Nine Months Old

Sorry for the delay.  We were waiting on our doctor's visit today... and we are now fighting our 3rd ear infection.  Hopefully we will kick these soon!!

It is so hard to believe that we are three short months away from our sweet girl's first birthday!  

Nine Month Stats-

Height: 29 inches (90th percentile)

Weight: 18 lbs, 2 oz (30th percentile)

Head: 17.1 inches (30th percentile)

At nine months:

* Parker is crawling all.over.the.place.  If Drew or I walk out of the room, she is sure to be right behind us.

* She loves to stand up and is beginning to cruise around the coffee table a little bit.  

* We used one of our last "baby" gift cards to buy an activity table this month and she loves it.  She loves to "dance" to the music.  

* She has yet to pull up in her crib, but we are just waiting for it to happen.

* Parker has one bottom tooth.  She is so funny running her tongue over the top of her tooth, then over the gum on the otherside.

* Parker still loves her food.  We are on stage 3 foods now.  She absolutely loves lasagna and chicken noodle.  Apples are still a favorite, as well as any fruit mixed with apples.  I have found the Gerber organic have better combinations of food, even though they are more expensive.

* We are giving her small amounts of table food.  Mostly after her baby food meal.  She loves anything with potatoes (mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, french fries).  She has eaten rice (and Mexican rice), chipped bbq with no sauce, and baked beans.  Not to mention the sweets :).  Her new favorite is Cheerios.

* Miss Priss is wearing mostly 6-9 month clothing.  We are actually still in a few 3-6 month things, too.  

* We have a little girl that loves to talk.  She says "mama", "dada", "bye bye", "ya ya", "na na", "lala" and combinations of the sounds.  She is starting to wave when she says "bye bye".

* Parker's new favorite thing is to scream.  They are happy screams, and she loves it when we scream back at her.

* As seen in the previous post, Parker is officially out of the baby bathtub and is loving the big tub.  She splashes and screams.  She will sit in the tub until all the water has drained out, and still not want to get out.

* I may regret writing this, but Parker is sleeping SO much better.  Around eight months she started sleeping more consistently.  Then we got an ear infection.  Then a tooth came in.  Then another (or the same) ear infection.  Now that we are all clear (we think), she has gotten back to sleeping well. 

* Parker is still LOVING school.  She gets excited when we get there each morning, and I absolutely love the reaction I get in the afternoon.

* Her baby is one of her favorite toys.  We love baby, and hug baby a lot.  She tries to sleep with baby sometimes, but we pull baby away before she goes down.

* Parker still loves outside, but will not crawl in the grass.  It is actually one of the best ways to confine her.  If I put a blanket down, she will crawl on it, but not off of it.

* Her typical sitting position is now on her knees.  I guess that makes it easier to crawl.