Elijah turned 10 months old today. As I was cuddling him prior to his nap today, I was telling him that my time with him seems to just be passing me by as his first birthday approaches. It saddens me, yet each new stage is so fun. This month he has practiced standing and walking, mimicked us, gotten quite sick, pitched a few fits, and made us laugh daily. He’s a wonderful little guy who is continuing to blossom.
As mentioned, Elijah spends a lot of time pulling up and standing. He mostly stands assisted, but he can stand for a few seconds on his own. He also cruises along furniture a little bit, but prefers crawling to get there faster. There is no place in this house that he has not explored, or so it seems. His current favorite thing to do here is to empty my bottom kitchen drawer that houses my measuring cups and pot holders. I was washing them each time I replaced them since he mouths them all, but it gets old to do this daily, so now I just put them back and wash them if needed. Yes, I’m lazy (and I don’t have a dishwasher!).
How could I choose just one smile?
I can’t say Elijah makes great efforts to communicate, but he certainly likes to mimic sounds we make. Pretty much any sound will do, but he doesn’t seem interested in words. That is, until tonight! The big news is that he said “Mama” tonight! I don’t think he knows that it’s me since Josiah calls me “Mommy” and Jacob was saying it to him more as a sound effect, but he did it repetitively and purposely, so it was real. He also calls “kitty kitty”, or at least his version of it, whenever he sees a cat.
More playtime:
In my post about his 9 month doctor’s visit I said something about the fact that he hadn’t really been sick or needed antibiotics yet. Well, I spoke too soon. The next week both boys developed a nasty cough and were put on antibiotics. Josiah improved quickly, but Elijah became worse and started wheezing constantly, so he was also started on nebulizer treatments. We’ve done that multiple times a day for a week now and should be able to stop soon since he is getting better. He’s so cute because he falls asleep during his treatments. He has to sit upright for the machine to work so when he falls asleep he slumps over and is totally limp and it is almost more difficult to control him than when he’s awake. I have the technique down now, though. Thankfully his ears have stayed clear through it all.
Elijah loves to swing. He protests when you take him out! 
Elijah hasn’t cut any new teeth this month, but there is one that is close. Between this and his illness, we’ve struggled a bit with sleep. It is frustrating since we were enjoying perfect sleep prior to this, yet here we are again. (He STTN last night! I feel rested.) He’s doing pretty well, though, and who can blame a baby for wanting to be able to breathe and be pain free? As for the fits I mentioned, that little fiery redhead can pitch a fit if you take something he wants away from him! It was almost comical the first time it happened, but now I’m a little concerned about our future with him :) He does everything passionately – everything from cuddling to tantrums! Thankfully he’s good and listens well…so far.
As for the laughs…he provides many. He’s so smart and funny that we are constantly cracking up at him. We all love him so much. Josiah woke from his nap today, and with Elijah still sleeping in the other room, he told me that he loves Elijah. So sweet. They do love each other. I enjoy seeing Elijah laugh in response to Josiah. Josiah likes to tackle him and tickle him, which is funny to Elijah at first, but his laughter just eggs Josiah on, and then he takes it too far and laughter turns to fussing. At least he is trying.
1 comment:
Loving those big front teeth! Henry's not doing any talking yet.. impressive skills, Elijah!
Post a Comment