Where do I begin? You have taken off developmentally this month. It's crazy how fast you learn and show us new things every single day. You have been such a trooper during this extremely busy and unpredictable time for us. You have surprisingly transitioned very well through it all. At your 9 month appointment you weighed 19 lbs. 3.5oz. and were 29.5 inches long. You still don't have any teeth and you wake up in the middle of the night screaming because your little gums hurt so bad. The doctor said that you have extremely bad eczema and had to write you a prescription for a strong ointment. You will claw yourself so bad in the bends of your arms that you make your skin raw and bleed. She said that you are still perfect and super tall.
We stayed with Uncle B for a week while we were waiting to get in our new house. You loved it. You spent the days with him and Daddy until Nana came down and you thoroughly enjoyed yourself. They ran practice and you loved spending time in the gym and watching the boys dribble and shoot. Daddy taught you how to dribble the ball (you just pat it) and you were so happy. You are already a gym rat and we love it! Uncle B has a coffee table and you learned how to pull up on it the first night we were there. You had only pulled up on the bed which was super short at the time. You attempted to cruise but were just a little too scared. Now, you cruise every where on every thing and you are a little dare devil. You think you can just take off and go and you get so upset when you can't.
Just a month ago you were barely scooting around the floor on your belly and now you are up on all 4's crawling around every where. You love to take off and be chased. You will laugh so hard when we get down in the floor and crawl after you. You are not loving your jumper as much now that you can move on your own. You definitely prefer that. The first thing you do in the mornings when you wake up is try to get down in the floor and play. You are starting to vocalize a little more now that you are moving around. You are still not babbling and you are still making me stress over it. Just in the past week though, you have started producing /b/ and /g/ sounds consistently. When I point to Nova and say "dog" you will say "guh". Sometimes when we play peek-a-boo you will say "buh". You still prefer to just smile at us when we try to get you to talk. Hopefully when your gross motor skills slow down you will start talking. That's what I keep telling myself. You are at least identifying "dog", "cat", and "ball" in books and objects. You know that I am Mama and your daddy is Daddy. You know Nova and that she's a dog. You can go get your books when asked and when you are in the mood. You will say "ma" when you are mad but that's it.
You are still sleeping with us for now. You love to lay down in our big bed now; throw your little arm around my neck, play with my hair, and snuggle your little nose into my neck. I love it so so much. I don't want to transition you to your crib but Daddy says we need to. You have been waking up a lot more at night recently and nursing every hour or two. I think it is just a comfort for your hurting gums. Now that we have a king size bed you are all over it. You will sit up and just fall forward and roll all over the place until you are tired. I always know when you are ready to sleep when you start rubbing noses and humming. You do it every time you get tired. You also love to tear any kind of paper all up. You would much rather play with things that are not your toys. You find tupper ware lids so amusing right now.
Your absolute favorite thing to do right now is eat. You are a little piglet and we love it. You just had spaghetti for the first time the other night and oh my, did you love it. I gave you plain noodles with a little butter and you threw a fit and wouldn't even touch them.So I gave you a bite of mine and you LOVED them. You dug right in and cleaned your plate. It could possibly be your new favorite. You eat black beans like they are going out of style and at this point there isn't anything you won't eat. Which is awesome. We are still trying to get you to take a sippy cup. You just aren't crazy about the weird shaped nipples. You love to attempt to drink from our straws so we just bought a sippy with a straw to see how you do. You are growing just beautifully though.
I can't believe we will have your first birthday in just 3 short months. It doesn't even seem real. I have already started planning for it. You are the apple of your Daddy and I's eye and we love you more than you will probably ever know.
Love,
Mama
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