Carson - 11 Months!

One more month until my baby turns one!  Unbelievable!  It's been a wonderful year.

What's Carson doing now??

Physical Development:

He is walking now.  He started taking steps 2-3 weeks ago but is now walking independently for short distances.  He walks from the couch to the love-seat without anyone prompting him.  We have seen him successfully do a "pivot" turn a few times as well.  I love watching babies learn to walk.  It is one of my favorite skills.  He gets so excited about walking from one person to the next.  If he keeps it up he should be a pro by the time we need him to walk down the aisle!

Busy, busy, busy

Speech Development:

Carson still isn't babbling with consonants but he is so much more verbal now than a month ago.  He is quite noisy and able to communicate his needs fairly well.  (Sometimes by biting us!)  He does make a "vrmmm" sound when he is driving his toy cars.  He also says, "mmm, mmm,mmm" when he is hungry.  I really think he will be babbling by his birthday.  We will see.  At the recommendation of a early intervention speech path (thanks Karen and Julie) we have been spending lots of time singing songs to him replacing the words with mama, dada, papa, baba.

Personality:

Carson is so busy.  He is also really independent.  He of course likes being held and played with but he is happy to entertain himself too.  He loves balls, blocks, cars, and the fridge magnets.  He is feisty and makes changing diapers much more difficult than any of my other kids have at this age.  If you make him made he actually hits at us.  I think at this point it is more of a flinging his arms than actual hitting but it is definitely done out of frustration.  He continues to bite people throughout the day.  He usually just gets our clothes or blankets but occasionally get skin.  I have been telling him no firmly but feel there is little else we can do about it at this point.

I would still describe Carson as easy going and flexible (to an ever-changing daily schedule).  He is a really, really happy baby.  He almost never cries unless he is tired or gets knocked over by a sibling.

First Combover 

Eating/Sleeping:

He eats three meals a day now.  I'm not sure he has a favorite food but he does love beans, cheese, and frozen peas.  He is my first kid to throw food on the floor.  As soon as he is done or if he doesn't like what I offer him he drops it on the ground and then leans over his seat as far as he possibly can to see where it went.

He doesn't like grapes, meat, or most grains.

He is still nursing 6 times during a 24 hour period. He usually goes to bed between 7:00-7:30 and gets up between 6:30 and 7:00.  He nurses around midnight usually (sometimes I feed him before I go to bed rather than being woken in the middle of the night).  He still takes 2 naps a day usually totaling 3 hours depending on whether or not we are home.

Thankfully, he doesn't bite while nursing!

He refused to look at the camera but he is still cute!

Carson is a joy!  We are so blessed.