Teeth: STILL 0
Size: 9 months
Loves his learning table
Practicing for football games.
Milestones:
He started standing for few seconds.
He pulls up and cruises a lot.
His pincer grip is pretty good now.
He waves (if he feels so inclined)
He likes
-being thrown up in the air
-swinging
-shaking his head no
-high fives
-going to the pool
-dropping spoons and toys from his high chair
-clicking his tongue and blowing raspberries
-opening and closing doors and cupboards
-riding on Daddy's shoulders
He likes "helping" me unload the dishwasher.
Food:
I used to make him baby food and he didn't seem to like it, but he likes the purees I buy at the store. I still nurse him several times a day.
If I need to get something done I can put a bunch of puffs on a chair and he'll happily stand there and eat them.
Sleep:
He FINALLY dropped down to two naps. I felt like my life revolved around feeding, diapering, and naps. But now I have a big block of time between the end of his afternoon nap at 3/4 and his 9:00 bedtime. He still wakes up in the middle of the night for a feeding and diaper change. He gets up for the day any time between 7:30-9. If he gets up at 7:30 he usually cries to go down for his first nap at 9.
He knows when he is doing something he's not supposed to be doing. Like I'll walk into the room and see him sucking on a crayon and he tries to turn and hide what he's doing. It's interesting to watch the gears turning in his head. I'll see him reach out to something he's not supposed to touch, pull his arm away, and then reach for it again (sometimes eyeing me). Or he'll find food on the floor and see me coming to take it away and he'll quickly try to shove it in his mouth before I can get to him.
He likes to pull up on the storm door and look out and bang on it. He likes to people watch.
He knows to not crawl off beds and couches and to not try to go down the stairs now.
It's so convenient that he has attachments formed with Jackson and Mika because if I need to go to another room to do something he is fine being left with them. When Jackson and Mika were babies and I had to leave the room to go do something, they would scream and cry until I got back.
He "helps" get dressed by sticking his arms out when I line them up with the arm holes.
He discovered paper towels.
I will miss tiny Max so much!!
