9 months, 9 months, 9 months! I can't believe it. How can he already be 9 months and only 3 more until he turns ONE. Grayson is now pulling up on everything, standing while holding onto something, getting it the sitting position from laying down, drinking out of a straw, eating table food, saying Ca and Ga, getting into everything, such a flirt and possibly getting his two upper teeth.
He is pulling up on everything and loves his toys that he can stand up on and the ottoman. He loves playing in the kitchen especially with Bella's bowls, the tupperware, the pantry and the stuff on the bottom pocket of the kitchen door. He always tries to go into the bathroom where Bella's puppy pad is and I think he knows he is not supposed to go in there. He is always trying to take the vents out of the floor and get into the cabinets under the television. He is definitely a mischievous little boy. He loves playing "where is Grayson", peek-a-boo, getting chased, tickled, making car sounds with his mouth, doing sloppy raspberries and reading books. His favorite books are Who Loves Grayson, Goodnight Moon, If I Were a Monkey, If I Were a Zebra and Do Cows Meow. When our friends Phil and Katherine were in town with their boys they gave Grayson lots of fun books and one was Do Cows Meow. It is such a cute book and says Do cows sing?, Do cows coo? All I know is cows go... and then it has a picture of a cow and a flap for his mouth and once you pull it up it tells you the sound the cow makes...Moo! We have been reading it to him and one day he opened the flap by himself without me asking or anything. I was so shocked and proud of him. What a smart little boy!
He is wearing size 12 month clothes and 18 month onesies. He is now in size 4 Huggies little movers pull ups because he is all over the place and can't sit still. It is so hard changing his diaper now and getting him ready for bed. He loves picking off the letters from the quote on his wall collage because one of them was coming off. I give him all kinds of stuff to play with, but nothing works to keep him entertained. He is wearing size large sleep sacks along with size 12 months and 18 months for pajamas. I'm obsessed with the Kickkee pants pajamas and ordered several in the bigger 18 month size so he doesn't outgrow them too fast. He is wearing size 3 shoes, although it's hard to find sandals to fit him because of his cute, chubby little feet.
Grayson is a great eater so far. He does not like baby food anymore and only wants table food, although sometimes he will eat yogurt and baby food out of a packet. He has learned to suck the packet instead of me squeezing it, which makes it easier, but also very messy. At first he did not want me to use a spoon and only wanted me to put the food in his mouth as if the spoon meant he is a baby and not a big boy like he thinks he is...ha ha! We give him organic foods as much as possible to avoid the chemicals, etc. He likes to pick up the food by himself, but still lets me feed him when needed. His breakfast consists of the following foods: yogurt, scrambled eggs, strawberry cereal bars, fruit (raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, peaches, plums, kiwi, bananas and watermelon). He eats the following for lunch: turkey, Auntie Anne's macaroni, avocados, cheese, veggie and fruit stage 2 food packets, fruit. And for dinner he eats different varieties of chicken sausage (garlic, sweet Italian, apple, gouda), chicken breasts, cheese tortellini, chicken meatballs, Auntie Anne's macaroni, veggies (carrots, corn and pees) and fruit. His least favorite food is pees, actually he hates pees, and when he eats them he gags and spits them out. I read you have to try a food 15 times before giving up so I will keep trying. His favorite food is raspberries and he can eat a whole container between the three meals, but I change it up so he gets a variety of fruit. He has also tried pancakes, vanilla scones, custard, cottage cheese, cheeseburger and fries and now will try whatever we are eating except anything hard to chew. He figured out how to suck out of a straw on May 16th and I was so excited because I wasn't sure how I was going to teach him how to do that. He also started eating mum mums, little yums and lil crunchies for snacks in addition to the puffs that he ate last month.
He is on a good routine that hasn't changed that much from last month. He normally gets up around 6/6:30, but sometimes between 5-6am (wish this would stop completely) and has a bottle, breakfast at 7:30, bottle at 9 and then down for a nap, lunch at 11, bottle around 1/before his afternoon nap, nap around 1:45/2, bottle around 3:30, dinner at 5pm, bath at 6:30/6:45, bottle before bed around 7/7:30. He used to eat around 6 ounces per bottle and 8 ounces at night, but since we added breakfast he is drinking less which will help us get to the recommended amount of 18-24 ounces per day at 9 months. His naps are between 1 hour and 2 hours, but normally 1 hour 20-30 minutes.
9 Month Check-Up
He weighs 21 pounds 8 ounces (75th percentile), is 29 1/4 inches long (90th percentile) and his head is 18 5/8 (95-98th percentile). He got one shot and didn't even know it because he was having a bottle. He flirted with the nurse and doctor and they commented on how cute he is. She asked several questions about his development and he was doing everything she asked and more. She wants us to reduce his formula intake to 18-24 ounces per day and add 2 snacks. We go back September 5 for his one year check up.
Grayson started being a little shy sometimes and will bury his face into mine or turn his head in his stroller. It's so darn cute and just melts my heart. He did it when we visited Allison and has done it with Daddy too. He is still the biggest flirt and loves the ladies. We love his cute, fun little personality and now have seen a whole new side to him...his little mischievous side. It's so fun to see him grow and change. We love our little guy so much and can't believe in 3 short months he will turn ONE! Our life is filled with so much joy and happiness because of this amazing boy and he has truly showed me the meaning unconditional love. I love the way he giggles when I tickle him or when he squeals when I chase him. It's so fun watching his face light up when he sees me coming into a room. I could go on and on, but as you can see I'm madly, crazy in love with this special miracle baby I can finally call my son. We love you so much, Grayson Christian!
Notes on pictures below:
We had an online camera set up in his room so we could see him when we are away form home and he's with the nanny. When he woke up in the morning the little stinker stuck his arm threw the crib and ripped the cord out from the camera and was playing with it in his crib. Luckily I saw him on the normal camera right away and immediately removed it from his room. We got a new one that attaches to the wall that moves so it's much better than the old one.
We took Grayson to Whole Foods and let him sit in the grocery cart with his floppy seat cover. It was the first time we let him sit there and he loved it. The seat cover is great and can be used in the grocery cart or highchair.
Grayson loves playing with Bella's bowls.
Grayson, Daddy and Julia watched Frozen, although Grayson didn't last very long.
He loves playing with the vents in our house.
Play date with Ashley's little boy Henry - such a cutie!
Grayson met Natalie's daughter, Noa Kate - so precious and cute!
Big sis Julia and big bro Ethan took Grayson on a walk to Scooter's and got him his first custard. He didn't like the vanilla that much, but loved the chocolate.
We went over to our neighbors for a cook out and Grayson had so much fun with the kids. I got a cute picture of him with his big sis Julia and big bro Ethan.
Daddy and Grayson sent me flowers on May 30th that said to the best mommy ever and he also sent a text that said, You are absolutely the best mom ever. Truly amazing. Grayson is so lucky to have you. So am I. It was so sweet and made me cry. I'm very lucky to have the best son and husband.
Grayson went down the slide with Daddy for the first time and loved it!
He ate mums mums for the first time and loved them.
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