Kyle, you are 9 months old today! At 9 months, you are so much different than at 8 months. You're turning into a little boy before our very eyes; a sweet, determined, funny, handsome boy!
Here's some facts about you at 9 mos:
- At your 9 month check up you weighed 22 lbs, 4 oz and were 29.5 inches long.
- You pull yourself up on anything and everything and walk along the couch and furniture.
- You are an expert crawler and getting faster every day!
- You love to crawl to any cord you see and pull. Trouble! We still have some serious baby proofing to do.
- You also love to close doors.
- You sit in the shopping cart like a big boy (see above). You're really good until the end of our shopping trip, when you try and stand up, crawl out and grab everything in sight.
- You are such a good eater. You eat all veggies and fruits I give you, except eggplant - which is so gross anyway. You also aren't a huge fan of asparagus, but you'll eat it mixed with banana or apple.
- Your diet includes pureed: broccoli, zucchini, squash (yellow and butternut), green beans, yams, banana, apple, pear, peas, carrots, cauliflower, oatmeal, avocado, asparagus. I'm still making your food, which is time consuming but still pretty fun.
- You just started eating puffs and you're already good at picking them up and getting them in your mouth. You like to chew them with your front teeth :) Once you've mastered puffs, we'll move on to Cheerios and then soft steamed veggie pieces.
- Speaking of teeth, you now have 7! Your teeth are coming in left and right, all over the place. Right now you have 4 on the top and 3 on the bottom.
- You're still nursing every time you wake up, and right before bed.
- Your bed time is 8 pm and you usually go down without a fight. You wake up around 7 or 7:30 am. Daddy gets you up, changes you and brings you to bed for some morning snuggle time with Mama.
- You're still taking 2 naps a day: around 10 am and then at 3 pm - both unpredictably range from 1-2.5 hrs. You really wear yourself out now that you're crawling and standing/pulling yourself up all day long.
- You are talking so much. You say "baba" "lala" "mama" (although you don't know what you're saying yet) "aaaa" and you just started screaming. You open your mouth and eyes really wide - it's so hilarious.
- Your favorite book is "Where is Baby's Belly Button?" You love to pull the flaps and turn the pages before mom and dad are done reading them.
- You love the animal sounds. Oink oink and ribbit ribbit make you laugh the most.
- You get so mad when we change your diaper - which is all day, every day. Sometimes when I sing the Sesame Street song it makes you forget how mad you are.
Your doctor said babies usually start walking 2-3 months after they pull themselves up... so it looks like you'll really be getting around the house sooner than later! Only 2 more of these updates before I have a 1-year-old boy. Hard to believe!
