Liv 9 Months

Liv 9 Months

Check out Liv's 9 month pics!!!
Liv 9 month pics

Stats:
Length 27 3/4 in  53%
Head 43.5 cm 40%
Weight 17 lb 10 oz 40%

Her two top teeth came in this month.

Breastfeeds 5 times a day (7, 10, 1, 4, 7)
Still no solid foods.
Naps 8:30-10:30am, 1:30-4pm

She has started waking up anywhere between 6-6:30am. Very frustrating. I have no idea why, but it doesn't seem to be going away. It doesn't matter what time I put her to bed, same wake time. Up til now, she always slept 7-7, 12 hours. Maybe she's just an 11 hour girl. Lord I hope not.

At her check up this month, Blanke checked on her tongue tie like he always does. She continues to grow and nursing is not a problem for either of us. He was surprised we both made it this long without problems due to her tongue tie. Now that she's starting to talk, he wanted to find out if it was inhibiting her speech. He suggested taking her to a speech therapist to get an opinion. From teaching at ECS, I have a relationship with the speech teacher, so she came over to check it out. She was also surprised she'd done so well nursing with how short it is, and she was more surprised to find out she could say her "N" sound, as this requires the tongue to go forward. She suggested having an ENT look at it. So we'll be seeing an ENT this month. I'm anxious to hear what he says. I hope he gives clear answers and feels confident one way or the other bc I'm torn. Based on research, it isn't necessary to clip it and it can stretch out (which is what Blanke has always said), but I've also learned that by the time we realize there is a problem (when she is talking more at age 2 or 3 or later) she will have learned to use her tongue as it is, and if we clip it she'll have to relearn how to use it (for eating, talking, etc). So I don't want to wait too long if it needs to be done.

Says uh-oh, da da, ma ma, na na na

Crawling, doesn't furniture surf much. Likes to stand and sit over and over.

Standing in crib: this was really frustrating for about 2 weeks. After much research on the babywisemom blog, I learned that she was right at the age for this to happen and I wasn't alone. It caused her to have interrupted naps bc she'd stand up and couldn't figure out how to sit back down or be so excited to try out her new skill that she couldn't fall back asleep. So during wake time, I'd practice having her sit down in her crib. She eventually figured it out and we've moved past it and gone back to napping peacefully.


This was a very frustrating month bc she was very clingy. She was just learning to crawl, but didn't figure out that if she wanted something, like me, that she could crawl to get herself there. So she'd just cry for me.

I've noticed that most of the time that Beck plays with her I'm correcting him to stop or be gentle. I've also noticed that as soon as he comes near her, she starts to cry. I'm wondering if this is a learned behavior from her. Either bc she knows she's not going to like how he plays with her (usually rough), or bc she knows Mommy corrects him so it must not be right. So I've tried to limit my corrections and let them work through it. I've tried praising him for what his intentions are, which is just to play with her as a playmate, even if it comes across to rough simply bc he doesn't know better yet. I really feel like it's helped.

Of course Beck couldn't let her have the spotlight

She figured out how to stand in her crib this month

She loves the swing, but this is how she rides. Very funny. 

Can I get some girl toys Mom!?

Pedis by Momma! Love my girlie girl!

Her BF Max!

Just a taste of real food on her 9 month birthday

She is a very expressive pooper, which is very helpful in potty training. I can tell when she's going, so I take her to the potty, and voila! Poopy in the potty!

My favorite part is when Beck says "she's crawling!" He was so excited for her!