I feel like every monthly post could start with, "I can't believe he is xx months already!" I can't believe he is 9 months already! My sweet little guy is going to be a big 1 year old in no time at all! I am so in love with this little boy I could explode. He and his big brother are simply the best. Side note, the photo shoot was tough this month! Andy was gone and Josh did not have any interest in posing for me. ;)
GENERAL:
Dear Joshy,
You have your 9 month check up tomorrow, but I think you are about 14# 10oz and 26+ inches. You are the best little baby! You've only had a few days of "school" so far, but every time we get glowing reports about how you are the happiest baby. You rarely cry and if you do, it is very short-lived.
SLEEP: I have to say that sleep has been ROUGH the past month. Between you and your brother, someone always seems to be awake in this house. Well, that's a slight exaggeration, but I think there were only 1 or 2 good nights of sleep this month. The other nights, you were up several times. Sometimes I'll feed you, and even after that you have not been wanting to go back to sleep. The sleep deprivation is starting to catch up with me! You still go down nicely for your morning nap which is about 1-1.5 hours, and then the afternoon nap is usually pretty good too. You go to bed around 7:30 and then you're usually up for the day (or at least a few hours) around 6:15. I can't even say a time that you usually wake up at night because it has been all over the place. Let's do a little better this month, deal??
EATING: You're still a good little eater! You will nurse in the morning and before bed at night, and then whenever you wake up during the night. I'm still pumping twice a day at work, or I'm at least trying to! During the day, you will usually have 2 bottles that are about 4-5oz each. I'm going to ask the pediatrician tomorrow if this is enough milk for you! You still love those cheese puffs and we are slowly giving you more table foods. You love raspberries and bananas. I'm also going to as the doctor when we can start giving you things like meats. You seem to want to eat whatever we are having, which is great!
COMMUNICATION/COGNITION: You have gotten quite the little personality lately. It's the sweetest personality. You giggle a lot and we all love it so much! You've mastered clapping and waving, and you're pretty darn good at doing "so big" and even blowing kisses! You've started to say "da da da da da da" and "ba ba ba ba ba," and I am patiently waiting for a "ma ma ma ma." You're always babbling and you look at me like you're really trying to tell me things. You are definitely recognizing familiar faces too. One of those faces is Nana's, and you have her wrapped around your little finger!
FINE/GROSS MOTOR: I have a feeling you will be walking very soon. We had been telling Ben that you would probably walk by Christmas, but now daddy is predicting you will be walking by Halloween! You can stand for a good 10-20 seconds and can even clap while doing so. You love to crawl away have have us chase you. If we pull you back by your legs you will laugh and laugh! You are such a speedy little crawler and recently found the stairs. You even opened the baby gate that wasn't closed all the way and scooted yourself up a stair! Trouble! We had to put a lock on the fireplace because you managed to get that opened and then you try and crawl inside. We also have to be extremely careful with what Ben leaves on the floor because you find EVERYTHING and put EVERYTHING in your mouth! It scares me!
I love you so much little boy. We all do.
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