10 months old

Here's what Jared is up to at 10 months:

--He finally got his first tooth!! (On October 28th it started peeking through, and I think another one is right behind it.) Jared is not as good of a teether as Noelle was. He definitely gets cranky at times, not that I blame him. He teethes on our coffee table quite often. I'm sure it'll have toothmarks on it before long. Here is evidence of the crankiness:


--One of his favorite "games" is dropping things. Noelle will hand him something, he'll drop it and crack up, and then she'll pick it up again.

--He also thinks that peek-a-boo and sneezing are hilarious.


--He started waving and clapping this month.

--He almost always sleeps on his tummy with his bottom in the air, which I think is totally adorable. Aren't sleeping babies so cute?


--He frequently pulls up to his knees, but rarely gets all the way to his feet. I'm thinking that he's still a ways away from walking.

--He's started eating table food for one meal a day. It takes him FOREVER to feed himself, but it's so nice to let him do it without my help. So far he's eaten everything we have given him. His other meals he still eats baby food.

--At the end of meals he usually screams when he realizes his food is gone. (And believe me, we are feeding him more than enough!!) Chris used to do that when he was a baby, too.

--He's started drinking rice milk for 1-2 feedings a day. We're pretty sure he's allergic to cow's milk, like Noelle, and our doctor said we could go ahead and transition him to rice milk whenever we felt like it.

--One morning I let the kids rip up a magazine for fun. This was the mess that followed:



--One of his favorite toys: