Savannah's Ten Month Update!

We've reached double digit months old!

Savannah had her first experience as a competitor this month. She participated in the Diaper Derby race against four other babies at halftime of the George Mason University men's basketball game at the beginning of the month. The babies had to crawl from the foul line to half-court where one of their parents (mom) was waiting.

Savannah got off to a good start and was leading for much of the race, but right at the end she was distracted by one of the other parents cheering for their baby and another baby (the oldest one in the group) crossed half-court first. The race was sponsored by Virginia 529 so the winning baby received $529 in a Virginia 529 college savings account. Oh well, no college for Savannah ;)

Second place in the Diaper Derby

It may sound funny, but Savannah learned to lift her leg this month which has enabled her to become an expert stair climber! It happened on January 20th and once she did it once, it was like she had been doing it for months. Another milestone reached and another moment her parents wish she'd stop growing up so fast!

Savannah's eating was kind of all over the place this month since she was sick a few times and didn't feel like eating much when she was under the weather. She did decide this month that she doesn't like to be fed by anyone and would much prefer self-feeding. Most mornings start with a scrambled egg and veggies for breakfast and lunch is a mix of things including roasted veggies, deli turkey & cheese, or any other leftovers we have in the fridge. She typically eats the same dinner as us. Savannah's afternoon snack at school is usually fruit and she's been trying other foods served by the school at almost all her meals. The other day she tried the inside of a quesadilla and loved it!

Raspberries and banana pancakes! 

In addition to getting a big cold in the middle of the month, Savannah decided to bring the stomach bug home from school this month and all three of us were sick at the SAME EXACT TIME. Talk about miserable. It's bad enough to see your baby sick like that but even harder when you yourself are feeling so terrible. I'll spare you the details but somehow we all got through it and I hope we don't have to deal with another stomach bug like that for a looooooong time!

And that brings us to sleep which has not been the greatest. In fact, this was probably the worst month of sleep for Savannah ever. Holiday travel, a nine month sleep regression and two bouts of sickness have proven to be pretty significant disruptions to Savannah's nighttime sleep routine. She's been getting up one to two times a night and most of the  time she doesn't fall back to sleep easily.  This past week we even had a few nights in a row where she woke up in the middle of the night and it took 3 hours to get her to go back to sleep. Safe to say, we were all tired those couple days.  Now that she's healthy and we have no travel plans in the near future, Mom and Dad are going to give her another week or two to sort this whole sleep thing out before we start considering some sleep training.

Things we learned this month...

• Nothing is worse than a sick baby. Except maybe sick parents trying to take care of a sick baby.
• We can get rid of all the toys. All Savannah needs is the baby-gate.
• Even strangers at Whole Foods notice and comment how "engaged with the world" Savannah is.
• Babies don't always wake-up after they've gotten sick in their crib.