The Strong Mama: March 2011

I have a confession to make. I dread blogging. I have a slew of ideas and things to blog about. But... I am a horrendously, hidously, spelling error riddled, painfuly slow typist. It's gotten out of hand. A blog post that dshoudl take 30 miutes takes me 3 HOURS. So how abiut a little goal of ten minutes a day leaning how to type? I have to tchat h up tp the rest of the world that learned this skill in 8th grade. Then witting blog post wont be akin to a trip t get cavities filled. any suuggetsins ofr a program, maybe one taht might make this task slight enterninating?

Thanks.

PS For demostartion purposes of how helpless I am, this post is what comes out AFTER one round of spell check. Half od the words are so mangles spell check had no suggetsions for me. Usually takes 3 or 4 reviions at least. OY frekin vey.

Hi Duder! You have a had a very busy, very MOBILE month! Read on for your accomplishments between 8 and 9 months...

Stats at 9 months:

27 3/4 inches long

17.13 lbs

46cm head

Sleeping pattern: 8:30-8:30 ish. Still rock solid and consistent. We have yet to institute a nap schedule for you. I know that you're a happier little person if we make an effort to put you down in your crib for a nap in the middle of the day. Sometimes it happens, sometimes not so much. We aren't the type of family that would be able to function if we were tied down to the house for a 3 hour chunk of time every day, so we just roll with it.

Feeding schedule and foods you love to stuff in your face: We have breakfast, lunch, and dinner, at no particular time, whenever it works. You are eating all the same foods, some new additions including pineapple, and chicken off the bone! The Primal little beast in you loves it! We will not make the mistake of taking your bone away...

9 month stats:

17 lbs, 13 oz

27 3/4 inches

46 cm head

Nicknames: DUDE, buddy, little man, bug, monk, monkey, dudappotamous, stinky, rascalpants.

Temperament: You are so communicative and expressive. You have an unmistakable joyful reaction when you see me or daddy, and now Molly too. You get a huge grin on your face and flap your arms around wildly in the air. You definitely know who your people are. you have developed some really fun and endearing little facial expressions too.

Exhibit A: the throw your head back, open wide to show of your two little teeth and squint your eyes.

You are becoming more adventurous and outgoing in social situations too. You have always been a little ham around adults, but with kids you have been more reserved until recently. With your new found skills and independence , you are much more likely to go exploring on your own and play with the other babies at your play group and story hour at the library.

What you love the most: Feeding yourself, drinking water, your bath, Molly's bowls, and standing up.

What makes you mad/sad: You are getting squirmier by the day, especially we change your diaper. I have to strap you to the table because you'd fling yourself on the floor in a heartbeat. You don't like being confined on your back. Daddy thinks you will make a great wrestler. Sometimes as soon as I set you on the table for a change or your after bath spa mama treatment, you get pissed!

Things I’m loving most right now: I love your smiles, especially when I know they are just for me. I love seeing how strong and capable you are becoming. I love that you make me laugh all the time. You talk to us and to yourself constantly, having very detailed conversations that make perfect sense to you!

Sounds you are making: You are mimicking more and more, but I think mostly you are very original and I just mimic is you. You make your squealey, ooo, baa, mamam, dada, eee sounds and i just say them back to you. You think that's pretty funny :) You like to blow bubbles in the bath water too.

You are learning to: CRAWL! On February 10th you took your first real crawls. Of course you had been working up to it for few months, but we were sitting in Baby and Me class and there you went- front, back , front , back! You had a growth spurt in the beginning on the month, leading up to your big milestone. By the end of that week, you had it down and you were pulling up to standing just a few days later. It is still is a shocker to see you standing up in your crib in the morning! So off came the bumpers and down went the mattress to the lowest level. You look SO GROWN UP when you are standing all by yourself.

This is the first crawl we got on tape- you have come such a long way- now you are a speed crawler!

You have some new favorite tricks to go along with your new freedom. You make a bee line for Molly's water b0wl before I get to it to whisk it away. I let you bang on her empty metal food bowl. Bless her heart, Molly will actually let you push her out of the way and dig into her food, as she just sits there staring forlornly at this great injustice. You love to pull up on the coffee table to try to get your hands on anything you can, mainly technology. And of course the fire place it a source of intrigue for you, the hotter and harder the surface the better! We have been doing the sign for "danger" a lot lately.

You have really taken to feeding yourself these past few weeks. We put all sorts of food on your tray and you gobble it up. You went from mashing the food in your first and trying to figure out how to get it in your mouth while maintaining a death grip to perfecting your fine motor pincher grasp. You can pick up blueberries, and corn and peas!