Happy 9 months, Madison!!
-You weigh 19.2 pounds and are 26.5 inches long. You are a little over fiftieth percentile for weight and only twelfth percentile for height (I think you are going to be petite like your Mama)!
-Still in size 3 diapers
-All 9 and some 12 month clothing and mostly 12 month pajamas. You still have tiny feet; size 1 shoes barely fit you.
-7 ounces of formula in the morning and evening and 5 ounces of formula during your two middle of the day feedings. You have reduced your amount recently because you are eating a good bit more table food and more food pouches. You generally want 3-4 food pouches during the day.
-You have tried a ton of table foods but still have not quite mastered the pincer grip. You still manage to get some of the food in your mouth!
-Still going to bed around 7:30pm sleep continuously until we get you up around 6:30 am. We are so spoiled in that we just plop you in your crib and you put yourself to sleep. You hardly ever cry as you seem to find your crib very soothing….even in the mornings, we will hear you chatting, but you don’t cry.
-Latest nicknames: bug de love, little one, Madison (French Accent), puddin pop, pudding, Bug, Wee One.
-I think the very beginnings of separation anxiety are starting. You do not get super upset yet; but are aware when we drop you off at school in the mornings that we are leaving you. You will turn to look at us and just this morning, you starting crawling towards me a bit frantically when you realized that we were about to leave you.
-You are soo happy to see us when we pick you up in the afternoons from school and we LOVE that! You make this anxious excited sound when you see us and want us to pick you up immediately.
-You seem to have a bit of a preference for Mama right now and I have to admit I love it. Don’t get me wrong, you love your Daddy; however, you will reach for me soon after being handed over to Daddy and you seem to cling to me a lot more lately. Makes me feel special.
-You are now starting to use the “proper” crawling stance as apparently what you were doing previously was still technically a really fast army crawl. That appears to be about to change.
-You now have two teeth!
-You love to walk assisted. We have a lot of fun with this!
-You can say Mama and Dada and it seems to me that you now understand what these words mean.
-You are a pro at going from crawling to sitting and any other position you choose.
-You are pulling up and can stand for a good duration of time. You are still working on sitting down once you have pulled up. You get scared and start crying when you get tired of standing. It is so cute.
-You are so active these days, that taking pictures, changing your diaper, or anything that involves you being still for more than a second is becoming increasingly difficult...you are just so busy and curious!
-You have graduated to the big girl tub in the past month (no longer need your baby bathtub). You love playing in the water, blowing bubbles and seem to really love the water! We can't wait to take you to the pool/beach this summer!
- I need to start planning your first birthday party! Agh!
I cannot believe in three short months you will be one! We love you, bug!
