11 Months Old

As usual, I can't believe how fast the time has gone...Simon is 11 months, that's almost a year old!

He has spent the last month crawling around like crazy, pulling up on everything he can get his hands on and is starting to "cruise", or use furniture to walk a bit.

He is still mostly a happy guy, but has started to show some separation anxiety. He cries if we try to put him in an exersaucer or pack-n-play and bedtimes and naptimes have been difficult this past week. We are usually able to walk out of the room after singing his lullaby and he will eventually put himself to sleep. But now he starts screaming at the top of his lungs when we try to leave and stands up in his crib crying, jumping and screaming. It's heartbreaking.

So we started a modified cry-it-out routine last night. We let him cry for 5 minutes, go back in to console and calm him. If he starts again, it's 10 minutes, then a visit, etc. The first night he cried through the 5, 10 and 15 minute segments...it was so hard to listen to but there really isn't anything else we can do.

The good news is that tonight he only cried for the 5 minutes and then went to sleep after Matt went in to check on him. So hopefully we will be through this phase before too long.

That's all for now, we are gearing up for Simon's party and birthday, and soon after he will start daycare! More on that soon...

Happy 11 months Simon! We love you so much!