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Your baby is getting ready to take his first steps! He can stand on his own and if you hold onto his hands, he will walk. He does a good job of bending, squatting, stooping and getting back to a standing position. You might be able to tell if he is going to be right or lefthanded.

Your baby knows that people and objects have names. Expand her vocabulary by continuing to read, sing and talk to her. If you laugh at something your baby does, she will do it again. She will imitate everything that you do. She sees an expression on your face and will mimic it. She is learning what animals and people do. If she sees a cat ot dog, she will meow and bark. If your baby knows that you are dissapointed or upset with her, she will hide from you.

Each baby is different and develops at different paces. Just because your first child walked at 11 months, does not mean this child will. If you are concerned about your child's development, speak to his doctor. Remember that the more you interact and guide him, the more he will develop. If your baby gets frustrated when trying to do something new, don't push him. This will cause him to get frustrated and he will lose self confidence.

Show your child what you expect out of him. Realistic expectations will help your child follow directions better. She is still learning what is acceptable and what is not, and it is your job to guide her. Avoiding situations where you have to constantly redirect your baby will make it easier on you and him both. Love, attention and affection are all part of effective discipline. Always remember to praise your child when you see her being appropriate.

Toys that are good for this age are: books, push toys, ride on toys, balls, stacking rings, simple puzzles, telephones, puppets, large cars and trucks, shape boxes, pegboards and pegs, linking toys, large blocks, toys with textures, noisy toys, dolls and stuffed animals. Pretend play toys are also appropriate. Dress up clothes, hats and pretend foods are all good for little learners.

Your child is probably eating a wide variety of foods at this point. She is also getting better control of using a spoon, although alot still ends up in the floor. Although she is still nursing or being bottle-fed formula, she should be drinking juice or water from a cup. Remember to offer her a wide variety of nutritional foods. Establishing healthy eating habits now will go along ways in the future.

Developmental Milestones 11 Months Old

Physical

• Walks well by holding onto furniture
• Some babies take their first steps and some are walking well, while others will wait a bit longer
• Can stand alone

Intellectual

• Continues to learn about language and makes new sounds
• Uses pincer grasp well and can feed himself finger foods well
• Drinks well from a cup
• Says some one syllable words
• May say some two syllable words
• Enjoys outdoor activities
• Figures out how to get things he wants
• Is interested in colors and shapes
• Can scribble

Emotional

• Talk to you in conversational gibberish and wants you to respond
• Likes your applause
• Begins to test authority more
• Does not like to be held as much-she wants to play and explore

Age Appropriate Toys

• Crayons and paper for scribbling
• Colored and textured toys
• Toys with shapes
• Toys to bang
• Talking toys
• Push toys
• Some babies like ride on toys
• Blocks and stacking toys
• Bath toys
• Toys that require pretend play
• Toys that offer instant gratification
• Pop up toys
• Sorting toys

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anotheryummymummy - Saturday, 7 Nov
Angie I wouldn't worry, mine still doesn't crawl...according to the milestones he should have been doing that 4-5 months ago! He can stand alone quite well, but only when he's distracted and doesn't realise he's not holding on to something...as soon as he notices he has no support he either panics and lunges towards the nearest thing he can hold, or he shrieks until I come and 'rescue' him.

kirstykiteflyer - Saturday, 7 Nov
Could any of you give me any advice about feeding more grown up food? Rosalie enjoys eating what we eat chopped up small (but not mushed) but I'm still giving her mostly baby food as I don't know what to do about feeding her meat. Can they eat meat in little pieces at this age? She's fine with fish and chomps her way happily through all kinds of veggies, but I know she needs meat for iron and I'm hesitating.

kirstykiteflyer - Saturday, 7 Nov
We're having an 'at home' birthday as well. My family are coming round for lunch and presents and cake, then we're going to Martin's parents later in the day for more of the same, so I've got to make 2 birthday cakes! We've got quite big families and can't fit everyone in our house, so that's why we're splitting it. Also don't want to overwhelm Rosalie, as after all she won't have a clue what's going on. We were thinking about just the three of us going to the zoo as well, I think she'd like it, she certainly enjoyed the aquarium.

Angie- - Saturday, 7 Nov
just reading thru what baby should be doing: Aniyah has not stood on her own. Is everyone's lo standing?

Angie- - Saturday, 7 Nov
I came on here to ask that same question Irish. Im having a hard time deciding where to throw Aniyah's. Weve counted 20+ kids...and thats just her cousins

anotheryummymummy - Saturday, 7 Nov
Lol you mums put me to shame....all we are doing for Harrison's birthday is party snacks and cake in our flat....and most of the guests are our adult friends who don't have kids yet. We well however take him to the zoo as a family only thing the day after....he loves animals (although he kicked the cat today....am presuming that was a misplaced sign of affection :S). Hope you're all having good weekends....we're recovering from a throat infection and fever of 39.7....think we're over the worst though x

isaacs-mama - Friday, 6 Nov
Isaac will be one next Sunday and I cant believe it! We are having his birthday at a farm park, with an indoor soft play area. Its fun cos they provide the food and party bags and a guided tour of the farm with handling sessions...then we can stay as long as we want and use the farm and soft play. I am making his cake and farm themed cup cakes. His birthday gifts are mainly farm themed too, to tie in - a little ride on tractor, fisher price little people farm, 3/4 farm books, and farm animal pj's! We also got him a 7-in-1 trekker cos it was on sale and we loved it. We have 10 kids between 9 months and 6 years coming plus 22 adults (all family) I just cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

felicia marie - Friday, 6 Nov
We are having Arianna's 1st birthday at her aunts house (4,000 square foot home) and we are having about 50 guests. The party will be on Saturday the 14th (her bday is the 16th). The theme is ladybugs and her aunts makes costumes (the ones with tutus) so she's going to wear a ladybug costume. Arianna has been walking alot now! she takes off on her own and can walk across the room without falling!

stacy313 - Friday, 6 Nov
Well Destiny is in a mood today! She lasted a whole 2 hours before needing to lay down for a nap!

gladek - Friday, 6 Nov
irishbabyfactory-the contractions when first breastfeeding are just your uterus shrinking back to size. Breastfeeding signals your body to do that, and it happens much faster than for a non-breastfeeder. Its painful, but supposedly much healther for your body to get your uterus back to size quickly.

gladek - Friday, 6 Nov
Shaunadear- We feel the same way. Kids get enough TV out of the car, so we dont allow it in the car. My MIL had a fit when I told her, but now understands. We sing, play games, and talk about the scenery while in the car.

ShaunaDear - Thursday, 5 Nov
I don;t really agree with having kids watch movies while in the car. They need to look around and enjoy the ride and sights. There is plenty of things to be amazed at :)

stacy313 - Thursday, 5 Nov
About the birthday party......I am havin DestinyJo's at the skatin ring. All the kids are way older and skate so I am tryin to make sure her guest have a blast. She likes all the music and lights. Plus I have been workin at our ring part time and I get the party room for free! I am going all out, this will be my last first birthday. I really regret getting my tubes tied! But we have 5 now so I do feel very blessed

stacy313 - Thursday, 5 Nov
Well its been along time since I have been on here. DestinyJo is now 11 months old and finally crawling. And she went from a size 2 diaper and is now in a 3. I feel like my baby is growin up over night. She isnt pullin up on anything yet and we still havent lowered her crib. But she still cant sit herself up by herself just yet but she is really trying hard. She is finally rolling over and she hasnt had a siezure in awhile. I really hope she grows out of those!

irishbabyfactory - Thursday, 5 Nov
What are all of your birthday plans? I am not really sure what I should do for Finnley's party.

irishbabyfactory - Thursday, 5 Nov
O.K. - with all the talk about BF I just want to mention one thing. I slightly remember this with my 1st born, but with each successive baby it was worse. Anyway, the first few days I BF'd I would have major contractions. I couldn't even sit up right when Finnley would eat when she was a newborn. Now of course, there is no problem. Except that I would love to wean her, but she will NOT have it! In fact she wakes up every single day at 4, 5 and 6 to breastfeed. She just wants a little snack. It seems like she uses me as her pacifier at that time. Does anyone else still wake up with their baby at least once a night?

River - Thursday, 5 Nov
I think we will get Riley a toddler trampoline! They are kind of similar to an excercise trampoline but have a bar that they can hold on to and bounce. I friend of mine has one and Riley absolutely loves it.

kirstykiteflyer - Thursday, 5 Nov
We've bought Rosalie a wheelybug for her birthday, we saw them in a shop months ago and there were littluns zooming around all over the place on them. Looked like fun so we bought her the tiger one. She's also crazy about her cousin's wooden rocking horse, so I'm going to see if I can find one similar for Christmas. And a bouncing tigger that sings the tigger song, she loves tigger and starts bouncing whenever she sees a picture of him!

knisley - Thursday, 5 Nov
What is everyone getting there LO's for Christmas????I need some ideas!!!!!! And she has a birthday 4 days after Christmas so i need a lot of ideas.....We do want to get her a DVD player for the car, Does that sound like a good idea for one of her gifts?????

readyfornumber2 - Thursday, 5 Nov
I wish you ladies had been around the first couple weeks Noah was home. I never produced. They don't know why but Noah was pretty much a bottle baby from get go and I remember a lot of women lecturing me on not trying harder or just giving up too easily. It really hurt my feelings and for the first 8 weeks of Noah's life I stopped using the site. I lost touch with a lot of people I considered friends and missed out on talking to others about what Noah was doing or problems we were having. I noticed by month 3 many women were going back to work and quitting breastfeeding so it wasn't such an issue anymore so I came back. I've decided to try again with this pregnancy but if things work out like they did with Noah I think I am going to stand my ground a little bit more.

kirstykiteflyer - Thursday, 5 Nov
I'm so glad you've all said that about breastfeeding..I had an awful time trying to feed Rosalie, had horrendous damage and gave up after 8 days as I couldn't face going through that amount of pain for months on end, and I also had mastitis. I would rather have gone through labour again than face another day of feeding. In retrospect I think that I needed to use nipple shields to start with each time I fed to get the right shape for her to suckle...I started using them after 5 days but had too much damage by then for it to really help. The midwife told me afterwards that they are not supposed to recommend nipple shields, otherwise she would have told me to use them. I want to try to breastfeed again next time and it's good to have more realistic expectations...I thought at the time that I was just a freak who couldn't do it properly.

anotheryummymummy - Thursday, 5 Nov
The 'it only hurts if they're latching on wrong' thing is very bad.....it was said to me by all of the midwives I encountered, especially the male midwife who didn't have children. Worryingly its what's taught at medical school too. I have since questioned some midwives on why its said and I get vague slightly patronising answers like 'there's no benefit in us being a bottle feeding state' and 'we don't want to scare women'. If I'd been told it would hurt for at least the first few weeks I wouldn't have thought something was wrong, or worried that it would feel that bad for a full year. As it goes Harrison had health issues for which he ended up on a lactose and soya free formula, so I wouldn't have been able to continue past a few months anyhow, but its a real shame women aren't just given the facts and left to make a correctly informed choice.

readyfornumber2 - Thursday, 5 Nov
Noah is all about grabbing himself too. Sometimes I think doesn't that hurt???? I am going shopping Saturday for supplies for his party and I am so EXCITED!!! I cannot wait to see him try and open gifts for the first time or his reaction to cake. This is like Christmas to me!!!

hollie4liam - Thursday, 5 Nov
river-oakley is also always grabbing his willy and is fascinated by it. everytime i change him he grabs it straight away and has a silly grin on his face as if to say 'oh good its still there' lol is so cute and funny

hollie4liam - Thursday, 5 Nov
it really annoys me when people are told that if breastfeeding hurts you are doing it wrong. i am very pro-breastfeeding and have spoken to so many people in breastfeeding cafes where we live who BF all their kids and i have never come across anyone who said it was painless. I tell everybody that the first few weeks are tough but sooooo worth it. I'm with isaacs mama, i totally love BFing (still doing it), it is the best thing i have done for Oakley and i will definately be doing it, if i can, with my next children. i used the medala electric breast pump and it was brill, not painful and worked well.

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