9 Months Old

Stats: Weight 16 pounds, size 3 diapers, 6-9 months and some 6-12 months clothes.  You are currently cutting your top 2 teeth.

Eating:  Nursing 30 minutes after waking, both nap times and bedtime.  Solids: for breakfast you usually have yogurt and/or fruit, sometimes oatmeal.  Lunch and dinner you are eating veggies primarily, with the occasional meat and grains.  You had organic mac n' cheese the other night and loved it!  

Sleep:  Napping twice a day around 9 am and 1:30/2 pm for 1 - 1.5 hours for each nap.  Bedtime you are in your crib between 6:30/7 pm.  You have been going in your crib wide awake and takes about 20-30 minutes for you to fall asleep.  You are waking for the day around 5:30 am, but mommy leaves you in your crib until 6:30 am in hopes you learn that it's not time to wake like your big sister.  Sometimes you wake around 4/4:30 am which I nurse and you'll either go straight back to sleep or fall asleep around 5:30am.  Mommy wakes you at 7 am if you are still sleeping.  

You love sleeping with your lovey against your face and a lot of times over your face :)

 Likes:  Watching Vivian's every move, baby dolls and Elmo, your exersaucer, standing (you can stand a few seconds unassisted), forward rolls, sticking your tongue out, blowing raspberries, being tickled, being held, napping on mommy, observing, swinging in a bucket swing and sliding.

Dislikes:  When you can't see mommy, when Vivian takes a toy away from you, changing your clothes, napping alone, being on your tummy for too long, trying to crawl and the vacuum cleaner.

Milestones:  Babbling.  As of Sunday, you are babbling constantly.  You even said 'mama' for the first time.   

What a fast and amazing 9 months it has been sweet buttercup!!
We love you oh so much!!!