10 months old

Matthew will be 10 months old Jan 28th.  He went to the doctor this week as a follow-up from the previous visit to make sure he did not develop an ear infection and everything was fine.  He weighs 20 lbs 14 oz and wears 18- month clothing.  He was a little fussy this week because he has two teeth coming through the gums on both sides in the back.  He seems to be teething early for the eye teeth.  We give him a sippy cup to try to convert him from the bottle but he just gnaws on the lid at this point.  

He has been swallowing the cheerios whole and gagging a few times and spitting everything up so we stopped giving him those for a little while.  He is very clingy to mom right now.  He is also clingy to his favorite daycare lady, Ms. Sharon.  He will crawl after her in the room and follow her around.  One time he was napping and she happen to walk by his crib and he got really upset that she walked away and didn't pick him up.  He has a pouty cry.  He also likes to sleep with his eyes barely open- it's funny.

He tries to sleep all night long but sometimes his teeth bother him so we have to put orajel on his gums.  We use tylenol sparingly, unless he is really hurting.  He goes to the Senior Citizen home with me on the weekends and sometimes during the week.  All the old people are smitten over him.  Some of them suffer with dimensia but the amazing thing is that a baby will trigger earlier memories and those are still in tact.  I thought one lady was faking it because one minute she was talking about her kids when they were babies and then the next minute she was not responding.  They like to comment on his tiny feet and watch him play.