I have been seriously neglecting my blog! A little update on my sweet baby Gryf:
He has 4 precious little baby teeth, the 4th of which is being stubborn and keeps dissappearing into his swollen gums. He is a crawling MANIAC! He is everywhere all the time. He even wakes up in the middle of the night and tries to crawl across the bed. He turned 10 months old this past sunday and seems like such a big boy now. He is more like a little kid and less like a baby everyday. He pulls up on everything and has started to try to stand up without holding on to anything. We have good days and bad days when it comes to eating though. If his teeth are bothering him he just wants to nurse but if we are lucky and get a pain free day, he eats like a champ! We have gone the Baby Led Weaning route with solid foods, so he gets small chunks of whatever we are eating, and he loves to feed himself. He wants nothing to do with being fed from a spoon! I do keep some organic baby food puree's around just to amp up his fruit and veggie intake. I buy the Happy Baby and Plum brand organic pouch food and snack puffs only, no GMO's for my baby boy. Gryffin is also turning into a little talker. He jibber-jabbers all day long, and usually ends his stories with "da-da-da-da-da-DY!" like his is telling me something about his Daddy :)
In other news, I may be going back to work soon! I am really excited and really nervous about it. I planned to stay home with Gryffin for his first year. I think it is so important to develope a secure bond and attachment, and the first year of a baby's life is SO important, who better to see them through it than mama? Well, we are approaching Gryffin's birthday pretty quickly so I am looking into opportunities to go to work. I am so thankful that I have such an amazing husband who has worked so hard to make it possible for me to spend this year with Gryffin. It is also very comforting to know that financially, me working isn't necessary. So I dont have to feel rushed to find something. But, Gryffin and I are bored and a little stir crazy. I'm ready to get up and going everyday and I know he is ready for a change of scenery. He loves to play with other kids, so I know he will really enjoy the interaction with the other babies at the daycare we have lined up for him. I am really happy with who is going to be keeping him, and so grateful that he won't have to go to a big "school" type center, that is just not for us.
I am also really happy to report that we are still nursing away! I dont think Gryffin will be near ready to wean at a year old, which is fine, but I am starting to introduce milk to him throughout the day now. He doesn't drink from a bottle at all anymore and hasnt taken a paci since he was 4 months old, so we dont have those habits to worry about breaking (thank goodness!). He drinks really really well from a straw cup, he has no use for regular sippy cups. Also, we only give him water to drink. There is zero need for him to drink anything besides breastmilk and water. I dont understand why so many people think there is any reason to give a child juice. It is much healthier to give the actual fruit rather than the juice, which is loaded with sugar and who knows what other junk (several reports of high Arsenic contamination in juices lately). We definitely try our very best to give Gryffin only healthy food that will establish healthy eating habits. I hate when I see a toddler snacking on a Little Debbie cake and juice/sweet tea/ soda. That is not doing anything but setting everyone up for a fight later. You can't give your kids that junk to eat and then wonder why they wont drink water or eat fruit later.
Gryffin is waking up from his nap now, so Mama's gotta go!
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