Murphy Memoirs: 11 months

Do I really have an 11 month old? Whew! Here is what our perfect little man is up to these days...

Nash is walking all over the place...he thinks he is so good at it, he prefers to walk with his hands behind his back! I've yet to capture a picture of it - but it's so cute (and a little scary when he falls!).
He loves pushing things - his toys, his chairs. He prefers things that he can push to the point they tip over. The little play table he has - endless hours of fun tipping it over, as long as mom or dad is there to put it upright for him so he can continue the game.
Nash has 3 teeth on bottom and 3 teeth on top...so he's still a little lopsided, but I'm sure those other ones will be joining us soon! We've started working on brushing his teeth at night before bedtime. He'd rahter just play with the toothbrush than let us actually put it in his mouth and brush. Hopefully that will get better as time goes on and he gets used to the brushing.
He knows what a nose is - although he won't point to his own, he loves to point at momma's nose and daddy's nose! He can point to Roscoe and points at mom and dad too.
Peekaboo is definitely a favorite game - anything he can put over his face to get you to say the word, he will.
Our Nashman is a sucker for bathtime. LOVES IT. He has a little star toy that make a little water fountain - he can't get enough of it. The bath is full of toys - squirt toys and cute little turtles. He has no fear of water and doesn't mind us pouring water over his head. There aren't many things better than have a squeaky clean, sweet smelling, post-bath baby in your arms. :)
We're still working on sleeping through the night...we still get up to soothe him by patting his back and giving him his pacifier. With all of the ear infections he has had, we're never sure if he's actually healthy - so making him cry it out is just not an option for us at this point. We'd rather have him feel safe and secure knowing we are there, especially if he is not feeling well. Once the ear infections are resolved (ENT consult on Dec. 30), maybe we'll feel more comfortable about really working on a sleep solution.
Nash is still on 4 bottles a day - although we'll be working down to 3 in about a month. He gets breakfast and lunch at school, a snack at school, and then dinner at home (with Roscoe by his side, of course). Nash went from refusing babyfood to refusing tablefood...so he's back to eating babyfood for the moment. Everyone says just be patient - they all go through these stages - so that's what we're doing! Or attempting to do - we just keep offering him all kinds of food in hopes that one of these days he'll take us up on it!

I can't believe the next monthly update will be a ONE year update! He's growing up so fast...