My sweet boy is 10 months old now. Jack's personality has really started to come out this month, and it is just completely adorable to me! He makes funny faces, gives me interesting looks (like head down, eyes and eyebrows up at me), screams and yells SO loudly when I don't act quickly enough (mainly at mealtime), is constantly studying his world around him, taking everything in, jabbers a lot (loudly), "sings", goes nuts with excitement when his brother entertains him, jumps up and down excitedly when we go in his room to get him out of bed, is very communicative, waves passionately while fussing when he wants me to pick him up, and despite all of this seems to have a very calm soul! When he's not doing all of those things I just mentioned, he's just relaxed, laid-back, happy, and calm! Such an interesting combo there!
He hit a language growth spurt right before his 10 month birthday. He tries out all kinds of words and just eats it up when we teach him something. All on his own, he'll say, "ti-tah" (tic tock) while looking at the clock, "nih-nih" when he goes up to an outlet or anything else we tell him no to, "Maaaahhhh-Mamamama" for me", "Daaaaahhhh-Dididididi" for Josh, "bah-bah" for Bye, "Haahh" for Hi, "muh" when looking at the moon, and "bah" for ball. He tries to say James, but it's more like, "Da". He knows Nana and Deedah's names now, too.
When people are saying bye to us, he'll sometimes say "bah-bah" and will start cupping his hand in the cutest way. The rest of the time, though, he'll wave passionately with his whole arm getting into it. He is really into this right now, and it's so adorable!!!
He crawls most of the time like a crab or bear. When he's almost to where he wants to go, he'll lung or hop over to it like a cat who's pouncing (I hate the analogy because I hate cats, but that's the best way to describe it). He really reminds me of a cat when he's chasing a ball! It's hilarious!
I could just eat him up most of the time! He's so incredibly sweet and just stares lovingly at those he loves.
He's sleeping very well right now. He goes down after a feeding around 8:00 and wakes up anywhere from 5-7 for a feeding and usually goes back to sleep until 8ish. His naps range from 30 minutes to 2 hours. You just never know with him! We don't stick to a good nap schedule, though, so I'm sure that's why. :)
He still nurses every 3 hours, but usually goes 4-5 hours between one of the feeds. He eats three decent meals a day, usually two things fed by me and 2 things feeding himself. He still does both, but I can tell he gets more into feeding himself.
He likes to play little back and forth games, drops things over and over, and loves to bang things together.
I've been told many times that Jack sounds just like James. His cries and noises he makes sound so much like James at that age.
I'm starting to see a little bit of independence in him. Although he always has and still loves to be held, he seems to enjoy venturing off and playing by himself.
One of his #1 goals when he's in the vicinity of a bathroom is to put his hands in the toilet water and splash. He crawls directly over to them as fast as he can, pops up, and lunges his body forward into the toilet. We are starting to get the habit of closing the toilet lids now!
He has an enormous smile and gives it freely! He gets so excited for his family and extended family and scrunches up his nose and kicks his legs with excitement.
He is just a one of a kind! My sweet Jack has brought so much joy, love, and fun into our lives, and I'm so thankful that he's my son!
