Carson is 10 Months!

Well, we've now entered into the double digits. C turned 10 mos yesterday, the 4th! He is growing up way too fast and, although I'm excited about the next few months and all that he will be learning/doing, I'm sad because his babyhood will be gone soon. He's such a sweetheart and a joy to have in our lives!

He has been going through separation anxiety and that's been crazy a little hard on us. He's usually happy with anyone, but lately he only wants me and his 2 grandmothers. That's it. If B could hold and carry him around on his hip, that would be C's first choice! I keep reminding myself that everything is just a phase!

He is cruising around everything! He wants to walk SO badly, but I think it will be several more weeks until that happens. He climbs on/over anything he can...the stairs, stools, toys, you name  it, he wants to climb on it! His crawling has gone from slow to speeding. He run crawls and it's so funny! If he sees something he wants and we don't want him to have it, it's a race to see who gets there first...and a lot of times he beats us there! We have gated/blocked off so many places/things that our house is looking like a prison HA!

He is still a good sleeper at night and I'm so very thankful for that! But naps have been challenging lately. He was taking 2 naps a day, each about 1.5 hrs, and B took his nap at the same time C took his second. That was a wonderful time. Now his first nap, usually around 9ish, is 1.5-2.5 hrs and his second nap is 40 min-1hr. Now I know some might think, wow that first nap must be so nice, but no, it's not, bc I have a 3.5yr old still awake. I need MY time...it's crutial for me to survive get through the day. And for both of them taking naps together...forget it!
About every other day for the past 2 weeks C has been sleeping til 8:30-9am, which seems wonderful, but don't let it fool you. So now the new nap schedule I just talked about...gone! He now takes a nap around 10ish and wakes up for lunch and just in time for B to take a nap. Then he'll take a 30 min power nap in the afternoon. Some days he only takes one 1.5 hr nap. Lord help us on those days (like this one)! He struggles to stay awake past 6:30, so that's when we've been putting him down...and he still sleeps until the usual time, so that is good! I think he's going through a growth spurt. Again, everything is just a phase :)

Eating has been going well. He eats anything I give him and I'm thrilled about that! I still puree some veggies and fruits, but he's been eating more table food and I cut up other food that he can chew.
Breakfast: Fruit w/oatmeal; granola bar and fruit
Lunch: Fruit and Veggies
Snack: Puffs, cheerios, any kid of cracker
Dinner: Veggies
This week I am going to start letting him try some of our dinner and see how he likes it!

Still only 2 teeth :/ B had 8-10 teeth at C's age, but it hasn't affected eating. That kid can chomp anything with those gums. I can tell his upper gums have been bothering him, but don't feel anything coming in yet. Hopefully soon!

All in all he's super sweet and a good baby. The boys love playing with each other and B begs me not to put C down for naps b/c he wants to keep playing. I hope he keeps feelilng like this for many years to come! I love those kiddos, sleep or no sleep!

4th of July...10 Months :)