Conway is Eleven Months Old

Conway hasn't shown many big changes this month. As he nears his first birthday, Conway continues to be full of smiles and full of energy. Also...

 

He's still...cruising around as he holds onto couches, chairs, and coffee tables. He hasn't stood on his own or taken any unassisted steps, but he's definitely getting more stable. A couple of times he's looked like he was about to keep going when he got to the end of the coffee table, but then he stopped, dropped to all fours, and scurried like a little beetle across the floor just like all the other times. He can crawl pretty darn fast so I think the incentive for him to switch to walking isn't really there.

 

He's still...just as opinionated as ever, which means changing his diaper or clothes is as challenging as ever. Usually Conway can be distracted by toys for some amount of time, but even that isn't foolproof. The kid just doesn't like to be restrained. I guess I can't really blame him.

 

He's still... eating like a champ. Conway can eat most of what the rest of the family eats now as long as I cut it up small enough. The trickiest foods are actually those that are the softest because he has a difficult time picking them up without them turning to mush on his tray (i.e. ripe bananas and pears). We're still feeding him spoonfulls of puréed baby food at each meal as he devours finger food on his own. He'll pretty much eat anything that's put in front of him although his current favorites are cheese, garbanzo beans, and Cheerios. He also loves scrambled cheesy eggs (see previous Eggs! Yum! post) and meatballs (he ate about seven small turkey meatballs in one sitting the other day). Although he eats basically everything, he definitely voices his opinion about his favorites by picking those out of the mix on his tray first before moving on to the less desirable options.

 

He's still... sleeping pretty well and taking two naps each day, but those two naps are slowly getting further and further apart. It will actually be much easier when Conway switches to one nap so that he and Parker are more in line, but we aren't there yet. So getting two naps in and still being able to fall asleep at a normal time at night is going to be a little awkward for a while. He's also still babbling/grunting/whining a little bit at some point during the night most nights. I'm not even sure if he's awake when he does this, but I am. While I'm laying there I like to imagine that the babbling is him telling me he loves me. I'm sure that's it.

 

He's still... SO CUTE!! Am I right?!

  

 

Parker at 11 Months