9 month stats

Buenos dias. Happy Cinco de Mayo! Anyone start the day off with a festive cocktail? Yeah, me neither. 😉

Lil’ Miss D had her 9 month well baby appointment yesterday, so I thought I’d run through where our big girl stands:

• 29 in. (90th %)
• 18 lbs. 1.5 oz. (25-50th %)
• I don’t know what her exact head circumference was but it was in the 50th %

Tricks she can do:

• clapping
• scooting all over the place on her butt (almost gets over to actually crawl, but then pulls her legs back around to the front to scoot)
• talking (lots of da-da-das, na-na-nas, dis-dis, dat-dat, and her new favorite – high-pitched squeaks and squeals. i call it her “singing” 🙂 . no real words yet)
• arms up in the air to show she’s “So Big!”
• been sitting up unassisted since about 4 months old
• pulling herself up and then standing there by herself holding on or playing with a toy
• VERY active – rarely sits still, which the doctor thought was hilarious. she practically squirmed off my lap at one point so i stood her up to play with that baby in the mirror to distract her

Besides the fact that she has another ear infection, it was a great check-up. Her pediatrician said she’s right on track with her growth and development, and even a little ahead of schedule. I think she was just trying to downplay it, but I’ll take that to mean my baby’s a genius!! 😉

Here’s a further glimpse into the life of our little sweet pea. We’ll start with her likes:

• all of her tricks mentioned above
• playing with her toys – especially anything that lights up and/or makes sounds, and any two objects she can bang together to make noise. so i guess pretty much everything
• eating paper
• sweet potatoes
• bananas
• peas
• beans
• apples and pears
• cereal
• digging into your shoulder to give you a huge hug (the best!)
• trying to stick her fingers in outlets (fortunately we have the kind where you can’t stick anything in them, but still. we need to break her of that habit since not every place has those)
• trying to pull anything within reach toward her and her ever-open mouth
• showing off her 6 teeth
• yogurt
• Cheese Puffs
• playing in her playpen and jumperoo
• walks in her stroller

Now for some dislikes:

• meats
• having her nose wiped
• putting on/changing clothes
• getting strapped into her car seat
• hmm… that’s honestly about it. she really is a very happy little girl

Seriously, how can you not love this face??