The Grissom Gossip: 11 Months!

Ben is 11 months old today! I love the happy, funny, and sweet little boy that he’s turning into. He talks and babbles all. day. long. His belly laughs kill me. He’s crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything. We’re starting to (try to) teach him the word no when he gets into cords, drawers and other things he shouldn’t. He isn't walking yet but can crawl faster than any baby I have seen. He’s busy busy busy all day long. Eating is an adventure. He’s starting to experiment with more and more finger foods – puffs and yogurt melts and I am trying table foods when we are eating something that is soft enough for him- but still loves the baby food. I want him to be a great eater and love all kinds of food so we’ll keep offering him different things to taste. I’m sure he’ll come around eventually! Ben has 4 (almost 5) teeth- 3 on the bottom and 1 on top (the second front one is making its way through right now). He takes a 6 to 7 oz bottle 3 times a day – 7am, 11:30am and 6:15pm. Bedtime is still 6:30pm and he sleeps until around 6:30am. We’re still on a 2 nap a day schedule and he does fantastic with them. His first nap is at 9:00 and his afternoon nap starts sometime between 1:00 and 2:00. He’ll sleep anywhere from 1.5 to 2 hours for each nap.

A few of Ben's favorite things:

He babbles constantly – often making Da Da Da sounds which makes Matt very happy!
He loves playing with balls of any kind! And he loves to try to bounce everything like a ball!
He absolutely loves bath time and just splashes and splashes the whole time.
He loves to sing along to the radio- mainly humming or a continuous "ahhhh" sound- and he sings when I rock him to sleep and sing him songs.
He gives the best hugs and open mouth kisses.

Ben just makes every day a happy one. It’s impossible to be in a bad mood when you see this smiling face every day! And it is almost impossible to photograph this sweet baby anymore because he is just on the go all the time!