9 Months Old

I can hardly believe that my baby is 9 months old today! Now he has been growing for as long as he was inside of my belly! This month he has been changing so much and doing lots of new things. He now has 6 teeth- 2 of which are still slowly coming through the gums. His smile is so cute now with all those teeth showing :) Jacob can also say "Mama" and "Dada" now. He says "Dada" a lot more, especially when he's just talking or playing. "Mama" usually comes when he's upset and wants to be nursed or just picked up and held. The biggest development is that he is now starting to become mobile. He has started moving from a sitting position to his belly sometimes when he's reaching for toys, and he's started being able to move in a circle and backwards on his belly. He is still working on these skills, so it happens more when he's upset and really moving his whole body around. I keep putting him on his belly to work on this, so I'm hoping he'll really get going in the next few weeks.

Jacob is still having trouble sleeping at night, but his naps are getting a little better. He is sleeping in his crib at daycare (not super long, but much better than in the spring), and we have been putting him in our bed for naps at home. This has been nice, because I can either take a nap with him or get work done. He usually takes 2 naps now, each one about 1-2 hours as long as we lie with him or put him in our bed. The one downside is that he's starting to want to sleep with us at night. I will be amazed if he ever lasts the whole night in his crib without waking or being moved to our bed or his swing. I have a feeling that by the time he turns one we may attempt letting him cry it out again, but right now I'm just not ready for that.

Eating continues to be one of Jacob's strong suits. He has started eating more finger foods like crackers, rice cakes, yogurt drops, and bananas just to name a few. It's fun to let him try some of our food when we have something that he is able to eat. He has also started spacing out some of his nursings now that he is eating more, which has been nice. In between meals he still nurses a lot, but I know it will get even better as he eats even more and starts having solid foods for snacks during the day.

Jacob likes: eating, taking a bath, splashing water, playing with his toys, kicking his legs, bouncing in the jumparoo, pulling Mommy's hair, listening to his music cd, going shopping with Mommy, and "talking"

Jacob doesn't like: sleeping in his crib, getting his diaper changed, getting dressed, getting cleaned up after a meal, waiting to eat, and being left alone when Mommy goes to get something from another room

 Teeth!

 

 First haircut