Not much change going on yet. Eleanor at ten months old seems right on target with her speech/language development. She says mama, uh-oh, up, and lots of ba-ba, whatever that means. She is always talking. She is also always yelling. She is not crawling yet, which I know is not a true developmental milestone, but instead of trying to crawl, she just yells at the top of her lungs till we give her the toy she wants or we pick her up. There are days when her floor time is very little b/c she is being carried so much, as to avoid her screaming and then Henry's screaming.
I think if it was just her we could handle the screams and she would just have to deal but Henry gets so mad when she's yelling and then they are both yelling. I know some babies never crawl and perhaps she will be one of those babies. She can get on all fours, scoot, turn around and move about but just...not crawling. She likes to stand up on her knees and she likes to stand on her feet. She loves to hold on to things and bounce up and down--baby dancing. She's also a big clapper. She will clap anytime she hears music, when she's happy to see someone, or we sing.
She still has no teeth. Not one. You can see them. Her gums are all lumpy. But they are not pushing through. I read on the innerwebs that some babies don't get teeth as late as 15 months. I suppose it's not a bad thing. She can eat whatever she wants. She just sucks on everything so long that it turns to mush (crackers, pretzels, bread, etc.). She can eat pretty much anything (but is pickier than Henry). I send her to school with a lunch box full of food and the other baby who is two weeks older and has four teeth is still getting jarred baby food. I wonder if it's just easier and that's why parents do baby food so long???? I mean, real food is a terrible mess. I am constantly wiping the floor beneath E and wiping her down. Her lunches are usually something like: chick peas with cucumber, tofu with some kind of pureed fruit drizzled over it (or I send plain yogurt with the fruit puree mixed in), and then a dish of cut up grapes or peach, pear, or avocado...something like that. And she always gets cheese and crackers. I just buy a block of organic cheese, slice it and then toss in 1 or 2 whole wheat crackers. She eats ALL of that.
Her breakfast right now is O's with almond milk on her tray, and then some cut up fruit or berries. Her dinner is whatever we're eating.
Sleep is still pretty outstanding. I guess it's b/c she has no teeth? She goes to sleep between 6:30 and 7:00 and wakes 12 hours later, w/o a peep. Naps are two a day, usually 9:30 and sometime between 12 and 1, depending on the length of the morning nap. But about 3 hours worth of sleep during the day.
Now, on to Henry (if you're still with me here...and I don't expect many are b/c this is some boring info but this is my online baby book so gotta include it.)
Henry is going through some sleep stuff right now, pretty much related to having to wake up to pee. He is still going to bed at 7 but will wake at 6 or 6:30 b/c he has to pee and then he can't fall back asleep (or he wakes even earlier b/c he has wet his bed--which really is not fun).
He always takes a nap at home. An hour and a half or two hours but he's struggling at school to nap. I'm not sure if it's b/c they go down so late (a full hour later than he naps at home) and by then he gets his second wind? But on those days he's a mess and we have to tolerate him till bedtime and then he falls asleep the second his head hits the pillow.
More on Henry later. I have to pack lunches.
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