11 months

We've officially entered the independent discovery stage.   Awesome and scary all at once, but the separation anxiety has lessened greatly, so overall a good change!  And along with that, Colton is finally back to sleeping through the night on a regular basis.   I was really beginning to worry that was going to be a permanent change.

While we haven't had any big developmental milestones this month, Colton is very busy learning all kinds of smaller things.  He mastered dumping things out somewhere around 9-10 months, but now he likes to put things into cups, buckets, and bowls (including the toilet if the lid is up...oops).  He will also follow simple intructions, or at least attempt to.  If I point to a hole in the lid of his shapes box, he will attempt to put the block thsrough that hole.   If there aren't any strangers present, saying "clap, clap, clap" will usually get him to clap, and he does it on his own all the time.  We are still working on waving hello and goodbye.