10 Months Old

WOW, 10 months have just flown by. I still feel like I can still say to people, "I just had a baby" but then I think no my baby is almost 1 years old. WOW time truly does go fast with little ones. I call Allison these days, My CRAZY girl. She is into everything. SHE LOVES loves the STAIRS. I tam getting a baby gate tomorrow as she cannot be left unattended for one second b/c if you do you will find her three stairs from THE TOP which is too dangerous. She has said Mama and Dada in her ninth month of course I have to say she said Mama first. :) We have been going through a formula strike for the last month I would say. She just simply will not drink much formula. It started when she was really congested but once that went away she just pushes the bottle away. We are lucky if she will drink 20oz of formula, right now I would say we are averaging about 18 maybe :( The doc thinks we should move her down to two meals a day again but I have yet to do it. Allison is on a pretty great schedule now, never thought I would have had her on one but it naturally progressed this way which is great. About 645-7am she gets up and has a bottle usually about 3 1/2 oz then she starts pushing the bottle out of my hand and is ready to play. She loves crawling moving standing crusing YOU NAME IT!!! She isnt as fond of the bouncer like she was merely b/c it keeps her strapped in and she wants to move around but she loves to jump in anyone arms and at times in the bouncer. After she plays for a while we eat breakfast around 815-830, she will eat fruit (SHE IS OBSESSED with bananas and mandrain oranges) then she will have some oatmeal, buscuits, or whatnot. She likes most all breakfast foods. Then around 9 she goes down with a bottle (3-4oz) for a nap which usually lasts 1.5-2hrs. Then she eats 1-2 oz of a bottle and is off again. She still plays on her leap frog table, she loves GOLF Balls, keys, OBSESSED with our computers, cell phones, remotes. We usually go do something errand etc and then have lunch around 1130-12. She eats fruit,chicken,sweet peas,leftovers from the night before- spaghetti,chicken spaghetti,taco meat,etc. She goes back down for a nap in which she will usually drink about 31/2-4oz of formula. She will nap for about 1.5 hours then we play some more until supper about 530, then bath, then play some more then sleep at about 715-730 where she will drink about 5oz. Its exhausting, but so much fun. She is such a ham. Anywhere we go she intentionally looks at anyone and then gives them this enchanting smile in which case they go on and on about how sweet and darling she is. Of COURSE I beam b/c I believe it to :) I hear all the time about how goregous her eyes are and they are truly beautiful, they are turning much more green. I have become obsessed with smocked dresses, I have stopped buying clothes for 12 mo as she has enough. Allie is gabbing and talking all the time, she loves to scream and get a reaction from anyone. She is also My Little monkey b/c whereever I am she looks and starts climbing on my legs trying to pull herself up. She isnt going through much stranger anxiety like I thought she was going to do, she has been easily going to many people with no struggles. But since I wrote that here in the blog, I bet she starts doing it :) She has gotten easier to put down at night, now dont get me wrong there is still a process but it doesnt take that long b/c I think she is over getting up so much in her crib as she done it so many times. I am truly still having so much fun and am so thankful for our little family.
Things to Remember:
Allie wearing 6-12mo or 9mo, still pretty small
Sound machine
formula strike-- who blames her :)
SIPPY CUP-trained, she loves turning up her cup and drinking from it
mandrain oranges
sweet peas
duck bathtub- she likes it still
crawling up the stairs
mama, dada, nnnnnnn, gabbing and talking all the time although we cant understand what she is saying
screaming