Chris - 10 month update

Chris turned 10 months old last week. I'd say he's not in the happiest part of his life for a few reasons -

1) he's teething which means he's biting on EVERYTHING and when he bites on people he gets a stern "Chris, no biting" that makes him frown or outright cry. It's really painful though and a habit I can't let him continue. He has gotten to the point that after he kisses me (dozens of times a day) whether he bites my cheek or not he immediately shakes his head 'no' after.

2) He wants everything Nicole has and I'm sure you can guess how well that goes over. He hears lots of "No, Chris!"'s with her running away from him.

3) He can't make up his mind if he wants to be held and cuddled or down and crawling. So we're in a constant flux of him moving and then pulling on me and whining to get picked up. 30 seconds later he changes his mind again.

His daycare was excited to tell me how smart he is though. "He's figured out how to get the toys he wants! He crawls over to the kid who has a toy, pulls their hair until they cry and then when they let go he takes the toy out of their lap." Great.... so glad he's clever like that. :P

He is totally on solid food now and, like his sister, he's not a picky eater. He eats whatever we eat for dinner - nothing special and no babyfood except for cereal or organic yogurt for breakfast. We've also exposed him to all the major allergens - egg, shrimp, crab, wheat, and milk (via yogurt)-with no issues.

He continues to battle ear infections even with the tubes. He was tugging again last night and we're watching him to see if he needs to go back to the doctor again to have it checked out.

We love him a lot and hope that he moves from being happy 80% of the time back to 99% of the time once these teeth come in and ears settle down.