child development

Ivey Maudell turned eleven months old today. I can’t believe how fast time is flying. To ensure I remember all these special moments I will be taking a “birthday” picture every month for her first 24 months as well as charting her developments.

Summary of Ivey’s development this past month:

• Will stand momentarily without support.
• She will walk around for several minutes while holding on to your hands.
• Will enthusiastically empty the contents of her toy chest onto the floor however she will rarely put them back.
• Is willing to voluntarily let go of an object she is holding if you ask her for it nicely.
• Will poke and pinch small objects.
• Will attempt to scribble when given a writing instrument.
• Has learned to throw her binky with incredible speed, distance and accuracy.
• Loves to have her hair brushed.
• Is about to cut her third tooth.

The Outtakes:

Now that we are in the “double digits” I am finding it much harder to get a picture of Ivey actually holding the numbers.

They usually end up in her mouth.

Because we only had one “1″ we thought we would use this plastic fish for the second “1″ – this was not successful and also ended up in her mouth.

Deep in thought.

Although it kinda looks like she is upset in this picture, she is actually being really goofy and over the top. She is such a cheese ball and tends to laugh hysterically after flashing this smile.

See the rest of this series:

• One Month
• Two Months
• Three Months
• Four Months
• Five Months
• Six Months
• Seven Months
• Eight Months
• Nine Months
• Ten Months

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Ivey Maudell turned ten months old today. I can’t believe how fast time is flying. To ensure I remember all these special moments I will be taking a “birthday” picture every month for her first 24 months as well as charting her developments.

Summary of Ivey’s development this past month:

• Can crawl at lighting fast speeds.
• She will walk around for several minutes while holding your hands.
• Is constantly pointing her finger at EVERYTHING she sees.
• Insists on drinking from every cup she comes across no matter who it belongs to.
• Likes to tell me very long and detailed stories about her day using a language that no one can translate.
• Finally has two teeth!

Besides her typical organic fruits and veggies Ivey has now eaten the following additional solids:
Eggs, cottage cheese, Saint Benoît Yogurt, hummus, chicken, and beef. She even had a little ice cream and cake at a party this month.

To be honest, I am trying my best not to serve her meat products (especially red meat) but the hubby cooked it and fed her some. I guess odoriferous poop doesn’t scare him like it does me.

The Outtakes:

At one point I resorted to sticking the numbers on the glass wall behind her. I figured this might be the only way to get the numbers to display correctly.

However, within a matter of seconds Ivey pulled the numbers off.

See the rest of this series:

• One Month
• Two Months
• Three Months
• Four Months
• Five Months
• Six Months
• Seven Months
• Eight Months
• Nine Months

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