Top 10 at 10

Here's a quick 10 month update...

1. Syd has decided she'd much rather have table food than baby food and will scream or squack until she gets it. She's generally a two-handed shoveler.

2. Taking two naps a day still but the morning one has to be no longer than an hour to get a decent afternooner in. She loves her blankie and snuggles into it.

3. Down to two nursings a day and at 10.5 months, down to mornings only.

4. She's standing on her own, not holding on to things and has just started to get herself into a standing position all on her own in the middle of a room.

5. She growls all the time. She makes lots of other noises such as "mamama, dadada, bababa" etc but her preferred method of communication is to growl.

6. She can efficiently wave bye-bye, clap, do "SO BIG" and give wet open mouth kisses.

7. She loves the bath, loves "to dance", to eat bananas and yogurt, be tickled, to play in Gavin's bed with him rolling and bouncing, to follow at my ankles as I move around or follow Gavin around, to laugh, to be held and her Grandma.

8. She hates being changed, not getting food fast enough, to be left alone when she wants attention, headbands, blueberries and she's afraid of the vacuum.

9. She's still a good girl and goes to others quite well. She's an easy baby and even if she refuses the bottle, misses a nap or isn't quite content....she's still totally manageable.

10. She's fun to watch. She gets excited and smiles easily...so its easy to encourage her. She loves to cuddle and its so easy to keep on going back for more Sydney.