Happy 10 month birthday Baby Girl!
Month 9 to 10 was a big month in terms of development for my Little Miss. Here are some of the highlights of the recently acquired skills:
- understanding 40+ words or phrases (evidenced by a physical response to the word/phrase - i.e. where is Mommy, say bye-bye, get your kitty blankie, etc.) - I know, kind of scary that I actually counted, but being a pediatric occupational therapist will do that do you.
- pointing to a couple named pictures in books (cat and dog)
- signing "more", "eat", "quack quack", and almost "all done"
- repeating all kinds of letter sounds and weird noises demonstrated for her
- waving "hi", "bye", and "night night" (I know most people don't wave night night, but my girl does) with the adorable opening and closing of her tiny hand
- crawling on hands and knees after almost 3 months of belly crawling
- pulling to stand on anything and everything she can get her hands on (including her crib)
- cruising along the furniture, walls, people's legs, anything really, in order to get from here to there - this girl wants to move
- standing independently without support for about 15 seconds
- feeding herself all kinds of finger foods independently
I'm sure there are more, but those are some of the biggies. Little Miss was busy this month. It is crazy for me to think about the fact that I brought home this tiny baby in August and now I have this curious, independent explorer! Time flies when you're having fun . . . and that we are!!
The Break Out - yes, she busted out of her safe little play area and she was pleased as punch to have done so.
Free standing
