11 Months Old

In one month Jacob will be a year old! It's crazy how fast this year has gone! This month has been very exciting, as Jacob has finally started crawling! He first did it on Oct. 22nd, and then didn't do it for about 3 days. Ever since then, he has been getting smoother and faster at this skill. We are definitely learning very quickly how hard it is to babyproof the apartment and how much trouble a baby can get himself into. In addition to crawling, Jacob has been more mobile in many other ways. He is pulling himself up to a kneeling position a lot, rolling over and twisting around constantly (diaper changes are getting much more complicated!), and sliding on his bottom. It is so entertaining and exciting to watch! Although it took him a long time to get to this point and will probably take him a long time to walk still, I am really proud of him and glad that he finally reached this milestone.

Jacob also had a lot of fun experiences this month. He celebrated his first Halloween by going trick or treating at the zoo (so much fun!) and at the mall (not quite as exciting). He also got to go to Tanner's Apple Orchard and the new Riverfront Museum with Mommy & Daddy. The museum was a lot of fun, and I am really excited to take him back now that he can crawl around and explore.

Jacob's sleeping habits continue to be a rollercoaster, especially these first few weeks that he was crawling. We have been working on getting him back into his crib, and it's actually been going pretty well. Some nights we still let him sleep in our bed for part of the night if he is waking up a lot, but otherwise he is in his crib all night. This is good, because some nights he'll wake up and flip over to a crawling position. I wouldn't want him doing that in our bed and crawling off the edge! As scary as that thought is, it is pretty cute to see him on all fours or sitting up in his crib when he wakes up :)

Finally, Jacob has been making great progress when it comes to his eating habits. He has been eating mostly table foods, although he still prefers most of his fruit to be pureed rather than cut into bite-size pieces. Some of his favorite things to eat right now include yogurt, bananas, oatmeal (a new favorite!), pasta, broccoli, applesauce, cake/cookies (Grandma & Grandpa O are giving him quite the sweet tooth!), and kashi or nutrigrain fruit bars. I have also started giving him a sippy cup of water with some of his meals, although right now he mostly plays with it instead of drinking from it. We are also working on getting him to hold his spoon by himself. He does a great job of taking the spoon from me and putting it right into his mouth (most of the time!). He's such a big boy!

Jacob likes: eating/nursing, being rocked to sleep by Daddy, crawling & climbing on things, taking a bath, banging toys together, and pulling things off shelves

Jacob doesn't like: being cleaned up after eating, being taken out of the bath, being told "no", and getting dressed

Crawling

Monster on the loose

Hiding