Liam is 9 Months Old!

**P.S Sorry for my pictures...I can never get them lined up....motion sickness might occur.

-Liam is a monster at 26ish pounds!  I'll have a more accurate weight amount after his well visit next week.

-He had some trouble sleeping this past month because of teething and a growth spurt that was making him wake up to eat a few times, but other than that he is doing well sleeping!!

                                                

-He is a super stander and is even trying to stand on his own.  He will stay up about 3-5 seconds before his toosh hits the ground!  He pulls himself up on EVERYTHING.  And because he is such a chub, he will sometimes pull whatever it is on top of him because he's heavier (canvas toy bins, his bumbo, his table toy, etc).

-He still only has one tooth...I thought he was popping another one, but I was mistaken.  But soon two more will be coming!!!!  I can see them through his gums!

-He is still a little piggy, but isn't too fond of meat.  I think it's a texture thing, so we'll just keep experimenting.  Other than that, the only extras that have been incorporated into his diet are finger foods, crackers, gerber cheese puffs, etc.

-He is starting consonant sounds more frequently.  "NiNi" is his new sound.

-He's getting really flexible with his schedule as far as naps are concerned and bedtime, too.  Syd was always really good about that since I had a different school schedule every semester.  He will fall asleep if he's tired enough while we're out running around, and bedtime is a breeze now.

-Naps are switching between 2 and 3 when we are home.  He used to always fall back asleep around 8:30am (after he woke up around 6am), and sleep until 10:30 or 11am, but now he skips that sometimes. So instead he will just nap around 12/1pm and then sometimes around 4pm depending on his mood.  Sometimes he will just do the 12/1pm nap and only have 1 a day!  We'll see how this turns out next month.

-He now knows our food is edible, too.  So anytime we're eating, he'll rush up to us and just stare at the food waiting for us to offer him some.  He does the same thing with drinks.  Syd had a bottle of water and he saw it, spit his binkie out and opened his mouth! HAHA!

-His new thing to do is to start crawling around on the hard floor and then sprawl out.  It's so funny because it's so random!

-He also is obsessed with crawling all over everyone!  Most of the time I'm sitting on the floor and the moment I do, he crawls over to me, crawls all up on me, and stands beside me holding my shoulder and pats my back. HA!

-He is still wearing mostly the same size clothing.  I am already ordering some winter clothes and I chose 3t shirts.  They will shrink and he'll have room to grow.  I haven't bought pants yet so I'm not sure on the sizes for those.

-He is still wearing a size 5 diaper.

-He is still using a binkie, but not every second.  I'm not worried about it.

-He now feeds himself his bottle at every feeding.  Such a big boy!!

-He LOVES cats.  Let me explain...we have a Hello Kitty metal poster and every time he sees it he gives it a big kiss.  He also has an animal book, and whenever he sees the kitten inside he gives it a big kiss, too!  AND he follows our cat around everywhere, and I'm sure that's why he likes them.  It's just so cute that he kisses all of the pictures of cats he sees!

-He's still obsessed with Monsters Inc.  I think that will be is Halloween costume!

-He's becoming more open to strangers, and by strangers I mean people he's seen, but never let hold him before.  Hopefully that gets better.

-He likes to pull out wipes from his wipe box and smell them.  It's so funny.  He pulls one out, looks at him, crumbles it in a ball, and then smashes it up to his nose and gives a big sniff.  It's hilarious.  It's complete coincidence, but he will also pull a wipe out while he is leaning forward in a crawling position, and then swipe it by his side...totally looks like he is trying to wipe himself.

-He is obsessed with the vacuum.  Syd was terrified of it!  He just follows it around.  Sits on it, touches it.  Pretty much loves the vacuum.

-Bath time has become playtime.  He loves it and can now enjoy some toys in the tub without landing face first in the water.

-He seems to have really great fine motor skills...i.e, picking up really small pieces of food, turning pages on board books, etc.

-He's been having some pretty bad eczema problems, but it seems that I am starting to get it under control with magic California Baby Calendula Cream.  Expensive, but AMAZING.

              

-Sydni is still his bff/playtime bud.  Too bad she starts school in less than 2 weeks.  He's going to miss her so much!  He always leans forward in his car seat when I put him in to check to see if she's sitting beside him.  Love it.

 -He is SUCH a happy baby!