10 Months

Wow!  I cannot believe that Caroline is 10 months old.  We’ve been super busy in the Cooper household.  She is 12 pounds and 1 foot, 11 inches. 

Caroline had her first night away and stayed with my parents, Nonnie and Big Papa, while Ryan and I headed to Florida for a fantastic wedding.

Soon after, Caroline started crawling (June 1).  Here is a video of Caroline on the move.  

Crawling Video

She loves crawling and would prefer to hang out on the ground these days.  In addition to crawling, she likes the swing, which we finally hung in our front yard.

Caroline went to see an eating specialist three weeks ago and she gave us some great tips.  We’ve stopped doing the mommy scrape and only put a spoon in Caroline’s mouth when she is ready.  I’ve also chilled out on all the foods she is refusing to eat (basically anything besides orange vegetables and cereal).  Be on the lookout for her orange nose.  I am happy to report there has been a huge decline in vomiting while eating…   Now if we could get her to take a big bottle.  J 

Of course, I was recently bragging about what an AMAZING sleeper Caroline is or should I say was… Sweet Caroline has been refusing to go to sleep at night.  We’ve tried to let her cry and she gets worse and worse and worse.  Once we walk in the room she stops and wants to party.  We think it may be separation anxiety so Ryan and I have been taking turns hanging out and trying to be very boring… I am going start our bedtime ritual earlier tonight and see if that helps.   

At the beginning of June Caroline started babbling.  She is almost exclusively using G, perhaps trying to sing happy birthday to GiGi, Ryan’s mom.  I swore I heard a M sound and Ryan told me he also heard her say omelet.  

Babble Video

ECI (Early Childhood Intervention) follows Caroline through a follow along program.  Basically, I fill out a questioner about Caroline’s development and they evaluate her and set up follow up as needed.  Caroline had not started babbling when I filled out the form so they would like to see her and make sure she is able to express herself.    

We went to see some of Caroline and my sweet nurses two weekends ago.  It was great to show off Caroline and say hello to some old friends.  Here are some pictures.

This past weekend, Caroline was trying to pull up on her bumper pads… they are now out of her bed.  That first day she was too excited to nap.  Ryan caught her peaking out of her crib looking out the window.  She also slept with her legs out of the crib... 

Yesterday, to celebrate 10 months, Caroline went swimming in her baby pool in our backyard.  She loved it!  Here are some of the pictures from that.