Here we are again! I know I say it every time, but I can't believe you are 9 months old!
Stats:
Weight -22lbs 13ozs
Height -29.5 ins
Diaper Size - 3
Clothes - You are starting to move out of 9 months and into 12.
You are so long that the 9 month outfits are getting too short!
Teeth: You finally have teeth! 2 to be exact!
Eating:
You still love food!!You are wanting to eat more table food these days. You think you need a bite of whatever we are eating...at all times. I'm already having to sneak a chip in the other room so you won't want some too!! You still are eating oatmeal and fruit every morning, veggie and fruit at lunch and mostly veggies at night for dinner. Of course you get cheerios and crack puffs randomly during the day too :-) You are also doing great with your water in your sippy cup. I tried putting your milk in the sippy cup to which you took a drink, looked at me crazy, and spit it out! You are still drinking about 4ozs every 3 hours during the day.
Moving:
You are crawling like you have been doing it your whole life. You are so FAST! You are also pulling up and standing on your own without holding on to anything. You still haven't figured out that you need to learn to take steps before you can just take off. I'm still amazed at how balanced you are. Dr. Casey says you will be walking soon!
Sleeping:
I am SO happy to report that you are now sleeping through the night without a bottle!!! We (me, your dad and you) were finally ready to cut the middle of the night cord. I talked to Dr Casey at your 9 month appointment and she reassured me that you didn't need any food during the night. You were just waking up out of habit. That night I went home and Daddy and I talked about it and both decided it was time to let you cry. I was finally emotionally ready. We agreed that we would never let you scream or cry like you were in pain, but that fussing and a little crying would be ok. One thing Dr Casey told us that really stuck was "You have to train her, she can't train you". It's SO true, even though you have done a pretty good job at training us :-)
The first night we were geared up for an awful night. You woke up at 1am and stood in your crib and fussed and then yelled (yes, you yelled lol) for a total of about 15 minutes. Surprisingly it didn't seem that long and we did GREAT. I finally realized that you weren't crying out of pain or hunger, you were crying out of frustration of us not coming to get you like normal. After the 15 minutes of fussing and yelling, you sat back down in your crib and fell right over and went to sleep. You woke back up at 4am and fussed, but this time it only lasted about 2 minutes before you laid right back down and fell asleep until it was time to wake up for the day! We were SO relieved that the night went sooooo much better than we anticipated. We have done this for 3 nights now and each night gets easier and easier. The wake ups have been less and the fussing/crying has been shorter. You are doing SO great! I sure hope this continues, because our house is a much happier one these days. You are also getting better at naps. You don't fight them as hard and they are getting longer.
Now that I've said all this, you will throw us for another curve ball ;-)
Talking:
You have now added ball, Mag (for Maggie) and no no to your vocabulary! You still babble like crazy. You also are getting so good at understanding who/what we are talking about. I can ask where someone is and you look right at them. I can ask where the monkey is and you point to the monkey on your toy.
You love Lady, the stuffed animal at Grammy's house. Every time you see her you crawl as fast as you can and squeal with delight! Then you give her the biggest kisses. It's quite possibly the cutest thing EVER!
I can't believe we are already started to plan your 1st birthday. Less than 3 months and you will be 1!
