Nine Months

Nine months. Two hundred seventy-three days. Three quarters of the way to a year.

Wow.

We go for his first appointment with his new doctor in a couple of days, so I will have official stats in that follow-up post later in the week. In the meantime, here’s what I want to remember about this past month:

• His eating and sleeping schedule is still the same, although in the past couple of days he hasn’t been drinking quite as much formula. (No idea why, but he has made progress with taking a sippy cup during his lunchtime feeding.) And he’s been waking up a couple of times at night (but settles himself very quickly) and has also decided to wake up for the day between 5 and 5:30. Kenny and I are not amused. I hope he goes back to normal soon.
• He is so good at crawling now and he is pulling up all the time. He loves to stand. He’s also starting to inch his way around things while standing. His balance is improving every day.
• He is getting very squirmy on the changing table, which is a real challenge sometimes. Toys are no longer a helpful distraction.
• He’s doing a lot of head shaking these days, although it has slowed down a bit. I really do wonder what goes on inside that head of his sometimes.
• He babbles all the time now, making a myriad of sounds, and he still mimics us every now and then.
• He’s getting a little bored with his play area, so I’m going to have to come up with something different than what has been our routine for the past few months.
• He continues to love outside time, although the warmer temperatures are not fun. (I have taken him in the swimming pool; the full post of that should be coming up soon.) He also can’t get enough of the leaves, pine needles, and twigs in the yard.
• He is starting to get a little shy around people he doesn’t know really well, but not too bad yet. He does sometimes reach for mommy or daddy if in another’s arms.
• And, last but not least, while Kenny and I were taking trips back and forth to the house to pack everything up, he managed to sprout his very first tooth. Right before he turned nine months. Maybe that’s why he hadn’t been sleeping as great…..

He is such a sweet, sweet boy, and it’s so fun to watch his personality emerge. We love him so much!