Reed at 11 months

Our little chubby monkey is just about the happiest little guy I have ever met. He thinks his brothers are endlessly entertaining, and he is delighted by most everything in the world around him. At the mall he grins at every shopper and salesperson. He stares at the overhead lights, the displays, and the merchandise. When put on the floor he happily slithers around checking out all of his brothers' toys. It is funny that we have so many baby toys that Theo and Beckett truly enjoyed as babies, and many of which Reed himself found captivating when all he could do was sit in one place or lay on his back. He loves his baths but is increasingly annoying to his brothers (and takes up more room in the tub) so he's taking more baths solo. He loves reading short board books (absolute favorite is Everywhere Babies) and will sit with his brothers when we read their books, but mostly so he can stare at his brothers. Reed eats about everything and we've all but given up spoon-feeding him anything except usually yogurt for breakfast along with his cheerios. Other than that, he usually feeds himself whatever we're eating. He's a bottomless pit when it comes to strawberries and raspberries, at least at the moment, and he'll regularly eat a half an avocado, cut up. He has a double ear infection so he's not sleeping great these days but he's usually a great little sleeper, reliably sleeping an hour or two in the morning and and hour in the afternoon, and then 7pm -6:30am with one wakeup to nurse. He absolutely loves snuggles and cuddles and hugs and kisses.