Luke: 11 Months

Height: 30 in.

Weight: 18 lbs.

This month's pictures are not very good quality...but I was already a couple weeks late taking them, we were running late to get somewhere, Luke is always moving and Peter wanted to be in every picture...so this is the best I could do. Such is real life. 

At 11 months, Luke wears a size 3 diaper, has 8 teeth, and fits in 12 month clothing, though all his pants fall off him because he's soo stinking skinny, like his big brother. I had Peter in cloth diapers at this age and I realize now that the pants fit him better because of the bulky diapers.  

Luke took his second airplane trip this month when we went to Texas for Kory's brother's wedding. Despite starting our day at 3:45 a.m., he didn't nap at all on the flights there. He did really well, though, and finally slept on the car ride from the airport to the hotel. I was able to get him to sleep on the flights home by walking/bouncing him in the Ergo. 

He was sleeping 10-12 hours (uninterrupted) before this trip, but that definitely changed. He's back to waking up at least 2-3 times per night now. I don't want to go to the trouble of sleep training again, because Kory's parents are going to be here soon and his sleep will be messed with again. (The guest bed is in Luke's room so he'll be in a pack and play in our room while they're here.)

Luke finally started drinking water from a cup this month! This gives me hope that he can just skip the bottle and start drinking cow's milk from a cup after he turns a year old.

His favorite foods are bananas, Cheerios, Veggie Straws, and anything in a pouch (applesauce, pureed fruits and veggies). He's not nursing as much in the day but it's probably because he's filling up by nursing all night long. I'm so tired and ready to sleep all night, but he's so cuddly at night that it's almost worth waking up so much.

If Peter is taking a nap in his crib and Luke is awake, Luke will go crawling into Peter's room (his door won't latch shut) and wake him up. It's happened several times now and while I think it's cute that he's going to find his brother, I don't love that Peter won't go back to sleep once he's woken up. They've been napping at the same time for a while, but right now, it seems that Luke wakes up just as it's time for Peter to go down for his nap. 

Luke is definitely in "destruction mode" these days. He LOVES to empty a drawer or cabinet or laundry basket. Thankfully, his big brother is really good at cleaning up and doesn't complain (yet) when he has to put everything back that Luke took out. I don't dress them alike on purpose very often, but when Peter sees what Luke is wearing, he often asks to wear his own orange shirt or whatever he has that might be similar to Luke's outfit. I really love seeing the love between these two brothers grow.