9 and 10 month updates

I can't believe that Miss Mila is already 10 months old. Frankly, I know I should be sad about this, but really I'm not. She is my last baby, but I am so excited to watch her grow and see what kind of person she becomes. I'm really not sad at all that in a few months she will be one.

I took Mila for her 9 month check-up. But really she was more like 9.5 months due to the doc's schedule being full until the end of the month. Here were her stats:
Height: 28 inches
Weight: 18lbs 3.8oz

She also got a couple of shots and will be returning later this month for two more. Mila is learning so many new things these days. I swear each day she can do something more. Mila's new tricks are signing 'more', saying uh-oh, pulling herself up on just about everything, and walking while holding your hands.

Mila has started to decrease her consumption of formula and increase the amount of table food. Lately she will barely take 4oz at a time, but she looooves table food. Mila eats pretty much what we do. For example, yesterday she ate cut up grapes, fresh apricots, peaches, chicken, mushroom risotto, green beans, cheese, and yogurt. I've found that she isn't a big fan of puréed veggies, but will eat the real thing just fine. I've also found the if I do buy some pouches, she is more likely to eat the veggies if it is mixed with a fruit as well.

Sleep has been better than the past, but Mila is still pretty inconsistent with the amount she will sleep at night. She will also wake and want a bottle 1-2 times per night. The doc has recommended that we use this month to wean Mila off the night bottles. I've decreased the night bottles from 6ounces to 4 ounces. My plan is to decrease them to 2-3 ounces during this week and then just water if she is still waking. However, last night she did better and only woke at 4am and took 4oz and then back to sleep. I'm really not a fan of going to bed with bottles, but when she wakes during the night, I've just been giving her the bottle and walking out. I don't want her to associate the night waking with play time. So I keep my time in there as brief as possible. I'm crossing my fingers that this works because she pretty much refuses to go back to sleep without a bottle once she wakes. I'm hoping she will just get full enough during the day and not need to wake at night.

We've also moved Mila out of our room. We did that probably about a month ago. We had to do a little bed switching for the children. We moved Mila's crib into the "girls" room but moved P into the single bed in that room. We then moved Avonlea into the "boy" room to sleep on the bottom bunk. There was just no way I could safely put Mila into a room with A. A would climb into that crib in a heartbeat and I couldn't sleep like that. So far, it has worked out nicely. Although A is the last one to sleep every.single.night. But that's an entirely different post all together.

Overall, Mila is really an awesome baby! Although her sleep has been a challenge during the nights, she is so happy when she is awake. She loves to play, talk, and just be in the action of it all. She adores her siblings and they love to tote her around.