10 Months

This is going to be short, as we've got a busy day tomorrow and I need to get to bed, but I don't want to forget to update about Grace's 10-month progress.

She isn't walking yet, but I still think she will before a year old. She is super mobile and into everything. She's learning the word no and doesn't like it! She is very determined, but also very sweet. She definately knows how to show affection.

Here are the stats:

By the end of the tenth month, your baby
...should be able to:
- stand holding on to someone or something
- pull to standing position from sitting
- object if you try to take a toy away
- say mama or dada indiscriminately (only mama)
- play peekaboo

...will probably be able to:
- get into a sitting position from stomach
- play patty-cake (clap hands) or wave bye-bye
- pick up tiny object with any part of thumb and finger
- walk holding on to furniture (cruise)
- understand word "no" (but not always obey it)

...may possibly be able to:
- stand alone momentarily
- say dada or mama discriminately

...may even be able to:
- indicate wants in ways other than crying
- "play ball" (roll ball back to you)
- drink from a cup independently
- pick up a tiny object neatly with tips of thumb and forefinger
- stand alone well
- use immature jargoning (gibberish thta sounds like baby is talking in a made up foreign language
- say one word other than mama or dada
- respond to a one-step command with gesture (give that to me - with hand out)
- walk well