Chase – 10 Months
Chaser,
Another month is in the books. They seem to be rolling right along lately. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t sit down and wonder where all the time went. How did we get to this point?
Nights have been a challenge this month. In a way it’s frustrating because I can’t pinpoint the reason for your interrupted sleep. Could it be teeth? Is it a growth spurt? Are you having nightmares? Sometimes I think you squirm yourself into a sitting position and just can’t figure out how to get laid back down. The part that makes all the middle of the night cries tolerable is that all it takes to calm you down is a bottle and a little snuggle time with me. I was afraid that you were past the stage of letting me rock you to sleep, it’s been nice to have a little of that back.
This month has given me my first moments of true anxiety where you are concerned. I am terrified that I’m going to completely ruin you as far as food is concerned. I happen to be an extremely picky eater. I’m sure someday you’ll join your dad in making fun of me for it. You just really aren’t all that keen on any “grown-up” food yet. Some people give me a hard time because you aren’t eating more regular food but I’m going to continue to let you set your own pace, just as you have with everything else. You’ll get there in your own time.
You’re crawling like a champ and are rarely content to sit still for long, even if your trips are just back and forth across the living room. Even though you aren’t going far you don’t like to leave your toys behind so you’ve taken to carrying them in your mouth. Since this method of transportation is fairly limiting you have a sudden fondness for your smaller toys. Someday I’m sure you’ll be thrilled to hear about how your dad tried to train you to retrieve like a duck dog. Thrilled. I’m sure.
I realized this month that I made the right decision to stay at home with you. Going to work every day and leaving you with someone else has been pretty rough. I miss hanging out with you all day. I miss afternoon nap time when we snuggle together in my bed. I’m excited to be done working so that we can start enjoying our afternoons together again, especially now that the weather is nice enough to be outside.
Until next month.
Love Mama
April 5th, 2010 at 8:49 am
What’s Chase eating? Lots of baby food? Whatever it is, it’s working. He is so super cute, Jen.
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April 5th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Love that last pic of the two of you. SO sweet!
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April 7th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
love that pic of him with the keys in his mouth. adorable.
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April 20th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Your son is a handsome little man.
My son only really started enjoying meat in the last year. He’ll be 6 at the end of this month. He was getting all of his nutrients so I finally convinced myself to stop worrying ~4 years of age. He’ll put most kids under the table on veggies, though, which I’d much rather see than another hot dog or nugget. After my un-scientific study of one child I figure they’ll eat what they want when they get hungry and our job is to provide good choices.
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April 21st, 2010 at 5:39 pm
what a cutie!!!
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