The Sensos: Amélie Ten Months

^This face sums up her general mood this week.

^^The path of destruction she leaves behind as I am trying to keep her busy as I cook.

Amélie is 10 months old this week and in general has not been a very happy camper. I think this is the longest stretch since she was born that I’ve seen her in such an overall grumpy mood for so long. I blame it on teething (she has three poking through now) since I’m not sure what else it could be. She’s just over 18 pounds now (8.25 kilos) and growing longer each day.

As for sleeping, Amélie has been great at sleeping through the night from about 7 or 8 pm until 6 or 7am. There was a week where she was waking up around 2am, but I think it was because she learned how to pull herself up in her crib and didn’t know how to get back to lying down. One night we didn’t see her in the baby monitor and thought she has escaped in her room, but she was just out of the frame sitting in the far corner of her crib crying. It was cute, but sad. She’s back to her normal sleeping through now though and it’s really really wonderful.

As for eating, Amélie fed herself blueberries last week and I almost cried. I was just so happy she finally figured out she could eat the food I’ve been putting on her tray for months now. It all started with mini pancakes and bread, but with blueberries in particular she loves to try to feed herself. I say try because it’s pretty much her whole hand that goes into her mouth and a blueberry almost makes it in there. It’s all about the effort though, right?

As for her developments, my favorite is when Amélie puts things away. She puts all her play food back into its basket and what I like to think of cleaning up. It’s all about putting cups into cups and her toys into other things. She’s also the learned how to give stuff to us when we ask, which is just too adorable. She also has learned how to play ball with daddy. In these past couple of days she’s been reaching out for mama or toys and waving, but just to the baby in the mirror (I wonder if she’s figured out it’s actually her yet). Dancing is another favorite of Amélie, her favorite song is Mine by Taylor Swift! She also knows the areas in the living room she is not supposed to go to (the desk & plant) and whenever I turn my back, she’s off and quickly crawling to the restricted areas. I tell her no, she smiles, bring her back to her play area, and she’s off again. That pretty much sums up my day of chasing her around.