9 Month Photo Session:
Let's see what has changed in the last month!
Stats:
Weight - I am guessing close to 24 pounds now, it is hard to get him to sit still on the scale long enough to get a good read!
Height - Around 30 inches (maybe closer 30.5-31) based on my last attempt to get Gavin to stay put long enough to take a tape measure to him!
Clothing Size - Nothing new here, thankfully his growth has slowed down enough that he hasn't grown out of anything in a while! We just added a new item to his wardrobe today though, shoes! Gavin is now the proud owner of a cute pair of soft soled sneakers (pictures will be provided at a later date)!
Milestones -
*Gavin is now scooting and crawling all over the place. It is amazing how fast he went from just lunging and pulling himself places to actually scooting and sometimes doing what I consider an actual crawl! He was just beginning to really get the hang of it while we were in PA and ever since then he hasn't stopped! He is so quick, if we are in the living room and I step into the kitchen for a drink, by the time I peek my head out to see what he is doing, he is almost always already on his way (or to) a cord, outlet, the pile of electronics in the dining room and occasionally heading towards the entertainment center (this is actually surprisingly rare so far)!
*Gavin is still determined to walk. He is a cruising machine! He is quite daring when he tries to move from toy to toy or to furniture, all over the place. He even pushes his table, car and the footstools around to get himself closer to whatever he wants to reach next. He is so creative! He has also started to let go when standing. He is really stable and standing for longer periods (still only a max of 10-15 seconds at a time, but that is pretty good). He is getting really close to being able to stand himself up without the help of an object as well. I am sure once he is more stable free standing and starts to take steps he will also figure that out.
He also loves to hold my hands so he can walk around the house (or outside in the grass). We make laps around the house when he is restless to walk but not satisfied with walking around furniture. He now has a pair of shoes so that he can walk outside more often, other than in the grass.
*Gavin's stranger anxiety hasn't let up yet. Thankfully, it does not always result in a screaming meltdown (you would think they were trying to take him away and torture him by the way he reacts sometimes), but he is still very quite and clingy around people that are unfamiliar. I am still hoping we get past this soon, but I am guessing that won't be the case. Oh well!
*Gavin is using his ability to "drive" Lightening McQueen to his advantage. He even has started to get the hang of steering it towards things. This just gets him to the "forbidden" items/areas much quicker.
*Gavin has discovered lots of new noises and vowel sounds this month. He seriously doesn't stop "talking" almost the whole time he is awake! It is really nice that I don't have to hold a one sided conversation all day long because he "responds" when I talk. Well, respond may not be accurate, but he loves when I repeat noises back to him and he loves when I talk and sing to him even more than he did before! He has discovered rolling his r's, sounding like a duck (only way I can figure out to describe that one), continues to blow raspberries all the time, uses v, m, d, g, b and occasionally throws in another random consonant into the mix. Although he does sometimes use mamamama, momomom and dadada, he doesn't yet seem to put together that those mean something. It will be interesting to see when he does clearly understand the significance and use them as such.
*Gavin has finally started to clap on occasion. He won't mimic me, but he does sometimes clap on his own, it is really cute and I can't wait for him to start to do this more and with other things as well!
*Gavin has four teeth (middle two on the bottom and top middle two - although these are not all the way in yet), the top middle two were a pretty awful experience. Between the fever, terrible sleeping and general misery, I am glad they finally cut through! The bad part is, he has one more that started to come in as his second top tooth was cutting, so over a month later, we have two teeth down and hopefully only one more to go (for now)! The top teeth have been pretty brutal, I really hope that the next ones don't leave him feeling so miserable. He is still happy most of the time, but his sleep has been all over the place (and of course traveling doesn't help that either) and he is clearly often having pain from the teeth trying to cut through his gums. I hope for a long break from teething after this!
*Gavin loves to throw toys (quite an arm) and drop toys when he is up high (high chair, crib, pack and play). He loves it. He will hold something over the edge and carefully pick a place to let go and watch it drop. He gets so excited when it hits the floor and watches to see where it ends up. We play his game for a bit, but even though he doesn't get tired of it, I sometimes do, especially when I am trying to make dinner, clean up or even just get him to listen to a story.
*Gavin loves food even more now than he did when we first started introducing solids. He still has some purees, but he is eating more and more of what we are eating. He loves pancakes (plain, blueberry, peach), yogurt, spaghetti and so much more! It is so nice that he seems to like everything he tries and not insisting on everything being pureed!
*Gavin loves the TV show Yo Gabba Gabba! I put it on last month when he was miserable with his fever and we snuggled on the couch and watched an episode. It was the first time he actually would snuggle with me like that! I even tried other things like Veggie Tales and Sesame Street but he had no interest. He only sat and watched an episode with me like that once, but now if I put it on as a distraction, he will watch it for a few seconds here and there (I think he likes the music). It is also great if he is particularly crabby and having a hard time relaxing during bath time or in the car (he has fallen asleep to it a few times now... handy). Nice to know what weapons of distraction we have when we need them!
Gavin is such an absolute joy (even when he is a tired, whiny, miserable teething mess)! It is amazing to see how he has grown in the past 9 months. He continues to amazing me every day with all he does. I enjoy all of his smiles, hugs, kisses and laughing every day! He is an amazing little boy and I am so proud he is ours!
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