10 Months!

Happy 10 months!

Milestones

• He now plays peek-a-boo where he will hold a blanket up to his face and pull it down, waiting for our reactions.
• He is finally sleeping through the night. Not all the time, more like a handful of times, but I'll take it.
• He can stand when holding onto something without having one of us hold him up.
• He calls me "Mama," but not consistently. He usually says it when he is sad and I come get him from his crib or if he wants me to hurry up and give him his food. Every once in awhile I will get a happy "Mama" as well. He also will sometimes say "num num num" when it is time to eat or if he is hungry.

Likes

• Avocados (sometimes), Mangoes, Berries, Apricots (sometimes), Apples, Bananas (if other fruit is mixed with it), Cherries (mixed with apple sauce), Sweet Potatoes and Cereal.
• Cars. He kicks like crazy with excitement when one drives by.
• Favorite toys: Anything with tags and his octopus that plays music. It used to terrify him, but now he thinks it is pretty cool.
• Watching Daddy play the guitar.
• Cell phones and TV remotes and trying to eat them.
• People watching.

Dislikes

• Black Beans, Peas, most Veggie Mixes and all baby food that is supposed to be a full meal and incorporates any type of meat.
• Baby puff cereal. This gets its own bullet point, because it was that traumatic. We gave them to Baby H. to help him start learning to chew, but he hated it!
• The nose sucker
• People in his personal space. This kiddo has major stranger danger. He has gotten to the point where he won't go to anyone except his mommy and daddy. He will smile at people from a distance, but if they try to hold him, tears are quick to come. 

Tidbits

• We went to the Payson Temple Open house as a family and Hyrum did really well.
• Still not crawling, but he has become more interested in becoming mobile. He rolls around trying to get to toys. He also likes to push books off the couch onto the floor and then tries to dive after them. Luckily his mommy and daddy always catch him.
• He will now take a bottle. He used to when he was a newborn, but stopped around 6 weeks. This past month he is happy to drink from one again and gets excited when he sees one.
• I've tried to give him the baby food with chunks in it to help him start learning how to eat solid food. He hates it. If I do get him to take a spoonful, he will suck the puree part down and spit the chunks out.
• Lately, he tries to scratch off my freckles. I don't love this.