Luke, you are nine months old!
Thirty-eight wonderful weeks have passed since I gave
birth to the most precious baby boy EVER! (That's just
two weeks and five days short of the time we were "as one";)
birth to the most precious baby boy EVER! (That's just
two weeks and five days short of the time we were "as one";)
Here's what you're up to these days...
- You weigh 21lbs. 12oz. (up 14lbs. 6oz. since birth and 1lb. since last month), and you are 29.5 inches long (up 9.5 inches since birth and none since last month...last month's length was approximate, this month's is official:).
- You are wearing 6-9 and 9-12 month clothes. You're still wearing size 3 diapers, but when these run out you're movin' on up! :)
Notice the bed...we went ahead and lowered it to the bottom to save
ourselves the hassle in a few months. You're growing up too fast! :(
- You love being at home with Mama (and I LOVE it too:). We have established a nice little summer routine (you'll soon figure out that your Mama loves nothing more than a schedule;)...
- 7ish- Wake Up...play in bed until around 7:30.
- 7:30 - Breakfast (Baby Food & Bottle)
- 9:00-10:00 (give or take a few) - Morning Nap
- 11:30 - Lunch (Baby Food & Bottle...Bath?)
- 1:00-3:00 (give or take a few) - Afternoon Nap
- 3:30ish - Snack (Baby Yogurt or "Smoothies" & Puffs)
- 5:30ish - Supper (Baby Food & Bottle...Bath?)
- 6:30ish - Clean Up, PJs, Breathing Treatment
- 7ish - Bedtime
- You were taking 8oz. bottles each time, but apparently your appetite has decreased. You have almost cut your milk intake in half! Most of the time I can barely get you to take a 4oz. bottle...but Dr. Ray says that solids are the most important right now and 16-24oz. of milk a day is plenty. You are leaning toward the 16oz. side these days.
- Sometimes you take a bath after lunch and sometimes after supper...just depends on the day! :)
- On the glorious occasions where you sleep until 8/8:30 you eat when you get up, and we omit the morning nap and extend the afternoon nap to 4ish! :)
- In between times you play until your heart's content. You love for Mommy and/or Sissy to play with you, but you also love to play independently.
- You are still eating all of the baby foods, plus you are trying out a few table foods. You have eaten fresh sweet and white potatoes, cauliflower, green peas, cantaloupe, watermelon, peaches, pears, bananas, cinnamon rolls (E's fave), and garlic cheese rolls from Red Lobster (you are your father's child:)!
- You are still holding your own bottle, but as I feared you ARE NOT interested in a cup (besides as a play toy). I have to remind myself that you will not do things at the same rate as E did, and I really am okay with that. We'll wait another month and try again!
(You love to read:)
- You are mobile!
Sometimes you tuck that leg under and scoot...
...and sometimes you get on all fours and CRAWL!
- You have started clapping, and it really is the sweetest thing.
- You have also started lifting one arm up as if to say "bye-bye" to people.
This is the best I could do...
- You have 5 teeth and are cutting a 6th!
- You are still jabbering away...dadadadada! One day...:)
- You have been back to the doctor this week...another coughing spell. Tuesday I took you for an upper GI, and you absolutely refused to drink the barium. You would rather have starved! You didn't cry or anything, but when you "said" no, you meant NO! Therefore, the test was basically a flop. It didn't rule acid reflux in or out. Since this particular problem with reflux runs deep in your roots we decided to treat you for reflux and remove the Singulair. We go back in a few weeks to see if it's working, and then we will reevaluate the situation.
- You give the biggest smiles that make people's days (especially mine)...and you are absolutely the best baby (strangers say so all the time:). I love watching you grow, and I'm so blessed to be your mama! :)
