really big when he's "walking" around the room.

Books - Lucas is still interested in books. He likes to turn the pages before we're finished reading them, as if we're reading too slow. This weekend he learned the sign for book. I showed it to him a few times and then, later that day, when I showed him the sign he went and picked up a book.

Food - Lucas is not a big eater. He's been nursing more lately, so I think he must get full that way. It may be a partial comfort thing since he's had colds lately. His favorite foods this month are peas and carrots.

Classes - We're taking a break from Kindermusik, but Lucas starts swim class this Saturday.

Sleep - Lucas has had a cough this week, but he is not letting him wake him up at night. He's fallen into a new pattern of going down between 7pm and 8pm and waking up around 6:15am. He usually wakes up twice between these hours and babbles/fusses/cries for 1-2 min before falling back asleep. During these times I lie in bed saying "please go back to sleep" over and over again.