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Monthly Newsletter: Liam, month 11

3/21/2011 /

Dear Liam,

Welcome to the last month of babyhood. It’s hard to believe in one short month you will be a year old.  You are now are now 20.4 lbs, and have six teeth, and it looks like seven and eight are on their way.

11-months

This month you learned to let go while standing.  You will stand for longer and longer periods of time.  You also learned to get up from the middle of the floor.  You know how to squat down and stand back up too.  You are very proud of these new skills and you will look around and wait for the applause.

yoga
liam_dancing

Speaking of applause, you learned how to clap a few weeks ago.  You can work a room and make everyone clap with you.  You also learned to wave bye, and give a high 5… although you seem to reserve those for a select few.  Sometimes you sign more.  You are very good at shaking your head no, and you are still saying “up” and “mama?mom” – although not as much as the month before.

You have started to somewhat like drinking milk from a sippy cup.  Slowly we are weaning off nursing in anticipation of my return to work in a few weeks.  It makes me sad, but also slightly relieved.  You like to bite down -hard, as well as pinching and pulling.  I have almost weaned you off due to the sure torture you inflict on my boobs!

sippy

You have become very independent with eating and prefer finger foods more and more.  Some meals you refuse to be spoon fed.  Tonight you insisted on eating your spaghetti (tomato sauce, squash and all) with your fingers.

You are also growing more independent with play.  After dinner you love to crawl up the stairs and cruise around the playroom and play with all the toys.  You keep yourself very busy.  You are also starting to “play” more outside too.  You have inherited your brothers old tricycle and you can use your legs to push yourself.  Caleb “rescued” you from going down the hill into the trees.

bike

But the biggest thrill was today.  I left you with Great-grandma, to practice for when I go back to work.  Five hours later when daddy and I returned to pick you up, you got excited and you ran five steps independently from daddy to me!  Yay!  We are so thrilled that we were both there to witness those first steps.  I have a feeling that you are going to be walking around everwhere at your first birthday party.

happy teeth

I love you little boy.  You will always be my sweet baby bean.
Love always,
Mama

xxxxxx ooooo

Monthly Newsletter: Liam, Month 6

10/21/2010 /

Dear Liam,

You are six months old ~ officially half a year!  Time has gone by so quickly… I swear you should only be six weeks old. 

6-months

You have one and a half teeth – and they are sharp!  You are now just over 17 pounds.  They say babies double their birth weight at 6 months, but I am so glad you have only doubled your weight from the day we came home from the hospital. You love to nurse, and you love to eat.  We started you on solid foods this month.  The first night I gave you rice cereal you cried for more.  You love pears and carrots.  If you could, you would feed yourself all the time!

cookie

You are definately using up all the calories you are taking in.  You have mastered the commando-crawl, using your arms and sometimes your feet to propel yourself forward.  You also get up on your hands and knees, but usually fustrate yourself by going backwards.  I have no doubt that you will be hands and knees crawling by the end of the month.  You are also an excellent sitter.  I can leave you sitting on the floor with toys and you hold your balance very well.  People are amazed that you have these skills at such a young age – your parents included!

crawl to the toys
sitting at 6 months

Your biggest motivating factor, is your brother.  You love Caleb.  You are always trying to follow him, and love to grab his face and kiss him.  When he goes to kindergarten, you often look around the playroom searching for him.  And when he is home and he says hello to you, your little face lights up.  He’s definately your favorite person (aside from mommy, of course!)  I am so glad you boys have this great relationship.  I hope that you will always like each other.  I know you will love each other, but liking each other and being friends is important too.  I hope you will always make each other smile.

brothers

My other hope, is that you will one day learn to nap in your bed.  You still battle naps, and prefer to nap on the go, or in my arms.  You will scream forever in your crib at naptime – and that is not how I like to spend our time when Caleb is at school.  But, I can’t complain too much, as your nighttime sleep has greatly improved.  You still wake once or twice a night, but you have had nights where you sleep through from 11pm to 6am.  And often your wake-ups occur before I have gone to bed, or just as dad is getting up for work.  I love our bedtime routine, and I’m so happy you can put yourself to sleep at night.

You have learned to use your voice.  You have what I call the “angry voice” when you yell because you dropped a toy, your brother took something away, or you can’t reach what you want.  You also like to babble and talk to your toys.  You love playing with Caleb’s keyboard.  You also love to take things in and out of boxes!

toys out

We are so happy to have you in our lives.  You have us all wrapped around your chubby little fingers.  We love you, and love watching you grow-up.  Now, please slow down… I’m so afraid I am going to blink and the next six months will be gone!

front_smile
cute face

I love you always,
Momma
XO XO XO XO XO XO

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