Wyatt - Nine Months

A blurry picture = a busy baby

Stats:
At his appointment this month he weighed 19lbs 8oz. Last month I thought he weighed over 20lbs, apparently I was wrong. They said he looks perfect and he's growing well. They didn't mention anything regarding the size of his head at this visit, but it's still big thanks to momma and daddy!

Sleep: 
He is still taking two naps a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Each nap lasts about 1.5 hours. He goes down really well for his nap as long as he is showing signs that he's tired. If he's not tired then its not worth trying because he will NOT go to sleep.

Wyatt still gets up at least twice each night. Usually the first time I would feed him and from then on I would only try to console him. Now that I'm going back to work things have to change. I believe my feeding him late at night/early in the morning might contribute to him waking up multiple times throughout the night. So I'm working on not feeding him until morning and just helping him calm down when he wakes up. My fingers are crossed that he will start sleeping straight through!

Eating:
Wyatt eats three meals and a few snacks each day. He is still nursing about 4 times a day as well. He is starting to eat more table food with his meals, which he is loving. He's tried cheese, bananas, oatmeal, yogurt, black bean tacos, steak, chicken, bread, pasta with sauce, quinoa, graham crackers, strawberries, etc (there is more I just cannot think right now!). Usually as long as its not too spicy I will let him try whatever we're eating.

He still is eating some of the baby food I made him, puffs and yogurt melts. He's been working on learning how to pick up foods and feed himself, which he is getting better at each day. He also will finally drink out of a sippy cup and loves water! 

Diapering:
We are still cloth diapering and loving it. He has also moved up to a size 4 for his nighttime diaper, which is the only time (unless we're traveling) that I use disposables. 

Clothes:
He is wearing all 9 and 12 month clothing. Due to his bulky cloth diapers he is mostly wearing 12 month pants and sometimes I'll stick him in 12-18 month pants.

Social:
This month we spent a lot of time inside, staying out of the snow and cold weather we've been having. We did take a trip to North Carolina to visit family, which he really enjoyed. It was very fun for momma and daddy to see him interact with his cousin who is about 5 months older than him. She crawls everywhere, so while we were there Wyatt decided to give up the army crawl and crawl himself. 

Highlights & Milestones:
Wyatt continues to pull up on EVERYTHING that he can. He has also gotten pretty good with learning how to sit back down from a standing position, however, he doesn't know how to sit back down when he stands in his crib. There have been many nights that I've found him sitting or standing in his crib in the middle of the night crying. I'm hoping he will figure it out soon.

He is still super chatty and loves to make grunting noises. He's going to have perfect animal nosies when he's older!

He also learned this month how to wave, which is pretty adorable.