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Your baby is more aware of what makes you happy and what dissapoints you. When you clap, he will continue with what he was doing. Sometimes you may want him to show off his new skills and talents to others. Some babies will do this, but do not be dissapointed if he does not. Many babies are not quite ready to be performers yet! Your baby has lots of feelings and emotions. She can get upset very easily. When other people are upset, she knows. She might even respond by getting upset herself. Teach your baby how to deal with her feelings in a positive manner.

If it hasn't already, stranger anxiety may strike around now. He knows when you are not around and will probably cry. Some babies will wake up in the night looking for a familiar face. Practice short separations and when you return, make it enjoyable. When your baby is going somewhere new, plan to stay for a little while to help dettle him in. When you leave, tell him goodbye and give him a kiss/hug. Then, leave. He will get busy playing and will be just fine.

She understands simple sentences and commands. Your baby knows the meaning of `no` and can shake her head from side to side. When she learns a new word, she may become fascinated with it and repeat it all day. When you ask your baby where a part of her body is, she might be able to show you. Read books to your baby and continue to tell her what the pictures show.

From here on out, your baby will be testing your authority. You need to set rules and limits and stick to them. If your baby is allowed to do one thing today but not tomorrow, she will only get confused. Make it easy for your baby to behave. Remember that she is still a baby and set realistic limits. Move temptations out of her way until she can better understand why she needs to leave it alone. Instead of saying `no` all of the time, use words such as `hot`, `it will hurt`, 'it will break`, etc. Be patient, gentle and undersanding when she is doing something that you do not like. If your baby gets angry because she is not getting her way, be firm. Do not give in to make her feel better.

Play games with your baby. Babies like playing peek-a-boo and other hide and find type games. Imitation games are also good for your baby to play. Because babies learn by imitation, only show him things that you want him to learn. This is a good way to teach him how to clap his hands and wave by bye.

Climbing is a skill that is important for your baby to learn. While she is learning to climb, always be nearby in case she falls. Your baby needs to know what types of things are appropriate to climb on. Do not teach her to climb anything that will be off limits. Show her how to climb down crawling backwards so that she does not come down head first. Do not allow her to climb the stairs unless you are with her. Baby gates should be installed at the tops and bottoms of stairs to prevent accidents.

Let your baby use a spoon to feed herself. Mashed potatoes, yogurt, applesauce, cottage cheese and cooked cereals will stick well to the spoon. This can make learning to self-feed less messy. Continue to include finger foods at mealtime and for snacks. Your baby should still be on breastmilk or formula. Mealtimes should be a fun learning time and not frustrating. A mess is easily cleaned up. If your baby senses frustration, she will be less likely to attempt self-feeding.

Developmental Milestones 10 Months Old

Physical

• Crawls
• Stands alone
• May take first steps
• Can walk while holding onto furniture
• Can roll a ball to you
• May be able to `climb` stairs

Intellectual

• Drinks well from a cup
• Plays pat-a-cake
• Waves bye bye
• Likes pretend play toys
• Uses gibberish in a conversational way
• Says mama and dada and possibly other one-two syllable words
• Remembers events and objects
• Likes to bang items together
• May be able to scribble with assistance

Emotional

• Expresses herslef with gestures and sounds instead of crying
• Enjoys your presence
• Likes your applause
• Your baby will cry if he hears you raise your voice

Age Appropriate Toys

• Exersaucer
• Jumper
• Crayons to scribble with-with assistance
• Music
• Pots and pans to bang together
• Musical instruments
• Bath toys
• Push toys
• Toys that roll
• `Pretend` play toys
• Stacking toys
• Building toys
• Cause and effect toys

Comments:

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memedawn - Sunday, 25 Sep
can't believe my little girl will be 11 months tomorrow! When did she get so big?!

britta06 - Saturday, 24 Sep
Spelfrey- Ofcourse so doesn't want to wear the bows. LOL, typical child :)

spelfrey (Shauna) - Friday, 23 Sep
Rjbrown, so far so good without the helmet. She touches her head all the time and pulls at her hair a lot. Its like she's wondering where her helmet is! What's weird is I figured she would be cool with bows and stuff.....nope! Pulls them right out. Figures, since I spent so much money on them.

britta06 - Friday, 23 Sep
Everything thinks Bennett is older for his age also. He also has 8 teeth and his bigger for his age! And now he started walking, so he is really seeming older than he is :)

spelfrey (Shauna) - Thursday, 22 Sep
rjbrown, Hattie has 9 teeth too!

bumpalumpa (julie) - Wednesday, 21 Sep
isobel wakes once a night too. its not so bad if its 2 or 3am as she goes back to sleep but if its closer to 5 its hard because she isnt tired anymore! she slept through from 11 weeks old until 6 months old - then started waking up! what happened lol! she was already on solids

mattied - Wednesday, 21 Sep
Well its at least good to know that Maddie not the only one not sleeping all night. Bad thing is she is used to sleeping with us when she wakes up around 1 and that makes for an uncomfortable night for me. I am so glad Hattie is off the helmet!!!! And Maddie still just has 2 bottom teeth. I wonder when the rest of them will come in. I did read where rj brown said Tucker had 8 teeth already.

memedawn - Wednesday, 21 Sep
Glad Hattie is helmet free! As for sleeping, I've got nothing here. Avery wakes up every 2-3 hours every night and always has. I am convinced she will continue to do so until she is weaned so I have just accepted it.

spelfrey (Shauna) - Tuesday, 20 Sep
Yay!!! As of today, Hattie is helmet free! Almost 5 months was a long time, but im glad we did it. Now hopefully that awful smell on her head will go away! Lol

spelfrey (Shauna) - Tuesday, 20 Sep
Mattied, mine used to sleep all night, but now she doesn't andi have NO idea why or what to do. :(

mattied - Monday, 19 Sep
Hey Ladies, I wasn't with ya's group while I was preggo cause my maddie wasn't due until the middle of Dec but she came early so now by baby is 10 instead of 9 months but anyways I have kept up with most of you all's story. I am more of a reader. I am on here cause my Maddie just does not want to sleep all night. I figured by now I wouldn't be losing sleep but I am. What can I do to get her to sleep all night??? I so need help.

memedawn - Saturday, 17 Sep
the vaccine for rotavirus is one they swallow. It's weird how different places have different policies. Avery has had tons of ear infections. She hasn't ever had a shot for it but usually gets anitbiotics.

bumpalumpa (julie) - Friday, 16 Sep
oh no. i hope tucker is better soon :o) Isobel walks well holding hands and alongside furniture but not quite got it on her own yet. she has a tooth now and decided to use it to split her lip when she fell on her face :o( poor thing. quite a bit of blood and a lot of tears but she got over it. she can stand on her own for a few seconds before dropping to her bum. i thinki she will love it when she can walk. :o)

memedawn - Friday, 16 Sep
rjbrown I hope your LO gets feeling better too. Avery has had vaccinations for rotavirus...did your tucker ever get them?

britta06 - Friday, 16 Sep
New mamaof3- That's great, glad she has gotten her teeth in & that she is walking. Bennett is walking now too, but with that comes a lot of falls... RJBROWN- AHH, I hope Tucker feels better soon, it's the worst when they are sick and we can't do anything about it.

newmamaof3 - Thursday, 15 Sep
WOW.... I haven't been on in a while. Emma finally has teeth and she is full blown walking!! Yeah.... Hope all is well and I'll check back soon.

numerouno1 - Thursday, 15 Sep
My daughter is gonna be 11 months old tomorrow its so crazy she is growing up so fast

spelfrey (Shauna) - Monday, 12 Sep
I wonder sometimes if I will ever feel rested again. Not looking like it.

memedawn - Friday, 9 Sep
I could have two parties and will probably end up doing that it is more of the eating of the birthday cake thing. I wanted to save that part particularly for the actual birthday day. On another note, Avery only got up at 11, 2:30, and 5:00 last night which is amazing for her. I think her top two teeth have finally come in! I am thankful for the rest since I think I have her walking pneumonia and feel terrible plus I have to work an event tomorrow (i usually get saturdays off) from 5:30 - midnight

mrs.error08 - Thursday, 8 Sep
I dnt think that makes u selfish at all. You should have your baby's party when you want it.

affrikka - Thursday, 8 Sep
memedawn- cant you have 2 parties?

memedawn - Wednesday, 7 Sep
We are going to have some kind of party for Avery when she turns one. It probably won't have a theme but I will probably invite some daycare kids over and some people from church who have babies around the same age. We don't have any family close otherwise they would be here of course. There is one problem with this though, my in-laws are coming the weekend before and even though they have not come right out and said it I think they want me to hold her party the weekend before. Normally I wouldn't care, but since it is her first birthday I really want to hold it the day of her actual birth. Especially since I already took the day off work. does that make me selfish?

mrs.error08 - Tuesday, 6 Sep
We don't have much room either but we usually invite all of DH family over and have a party for birthdays but this year things haven't been great between me and some of his family. I was thinking about still doing a party but not inviting his mom, stepdad, or sister since we are not on speaking terms and things are very tense at the moment and just invite his 2 uncles and aunt and their families but they're not really even involved that much with my kids. So I was thinking of just doing a little party with the 4 of us. Like still do some decorations and cake and presents but not all the people. But I kind of feel guilty because Amiya won't have the same kind of 1st birthday my son did. If we were home (where I'm from and all my family is) it would be much different and I wouldn't have to worry about that at all. But hopefully we can get this separation and custody arrangement under way before their birthdays so I can be back home before then. Because if not I know we'll celebrate someway but just not sure how yet

1sttimemommy : ) - Monday, 5 Sep
We got Emma a push toy/walking toy and she loves it. She does so good with it. She practically runs while pushing that thing. We had to get it because she was using my little brothers dump truck to push and get around with. Well she fell and it popped up and hit her in the face. She had a bruise under her eye and I felt horrible :( I can't stand it when she gets hurt. She is so funny she can communicate her wants to me already by her facial expressions and gestures and the sounds she makesand she is already asking for stuff when we go shopping lol

Lexyizluvinherbbbump - Monday, 5 Sep
Ms.error08 I completely agree at this aged they really dont know the difference so I always try to be more patient with her..shes just so advance it seems to me...she knows how to takes the socket safteys right out the wall so fast and she can reach the stove knobs and turn them right on..shes really tall everyone says she looks like she's going on 2...lol...so its like after about the third time I pop her hands..more like a tap really..her feelings get hurt more so and she wont bother thoes things again...well for that day...i think Im just gonna have to get some saftey gates so she'll just have a designated play spot which i know is gonna drive her crazy...she hates the car seat, she doesnt even like to be held..so I dont know...just learning day by day...i hate making her feel bad...but I won't let her think she's runs the show and can do what she wants..she's very smart so im sure shes gonna test her limits with me...Scaredgift, when shes does things now that scare me as im walking over to her saying NO.she starts laughing and runs from me...and then all I can do is laugh...uhhh this mommy business is no joke...lol...i live in an apartment with a nice size living room..its bare now do too alot of things getting broken..i should of did it as soon as she started crawling..every other room has all the things she can get into..and its outlets everywhere so...shes even knows how to take the saftey first cabinet locks off...so of course I close ever door..thank god she doesnt know how to open them YET...she even knows how to climb the stairs I dont know how..we dont even have.steps...i think once I get a bigger place which should be soon..it will be better..she really needs her own space...i was even thinking to take everything out her room that's not mounted to the wall and her crib so she can have that space to play...shes just one busy mama, im sure where ALL experiencing it..until then ill will be doing whatever I have to keep her safe and out of danger until she has her own play room....taking it a day at a time and trying to be very patient even when she scares me half to death..thankx for the feedback ladies

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