11 Months

Bambino Stats

Height/length - I'm guessing somewhere between 28" to 31"?

Weight - A solid 20 lbs

Teeth - Six with two on their way

Current Health - Teething and a cold (which was onset by the teething)

Favorite Foods - Grilled Miso Salmon, anything chicken, tofu, Gerber Puffs, fresh bananas, mangoes, and papayas, green beans, squash, white rice (he's learning to like the brown rise texture) and popsicles.

Motor Skills - (Gross) Crawling, cruising, walks with push toy, and takes steps at the babysitters but not with me. (Fine) Point, pinch, wave, pull and well my nipples would say that he's got a strong bite - even though he's no longer nursing....yep he's a biter.

Breastmilk vs. Formula - Completely off the boob. The lactating ladies went out of business when he was 6 months but we still snuck in a few nursing sessions when nothing else would console him. He likes his formula nice and warm - but will tolerate cold milk when he's at the beach.

Words - Hi, mama, ball, butt (but he means book).

Favorite things to do - Going for walks with Aunty Amber and his girlfriend Delyla, jogging with mama, being tickled, laughing, banging things on the sliding doors (actually anything), looking at himself in the mirror, swiming with mama at Ko'olina, eating, eating, eating, going to Aunty Roses house (his babysitter) and playing with his daycare friends, hanging out with Uncle Lou and Uncle Eloy, listening to mama sing, listening to music (especially the Gilmore Girls theme song), bathing, taking off his clothes and leaving them on his head like a hat, watching Baby Einstein, trying to take mama's camera out of her hand when she's taking pictures, getting his picture taken, snuggle, looking at books and giving them to mama to read and eating, eating, eating (especially whatever mama's eating or whatever he finds on the ground or floor).

And in one month he'll be ONE.

P.S. Old Goat & Tutu this is the video I've been trying to send you the past few weeks. Love.

Bambino Sounds

This evening while playing with his old Gerber Puff container he discovered that his voice echoes when he "talks" into it.

Can I get a witness?



I wish I could've caught him on film when he was making that sound non-stop for 5 minutes but I didn't get that thought into my head until at the very end of his fun with the echo. It was adorable because I started making sounds into the container and then put it up against his mouth and he would micmic me. He's a freaking genius that baby. I'm also convinced that he knows he's a goofball.

Sometimes that thought of Infant World Domination pops into my head because babies are freakin' too smart for me.

Oh and we're still experiencing some spit up. We keep it classy around here.

Goofy Bambino

I had no idea that babies were able to develop a sense of humor so soon! I usually take the Bambino out of his clothes when we get home from somewhere so he can cool off and be free. He decided to use his onsie as a toy and place it on his head. What surprised me was that he was gettin' a kick out of putting it on his head, taking it off his head....he was being a real goof ball and he knew it! When I caught him doing this he looked up at me and gave me the, "What? I just found a better way to wear my clothes! You're just jealous."

He cracks me up.

Time to take off the hat now. It was fun while it lasted.


A little sweetness (and sweatiness). I just thought this was a little too precious to not post.

The Clapping Bambino!

The Clapping Bambino!
Originally uploaded by RestlessMama

Here's the Bambino clapping on request - and trying to say "hi." He's sooooooooooo stinkin' cute I sometimes can't even deal.

Watching videos and looking at his photos are what get me through those long or tough days at work.

What do you do to stay level headed through your days?