No crawling or standing yet, but that's okay with Mama and Daddy as it's super easy to keep an eye on someone who just sits and plays contently on the floor with his toys. Speaking of toys, it looks like a Toys R Us store in our living room. Henry has so much to bang on, chew on and cuddle with. He loves to play with all of his toys, but his squeaky giraffe Sophie is probably his favorite.
He still has quite an appetite, eats 4 bottles, 3 pureed meals and a snack each day. He's currently teething so he loves to put anything and everything in his mouth. We have given him Puffs snacks a few times, but he isn't so sure about them yet. Who could blame him though; they taste like Styrofoam.
Henry knows his name now and every once in a while he will answer to Hank as well. We call him by both names so it's good that he will answer to both.
He is definitely like his Mama, when he's tired or hungry, you will definitely hear about it. He also gets fussy when he needs a clean diaper. He's a drooling machine and still spits up all the time so he is always sporting a bib. Funny side note, his Nana and Papa got t-shirt paint and painted a tie on white bibs for him. It's too cute!
Henry is still very sensitive to other kids getting in his bubble. For some reason, he bawls and screams whenever we put other babies next to him. I'm not sure why he does that, but it makes us laugh every time. I am looking forward to end of that stage though. Oh and he doesn't care for strangers much, found absolutely no amusement in Santa Claus and doesn't like sudden loud, startling noises.
Who is this Santa character?!
We went to the pediatrician on the 23rd for his 9 month well visit. No shots this time, but they did prick his finger for a CBC test. He screamed like a banshee when the nurse swabbed his finger with alcohol, but the actual prick itself wasn't too bad. He quit crying once we gave him Sophie (the giraffe).
Oh and his best friend in the entire world, Eileen. He loves her and thinks she's incredibly funny. He just laughs and laughs when she walks by or when she gives kisses. He sometimes grabs her face or pulls her ears (we're teaching him how to be gentle) and she just eats that up! She loves attention even if it's not always nice attention.
Milestones:
- learned how to pull the pull chains on the fan, grabs them each time we leave the bedroom
- chatters and uses different pitches and volumes
- officially done with the swing. He used it almost daily for several months but the last few attempts only produced a major fit. I sure will miss that thing!
- totally mastered the walker - knows how to steer, back up and get into trouble by touching things that he's not supposed to :)
- wearing some 6-9 month clothes, but mostly 9-12 month now. Size 3 shoes. Size 3 diapers, size 4 night time diapers
Stats (as of 12/23):
- weight: 20 lbs. 9.5 ounces (53%)
- height: 27 1/2 inches (25%)
- head circumference: 46cm (73%)
Couch Potato Time is Mama's favorite!
All sprawled out!
I love bath time!
