We went to the park for the first time today and put Aaden in the swing. He kind of seemed indifferent about it, he was more interested in the kids playing and didn't really seem to notice that he was swinging. Until Aaron started grabbing his feet and holding him, making silly faces and noises and then letting him go. Then he really started to enjoy it and was giggling. We went to Emmy and Papa's after for a BBQ to celebrate Memorial Day. We wished it was warm enough to go in the pool but with the weather lately, we probably won't be able to get in til August!
Some pics we took on his 9 month "birthday"
Look at that cutie!
I love the little belly hanging out!
At the park!
9 Month Appt
We took Aaden to the doctor for his 9 month check up and he's doing just great! He weighs 21lbs 10oz (60th percentile) and is 27 1/2" long/tall (25th percentile) and his head circumference is 44cm (also 25th percentile) We didn't have too many concerns to talk to Dr Yager about other than his spitting up that hasn't gone away (although it's decreased a lot) and his tongue tie. Dr Yager was not concerned about the spitting up since it doesn't seem to bother Aaden and he's gaining weight just fine (obviously). He said when he grows taller it will likely help the spit up - well with him only being in the 25th percentile for height, we might be dealing with spit up for a while! And with the tongue tie he said that we won't worry about it unless it seems to be effecting his speech later down the road. And that sometimes they stretch. If by about 2 years it hasn't stretched then we'll clip it - ouch!
The Happenings of a 9 month Old
~Aaden is wearing 9-12 month clothes and Pampers size 4 diapers.
~He drinks Similac Sensitive formula - he usually takes about 30 ounces a day.
~He is sleeping from about 9pm-730am. He will sometimes wake and want a bottle at 3am otherwise he'll usually get up at 6am and we'll bring him into bed with us and give him a bottle and he'll go back to sleep until 730 or 8.
~Aaden is starting to wave. It's kind of sporadic and it's kind of a lazy wave right now but he'll get it sooner or later. We practice every morning when I leave the house. He and Aaron walk me out to my car and we try to get him to do it. Sometimes he waves his entire arm, sometimes he opens and closes his hand, and sometimes (most of the time) he just looks at us like we're fools.~He is learning to clap and it's so cute to see his arms flailing all over the place and him getting his hands together. They haven't really made the clapping noise yet but he's getting the motions down. He gets really excited when we notice what he's trying to do. He also loves patty cake right now, even when he hears the songs he starts grinning and bouncing up and down.
~Aaden has discovered a new trick - blowing raspberries on other people. I think it just accidentally happened one time and now he's perfected it. He'll blow raspberries all over my arm and when he gets a good one he turns and looks up at me with a big ol' cheesy smile and starts laughing and then goes back to do another one - he is so funny! I don't know how he learned it but it's pretty impressive to me. His grandma said that she's never seen a baby do that before.
~Another thing that I've never really seen a baby do - Aaden sits with his feet crossed. And he'll even clap with his feet (he got that down pat) and then promptly cross them after. It's the goofiest thing - I have it on video so I can show him when he's older what a goofball he was.
~Speaking of videos - he loves watching videos of himself! He gets soooo excited! Although, I'm sure he just thinks it's another baby. He also loves playing and laughing with the baby in the mirror. He loves playing with other babies and kids too. It's amazing how young they are when they start becoming social.
~He loves bathtime! He splashes all around like a crazy boy! And he loves playing with his little bath toys.
~He's crawling like a champ! It didn't take him but two weeks to get really good and fast at it! He doesn't crawl normally though, he moves his arms and then pushes with one foot to scoot the other leg forward. But that's how he learned and it works for him - so whatever! And I think it actually helps him on the laminate in our house - he gets a little more traction with the way he crawls.
~He pulls up on everything and is very good at it! He can doesn't need much to help him get up. He can just pull himself up on my legs, the sliding glass door - all kinds of stuff. It's like he's been doing it forever. Now when he's standing against something he can squat down and grab something off the floor and stand back up again. He loves playing with these old suitcases that we have in our living room and he will actually stand and walk while pushing it over to the kitchen - I have a feeling it won't be long til he's walking!
~He is into absolutely everything - and everything that he's not supposed to be getting into - cords, shoes, ceramics, hangers, garbage cans, plants, plastic bags and he has figured out how to take the outlet covers out! Seriously, we can't turn our back on him for too long!
~Aaden has become very attached to me. If I walk out of the room, he'll start whining and crawling as fast as he can to get to me. It's funny though because he doesn't want me to hold him because whenever I pick him up he'll push away. He just wants me to be around so he knows I'm there. It's very sweet but the whining gets to be a little much sometimes. -I know, I'm mean.
~He's babbling a lot more. He says dadadada, babababab, mamamama and lots of other noises. One in particular sounds like "hi" :)
~We have moved on from pureed food (except he still gets it at daycare) - I wanted him to learn to feed himself instead of me shoving it in his mouth. Plus he was getting really frustrated during meal time and I think part of it was because he wanted to feed himself. Now we mostly give him stuff that he can feed to himself with his hands. He's getting really good at it and it's going well even though it's pretty messy! We've become a lot more experimental with food. I've made him sweet potatoes a few times and he really likes those. He has also been eating turkey breast, scrambled eggs, potatoes, cous cous, steamed carrots, peas, green beans, zucchini, rice and beans, toast, banana, strawberries, pasta - he loves pasta!, and bites of anything we are eating as long as it's not a choking hazard and it's not unhealthy. I can't even eat anything without him crawling over to me to see what I'm eating and whining until he gets a bite or two or four... He still gets yogurt melts and puffs - he loves puffs, he's a freak for them! Oh and he also gets those teething biscuits - they are beyond messy but they keep him entertained for about 20 minutes!
All in all, everything is going well. Aaden is seriously so goofy and makes us laugh all the time. And he's just too cute, I want to eat him up!! Here are a few more recent pics -
Crossing his feet
Standing with one of his new favorite toys
and flashing the same cheesy grin I used to when I was little
Rockin' the fuzz hawk (and showing off his first bruise)
Looking out the slider at Kona
(although I'm surprised he can actually see through that dirty window! Gross!)
Eating rice and beans at Jardine's
Told you - goofball!
Taking a bath at Emmy's
Sweet boy
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