Happy five/sixths of a year, Gaveroo!
Gavi’s ten months old now. I had forgotten how hilarious and destructive kids this age could be. He’s constantly in the toilet swirling his hands around and laughing, unrolling toilet paper and eating it, and throwing anything within reach onto the floor. The BEST NEWS: he has finally started putting things from his hands into his mouth. He’s been able to delicately pick up things between his thumb and forefinger for about a month, but then he shoves his whole hand in his mouth and gets frustrated. This saves me a ton of time, because I can pop him in his highchair and let him start feeding himself breakfast or dinner while I eat, then I feed him the rest when I’m done. No more waiting until my dinner is cold!
He’s also down to one nap a day. I had hoped to keep him napping a little longer. Grr. Then today, during that ONE nap, Caleb decided HE didn’t want to sleep, so crashed a bunch of blocks and woke Gavi up. He got a spanking for disobedience, since he knows he’s not supposed to get out of bed for that hour. But I had to wait a little bit, because I was really upset about Gavi being waked up, so I didn’t want to spank in anger.
Then when we were shopping this afternoon, some little girls were playing with a vending machine. Caleb looked at me and said, “They should be touching buttons. They need a spanking.” It was literally half an hour after I had spanked him ~ how can I go from being THAT upset to just thinking he’s the cutest, smartest little bug in the universe in less than an hour?!
My big decision right now is how much longer to nurse Gavi. He’s become quite the biter – and yanker! He’ll chomp down then haul his head back before I can disengage. Every day, I say, “I’M DONE!” Then I think about how much I’ve wanted to nurse him until he’s a year old, and I get suckered into it again. It’s a good thing he’s adorable. Or a bad thing... depending on which side of the teeth you’re standing on.
posted by Amanda @ 4:49 PM
Whatever you decide regarding nursing, you've done great to make it this far! I did manage to nurse Quentin for a year, but it really helped that he didn't have any teeth at all until he was 10 months old!
Tracy C.