J and M + j + s: 11 Months

As we say every month, we can't believe Josh is a month older. No doctors appointment this month but we believe he had a growth spurt a few weeks ago. Josh continues to try new things and explore the world. He has figured out how to get through several attempts at baby proofing and no longer falls for simple attempts at hiding things from him (usually our phones). This month Josh moved into a higher level at daycare with older kids who are walking. We hope this will lead to him trying to walk. He will occasionally stand unassisted for a few seconds before slowly falling back down. It almost seems like the Coyote going over a cliff - fine until he realizes he should be falling. We have not been too pleased with him moving up because he isn't napping as well at daycare and is getting sick every week again. But hopefully things will improve as he gets used to his new room.

Josh's eating continues to improve. At dinner we now feed him whatever we are eating. He seems to enjoy most food although has little interest in bland food (who can blame him!?). We are still avoiding soy and green beans/peas but otherwise we've let him eat whatever he wants. He enjoyed all of the food at Thanksgiving including turkey, potatoes and vegetables.

This past weekend Margaret went on a skating trip and Josh and I stayed home. This was the first time either Margaret or I had to take care of Josh alone for several days. We were both a bit worried about how this would go but Josh was very well behaved and everything went very smoothly. Lately Josh has been in a really good routine with a morning and afternoon nap at predictable times, which made taking care of him much easier. Although, doing everything for him for two days was certainly more difficult than splitting the duty (and there was lots of it ;-) ). Heather came over Saturday to help out which gave me a bit of a break.

Here is a video of Josh playing with his toys. He is starting to play with his toys rather than just eating them