Nine Months Old

Nine months already for our little Paisley!

She is pretty routined at this point in all aspects.  She gets up just once in the night, typically near the same time each night.  Pais wakes near the same time each morning.  She always wants a bottle shortly after I drop her off at daycare.  She maintains her routine of sleeping, eating, and playing at daycare each day.  Paisley is ready to eat supper at the same time every night and wants to be in her bed and left alone by 8:00.

What can I say, her mama likes routine too, so perhaps she comes by it naturally.

We had a rough time taking pictures this month as she wanted to roll away as soon as she was placed on her back.  When we would get her to stay on her back she would start crying for Riley or I to pick her up.  Understandable as we are both just standing over her - me trying to take a photo and Riley trying to get her to look and smile.  Oh well....this is what we managed... on two different days with two different outfits.

Paisley is weighing in at 14 pound, 10 ounces which puts her in the 4th percentile.  Her height is also in the 4th percentile at 26 inches.  Dr. Gallagher said she's dropped a little on the growth chart, but she'll probably just be petite.  He said as long as she is eating well we have nothing to be concerned about.

Crawling still hasn't made the resume yet, but she is a pretty fierce roller.  In the last few days she is trying to scoot forward more and more, but just can't quite get her little knees tucked under her.

If we are sitting on the floor with her, she will use our thighs to try to pull herself up.  She usually ends up slinking over  in our laps, but she sure wants to stand up.

3-6 month clothing still fit and probably will through the whole summer.  I guess the great thing about having kids that are so little is that they get to wear their clothes longer.  Ollie has worn the same size through multiple seasons.  We moved him into 2T in the fall and here it is spring and almost summer and he is still in 2T.

Paisley has found her voice and loves making sounds.  "Mama" was her first official word (at least that's what I'm counting it as) and she babbles mamamamama quite often.  She is getting close on a "Dada" sound.  One of her favorite sounds is what I call her baby goat sound.  It usually occurs in the van and I don't know how else to describe it other than a baby goat because that is exactly what she sounds like.  I'm not sure if she makes the sound due to the movement/vibrations of the vehicle or what, but it is pretty comical.

Tasting new foods has been a fun experience.  Paisley loves scrambled eggs and black beans.  We've tried several soft solid foods, but she hasn't been sure about several of them including bananas and pasta.  Her hand-eye coordination is getting better, but much of the time she has more food in her lap than what makes it in her mouth.