Reflections at NINE months

Dear Z,

I'm getting slack. It's now far more interesting doing stuff with you then writing about you.

So, just for the record.

Nine months old, my little baby, and boy have you become so much more enjoyable!

You have a cheeky little smile that never fails to crack me up. Recently, you've started doing a fake laugh. It's a bit of a cross between a snort and a cough. You do it when you hear me laugh and you don't quite get the joke.

But most of the time now, you're in on the joke and we laugh together. Hilariously.

Like today, when there was a clip in your hair. We both realised how lacking you are in that department, and we giggled as we tried to get the clip to stay on. You shook your head as if to say "It's not going to stay on Mom!" And when it did, you threw your hands up in surrender and giggled.

You are such a good baby. No complaints. However, it would be sweet if you could drop your 3/4am bottle and sleep through the night - 7am to 7pm like you are supposed to be doing. Right now, you are sleeping from 7pm - 6am (sometimes 5.30am!).

Length: 80cm
Weight: 8.6kg
* You have only put on a very paltry 100g since 5 December. That's 100g in two months. Your Dad and I were a little worried but then Nurse J popped by and she noticed immediately what a super busy baby you are. So it seems you've been burning all up all the calories you've been scoffing down. Hopefully, some of that weight management will rub off on me as I chase you around the house.

Here you are zipping about in the family room this morning:



Some stuff you've learnt over the last month:
1. Crawl!
2. Sit in various yogi poses that requires super flexibility and balance
3. Pull yourself to a standing position
4. Understand "no" but obeying it is a totaly different matter.
5. Clap to command, clap to rhythm, clap to praise yourself
6. Wave "bye bye"
7. Do "twinkle twinkle"

New tricks:
* Dance to music
* Point at things you want us to look at, like the fan
* Working out problems (like if I hide behind the couch you can work out where I am by listening to the sound of my voice)
* Walking a couple of steps holding onto a support

And now, we've got to childproof the house.

Love,
Mom