9 Months
Saturday
September 21st, 2013
(pictures were actually taken on the 24th)
Weight
Once again no idea. I
should know since she gets shots this month but I still need to find a new
doctor, so for the time being no weight update.
Health
Some of this month was spent in Washington
with my family. While we were there (and a little when we came back) she either
had a terrible cold or terrible allergies. She was literally leaking from every
possible place on her face…eyes nose and mouth, along with being super
congested! The last couple weeks of the month have been good and she’s back to
being a healthy baby!
Sleep
The first half of this month was a living nightmare…like the worst of the
worst! She wouldn’t sleep at night. She’s not the kind of baby to give up on
her crying either. So being at my parents I felt bad keeping the whole house up
at night and gave in very quickly to her crying which only worsened the bad
habit. Her naps were also funky this month, I was beginning to fear she no
longer needed two naps a day. Luckily by the end of the month she has been
sleeping through the night with occasional wake ups but quickly falls back
asleep and is taking her regular two naps a day. This makes for one happy
mama!!
Clothes
Mostly 6-9 with some 9 months and of course the occasional 6 and even 12 months
that fit. Baby clothes are so weird like that.
Diet
Her diet really hasn’t changed too much from last month.
Still eating all the same food and still not able to figure out the sippy cup.
She does have a new favorite snack though, gram crackers. One thing I kept
forgetting to mention is that she has a total sweet tooth…just like her daddy!
With ice cream being her favorite, she literally gets ticked off if I don’t
share. She has been doing a lot better with nursing (although she has bit me 3
times now!), I think we might actually make it to a year.
Crying
Some days are better then others. She is getting better and better at playing
and enjoying entertaining herself, although she still has lots of times where
she wants either my attention or to be held. She does really well when I lay
her down for naps or bedtime, mostly only crying a little bit to none before
she stops or falls asleep. Just recently her temperament has gotten worse
though. She has always screamed at us but now there are times she REALLY
screams when she doesn’t get her way. I don’t even know how to explain her
scream…but it’s a bad one, an I mean business one.
Milestones
She is still army
crawling, hasn’t quiet figured out the actually crawling. She gets on her knees
plenty and has even made 2-3 crawls forward but either sits up or goes to an
army crawl. She can now pull herself up to a standing position; she does this a
lot in the bathtub and while on the couch. She has two teeth that are fully out
on the bottom and a third one is coming in. She also does this funny thing
where she will get on her hands and knees then get onto her toes and knees and
poke her little bum straight in the air.
Products I'm loving
No new products. We
did switch over to some way cheaper diapers (from huggies) which I was very
disappointed we had to do, but they turned out just fine. I guess more
expensive isn’t always better!
Fun Facts
This little girl can
be the hardest baby yet the most rewarding baby. She can be so difficult, yet
so sweet and so fun…but that’s nothing new, she has always had that
personality. She really loves playing with Brody’s toys, which luckily Brody is
very patient with. She especially loves chewing on anything foamy, like his
darts…they will keep her busy for forever! She also loves bath time, even more when
it is with Brody. I think she just loves everything more when it is with Brody.
Her face lights up almost everything she sees him and every time he gives her a
hug, kiss, or wants to play with her. She in return is also very patient with
him when he jumps over her, rolls her around of the ground and tries to play a
little too roughly with her. He isn’t perfect with her (like any other 4 year
old), but he is dang close, she couldn’t ask for a better big Brother. She is such
a little climber; she will climb over anything and everything to get to where
she wants to be, including people. You will be holding her and she tries to
climb right out of your arms. She is also starting to be quiet the little
explorer around the house, finding her way into things and checking everything
out. She will move chairs to be able to get under the table. She likes being in
the kitchen with me and especially loves to get into the pantry and fridge
while they are open, she also loves playing with Brody magnetic leap frog that
is on the fridge. She still has to taste anything and everything she gets her
hands on, which can be kind of scary/gross at times. She has to be apart of
everything, she will crawl right out the back door to be with Brody…keep in
mind we have a dirt back yard once she gets past the patio, and she always
fallows us down the hall if Brody and I have to do something. She still totally
and completely favors me; Ian even goes as far as claiming she acts like she
doesn’t know him at times. She sometimes isn’t too sure about strangers, in
fact the first time she met Grandpa Great all he did was say hi to her and she
started crying. If she doesn’t cry she will usually try her hardest to get back
into my arms. She does really enjoy being around other people just not being
held by them. She knows her name without a doubt now, and even some of her
nicknames. Some nicknames she has acquired are; Kins, Mae Mae, Miss Kinsley and
I often call her Beauty Queen (not sure where that one came from but it
stuck!). I cannot even begin to count how many compliments she has received
about her eyes, almost everyone who meets her tells us how beautiful and big
her eyes are. I absolutely love her eyes as well, but it’s her smile that gets
her Daddy and I. Her smile is the most infectious smile you have ever seen.
When she smiles her whole face lights up…you don’t even have to see her mouth
to know she’s smiling, and you just can’t help but be happy.
(Another fun fact, see how her right eyebrow is lifted up a little bit in this picture. A lot of the time this happened when she first smiles, cutest thing ever!)
