Do we really have a 9 month old? These photos are getting harder and harder to take. I can't keep Eloise in one place for very long.
This was the best photo...
Things unraveled quickly after that.
She had a great 9 month doctor appointment. The best part was NO shots! She also got glowing reviews from the doc who commented that she was very healthy and he could tell that she already has good self confidence. I thought that was an interesting comment. Really, he could tell that? She's only 9 months, she could still go through bouts of low self confidence, which I hope not, but this is a lot of pressure now...
Her 9 month stats:
Height: 29 and 1/8 inches, 90-95th percentile
Weight: 18lbs 4oz, 50th percentile
Check out that long leg!
The latest updates on Miss Eloise. She continues to pull up to stand anywhere and everywhere. It's her favorite thing to do. She is crawling on her knees a tiny bit but her commando crawl still gets her where she needs to go and FAST. She talks all the time. No real official words but lots and lots of babbling. I think she has her own words for things. My mom read somewhere that at first babies may use Dada for both mom and dad. Maybe she is trying to make me feel better. When I played a video of herself for her on our computer she went crazy! She loves watching herself on screen and talks back.
Very busy playing and standing. She's not a super chubby baby but she still has some squeezable chub on her baby thighs. I love it!
Eating is going pretty well. We're still spoon feeding her baby food and then giving her little pieces of food to feed herself. She doesn't eat very much when she self-feeds but Parker gets a lot of "treats" that end up on the floor. She's also started to really drink from her sippy cup. I'm still offering her a bottle before naps and bedtime. Our doctor recommends being off the bottle by 15 months so we still have some time there...man, I feel like we just got ON a bottle and now I already have to think about phasing it out?! I'm always worried that she's not eating enough or drinking enough but she lets us know when she's full and she usually has 2-3 dirty diapers a day. Gross, right? The doc said this is totally normal...yippee.
Eloise loves to play and loves it even more when we play with her. She likes peek-a-boo and one of her favorite ways to play is with the curtains in her room. This is a hilarious game for her.
She's still pointing at everything with her little pointer fingers. She likes to put her pointer fingers into the little holes in some of her books. Flipping the pages of books is probably ranked second among favorite activities (standing being number one). Opening drawers and cabinet doors is also a must-do activity. I think she tries to clap but her hands go up and down and kind of hit each other. Sometimes she accidentally hits her own face, that's not fun. When she's really excited or tired (or both) she shakes her head back and forth and yells. The description doesn't do it justice, it's pretty funny.
The Eloise version of clapping.
My parents gave her a little birdhouse that she has lots of fun with. It's meant for 9 month olds, lots of bright colors and crazy patterns as well as big soft birds that can go in her mouth (but of course). She's figuring out how to get the birds in and out of the birdhouse. I think she understands when we ask her to get the birds out. As you can see in the video, she babbles A LOT! (The video is loaded but for some reason I keep getting an error at this time so maybe it will work itself out in a day or so....otherwise sorry, it was a cute Eloise movie)
Sleeping is going pretty well. On average she sleeps from 7-7 and takes two naps during the day, usually about 1.5 hours each. I'd say that she will randomly wake up 1-2 nights every 2 weeks. Or it seems like as soon as I think, wow, she's really been sleeping great lately, she wakes up that night. Literally, I almost said it to Tom the other night and decided not to jinx myself and not mention it. Sure enough, she woke up that night! Overall, I think she's a decent sleeper though. Oh and no teeth yet! They are there though...the doctor confirmed it. Maybe we'll see them by the end of this month.
And just because...
That's all for now folks!
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