Nine Months Old!

Kyle celebrated his 9 month birthday by attempting his very first finger food..."puffs". This photo pretty much sums it up. Instead of trying to put them in his mouth, he prefers to move them around with his index finger, and sometimes flicks them like he's playing tiddlywinks. He is now getting the hang of gumming them when we put them in his mouth. But he actually gagged on the first few (even though they were no where near his throat). The puff would just sit on his tongue and he didn't know what to do with it. So for now, puffs are more of an "activity" than a source of nourishment (especially since a serving size of 75 puffs equals a measly 25 calories, and he's currently only eating about 5 puffs per sitting). But hopefully this will lead to bigger and better things! And just today, we gave him his first yogurt and he loved it. So in addition to nursing, he's up to 3 meals a day...a Stage 2 jar, a bowl of oat/barley cereal, and now a yogurt. He's such a good little eater...he eats everything that we give him and is very tidy (doesn't try to grab the spoon or spit anything out). Sometimes I don't even put a bib on him.

He had a great 9 month checkup on Tuesday. He weighed just over 22 lbs and measured a little over 29 inches. So he's right around the 70th percentile for both height and weight. It was cute, when we were sitting in the waiting room, a friendly little toddler named Benjamin asked Kyle if he wanted to play with him (and he directed the question at Kyle, not me). I explained that Kyle was too little and can't talk but was enjoying watching the "big boy" play.

Just within the last couple days, Kyle has started making "mama" sounds...yay!! And he's also had some slithering forward motion (when he desperately wants something that is out of his reach...where there's a will, there's a way!). Each new little thing he does is just so fun and exciting...being a parent is the best!