Our little munchkin is nine months old! No doctors appointment this month, so no stats. He is in 6-12 month clothing, some onesies are getting a little snug, though. He also has the most scrumptious thighs in America. I love it. Mason is just a delight to have in our home. He smiles his gummy smile if you look at him, and flaps his arms and legs with delight when he is happy or excited to do something (like get out of his carseat). He still doesn't have any teeth, but I feel like he is teething every other week. I am ready for gummy here to get some teeth! I will miss that toothless smile, though.
He is crawling everywhere and even learned how to go from laying down to sitting up on his own! I looked in the monitor one morning and he was just sitting in his crib like it was no big deal. He also waves "hi" "bye" and claps for himself. He knows the signs for "food" "water" and "more". He still sleeps from 7:30 pm-7 am. He wakes up and nurses/bottle and goes to sleep with a liquid feeding and thats it. He would probably be fine weaning now, but I still think its a little young.....I guess I do have like a months supply of milk in our freezer. Stay tuned next month.
He naps twice a day; for a combined total of 3 to 3 1/2 hours. His morning nap is about an hour and a half and his afternoon nap is usually longer, closer to 2 hours. He loves getting his blanket for nap time and is a super easy baby to put to sleep (like his brother used to be. Sigh).
Mason LOVES food (which is a huge understatement) and would eat and eat and eat. He still gets hoppin mad if he sees food and it's not in his mouth, but he is getting better (as in going to the grocery store isn't the most miserable experience of my week). He still is a great eater and will eat anything we give him, but he definitely has his preferences. He will always eat any fruit first, and everything else after the fruit is all gone.
During his 9th month of life Mason went to Lake Tahoe for the first time (and he went twice!), went to food truck friday for the first time, had a lot of family visitors and found a new love for the hammock. We love this little guy!
