Happy 9 months...a couple days late!
(note that thigh roll!)
This girl and her monthly photos...
She does not like to smile for them, even when she is in a good mood!
It's like she's thinking,
"Why are you putting me on my back and stopping me from rolling over?
I just want to move around and grab that sign Mom."
Therefore, I had to post some "outtakes"; because it's real life!
Size: Still wearing size 4 diaper - her thighs are impressive! Clothes are ranging in size from 9-18 month. Several 9 month onesies and dresses are getting too small; or are already. Her 9 month well check is the 15th and I'll update post with her stats after then.
UPDATE: 19.25 lbs and 28.1"
Eating: New foods we introduced this past month were rice cereal, multi grain cereal, chicken, turkey, corn, spinach, peas, blueberry, strawberry, pineapple, yogurt melts and we brought back carrots, which seem to be sitting fine with her (they seemed to make her spit up more last time we gave them to her). She wasn't a huge fan of rice cereal for very long and she mostly just wants to look/play with the yogurt melts in her hand/fingers. Every other food she takes to great! I will start to do chunkier foods soon. She's had a cold and I can tell she wouldn't be too open to trying that yet. Her first (bottom) tooth came through however! I'm still nursing 4 times a day and she's getting 3 solid meals in a day. (I'm going to continue nursing till she's around age 1.)
Sleep: She wakes on average around 6:15am. First nap is around 8:15am, lasting about 1.5 hours on average. Second nap is at 1/1:15pm, lasting about a 1.5-2 hours. Bedtime is 6:45pm. It doesn't take her long at all to fall asleep most days. In the morning she'll sometimes wake in the 4 or 5am time frame - she really doesn't like a big wet diaper or a poopy diaper (don't blame her), but we'll give her a little to fall back asleep. If she doesn't, we'll do a quick diaper change, put her back down and won't officially get her up till 6am or thereafter.
Milestones/Accomplishments:
- First tooth came through February 15th. There's another one that hasn't come through gums just yet, but it's right under the surface. (Ellie didn't get her first teeth till she was 1, so it's been interesting dealing with it at an earlier age. It didn't even phase Ellie.)
- Pulling herself up to standing. Started February 20th
- Free standing for up to 5 seconds on own, after letting go of something. Started March 1st
- Reaching up for you when you go to pick her up
Likes:
- Ellie "wrestling"/tickling her
- "Playing" with Ellie and her toys
- Sticking her tongue out and rubbing her tooth/gums with it
- Clutching her gums together and blowing air out - new sounds are fun with her new tooth
- Chewing on everything, and drooling on it
- Babies - real and play babies
Dislikes:
- Dogs. She's only been around them a handful of times, but each time she kind of shakes and then fusses/cries
- Being dropped off at the church nursery. She has pouted/cried for a brief moment when we stand at the door and hand her off, then she's fine
- Teething. It has affected her sleep some and she has gotten a little fussy and clingy at times
Additional things I want to remember: I kept forgetting to make note (for the past 8 months) that she has a splotchy birth mark in her hairline, on her neck. Had her first little bang trim March 2nd, which actually made me a little sad (even though it wasn't a full hair cut, still got me for some reason!). Ellie gave her the nickname Paigey. I love it when she crawls to find us in the other room, if we left her for a moment. Her soft skin. Feisty personality.
