You are nine months old! Wow!! What a month! I can’t really believe it myself. I have to start thinking about your birthday party, soon. WHAT?! This has been a fun month for you. Your personality is really shining through and you are helmet-less! Woo hoo! Your helmet journey was short and sweet, blessedly. Now you can grab your ear effortlessly when you get tired and suck your thumb at the same time.
You went to spend a week at DD Nana and T-Pa’s this month. You did great, except you weren’t a terrific napper. You did sleep through the night though, so we’re really not complaining. You went to the lake where you were a trooper but you hated your life jacket. You don’t care if the boat is moving or just anchored somehwere—you prefer to be crawling up and down the boat regardless. You also really wanted to touch all of the buttons at the captain’s seat. You liked playing on the lily pad at the lake and floating in the water. You figured out how to make splashes with your hands and also in the bathtub by standing up and plopping your bottom back down. You thought that was hilarious.
You are starting to figure out that we’re giving you baby food and it seems you want the real people food instead. Except that you haven’t gotten past the gag reflex with the adult food. If it’s super, super tiny you can get it down but you can’t pick it up if it’s super tiny. And I’m not one to just stuff it in your mouth—so we’ll figure it out one day. Some days you’re a great eater and other days you are not. I think once you get past the gag reflex, it will be easier on us. You really liked trying lasagna and baked beans on your vacation. You’ve eaten some chicken and steak if it’s in miniscule pieces that happen to end up in your mouth.
I can’t leave you anywhere. You’re turning mischievous! You crawl constantly and always want to go where you shouldn’t. The stairs are a real danger right now. You’ll head towards them and look back with a big smile on your face because you know you aren’t supposed to be heading towards them. Then you’ll turn around and continue to the first step. Look back. Smile. Play a game of peak-a-boo with the banister. Then I’ll head your way and you will laugh and race up the stairs. Then I’ll pick you up and you’ll laugh all over again. I can see you are going to get into lots of trouble around here. If I can keep you in a room contained, you do better about playing independently and just observing what’s there.
You definitely use your mouth as a sensory tool. Everything and I mean everything must go in your mouth. This includes lake water. If you’re interested in it, it’s going in your mouth. You find everything on the floor and eat it. I’ve fished so much out of your mouth its ridiculous. Obviously I need to keep a cleaner house. Ha!
You are not walking and I’m still not sure you’re that interested in walking. I don’t think you have figured out the coordination of your legs moving. You are starting to balance yourself up on your knees, but you haven’t really started moving those legs once you’re standing up. You LOVE, LOVE to climb and stand. But, no walking. I think it may be a couple more months before you walk. You love that big brother though. You just crawl for him and his toys all the time. We’ve had lots of boo boo’s, too with you being mobile. You’ve face planted a few times and then you also had to adjust to a helmet-free life. That was a rough few days.
You have curly hair in the back just like mama. You’re also super tan thanks to all of your lake trips in Arkansas. I think you take after mom and my dad (and also Aunt Kirkie). You drool like crazy and I can see your top two teeth coming in as well as a third one on the bottom. Everything ends up wet that’s within your vicinity.
So, let’s see.. at 9 months you:
• Are always on the go! By way of crawling and exploring every nook and cranny you can find. You also like climbing the stairs (to mom’s chagrin)
• Eat 4 bottles a day at 6 ounces and food 3x a day. You love yogurt! That’s always a win for us.
• Weigh just under 19lbs at 18 lbs and 9 oz. Your 9-month well check is this week, so I’ll figure out how tall you are soon.
• Wear 6-12 month clothing and size 3 diapers.
• Suck your thumb and play with your ear all at the same time to soothe yourself.
• Love puffs, but anything bigger or harder you have a hard time swallowing.
• Have the sweetest laugh! You are ticklish on your tummy/rib cage and daddy can really get you going when he tickles you. You also laugh really hard when someone is chasing you.
• Enjoy chewing on EVERYTHING.
• Sleep from 8 to 8:30 on the weekends and we wake you up at 6:45 am during the work week. Take two naps on the weekend but still need three naps at school. We have to work on this during the school day to get you down to two naps because when you turn one you will only be able to have one nap a day!
• Say GA GA and MA MA. You aren’t saying “mama” asking for me, but just the sounds.
• Are a mischievous little booger! You know when you aren’t doing something right, but you do it anyway with this goofy grin on your face and twinkle in your eye.
You are just getting so big!! We love you so much baby boy, always and forever.
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| Oh mom, I don't need to sit in the circle! |
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| We were blowing bubbles and this turned out pretty cool. |
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| Camp DD Nana & T-Pa |
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