9 months

Tadhg Conor

9 months

~in the last 2 weeks you have cut 3 more teeth, the 2 top, either side of the center two and one of the top centers - I'm guessing the 4th top tooth will show up in the next couple weeks ;-) 

~You now have 5 teeth, 2 bottoms and 3 tops

~You will gum/chew/eat just about anything we give you

~You love yogurt, veggies, rice & eggs - you often try whatever we are eating for dinner and throughly enjoy it - you've tried alot of new foods lately and done great with them

~I'm pretty good at "forgetting" that you need food too - I often cook up a little bowl of frozen veggies for you to eat. 

~you are sleeping thru the night, still getting fed just before I go to bed and then nothing till morning

~Your definition of morning and mine are about an hour apart...... hoping you soon learn mama's right on this one! 

~You are still napping 2 times a day, about 90 minutes each with an occasional longer nap here and there. 

~I've started moving you in with Alannah while sleeping, at the moment just a rare nap or overnight after I feed you the last time. You are both doing great with the arrangements. 

~You weaned completely about a week shy of 9 months, we were down to 1 feed a day, first thing in the morning, for about 2 weeks and then 2 mornings you refused to nurse, when you started playing and biting, I decided you weren't getting anything and stopped offering.

~You give yourself your bottle most of the time, it's rather cute and as we weaned to the bottle I found you usually took it better on your own then in my arms. Depending on the time of day and how hungry you are you are taking between 4-6 oz, sometimes closer to 8 oz in a feed. 

~You are crawling everywhere - fast, Love climbing the stairs. Love pulling up and anything. You've just started pushing a little box or something around to walk with or walking along the edge of the couch or table. 

~You weigh 19 pounds this month (not bad compared to Alannah's 21.5 pounds!)

~You love your Da, when he walks into the room you either fuss and pull to go to him or crawl as fast as you can to get there. If Da's around it's hard to keep you away from him!

Love you little fella!

(I love his "just about to cry" look here - he was laughing a few minutes later ;-))