11 Months Old!

11 months old, Gavin is 1 month away from being a 1 year old! My little baby is growing up so fast!

Stats: No 11 month doctor's appointment this month. However, we have been to the doctor a couple of times. Once, for a sinus infection, and then again the other day for a fever, which ended up being due to teething (which I figured, but wanted to be sure). Anyhooo... Gavin is weighing in at about 23 lbs, and he is certainly getting taller.



Eating: Gavin has his on and off days in the eating department. One day he will eat anything we put in front of him, and the next he may not eat anything. I think a lot of this is due to teething or just the newness of it all. At times, he will not even try something, he will just throw it on the floor, or hand it to the doggies (he loves to feed the dogs)! We give him pretty much everything these days, besides the foods they say to stay away from due to allergies, i.e. peanut butter. But, you never know whether he is going to eat it or not. We really want him to start eating foods that we are eating, and get him away from the baby food (he really does not seem to like some of the baby food dinners, just the veggies and fruits). I guess we will just let him decide when and what he wants to eat. We can always count on him eating his puffs, at least we know he is not going to starve!

Teething: Gavin has 6 teeth now. His two top lateral incisors broke through just the other day. If you are wondering what the lateral incisors are, they are the ones on the sides of the two front teeth. This time he definitely had some teething symptoms. Lots of drool, a 101 temperature, cranky, and lots of chewing. He actually was chewing on his crib rail, it actually looks as if a beaver went crazy on it! We could not believe it, because he rarely is in there awake! So, we had to go to the baby store today to get a rail protector, it sticks to the rail of the crib, so he chews on something soft, instead of chewing the wood. I just can't imagine that feeling good on his gums!

Milestones: As you have probably seen on the blog, GAVIN IS WALKING! He started off with a few steps, and he is now literally just standing up and walking from one place to another. He has had a few spills (you can see some of the marks on his face from some falls on his picture, ouch). He is a wild man, he actually looks as though he is trying to run at times. This is definitely a scary time for us, I just want to surround the house with pillows for his falls, and we are preparing ourselves for lots of them! Let's see.... he is also able to identify certain things in the house when we ask him where they are, for example we say "where is the fan?" he points to the ceiling fan, or "where are the doggies?", and he will point to the doggies. He is feeding himself a lot of different finger foods these days, climbing the stairs, and also brushing his own teeth with daddy in the morning. I know I am probably missing a ton of things, but for some reason I am drawing a blank right now (the walking thing has just taken over!)

A little extra news for this month... as you all know Gavin's 1st birthday is coming up on the 25th of February. We have decided to go with a monkey theme for his 1st birthday, we are so excited! Grandma's and Grandpa's will all be there, along with Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and a lot of close friends. We are in the planning process as we speak, this is a one of the biggest days in our little boy's life, and we are going to make it very special for him. Stay tuned for pics!