Sonia’s 10th month seemed like a pause to reflect and observe her surrounding from the new perspectives the whirlwind of motor developments she achieved in her 9th month provided her.
First of all, Sonia loves to stand! This month she fine tuned that skill by practicing squatting from standing to pick up items she’d dropped. She also experimented with letting go a few times, and has gone a few seconds on her own before realizing what’s happening and plopping down on her butt. Sonia especially loves playing with her “Having a Ball” Activity Table. Since first using it to stand, she now is very fond of putting the balls into and out of the alligators mouth, and putting them in the center and then looking for them to roll out on the legs.
The major development of this month, however, was the change from destroyer to constructor. Right around 42 wks we noticed this amazing development. Instead of just pulling her buckets apart, she now wanted to put them back together. She also was able to bang two objects together,and actually lift the flaps of peek-a-boo books!
In her vocalizations, this month has been a strong push. She started to “roar” like the animals in her book. Imitate “good girl” during our walks with Luna, and say “book” when it’s time to read before bed – among many others. It’s amazing to hear her open up!
A couple fun events happened this month including the Super Bowl, which isn’t a national holiday, but should be. I sewed two of Sonia’s onesies together for the occasion and it won us a decent bit of money in Super Bowl squares betting 🙂
There was also our first trip back to wine country since being parents. We rented a house with 2 other couples with babies. They had a great time playing together and the adults enjoyed the time after they all went to bed 🙂
At her 10 mo doctor visit, Sonia weighed 18lb 13 oz (50%), was 28.5″ (60%), and had a 45.5cm head circumference (80%!). Such an amazing jump in the past 2 months! Unfortunately, she also had to have her first blood draw and urinalysis, making for a very anguishing visit (maybe even more for Mommy than Sonia)