These are my own measurements, we'll compare to the doctor's next month :)
Weight: 22.2 lbs
Height: 28.25 inches
He is a growing machine!
Vocal Skills:
William is now playing with more and more sounds. He has become much more vocal over the past month.
The cutest one at the moment is his surprise face. He does it the most often first thing in the morning. He lifts up on his tippy toes and stretches his whole body, opening his eyes as wide as they'll go, his eyebrows up in a surprise look and says "Oh" or "Oo". It is absolutely adorable. My friends and I have tried to capture it but pictures just don't do it justice, :)
He has also learned a new form of screaching. He tries to get louder and louder each time. He can get pretty loud :)
He has started a form of whining as well. It started when I was visiting my friends in Raleigh, NC which is probably because I was talking and not paying 100% attention to him like he is now getting used to. I am trying not to respond right away to those so that he doesn't think that is the way to get my attention. *****
In addition to the above sounds, he continues his vowel and consonant sounds changing his pitch and volume levels as he repeats it over and over. Unfortunately, I haven't heard Mama in a long time. I'm still trying to have him repeat after me, but he just says "oh" back to me.
The big milestone that I'm working on with him vocally is repeating a sound that I say.
*****On the otherhand, his whining is more proof of just how very attached to me he has become, which I absolutely LOVE. I have a new perspective on life and I don't mind if he cries when I put him down or walk out of the room. I don't find it frustrating that his Love for me makes it difficutlt to get chores completed sometimes. I soak up the fact that he wants me to hold him all the time and wants to play right next to me no matter where I go in the house. Those days will be gone one day, so I'll enjoy them while I can! When he naps, I get lots of chores done :) Forget the checklist. I feel accomplished every time I make him smile or laugh his great big belly laugh.
When we returned to TX, William cried for the first time when I left him with the Nanny. He has never cared when I left before. This time he cried and reached for me as I walked out the door. It was so hard. He only did that for two days and then was back to his routine.
Motor Skills:
William started walking in his 10th month. He is taking more and more steps. He has also learned to stand on his own without holding on to anything for balance. He can stand, then squat and come back to standing again. He can stand, throw an object, gain his balance, and start to walk. He is doing great!
Will got his first pair of shoes for walking around in the airport and outside. They are Robeez and are soft on the bottom so he feels like he is still barefoot, but it protects the bottoms of his feet.
William loves to dance. He even dances to the blender :)
Problem Solving:
William is learning to stack blocks. He showed interest for the first time when we were in NC the last week of July. When we got home, I went out to Target and bought him some blocks to continue working on this skill. He enjoys smashing them and throwing them more than stacking though :)
He loves to play with cups. He takes all other objects and puts them in a cup and then out of the cup. He started with just one toy, in and out. Now at bath time, he'll take the rinse cup and put as many toys that will fit into it. Then he takes them out one by one, and repeats.
Williams continues to explore and get into everything. He helped Mommy put dishes away and found the best toy of all has been hiding in the kitchen! He has been playing with this spoon for days now :)
That is why this new toy is so great. He can take the toys in and out of the gator's bucket. Then he can push it around the house too. When he is older, it has a handle to be a wagon too.
When I first brought this toy home, William played with it for 2 hours!
William likes to throw toys down and watch for your reaction. If you react with him, he will laugh hysterically :)
I caught William with his Poo face again. He gets very serious while he is pushing. Then after he relaxes, he looks at you innocently and gives you a great big smile, All Done Mama! Back to Playtime.
William is getting more teeth! In the month of July he got his 7th and 8th tooth, both on the bottom. These ones were much more painful than any of the others. He did not sleep well and was very fussy for several days.
In this picture, you can see his first two teeth on the bottom. #7 and #8 were just trying to pierce the skin on either side of those. He got the top 4 teeth in early June.
William absolutely loves water. When I turn the water on, at bathtime he looks up at me and gives me a huge smile. Then I set him in the tub and when his feet touch the water he does it again. He likes to be in there when you start to fill it up so he can put his hand in and out of the water gushing out of the spout. He tries to grab the running water too, but hasn't been able to do it yet :) He also loves to splash.
Here he is splashing in the water.
Watching the bath fill up.
And enjoying the pool.
And finally, when he is tired, he is so cute. He puts his head down and rolls around on the floor. So exhausted he can't crawl or play anymore.
He is getting better about bedtime.
At the first of July I would set him in his crib and he would walk around and play with everything no matter how tired he was. I would stay until he showed more signs of being tired. Then I would rock him in my arms until he fell asleep. I'd lay him down in the crib and sneak out the door.
By the end of July, he has let me lay him in his crib tired but awake. He lays there staring into space while I pat his back. Then he drifts off and I walk out. It is a much faster process now. He is such a good sleeper! He goes to bed around 7pm and wakes up around 7am. Then he takes a 2-3 hour nap.
All this sleep makes him such a happy baby.
Playing in his crib:
And of course, this is William wanting his Mommy
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