Caden is 10 Months Old Today

I cannot believe Caden is already 10 months old.  In just two more months he'll be a year.  Everyone was right in telling us that they grow up really fast.  The infant stage is almost over as our little guy is growing and exploring more and more of the world on his own.  Soon he will be toddling around.

A few updates from this past month include a new tooth!  About a week ago another bottom tooth came through.  He now has three teeth on the bottom and four on top.  If you look closely, you can see his three teeth on bottom in the first picture.  Thankfully he loves brushing his teeth.  Thank you Dr. Millner for the wonderful tooth brush set.  We switched today to the bristles, the third tooth brush in the set.

Caden easily goes from sitting to standing and walks holding on to anything and everything.  He has mastered his walking push toy and loves walking around the living room with that.  He enjoys running in his walker.  This boy is fast!  He loves playing chase with us and laughs and laughs.  All he seems to want to do is walk, walk, walk.  He'll hold our hands and walk, he'll walk holding on with one hand.  He is on the move and loves it!  He can also stand for short periods of time by himself.  His balance is getting better everyday.

Caden has discovered he has a loud voice!  We thought he used to be loud, well, he's even louder now.  He will squeal really loud to get someones attention, a lot of times a stranger when we're out.  As soon as they look at him he starts smiling and laughing.  He does this at home too.  I also think he does a fake cry to get my attention if I put him down and he doesn't want to be put down.  It's sad and cute at the same time.  We're going to work on his patience and mine!

He is still a very happy baby.  He loves smiling and laughing.  He still doesn't say "Mama" but tries.  He makes a lot of other sounds.  He loves singing songs and clapping his hands.  When I get him in the morning he claps and smiles when he sees me.

He loves books!  I've been reading to him since he was born.  He now has his favorite books and enjoys turning the pages and knows when to turn them.  He also laughs during the stories.  Caden will also go and pick up the book he wants read to him and hand it to me.  He's a smart little guy!  At least once per day he'll go on a rage of wanting the same book read over and over again.  We could read it to him 10 times and he would still want to hear it again.

I've been making more of his baby food.  He can eat stage 3 foods and the food I make him.  I bought a baby food mill and tonight we made brown rice and beans.  We put the food in the mill and it wasn't his favorite but he ate it.  He also can pick up cooked peas, carrots, cheese, deli meat, and cooked chicken and feed himself.  He loves fresh apples and cheerios as well as whole grain baby snacks.

We tried measuring him but could not get his length.  He now weighs 22.8 lbs and seems to have lost a little weight since last month.  I was surprised because he's eating more.  Maybe he's burning it all off.

One of his favorite ways to get around - Daddy's shoulders