11 months old

Wesley is 11 months old. Wow. 

The last month has been huge for us because Wesley started crawling right after he turned 10 months. I'm not concerned that he was a late crawler, but it made us spoiled to not have a mobile baby for so long that this month has been hard on us. Running after him as he approaches the stair (we still don't have a gate), as he crawls after the cats (they will nip him), and climbing up the dining room table (which is shorter than him so he bumps his head on the table).

This last month he also really started eating real food. He still likes purees, but everything says he needs to start eating textured foods. He'll eat almost anything, so I've given him pasta, fish, meatballs, mangos, refried beans, turkey, cheese ... so far so good.

His big thing now is to point and go, "Huh?" He loves pointing at the ceiling fan and lights. And he does it so often if you say, "Where's the FAN?" he'll point upwards.

And he loves to be read to; not that his attention span is long, but if you get a book and put him in your lap, he's really interested in the pages and tries to turn them. He likes "Pajama Time", "Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you See" and I like reading "Potty" to him.

On the downside, his naps are almost non-existent these days unless you hold him or sleep next to him in our bed. We stopped the swaddle at nine months and since then he hasn't been able to get back to napping those 2-hour stretches unless held. Maybe 1/2 hour max in his crib, but he's still tired. It's been a battle and I have the bags under my eyes to prove it.