Quick recap of the month:
Another month brings more "firsts" for Miss Brooke!
*** Brooke won her first photo contest! She won $100 gift card to Learning Express (a local toy store) for being the cutest baby!
*** She now crawls... FAST! She is also strategic about her crawling... when on carpet, she crawls normal, but when on tile, she "walks" on all fours, without touching her knees. Smart little girl!
*** Pulling herself up is becoming effortless for her... she will have a toy in one hand and use her other hand to pull herself up. She loves to do laps around the coffee table, it's amazing how fast she is now! She will also let go of the coffee table and reach for the couch to walk along that.
*** She is starting to get brave and letting go of things to stand on her own. I've clocked her standing unassisted for as long as 30 seconds.
*** On October 1st (2 days after turning 10 months old), she took her first steps!!! If I am within a few feet of where she is standing, she will let go and walk to me. Scary, but exciting!
*** Brooke has learned some new "tricks". When asked, "how big is Brooke?", she will raise her arms up above her head. As soon as you start to sing Twinkle, Twinkle, she will open and close her little hands, so cute! She is learning to wave bye-bye and will also play pee-a-boo by covering her eyes. She also loves to clap when she feels like she has accomplished something (even falling down)!
*** Bedtime is becoming like naptime... impossible! Ever since she has become mobile, she fights bedtime like crazy. Naps are still few and far between, but occasionally I will get lucky and she will go down for an hour or two. Thankfully once asleep, she will sleep for 10 hours or so. Changing diapers and dressing her has also become difficult since she has become mobile, the little monkey can't stand sitting still.
*** Brooke still LOVES to eat and still loves all her fruits and veggies! She loves to feed herself things that are dry... like cereal, crackers, etc... Anything that isn't dry, we have to feed to her, but so far she will still eat everything.
*** Brooke now weighs 28 pounds and is wearing 18-24 (and some 2t) clothing and size 5 diapers.
*** Miss Brooke's favorite word of the month is "no no no!" She is constantly babbling and singing! It is very rare that there is silence when Brooke is awake. Her newest word is "me-wow" when she sees my parents cat Tony.
*** Brooke goes to a "gym" class at Gymboree (a little gym for kids 6 months to 5 years). She graduated from Level 2 to Level 3, one month ahead of schedule. Level 3 is for 10-16 months and Brooke was hanging with all of the kids in Level 3 at 9 months old. Go Brooke!
*** Brooke is an extremely happy baby, except for naptime and bedtime. She brings such joy to all of us!
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