Tessa at Ten Months

At ten months, Tessa:

• Claps for herself when she stands on her own for a while.
• Says mama and dada (indiscriminately).
• Plays peek-a-boo, although most of the time her hands are on her temples while she's "hiding."
• Prefers Norah's big girl sippy cup to her own.  This works because Norah prefers Tessa's sippy cup (she thinks she's getting away with something?).
• Took a step or two towards Aunt Kari at 9 months and 1 week and hasn't taken any steps unassisted since.
• Can sign "more" and definitely understands what the sign for milk means. Also understands the sign for brushing teeth.
• Loves to have her teeth brushed. If she's upset at the end of a meal we can buy a minute or two by signing "brush teeth."  She "sings" along with the ABC song we use to time tooth brushing.
• Eats books, not just an exploratory chomp either.
• Had her first trip to the ER. She's still getting the hang of standing on her own, and usually sits herself down nicely, but one of the few times she didn't her forehead found the corner of the wall.   Luckily it didn't need stitches, just some fancy glue and a bandage.
• Rode on the swing for the first time and loved it.
• Prefers any food she can feed to herself over anything from a spoon.  She's starting to have some table foods like rice, green beans, peas, and toast.

This was a few days after she hit her head, hence the bandage.  Even a few minutes after it happened she was more-or-less ok.

Tessa loves the swing. 

Silly cheese-ing girl. 

Standing by the fish tank. 

Tessa loves to help feed herself.

She is ten months old already?

Here's Norah's ten month post.