9 months old

I can’t believe my baby is 9 months old! He is a active little boy, he loves to crawl and pull up on everything! He weighs 19 pounds (45%) and is 26.5 inches long (16%).

 Will is wearing 12 month clothes, a size 3 shoe and is about to move up into a size 4 diaper soon. Will loves to take a bath and will play happily in the tub for a long time. Will’s top front teeth are coming in.

 I have found Will splashing in the toilet (he is the first in our family to do that). Will kept pulling up on a floor lamp in the living room and falling backwards with it crashing down on him. So that lamp is now in the garage. My plants have taken refuge at my parent's house because Will kept attacking them to knock them over and trying to eat the leaves.  Will is cruising around the house like crazy on anything that will support his weight and I have caught him standing without holding on to anything. The other day Andrew was sitting in a kitchen chair and Will was able to push that chair and move it. Will’a favorite way to pull up is by grabbing onto your pant leg. The more mobile he is becoming the happier he is.

Will has discovered his love for food these past 2 weeks. He is now happily eating baby food, and chewing on table food. So far the only things he doesn’t like are avocados and the jar of chicken noodle soup baby food, however he loved the chicken and rice soup I made. Will loves puffs, broccoli raw or cooked, cucumbers, apple slices, mango slices and sweet potatoes. He is now eating 3 meals a day.

Will has been sleeping better, for the past week he has been waking up at midnight and sleeping until 6:00 am, so he is averaging 6 hours of sleep before waking up! His naps are also improving, some days he will take a 1.5 - 2 hour nap. Morning naps are usually on the go and don’t last long, but Will is usually happy as long as he is held on those long mornings. He is still sleeping in his woombie swaddles blanket but can crawl, sit up and pull up to standing while in the swaddle, he can also get out of it if he want to.

Will says Mama, Dada, and baba. He loves peek a boo, he can spot a iPhone a mile away and will race to chew on it.  He knows the difference between the real TV remotes and the old remotes we have turned into toys. He is such a sweet cuddly baby. He loves to laugh and smile, he just doesn’t smile much for the camera. The nine month mark is always bittersweet for me, I am always a little sad to think that Will has now spent more of his life outside the womb than he did in it. I love you Will happy 9 months!