9 Months Old

The little man is 9 months old today! We went in for his check-up and he weighed in at 21 lbs 9 oz (65-70th percentile) and was 28 inches (45th percentile) long. The funniest question to me is when they ask if he eats well; let me show you exhibit A. The doctor asked me to tell her about what he is doing so I mentioned that he scoots but desperately wants to crawl and he is so very close. In fact, tonight he crawled backwards so it is only a matter of time before he gets down that forward motion. I told her that he wasn't getting himself into a sitting position yet but she wasn't worried and said it usually comes when they start crawling. Well, wouldn't you know, about as soon as we got home, the little man decided that the sitting up thing was a breeze and I lost track of how many times he did it tonight. Josh is starting to think about standing up as well and often contemplates this feat while in the bath tub. I have to keep reminding him that the bath tub is not the place to try to stand up for the first time.

Still no teeth at nine months but the doctor thought maybe she could see something on the bottom right; it is just not ready to pop yet. As you can tell, at 9 months, Josh is on the verge of all kinds of breakthroughs so it should be an interesting month ahead. Our biggest issue with him is sleep. We did some sleep training several weeks ago and had a great week where he slept all night the whole week. Then, somebody flipped a switch and the little boy who will not sleep alone returned so as of tonight, we are back to sleep training. Hopefully this time it will stick! Josh is developing quite the little personality and makes the funniest faces and noises. One thing remains, Josh is the happiest, smiliest, friendliest little guy. We are so blessed.