He had his 9 month well on Wednesday so I have some stats!
Weight 19 pounds 10 ounces (41%)
Height 30 inches (93%)
Head 49 cm (99%, still off the charts)
His weight is slowing down, and it's because he's now mobile and all over the house and trying to keep up with his big sister. He is super tall. And thankfully his head size is now curving on the chart rather than going vertical. His appointment was super easy (no shots!) and the doctor is pleased with his development. He's super lazy and has no desire to hold his bottle (unless he's playing with it), so that's really the one thing to work on.
His vocabulary is amazing and is very repetitive. He is cruising all along the furniture, and loves to play in this corner of the living room between the couch and entertainment center where there is a window. It reminds me of Helena loving to play by the fireplace in our old house. He loves to play with things that aren't toys. He has a 5th tooth coming in, it's on the bottom.
He loves any attention from Helena, even if it is her pushing him down or hitting him. He just loves her and wants her attention. He loves to pull hair, which neither Helena or I appreciate.
My favorite part of the day is his nap time. I leave Helena alone in the living room and take Bennett into his room, rock him, feed him his bottle, and put him down. It's really the only time of day when it is just the two of us. Like normal Momma struggle when I first sit down and start rocking him I want to him finish his bottle quickly so I can put him down and continue on with my day. But by the time he is done and I'm holding him on my shoulder rubbing his back, and I rock him just a little bit longer, and wish I could just stay in that moment forever because I know that before too long he will no longer need me to rock him to sleep.
He loves to throw the magnets off of the refrigerator, and musical toys, and taking things from him sister.
He's eating more and more table food.
He's officially in 12 month clothing. Still in size 3 diapers. Unless I need to scrub the kids, they now take baths together, but Bennett is still in a laundry basket.
Overall he sleeps really good. Usually going to bed around 8, and up around 7ish? But he's great at just entertaining himself in his crib, talking and laughing.
A few weeks ago he went through this phase of refusing to nap which was horrible, but thankfully that was short lived, and he's now taking one long afternoon nap.
He currently has a bad cold, horrible coughing, and constant runny nose. Actually the whole family is sick, hopefully we'll all get better soon.
At the marriage conference Chris and I went to a few weekend ago, he did awesome in childcare! I was really nervous, because it was for about a day and a half (Friday evening, Saturday morning and afternoon).
I feel so blessed to have another overall happy and healthy baby. Now that he is sick he's giving me extra cuddles which I love.
When he is super tired or upset he literally yanks his head backwards and throws a full on fit.
He thankfully get distracted easily, which is nice in the moments when I have to put him down, and he starts crying. But then he'll go find something to play with and calm himself down.
He knows his name, and will respond when you call it out. He has started to wave and it's so cute.
I'm so happy to be his Mom!
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