9 months

I don't know why I haven't posted these, but I have had them written forever!

Emma 9 Months

Emma, you are 9 months old!  Here’s what you have been up to:

-you weigh about 16 lbs exactly and are 26.5 inches which puts you in the 15^th percentile for both height and weight.  You are very proportional and healthy!

-You wear 6 month and some 6-9 month clothing.  Some 9 month jammies.  

-You eat about 6-7 oz every 4 hours. You get 24-30 oz per day. You eat at 6:30am, 10:30am, 2:30pm, and 6:30pm.  About a week before you turned 10 months you transitioned to 3 bottles which you eat at 6:30, Noon, and about 5:30 pm. 

-You started eating REALLY good on your solids this month and have at least full container (sometimes 1.5) 3 times a day. 

-You LOVE finger foods!  I finally let you start eating more even though you have no teeth, so you chew with your gums and are really good at it! You started off with small pieces of peaches, pears, and cheerios.  We have let you try just about anything and you love most tablefood!  We also include some in your meals. 

 -You take a morning nap of about an hour beginning at 9am, an afternoon nap of about 1.5-2 hours starting at 12:30 or 1.

-You go to bed at about 6:30 and wake up at 6:30.  You don’t care for a routine much although we do bath, book, bottle, bed.  We cut out your bedtime bottle close to 10 months.

-You will take a sip from a sippy cup but still don’t understand it and the flow is too fast for you.  You aren’t good at it but I hope you get there!  I can tell it is going to be battle just like the transition from breast to bottle was. 

 -You are still babbling up a storm and we think you actually know what dada means!

-You learned how to wave hi and bye, clap, and give “kisses” this month!  You can do all of these on command now without us demonstrating. 

-You are a pro at getting on all fours now but don’t have much interest in crawling.  You are a very cautious baby which is fine.

-You  have become better at pulling up.  It would be easier to pull up if you were crawling, but you have learned to do it regardless and I know you will get better with time!

-You also somewhat “cruising”, which means you hold on to furniture and step around it and transition to other objects. 

-I can tell that a lot of times you understand what we are saying to you and it’s amazing!

-You have still been sick on and off and we have an appointment with an ENT. 

-No updates from the cardiologist until next month because you have gotten such good reports and your little heart is hanging in there!

-The biggest news of all – You got your FIRST tooth at nine months and have been handling it beautifully with not much extra fussing.  I think it has woken you up early in the morning but that is it!

-You favorite toys are: you activity table, little people noah’s ark, your walker, violet, baby, and balls. 

-Your attention span with reading books has gotten better and you like turning the pages. 

-You are so smart little girl and blow us away every day at what you learn!