9 Month Update

Growth

Development

So he's been crawling for a few months now and has mastered his craft! He's a fast little guy. Basically the day he mastered crawling he decided he wanted to stand up too. I was so worried he would just start walking and not give me any chance to catch up my baby proofing with his development! But I think he didn't really have any motivation to walk since he can get places pretty fast crawling. He's been using his walker a ton lately though and can stand on his own without it. We've been saying this for a while but I think he'll be walking pretty soon. No hurry though- stay little baby boy! : (

He's been babbling a lot lately too. He can say mama and uhhh (up), he's been saying what sounds like yay! & does this fake laugh that is pretty hilarious. He just learned to wave last week and is quickly learning that kisses get a big reaction.  He started kissing all of his toys recently which is pretty cute. 

Sleep

Little Al is doing great for the most part! Most nights he sleeps from 630ish to 630ish.  It's kind of nice to have the evenings to spend some grown up time with my hubby. He sleeps in his crib at home and most weekends we'll spend one night with the grandparents and he'll sleep in a pack n play there. We tried taking his bumper off (because he has completely smashed the crap out of it, it doesn't have any form anymore) but I didn't realize how much he depends on it! He slept really bad for a few nights before we just put it back on. He likes to cuddle up to it when we lay him down- whatever works little dude!

Eating

Still breastfeeding! *pat on the back* He's definitely started to self-wean though. I only feed him when he goes down to sleep now, so 2-3 times a day.  He eats just about any food we've given him so far! Three meals a day, baby cereal and at least one baby food each meal. He snacks on puffs and yogurt bites whenever mom needs 5 seconds to get something done :) He only has two teeth, so we have just recently started giving him a little more difficult foods to gnaw on. He does great though! It's surprising what damage he can do with two little nubs for teeth :) I think his favorite treat has been strawberries & honeydew. We've tried bananas a few times and he's not too impressed with that. 

Likes

Books. Dancing. Puffs. Cheerios. Climbing. Glasses. Hair. Noses. Water bottles. Paper. Remote. Kitties. Walks. Swings. Grass. Ceiling Fans. Other kids. Socks. Shoes. Balls. Cars. Daddy coming home.Light Switches. Stairs. Elmo. Sports on TV. Easter Eggs. 

Hates

Getting dressed/ Diaper changed. Waiting for his food to be prepared. Being told no.