Sylvie Harriet is 10 months!

Health and growth:

Sylvie now weights 16lbs, 6oz (8%) and stretches to 28.25 inches (63%) (for those interested, Elsie weighed 16.8lbs (8%) and stretched to 27.5 inches (35%) at this age).  She wears size 3 diapers (when she uses disposables), and mostly wears 6-12 month clothes and size 2 shoes.

Sylvie still wakes three or four times a night to eat, and consistently takes 1-2 naps a day, totaling about 2 hours. 

December was a tough month for Sylvie.  Sleep was severely impaired by teething and a lingering cold early in the month.  Despite getting the requisite two flu shots this fall, Sylvie came down with the flu after Christmas.  She was put on Tamiflu, only for us to discover (after only three days) that she has the first drug allergy in the family.  Luckily, it helped enough that she recovered quickly and without complication (her doc was worried she was getting pneumonia).  

Communication:

Words Sylvie says: Mama, Dada, mamama (milk)
Signs Sylvie does: good-bye and hello (waving), no (shaking head), "all done", yes (clapping)
Signs and words Sylvie understands: no, "sit down", bounce (jump)

Watch me grow:

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10 months

  

And just for fun, Elsie at 10 months:

10 months