My Baby is 11 Months Old!

Kristian! You are 11 months old today!

So what is new!?

You weigh 18lbs and in 9-12 month clothes. Size 4 diapers.

You have 4 top teeth and 2 bottom ones.

You are crawling like crazy and love to stand! you balance all the time now not holding anything!

You love to copy us and we get a good laugh. You comb your hair with the brush and now shake your head yes or no and laugh hysterically when you do NO. You say no as 'NnDa' and you say mama especially when you want to nurse or nap.

We watch BabyFirst Tv episodes and you follow along so well. You do what they say when it's time to clap or wave hi/bye. You always clap when you hear someone say 'yayyy' it's adorable. You love giving me kisses and hugs. You are doing new things everyday!

You eat everything these days, and I can't even get a spoon near you, you will get mad. You love to sit, feed yourself and relax. Which I love, because I relax too! You eat Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and sometimes a snack. You beg for food that anyone has, and they must share or you get upset ha! You will share too if we ask you to feed us, you'll drop food in our mouth haha! You still nurse, and we go forward and backward with weaning. You nurse anywhere from 3-5 times a day.

You finally grab and drink the sippy cup on your own, whooo! You drink water or milk.

You loveee to take a bath and splash around. You cry when we take you out. You would stay in there for sooo long haha.

Your sleep is all over, depending on teething especially. But the last couple nights you have been sleeping great! Waking only twice briefly and our wakeup time 730-830am

You always wake up so happy waving HI when we come get you.

We love your little personality, you are sooo sweet. Even with your new bossiness of not stoping till you get what you want. We love that too!

You melt my heart everyday!! I love bring your mom!

Taking your 11 month pics were pretty hard this morning! You have soo much energy!

Almost 11 months old!

We are approaching 11 months! And I think this month has been the hardest on me. With trying wean and preparing for back to work. I have so much on my mind and feel more stressed!

This cutie is learning so much and from 9-11 months has been on development over drive! Even waking at night to sit up and try to stand or wake up waving hi in his sleep ha! He is a happy baby but boy does he have his bossy moments! He wants what he wants and does not give up a fight! When he does not want to be in the carseat he will cry and kick forever until he is out. If he wants to nurse, he will not quit until he gets it! But then he is also the sweetest calm, soft little boy too. With a sweet smile that will melt your heart! Definitely a mix of the husband and I haha!

These days he is all about balance too.

My cutie pie! I forget about the rough screaming night when he is this adorable by day hahaha! Practicing his moves.

13 week ultrasound...

Not me! Haha! My sister! I've been trying to get her to blog her pregnancy but she is too busy with her new house and making a baby ha!

So from time to time I'll blog about her ;)

Monday I went with her for an ultrasound! Eeeeee!!! I was so excited to be there with her!

I got to see him or her! Waving and kicking around so busy playing in his comfortable home Ahaha.

I snapped some pics of course!

My sister at 13 weeks preggo!

Weaning is tough stuff!

Baby K has another tooth on it's way and was up a lot last night. The last couple nights waking every 2 hours! Oh boy!

We are going forward and backward with weaning. If you follow my blog or twitter you know! Some days not nursing at all during the day and other days like this morning nursing was the only way to quiet him down to nap.

I took an extra month off, but now it's creeping up closer again.

The pressure of weaning baby has me a little stressed. I'm sure all parents can relate, whether it's weaning from breastfeeding or from a bottle or pacifier.. Changing up their routine is tough stuff! I also didn't know the symptoms that come with weaning too! Headaches for one as my hormones change. Moody and feeling down too.

Ugh! Trying to take it slow but it can get frustrating at times too. Needing some fellow moms support! ;)

Baby knows best?

My little guy ate a whole little container of blueberries yesterday (cut in half). Everytime he was done he cried for more.

It amazes me each time I feed him different foods. He loves the good stuff. I know that babies change all the time. (oh do I know that) But right now my little guy loves pretty much all fruits, veggies, beans, whole grain toast with cheese.... He gobbles it all up and always asks for more.

With our sorta- trying -not succeeding-don't know what I want to accomplish- weaning-sleep training going on (haha!) meal time has been a calm relaxing thing around here. Where we can both sit and chow down without any fuss.

Today I'm steaming zucchini and butternut squash. I also bought more delicious blueberries and avocado today.

What foods do your babies love?

Staying in on a rainy day

  

Rainy Day here! So we are staying in. I want to cherish these days home playing with little K before it's back to work! >insert tears here<

 This cute face! I could squish all day!

 Blowing me kisses :)

Kris loves to sit and play with his toys. Especially playing with the drum. He will crawl and get it wherever it is and start drumming away.

He also loves to crawl to Zoe and pet her. But Zoe will allow him at first but then plays a little rough and may swipe at him. So I always need to tell Zoe to leave! ha!

Since we will stay in all day today playing, I will also use today to get some things done like Online Shopping, Laundry, Clean up, Bake a little and work on my resume that I have been procrastinating with.

Tomorrow will be a nicer day and I'm looking forward to a nice walk in the park!

Hope it's a nicer day where you are today!

Making a 1 year scrapbook already!

I don't know about you, but I feel like the days are flying by!

I can't believe my little one is almost 11 months old!

I can't believe I'm planning his first birthday!

I can't believe he will be going to daycare in November!

I've been working on his 1 year scrapbook. I'm also done. I was crying while doing it! I just can't believe it, I remember bringing him home yesterday!!!

I'm so glad I have this blog, logging all the special moments and milestones so I can always come back to read.

My little boy amazes me everyday! He is growing and developing soo fast!

He is so independent too! He eats all his meals alone and doesn't want my help at all! He even asks for more saying Mmmm Mmmm ha! He is learning to hold his balance while standing and he keeps trying and trying! It's amazing to watch! He is crawling around everywhere throwing his toy balls and getting them back.

He is sooo sweet and social too. Always waving and blowing kisses to people ha!

I love him sooo much!

I need time to hold still for a bit while I absorb all his cuteness!!!

What Fashion Blog do you follow?

Fall is just around the corner, although it still feels like summer here! Which is great too. But as fall is approaching and I'm here still carrying around some baby weight, I'm looking for outfits that will hide or slim down certain areas. I follow many fashion bloggers and they give me inspiration.One of my favorite fashion blogger is Chasing Davies. Do you follow her? Many of my ideas of what to wear or throw together come from her! She is awesome! And a new mama too! What fashion bloggers do you follow? Or are you one? Let me know I'll follow!

Here are 2 outfits I recently bought.

Minus the shoes both outfits are under $50.00!
(Shoes from ShoeDazzle 39.95 plus shipping)

The first outfit I can also add a leopard belt and gold bangles.  I can wear this outfit so many different ways which is what I'm looking to do this fall!

Blazer Winners 16.99 Dress Winners 24.99 Tights H&M 6.50

Jeans Winners 19.99 Shirt H&M 14.99 Belt I had, thin black belt.

 

The baby bathtub is for babies!

For months I've been wanting to switch baby K to the big bathtub in our spare bathroom. Since he started sitting on his own and making a splashy mess. But I never got around to fixing up what we needed in there to make it baby friendly.

Baby K still can sit fine in the small one but boy does he make a mess splashing water all over us and the floor!

So finally yesterday we did it!

I bought a no slip mat for the bottom of the tub and a new carpet and moved bath time into to the spare bathroom!

Big bath tub fun!!! My big boy!

Fun at the Apple Farm, Apple Picking!

We had a fun weekend! Saturday morning I took Kristian to a Early Years Centre a friend has been going to. Many moms and dads and children of all ages were there. Kristian had so much fun watching everyone sing and play games.

Sunday I wanted to go to a street festival just north of where we live, but when we got there it was over! ha! It was only happening on Saturday. So since we were north of the city we decided to go to the apple farm!

We picked some apples and bought apple pastries and apple pie yum! The employees were telling us that this year is really bad for them because of the April frost we had, they didn't get as many apples as they usually do!

We picked a bag full and had fun showing Kris around the area.

He loved holding the apple so tight ha!

Fall is around the corner! Can't wait to buy some pumpkins! And take Kris to the pumpkin patch in October!

Hope you had a great weekend!

Baby is not starting daycare... Yet!

We were getting close! Kristian was to start daycare in 3 weeks! We both were not ready!!

Kristian still breastfeeds 3-4x a day and also in the evening and wakes up a couple times too.

We are trying to daytime wean which has been hard! I'm working at it everyday!

He knows what he wants and if I trick him and put his pacifier in his mouth he will grab it and throw it across the room and tug at me to nurse! How could I refuse that!

So slowly we are working on it, more by distraction, playing longer, going out longer. Things like that.

And I'm not ready either! I love being home with my sweet little boy. Any extra time in a life time of work ahead is better than nothing!

So that said, I requested an extra month off from work. They took a while to respond back and I thought they would decline it. But It's approved! So I have an extra month home with my sweet baby!!! I'm so grateful for this.

Love this sweet little boy!

New steam pot and finger foods for baby

This mama has not made purées in while! I now just steam or cook all his food and let him feed himself. I still give baby cereal a couple times but it has reduced a lot!

I'm always searching these days for good finger food ideas for baby. He is 10 months old and has tried a wide range of foods! Our doctor gave us the ok months ago to try everything! (so always check with your doctor and you know too what your little one is ready for)

Here are some finger food ideas I have. Share yours with me too!

Steamed veggies!
Our favorites are broccoli, butternut squash, sweet potato, zucchini, carrots, peas, parsnips all steamed and cut into small pieces that he can grab.

Fruit, soft and cut into small pieces, favorites here avocado, banana, strawberries (pretty ripe and soft) mango, apricots. Steamed apples and pears (I make them pretty soft)

Egg yolks! Baby loves these. I boil them and cut them up and he loves it.

Black beans and chickpeas! I heat them up to soften them and serve. I cut chickpeas in smaller pieces.

Always watch your little one when they eat. ;) my little guy likes to stuff his mouth really quick! The other morning he was saving watermelon pieces in his cheeks!

I also give pieces of toast with cream cheese.

Cooked pasta cut up drizzled with olive oil.

Pieces of cheddar cheese cut up small.

All meats cut up in small pieces too!

A friend suggested to roll softer foods in Parmesan cheese or baby cereal for easier pickup for the slippery type foods. I'll try that one day too!

Some quick dry snack foods I give that are good for self feeding are the baby mum mum's and gerber puffs and cheese straws (not as meals).

What finger foods do your little ones love!?

First day of school, daycare or work

I live across the street from an elementary school. This morning I watched as all the parents dropped off or walked their kids to school. My street was busy with cars and kids. Everyone looking sharp in their new first day of school clothes, adorable!

Of course this is a reminder to me that I'll be starting work in a month. My little one starting daycare in 3 weeks and 5 days!

We are not ready!!! I am not ready!!

We are not even close to weaning!

Teething had my little guy grumpy all weekend. Not looking forward to zombiemom work days.

I have soo many concerns about daycare. How will they put him to nap? Will they give him cuddles and follow the steps I take to put him to nap? Will they give him the attention he needs. Will he miss me being away from me for almost 10 hours a day!
All first time mom worries, I'm sure. I know he will be fine and love being with the other kids. But it's sooo hard!

I truly never thought it would be this hard. Before I had Kris I was very open to sending him to daycare and looked up all the positives and now we are approaching the time and I only want to be the one taking care of him. I love being with him everyday!

I'm not ready for back to work either! My mind is not in work mode at all. All I want to think about is my sweet baby boy! I'm worried about work life balance, can I handle it? I'll have no choice! Ha! But I hope that in the busy days I always put baby K first! Having less time to play with him and watch him develop has mommy guilt already creeping in!

I know many parents are happy, excited along with worried and concerned about sending their little ones off to school today. Especially the first time preschoolers or kindergarteners. Sending positive thoughts all your way!