10 Months Old

No pictures of poor Mr. Dylan today as he's still sick and sniffly. As is our tradition, this morning we read in our Italian baby book and our English baby book what Dylan is "supposed to be doing" this month. Interestingly, the Italian book says that the phrase "da da" means "dammi," or "give me." Dylan says "da da" a lot but still does not say "papà." Though sometimes it seem as he refers to Cristiano as "da da" even though we rarely call him "daddy" so we are a bit confused. I guess time will tell. He already does everything the books list as ten-month skills and has many of the month 11 and month 12 skills mastered as well. I'm his mother - of course, I would have to point that out! Speaking of being "la mamma," I've always found Italian men's attachment to their mothers a little odd, but now that I'm mother to a (half Italian) boy, it seems, well, kind of sweet, right? Check out the video where the woman who co-wrote He's Just Not That Into You went around the world to find out what dating was like in other countries! In Italy, men seem to be more attached to their mothers than anything else. So hear that future potential girlfriends of Il Dylan!