He continues to be a very happy baby. Right now he is on the verge of walking any minute it seems. He's great at cruising along tables, couches, toys, and now he even pulls up to standing by just balancing himself against the wall. So he can even cruise along the walls without a ledge to hold on to. We are watching for his first step, and we know it will be soon! He's such a fast crawler though, that when he really wants to get to something quickly (like his brother's toys), he drops to his knees and speeds across the playroom. He has also started walking behind his push toys this month, but he really seems to prefer cruising over this. When the push toy gets going to fast, instead of being afraid Carter just laughs and tries to catch up! It's hilarious!
This month Carter has continued to be a great eater. He LOVES eating food, and he has decreased nursing to just 4 times a day on his own. He seems to eat all the time, and I think he just enjoys feeding himself. His favorites to feed himself are probably dairy free bread, any fruit, and peas. He continues to eat meat and more veggies that I've made into baby food, but he's not as interested in picking up pieces of chicken to put in his mouth as his favorites, although he will sometimes do it. He always accepts it off the spoon though. Along with all this interest in eating, has come an interest in snacking too. When Dawson has a snack, Carter begins signing "more" and yelling "more!" frantically as if we never feed him! Usually I get him a dairy-free snack, and he's happy. But lately he's been crying to eat the same thing Dawson is eating and chasing Dawson around for the food. Dawson's snack usually has dairy (think Cheez-its, goldfish, etc), so this has been a little bit of a dilemma. I am thankful that he's such a good eater though! He has gotten to try A LOT of new things this month, too many to list really, but I think he's enjoying expanding his diet! He's also become a pro at drinking from his sippy cup, and he drinks a whole sippy cup of water over the course of the day-on his own when he's eating or sees Dawson's with a cup is usually when he wants it. What really impresses me about the cup, is that he's so good at drinking out of it. He only holds the handle with one hand and turns it up to get a drink.
As for teeth, Carter's 11 month pictures still showcase a gummy grin! He is, however, a drooly mess right now, and we can see two teeth on the bottom just under his gums. He has not been fussy at all, but we know these two will pop through any day now.
Carter is getting to be such a big boy, and he thinks he's just like his big brother! Carter only wants to play with big kid toys in the playroom like tractors, trucks, and trains! He also loves to crawl over to Dawson and wallow on him trying to wrestle, or as we call it "play rowdy." Speaking of big brother, Dawson and Carter seem to be playing together better and better every day. Carter is so lonely when Dawson isn't here. A couple of times lately Dawson has gone to have time with grandparents, and Carter has asked "Bu?bu?Bubu??" all day long! The most recent time, when we watched Dawson get in his Nana's car and ride away, Carter started crying. So sweet! I play with Carter the whole time Dawson's gone, but he's so much happier to play with when Dawson's here...apparently I'm not as entertaining and fun as when we all play together! I'm so glad that these two have each other to play with though, and I love watching them as they begin to interact more and more.
Carter is becoming more and more vocal. In addition to the words he's been saying for a while he has added "book," "bird," and "all done" to his vocabulary. I have taught him the sign for all three of these, and he will do the sign for all done as he says it; BUT he really prefers to say the words over signing them...I guess communication is the goal, so I don't push it. I still love to see his sweet hands signing "more" though, and he does this ALL the time! The sweet thing is that he has learned the meaning of "more" not just associated with food, but sometimes if you stop playing he will sign it wanting you to play again! He has also started saying "no" and shaking his head. He does it in the appropriate times also. The other day I said, "Carter do you want to go get changed?" He stood at the train table, shook his head, and said, "no no!" I signed "changed" to him (a sign he knows), and he said no again! Another new addition to his vocabulary is "uh oh!" He now drops/throws things on the floor on purpose just to say uh oh. Then he always gives us a big grin.
Quiet possibly the best development this month has been the new sleeping habit Carter picked up...sleeping through the night!! Carter has been sleeping through the night for about 3 weeks now, and it's amazing!! He does it all but about 1 or 2 nights a week. It's awesome to sleep through the night, and I could not be happier! In terms of sleeping, Carter is iffy on his morning nap. He takes it about half of the time. When we're home he naps one hour, but if we're out he is content and happy to stay awake. Carter ALWAYS takes an afternoon nap, and it usually lasts about an hour and a half. Carter just doesn't require a lot of sleep in the day, which is fine because he's generally happy!
We love our sweet Carter so much, and we really cannot believe that it's been 11 months since we welcomed him into the world!
Here are some pictures of our big 11 month old!!
Carter walking behind his dino push toy!
Dawson and Carter absolutely LOVE to get out
the tents, tunnels, and balls all at one time. Carter
crawls through the balls (all 150 of them) and in and
out of the tunnels and tents. He loves to chase Dawson
through the tents or into the tunnels. They were playing
really well together doing this until I grabbed the camera,
then they both just starred at me like they had been caught!
I LOVE THIS! A couple of months ago
Dawson's friend Charlie taught us a new prayer.
It's the superman prayer. We hold up our arms
and sign the prayer to the theme of superman.
Dawson insists that this prayer be the one done at
all meals! Carter has started doing the superman arms
when we're doing the prayer. Here he is taking a break
from eating his apple sticks to do the prayer with us
at breakfast.
He is always very intently focused
on doing his arms when he does
the superman prayer. It's serious business!
This is the happy face of a boy who
just ate a Chick-fil-a grilled nugget
and french fry, and he loved them!
Carter is always happy to be eating
especially if he's getting to feed himself!
Official 11 month picture.
He looks like such a big boy!
Official 11 month brothers picture.
This month's pictures were the most difficult
(yet) to capture. Dawson cooperated perfectly,
but Carter was wild and wanted to explore!
Then they both got wild! I know this picture
is blurry, but I still just love how they're both
giggling and being silly!
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