Likes: Eating solids, playing with Daddy’s office chair, pulling up at the front window, watching Mommy and Daddy brush their teeth
Dislikes: Wearing a bib for eating, being strapped in to the high chair for eating, having his own teeth brushed

Believe it or not, Johan’s age is now and for the next seven and a half years measured in double digit months! He is venturing further into solid foods, and greatly enjoyed the tofu that mommy gave him for lunch a few days ago. He might even be starting to realize that singing prayers at the Shabbat table means he’s getting challah! Yum!

He’s continuing to explore his environment, and we are definitely noticing more inklings of object permanence. He enjoys crawling up to the front window in our living room and banging on it, so if any local friends want to stop by our front porch and have a 10 month old bang on the window at you, Johan would be very excited. Johan has also gotten much better at letting himself down to the ground gently after pulling himself up to stand, and has developed a “running crawl” when he wants to get somewhere (often to play with the levers under Daddy’s office chair while Daddy is working) quickly.

Johan is someone who loves to bounce and he laughs frequently when being carried up or down stairs. He enjoys the new vantage point of his forward-facing stroller and has had fun crawling around in the park near our house on some recent nice days. His parents weren’t sure that the grass and dirt were the best place to try out his downward-dog yoga pose, but we suppose that once you’re getting rice and avocado in your hair sometimes, the dirt mixes in nicely.

At the encouragement of Aunt Lisa, Johan dressed up as a hot dog for Purim, with his parents accompanying him as ketchup and mustard. He is looking forward to visits from some vaccinated relatives in the coming weeks, and hopes his parents join the ever increasing ranks of vaccinated people soon.