Harrison- 11 Month Letter

Harry-
We are in disbelief that you have grown so much. You will be 1 year old in a month now, and too much had happened to wait for a 12 month letter!

You are making lots of noise, and have started to imitate this month. You are definitely understanding more than we give you credit for. Now, when we say “No”, there is a pause, and you can tell that you are aware that this means Dad, or I, will come and move you away from your current location/obsession, but you usually still need that redirection. When people come into the room, or you come into a room, you say “Hi” (selectively, of course, but there is no denying that is what you are saying). You have said some other words, “Mama” and “Dada” (now more accurately) “Bye-Bye” and “Baba” (bottle) are the most recognizable. Grandma said that one day when she was there, you even copied the dog barking :)

You started clapping this month, and continue to high-five. However, the biggest change is the wave! You wave hi, you wave bye, you wave excited, you wave hungry… needless to say, you love to wave. It is especially adorable when it is following “Hi”. At swimming lessons this past week, I got in the pool with you and dad watched from the side. Every time I asked where Dada was, you waved at the exact spot he was standing until he waved back.

BIG NEWS!!! You learned how to sleep through the night this month!!! YEAH!!! You would sleep from 7:00/7:30pm to 6:30am. It was short lived, though. You got a week-long stomach bug that took down your cousin, Jeremiah, too. Needless to say, the sleeping through the night has yet to return. The illness was somewhat of a blessing in disguise, as you are a much better eater now that you feel better than you were before you got sick. You really like toast with low-sugar grape jelly right now.

You have always been able to play by yourself for long periods of time, and this month is no exception. You have really started to like books for their pictures and words, and not just the fact that you can eat the cardboard they are made out of. You are still content to crawl, and are getting very good at it. You have taken a few steps into the arms of a person who will make a BIG deal out of you walking towards them. Otherwise, your preferred mode of transportation is crawling. You will walk around furniture, but really do not like when people hold your hand to walk…not when you are perfectly capable of crawling to get where you want!

You have eight teeth, four on top and four on the bottom. You are starting to get bumps where your molars will be, but none have poked through, yet. We thought you were maybe teething when you started to like using your bink, again (after 8 months of no interest what so ever). It seems, however, that you simply changed your mind about it. You do not want it to go to bed, but like to find it at night for comfort. You also like to have one when you are getting fussy.

It is so much fun to watch you change everyday,
Love,
Mom (and Dad, too)