Nine months!
- Boyd's 9 month appointment is scheduled for December 4th. They'll do the normal rundown on him: height, weight, head circumference, milestones, etc. No immunizations this time, thank goodness! It's pretty tough to see the little guy get pricked and be so upset.
- He's eating larger quantities of sold foods, as well as picking up Puffs and gnawing on them. New foods: baby yogurt and salmon - both of which he loves.
- I may have my mom try giving him his milk via cup instead of bottle. He drank a little water yesterday out of my cup and did pretty well.
- He sometimes makes a clicking noise with his mouth - wonder if it's a product of the new teeth?
- This kid is WAY ahead of schedule when it comes to teeth. He has both sets of central incisors (top & bottom front teeth) and recently all of the lateral incisors (4 teeth) have come through.That's 8 teeth in 9 months. He has been experimenting with his teeth, namely, biting me at the end of nursing sessions when he's bored.
- He's been pushing our hands away from his body when we're holding him, like, "Get your hands off of me, I'm a big boy!"
- Still saying dada over and over when he's talking and happy.
- Our big boy doesn't stay in one size for very long. Right now we're comfortably in the 12 month size for most clothes.
- Lots of playing with his own fingers, and grasping his hands together and holding them together.
- No separation anxiety yet, but very happy to see anyone when they arrive!
- No problem bearing weight on his feet and legs, standing quite a bit and taking a few steps at a time when someone is holding his hands.
- Absolutely hates laying down to have his diaper changed. This behavior just started a few weeks ago. We have to distract him with toys, singing, etc. He's fine once we get him back on his feet.
- No more pacifier!We weaned him off of that during sleep training.
- Sleep - this is a big topic. Even with this latest round of teething, his nighttime sleep hasn't been too horrible. Had one very rough night when D was gone but I got through it. Naps are slowly improving too.
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| Loving the Gerber Puffs. These are great for practicing his fine motor
control. On average, about half of the Puffs make it into his mouth |
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| Little bookworm. |
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| Read to me, mom! |
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| Cold-weather walk. |
Winter is here! Our walks consist of lots of clothing for everyone and snuggly warm layers.
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| Taken a couple weeks ago, we have more snow on the ground now. |
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| Little trail that connects two streets a little ways from our house. |
