For all you mothers who wonder if your kid is on track development wise, I can’t help you! BUT if you want to read what my daughter is doing at 10 months, please do! Just remember, she’s a genius! (as all mother’s think their kids are, but seriously, she is.)

My 10-month-old daughter is pulling up on everything and walking around furniture. She still crawls, but at an increasingly faster pace! She’ll walk in between furniture if it’s not too far away. She has even started venturing to take her first steps. She has mastered the art of standing up on her own. The farthest she has gotten is 5 steps before falling.

She is really starting to mimic. She says mama and dada all the time, as well as talks gibberish a lot. It’s so cute! Anything that slightly resembles a cell phone, she puts up to her ear and tries to talk to it. She LOVES baby dolls! I’ve started giving her a sippy cup and she loves it. She’s hasn’t had separation anxiety that much, and has finally started relaxing in the Church nursery. She really understands when I tell her not to do something.

Behavioral Issues

She gets frustrated at me and will make a growl like sound at me. She doesn’t always come to me when I tell her to. She gets frustrated at her cousins/other kids when they try to take things from her or if she wants something they have and once again does the growl. I’ve had to do more spanking this month. I’ve had some problems with her not wanting to go to bed before 10pm. If I put her to bed before 10, she’ll cry, like she’s not ready to sleep.

Her basic schedule is as follows:

• Wakes up 8:30-9:00am and drinks an 8 ounce bottle. Then will have something along the lines of a banana, baby food fruit or rice cereal.
• She normally goes down for a nap about 2 hours after she wakes up. This nap is normally about an hour long.
• When she wakes up she gets lunch which consists of a 6 ounce bottle and one jar of veggies and one jar of fruit. She plays then normally takes another nap at around 2-3. This nap is normally at least 2 hours long.
• When she wakes up she gets another 6 ounce bottle and some snacks. Her snacks are normally those Gerber cookies/puff/wagon wheels maybe some more fruit.
• Then she once again plays till dinner time. I have been feeding her for dinner basically anything that we eat, if possible. If we are eating spaghetti, I’ll give her noodles, no sauce. I’ll give her green beans to gnaw on or another veggie, mashed potatoes, bread, rice, etc. If what we are eating is not kid friendly at all, then I give her baby food (veggies and fruit) or those Gerber graduates raviolis (I just started that and she loves it).
• Before she goes to bed around 9:30, I give her another 6 ounce bottle

So that is basically her life in a nutshell. 10 months… is she really about to be 1 year old?? That’s crazy!