9 Months In, 9 Months Out

Oliver turns 9 months old today. He's growing up so fast! 


He's got two adorable teeth on the bottom front, and is working on some more. 

No crawling yet - but he sits up and rocks on to his belly now, so it's only a matter of time. We've dropped the crib all the way to the bottom (a long ways down when he won't stand to help you) and we've slowly started to baby proof. But he hasn't given us the big push, and I'm in no hurry! I can still set him down and know he'll still be there when I get back. 


He's an eating champ. He may not eat every bite, but he will literally eat any type of food we give him. Oranges, prunes, applesauce, green beans, spinach, broccoli...and an accidental piece of jalapeno during a bad parenting moment. We combine them to make it more complicated, which is always a fun experiment, but he doesn't seem to care one way or another. We've also started feeding him chicken and salmon. When we go out or travel, the baby food pouches (the new baby food jar) are super convenient, but we still make the rest of his food. He has started feeding himself finger foods, like oranges and strawberries cut up. Which he likes and insists on doing, but it takes a lot longer to feed him, and he still lets us feed him with a spoon, or he'd never get enough to eat! We've tried giving him the spoon, but the contents usually ends up only on the floor. 


He's in 12-18 month clothes and we've ordered him his larger carseat But we'll have to wait for our doctor's appointment next week to get the weigh in. 


He was just doing this fun tongue clicking for awhile, but he's introduced babbling noises now. He's practicing clapping and not sure whether he is musical or just likes to shake it, but he loves his rattles and maraca and tambourine. Let's just call it musical. He also pulls his pull toys to him by the string and can find the smallest spec on the ground to put in his mouth. 


We're still swimming and going to Stroller Strides. We go to Book Babies at the library when we can and sing songs with other babies. Oliver takes a nightly bath with dad, listens to the Raffi channel on Pandora and hangs out with his Aunt Kerry and neighbors a lot. He's now gone on a swing, sits in the seat in the grocery cart and high chair, and was babysat by a non-family member. 


To think that 9 months ago we hadn't even met! Love you, little guy.