Ten Months

Yesterday, Finwe turned ten months of age. I would do the list of what he should be doing, but I sent my book on to Molly.

To sum up this month's accomplishments is pretty easy.

1. He weaned himself. However, he's still getting mommy's milk as I'm pumping.
2. He takes a bottle well. He had never really been very good at it.
3. He's sleeping through the night consistently.
4. His naps are now 1.5 to 2 hours long. He takes two a day.
5. He screams in delight as he crawls around the house, particularly if he is following his sisters.
6. He has really increased the amount of solid food that he eats. And, if you put it in front of him, he eats it.
7. He can stand on his own very briefly. Mostly he does this when he has been standing while holding onto a chair. When he wants to sit down, he lets go with both hands and balances his way down to the ground. It's very controlled.
8. Lastly, here's a difference between Finwe and his sisters at this age. When Inwe and Larien learned to pull themselves up, Phill and I had to teach them how to get back down to the ground. There were numerous times that we had to "rescue" the girls when they had pulled themselves to a stand and then wanted to get down. Finwe has never had that predicament. It was as if he always knew how to get back down to the ground.