10 Months Old!

Max turns 10 months old tomorrow! He is becoming more of his own little person every day! He squeals with delight and has lots of smiles for us, but he has a strong-side too and he yells (back) at Miles and shakes his head no. He waves, pats my hand for patty-cake, and makes some interesting consonant and vowel combinations, like bat-boo and he "rolls" his b - Miles never did this, so we don't know if these kinds of sounds are "normal" or whether they reflect the Hindi language that Max is exposed to every day at daycare. This month he started babbling ma-ma (it used to be just "m" when he was upset), still going strong on da-da. He makes other sounds that are hard to identify precisely, sometimes sounding like ch or k or t. And just as mysteriously as his spitting up began, it has gone away. We are SO relieved that his spitting up has resolved. The doctors had said it usually goes away when they're more upright, and while Max still crawls a lot, he stands and cruises quite a bit, too. He has stood unsupported a few times and while he can take steps while we hold his hands, he's not too interested in it. Although we know we'll be in for a lot more work once he's walking, as heavy as he is, we look forward to him "carrying his own weight" a bit. Max has a passion for food and he loves eating just about everything! And he got his first tooth! Central bottom. He handled it pretty well.