Erica started her 10th month with a cold.  Poor kid was a sniffling snot machine.  Her nose was so raw that she started to shake her head and complain if she saw you reach for a kleenex.

This month has been a very interesting month.  Her hair is finally starting to thicken, she’s vocalizing and repeating sounds a lot more.  Ma Ma, Da Da, Ca(t), etc.  She can certainly make the sounds, but we’re not sure if she’s associating them with the proper object/person yet. 

No signs or interest in crawling or walking yet.  She’s lazy that way, but she’s definitely developing in other ways.  Manipulating objects, doing the Vulcan hand pose- like the one Spock uses when figuring out a complex logic problem, mastering various jump styles on the jolly jumper, following along as you read a book to her, eating cheerios/mum-mums, giggling at the cats, drinking from a normal cup, and her favorite- flicking water from her sippy cup straw. 

It was at Lauren’s one month dinner when I first saw her do this.  She has a sippy cup with a flexible straw.  She takes her finger, and flicks the straw so water flings up to 5 feet away.  When the straw is empty, she would suck up enough water to fill the straw, flick it until it’s empty, then reload.  Soon her face was dripping, and she was having almost as much fun as bath time.