Madelyn - 9 months

HUGE month in the life of Madelyn.  Crawling everywhere, first teeth, pulling up on everything, finally starting to sleep really long stretches, and first family vacation to the beach.  Time is flying by!

Size: 

We had your 9 month check-up and you are weighing in at 19lbs 10oz (75%) & 28.25 inches long (76%).  You are wearing 9 and 12 month clothes & I just moved you up to size 4 diapers (although you could have stayed in size 3 a little while longer). 

Sleep: 

After a VERY rough patch during & after vacation, you are finally getting back on track (hopefully for good J).  You have just started sleeping until anytime between 4:30am and 6am.  You wake up to eat and will go back to sleep until about 7:30 or 8.  This is a great improvement & I will take it!  Hopefully you will keep sleeping longer now that you are eating more solid foods. 

Activities:  You are pretty much into everything now.  Since you are crawling and pulling up you can make an activity out of ANYTHING.  You are not in your jumper nearly as much, but you just crawl around the house and grab anything you can get your hands on & pull up on anything possible (coffee table, couch, toys, baby gate, chairs…really anything).  You love to bang toys together & play with anything that makes noise.  You have also been sneaking into your brother’s room & going through all of his stuffed animals. 
 

Food: 

You LOVE to eat.  I never remember your brother wanting to eat this much but you want to eat anything & everything.  You are eating all kinds of puffs, teething biscuits, cheerios, black beans, blueberries, cheese, turkey, and are still eating homemade baby food.  You can chew food up like a champ.   You are still EBF when it comes to milk & we are working on you mastering a sippy cup. 

New things: 

This month was full of new things for you.  You are now a speed crawler & you can pull all the way up to standing on anything.  We have lowered your crib because you love to sit up and pull up when you don’t feel like sleeping.

You also got your first two teeth this month (bottom 2). 

You took your first family roadtrip to Florida & did great in the car.  You weren’t a huge fan of the sand & the beach though.   You also took your second plane trip to Austin, Texas to meet your new cousin Bowen.  You had your first visit to the University of Texas campus & even visited the Chi O house with mom (future Chi O!). 

You went swimming in the pool for the first time while we were in Florida & LOVED it.  We put you in a floaty & you just kicked your legs & splashed the water over & over again. 

  






You clap all the time, too.  You are very proud of yourself that you know how to.  You clap when you’re playing with your brother in the car & when you feed yourself & are all done. 

You can also climb the stairs in the tv room which is SCARY.  The baby gate went up blocking you from the stairs so that there’s no risk of you falling down them (there are only 3), but if you are in the tv room you go directly to the stairs & want to climb them.   

You also have your first ear infection.  You have had so much congestion & runny nose this winter, but even if you were running temperature your ears were always clear.    I even took you to the doctor between Florida & our trip to Texas & they were clear, however when I took you in for your 9 month appointment they were infected!

You ride in the grocery store carts & eat in high chairs at restaurants all the time now.  It is very dangerous though because you want to grab EVERYTHING (and will grab everything). 

You are still LOVING your brother.  Y’all play together, laugh together, and have even started to rough house play a little bit which scares me.  It’s the best sound when he makes you belly laugh.