9 months

Owen turned 9 months on June 28th. He had his 9 month well checkup on Thursday and here are his stats:

Weight: 19 lbs. (down to 25th percentile)
Height: 28 ¾ inches (75th percentile)
Therefore he is tall and lean. Who would have guessed from looking at his parents?

This past month he really has come into his personality and makes us laugh all the time. He has found how to make fun sounds with his tongue and loves making a farting sound. He is constantly smiling or making fun faces. He loves to suck his lips in making him look like an old man without his dentures. He loves his mommy and daddy and loves giving them hugs. He lights up when one of us comes back in the room once we left. He has had some separation anxiety and we have had to be paged at church quite a few times. I think it was more that he was tired and they couldn’t get him to fall asleep so he got worked up.

He has two teeth on the bottom and has bitten me on 3 separate occasions, all while nursing. He is still breastfeeding 4 times a day. Before too long, it will be time to start weaning him. I really don’t think he’s going to have a hard time as he doesn’t seem to attach to the idea. He just likes the milk!

Food he has tried this month: blueberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, broccoli, and butterbeans. Just in the last few days, he has been refusing any vegetable we give him. I’m not excited about that and have got to find a way to get him to eat them. His favorite foods still remain to be banana and oatmeal. We have practiced some with a sippy cup but he still doesn’t get the concept of swallowing after he gets it out.

This past week he FINALLY started crawling! It is an army crawl but still he is on the move. He is fascinated with electronic devices and their cords so we have to be extra careful to put them out of his reach. He still loves to roll and if he can’t crawl to get it, he’ll just roll and roll to get it. He loves to stand and hold onto the ottoman. He isn’t pulling himself up yet but has made motions to start to. Jeremy said he took a few steps while holding onto the ottoman while I was in the shower but I haven’t seen it.

Sleeping wise he has improved. He is consistently taking 2 2-hour naps. He continues to go to bed somewhere between 7 and 8 and wakes up in the 5 o’clock hour. We are desperately trying to break that habit but everything we have tried seems to no avail. We have tried putting him to bed earlier and later.

My baby is really turning into a little boy! It's bittersweet because I want to see him grow big and strong, but I miss my cuddly little baby. It's so hard to believe we'll have to planning his 1st birthday party soon.