Beckett James | Nine Months

Oh, Beckett.  How are you 9 months already?  That's just three short months until your one year birthday.  I'm not ready to say goodbye to babyhood just yet!

Stats:  20 lbs (56th percentile), 17 1/2 in head (33rd percentile…definitely not a big head like your sister!), and 28 in. long (33rd percentile).  Basically, you are right about average all around.  But looking back at Zoe's nine month post, you seem like such a little peanut compared to her!

Likes:  Zoe is still by far your favorite.  Grandpa even commented on how you just light up when you see her.  You love having a burp rag (weird) and you little bear lovey in your crib with you.  And yes, they've been in there for months.  True second child!  Taking a bath.  Playing in water.  Standing (although you can't do it by yourself which means we have to hold you up a lot).  Playing "so big!" although Zoe likes to remind us that "no mommy...he's actually SO LITTLE!" 

 
Dislikes:  Being overtired.  Being left alone.  Being on your tummy.  You get so frustrated that you can't move forward and then you get stuck under things since you can only move backwards.  Getting your diaper changed/getting ready for bed. OMG, you'd think it's the end of the world.  You seem to do better if I do it on the floor, so I've started doing that just so I don't have to listen to the screams.  You'd think we were torturing you!

Biggest Achievement This Month:  Eating solid food.  You are still super picky and have a major gag reflex, but you are getting better about eating what you like and getting it in your mouth.  You'll try anything, but you are very big on texture.

  
Biggest Challenge This Month: Nothing major here.  Not being able to move how you want is probably the most frustrating thing for you and us at this point. 
 
Sleep: Down for the night around 7:30pm.  You then wake around 6-6:45am.  Your naps are at 9am and 12:30/1pm.  At home you just take two naps but you take three at school because of how short they are.  Your naps are anywhere from 1-2.5 hours.  

 
Temperament/Personality:  Happy, happy, happy!  Again, you love to "play" with Zoe.  You want everything she has, and she's usually very good about sharing and passing things back and forth.

Eating:  You still take FOREVER to eat your bottles and FOREVER to eat your solids at lunch and dinner.  You are still at 6 oz bottles.  You take bottles at 6:30/7:00am, 11:30/12pm, 3pm, 7:30pm.  The exact times depend on how long your naps are and if you are home vs. at school.  I've realized you are exhausted at 7:30 no matter how long you nap so now I just let you go as long as you want.

You love your cereal and yogurt.  You still like other solids but you are slow at eating.  You take your cereal and yogurt and 8am, two small packs or one large pack of food at 11am, and then again at 6/6:30pm.  We've started throwing table food in there too.  You love your puffs and yogurt melts.  You like corn on the cob (cut off the cob).  You've tried sweet potatoes and peaches although you aren't a huge fan at this point.  You hated the texture of the pancakes I tried to give you.  We'll keep trying as we go.  

  
Randoms:  All size 9 month clothes.  Fingers crossed that they last you the rest of the warm months.  I don't want to have to buy 12 month summer clothes since we don't have many more warm days left.  Since it's just onesies and shorts, I think we should be ok.  Size 3 diapers during the day and at night.

Milestones:  You now have 5 teeth.  Two bottom, your two fang teeth, and one of your front teeth.  The other front one looks like it's close behind.  You can pull yourself to your knees now but not really all the way to a standing position.  No crawling yet.  You do try to push yourself forward and spin in circles.  You are great at moving backwards and get mad when you get stuck under furniture (I would too).

We love you so much Beckett!!!