Happy 9 months baby Pierce!

Sweet baby Pierce, with all the sickness we have had in the last month in this house it's no wonder your mamma is FINALLY getting your post up! Happy Happy 9 months sweet boy! You are changing developmentally at such a rapid pace that I simply don't know where the time has gone!

We had your 9 month appointment last week and finally an update on your stats! ( I have currently misplaced your charts so I'll have to go back and write in the exact numbers, but I remembered the percentiles.)

Weight: 76% (No shocker there my little chunk!)
Height: 34% (You majorly dipped in your height this month and the doctor even rechecked but thinks you are on the verge of a growth spurt and said your 1 year apt. would be a better indicator...but it would shock NO ONE in this family if you are short!)
Head: 70%

 

Eating: Well little man, you are completely over baby food! You only want the real stuff now and seem to be enjoying it all. You have tried eggs, avocados, black beans, chicken, french fries, sweet potatoes, bananas (are your favorite), fresh mozarella cheese, cooked carrots, apples, peas and many more things! It is an absolutely MESS! You truly need to go straight to the bathtub after every meal but because you are the second child it only happens every other day! You take in about 25 oz of formula a day which is surprisingly on the low end... You eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and the occasional snack of your favorite "lil crunchies".

Sleeping: You still sleep 12 hours at night and take an 1.5 hour nap in the morning and a 2 hour nap in the afternoon because right now that what works best for everyone. You would prefer a longer morning nap but you roll with it. On Sundays, it has become no morning nap and you do quite well. I think we all will be ready though to drop this morning nap so we have all morning to get out of the house and do some fun things so I imagine by one I will start to transition you to one nap!

Milestones: This is probably where there is the most to report. You are my active little tank! You bulldoze any where you want to go. You are finally more efficiently crawling on all fours instead of your super fast army crawl and you are scaling the furniture. Your favorite thing to do is climb from thing to thing in the living room and we often find you standing in your crib when you are suppose to be sleeping. It honestly makes me laugh. Zak and I think you will be walking before 11 months just like your big brother. I for one am looking forward to that because you are getting far too heavy for me to lug around anymore.

You are babbling more and more each day, but no words yet. You belly laugh all the time! You also have started waving to everyone which I love!  I can't wait til you can say "hey!" as we walk by people at the store.

Likes: You love being down on the floor and honestly get upset if we try to contain you. You also love to crawl up our leg and hold one arm up as if to say "will you hold me?", but just as soon as we pick you up you want back down. You love music and particularly love when I sing to you. It makes you stop crying immediately! You continue to adore your big brother and try to keep up with him. You also love climbing through the coffee table and out the other side. You constantly have this look of pride in your current accomplishment on your face. I think you are going to be my social boy because you love all people and seem to study their faces as they pick you up. You rarely ever cry out of discontent and every comments on how handsome you are, but also how happy you are. I am so so thankful for your easy disposition. It makes having two seem like a dream.

Dislikes: Mamma or Daddy leaving the room. When your brother intentionally knocks your down and any sort of containment. Other than that you are easy breezy.

 

 

 

...And you now have FOUR teeth! I miss that toothless smile but your current grin makes us all laugh so keep those chompers coming! We love you to the moon and back baby boy and it brings a tear to my eye to think that the next time I document your stats you will be one... you have been a slice of heaven in every single way!