11 months

Because of the move, I missed the last month. Nothing I can do about that now, but here’s this month’s developments!

He loooooves books. He grabs one first thing in the morning, and he can spend precious minutes quietly trying to turn the pages one by one.

He now knows how to use his teeth to break apart cheerios and crackers.

He’s quite the climber. He likes to climb on everything and everyone (he uses my belly as a sort of step). He also learned to maneuver steps really fast and on his own. My in-laws’ place has a step from the entrance door area to the living room and to the lounge room, and he just went up one and down the other, just like that, no hesitation, no help. Another day he decided to try the stairs, and he went up the entire flight of stairs on the first attempt, on his own with no assistance (just supervision, or course)

He got to crawl on the snow (in his snow suit) for the first time yesterday. He loved it! He was going around the front yard all smiley faced.

He will let you know if he doesn’t agree with something. Like if you take a toy away before he’s ready, or if you try to put him on the floor when he wants to be in your arms.

He’s cruising around in some areas, like holding on to a coffee table or a baby gate, but will go down to crawl if he wants to go any further. Crawling is still his chosen means of movement.

He’s more interested in things that aren’t toys than in toys right now.

One of his “new” things is picking up anything and everything off the ground. Everything from little fibers to bits of who knows what stuff that lies on the floor goes to his mouth, so we have to be very watchful of him. He still managed to have his first taste of dirt yesterday, as it came off one of Josh’s boots. He liked it, he had a big smile on his face when I got to him. I’m sure it won’t be the last time.

It’s very obvious to us that he understands words and some sentences we say because he reacts accordingly. He knows what “no” means, but of course he refuses to take no for an answer.