9 Months Old

Nine months old marked some huge changes in Brianne. She is starting to look less like a little baby, and more like a little girl. She has more personality, and is developing quite a sense of humor. She now likes to watch TV, and is a huge fan of Sesame Street. Marty and I keep arguing about how much TV she should watch - I think we need to limit to a few minutes a day, and Marty is flipping on Big Bird within minutes of walking into the house. She probably watches more TV than she should, but at least she is watching something educational.

Physically, Brianne is growing in leaps and bounds. At her 9 month check up, she measured 29" and weighed 19 lb, 3 oz. That puts her in the 95th percentile for height, and 5oth percentile for weight. She is also in the 90th percentile for head size, so she still has a big noggin'. However, her head has always been big, and is proportional to her body, so the pediatrician wasn't concerned. Also her arms and legs are very long, and almost look too long for her body. Hopefully she'll have a growth spurt soon to even it all out.

At her 7 month check up, Brianne was sitting up, but not crawling an inch. The pediatrician warned us that if she wasn't crawling by her 9 month check up, we'd need to "talk about options" which did not sound good to me. However, right around 9 months old almost on cue, she is crawling! Not only crawling but also pulling up to standing. The pulling up is actually more important than the crawling, so we are excited.

As for eating, Brianne has been trying a wider variety of foods with more texture. I still make almost all her food, so now have been making it lumpier so she has to chew more. Chewing is not a problem since she now has around 7 teeth! She recently went through a phase where all she wanted to eat was yogurt for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but thankfully, she is back to her good eating habits.

She continues to amaze us with each and every stage. Just when we think she will never ever be able to do something (crawling), she surprises us by picking it up over night. We fall in love with her over and over again every single day, and can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!

Here is Brianne doing her sexy arm.

Brianne pulling herself up to kneeling.