Sunday, February 26, 2012

9 months

My baby is 9 months old! He's 27 inches long and 14 pounds. We went to see the specialist on Friday and he said he's pleased with his weight gain and I don't need to bring him back. I certainly never gave him any sugar and I only added a little butter to his vegetables right before I pureed them. In the 2 months since we saw him, I only used one stick. It certainly isn't necessary to make your child gain weight and I won't be adding any more. He is so busy and vocal these days that hardly feels like a baby anymore. He plays independently in his room for quite some time now, but we have to put the gate up because bolts for his door and goes to the railing. He gets really mad if you try and save his life and keep him from falling through the railing. He also lunges off the side of our bed to get whatever he sees on the floor. I spend a lot of time holding him by his ankles as he fights to hit the ground. Two weeks ago he started saying mamama and last week he added bababa and Friday he started dadada to his sounds. I've stopped pureeing his foods, now I just coarsely mash them and the other day I started dicing them. Starting this week his breakfast will be egg yolks, yogurt or oatmeal with diced fruit, his snack will be diced fruit or veggies and cheerios or puffs and dinner will be brown rice/quinoa/lentils with a veggie mixed in. He's had diced pears and diced mangoes so far and I think I'll get some carrots to dice for him. He can feed himself his cheerios but the fruit is too slippery for him to grasp correctly. Since his momma is too cheap to buy him a push toy, Judah uses a pampers box to "walk" across the room.  He can shift from holding the box to grabbing on the crib or whatever else he wants to mess with. He is such a smiley and happy baby and he laughs a lot. It makes my heart happy that he is enjoying his little baby life. He's been going into the nursery on Sunday for the past few weeks and he does great. He doesn't cry when we drop him off and they've been able to get him to nap when he does get fussy. He's only nursing every 3-4 times a day and it kind of makes me sad because breastfeeding has been a sweet time for me. I will be enjoying the freedom of not having to stop what I'm doing every 3 hours though. Perhaps an overnight visit to his grandparent's is in order soon!

4 comments:

Adrienne said...

So glad he is doing well!!!

InnerDiva said...

He's getting so big! Happy to hear that he is putting on the weight they want and doing good on solid food. The Earth's Best chart we have says that breastmilk feedings go down to about 4 a day from 9-12 months.

Jameil said...

Yay Judah!! I love that baby!!!

unityfalls said...

I love updates of Judah and I'm so glad all is well. I love happy babies.

 
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