9 months and growing

It's been a while since we've had an Alice update, I've been a busy mommy but that's no excuse. We're just a few days from Alice turning 9 months. Holy cow how time flys. It's hard to imagine that she's gotten so big and is growing so fast. We've missed a lot with blogging, so let's catch you up to speed.

Alice eating avocado in a Munchkin Mesh bag.

Alice now has six teeth with two more making their way in, despite the teeth we are still successfully breast feeding! (I feel so lucky that I've been able to breast feed for this long.) She's eating solids three times a day and her favorite foods are: apples with oatmeal (baby food, fruits) sweet potatoes (baby food, veggie), cantaloupe (fresh fruit) and avocado (fresh veggie). We're working on drinking out of a sippy cup oh, and she's crawling. A lot.

Alice already has a love for books.

This child never stops moving, forget the Step n Play piano people, she's crawling after the cats and mommy. Alice has also already started pulling herself up on things and standing. I'm betting she'll be trying to walk before Christmas. At her 9 months she's fitting into some of the 12 month clothing, which is insane. She's so tall! And she is finally getting some hair, which depending on the light looks blonde or red.

So now that we're caught up, some lessons that I've learned in the last three months. Parents, have a replacement for your 'sleepy time friend.' (For us a 'sleepy time friend' is a stuffed animal that is only for bed time, it's not one that she gets to play with all the time. It's part of her bed time routine, which to us is very important to follow.) Alice used to sleep with a pink bunny that we dubbed Mr. Bun Bun, but Mr. Bun Bun is now...retired, but we didn't have any other Alice friendly stuffed animals for her to sleep with, (They all had button eyes) and well she missed him. Needless to say we went out and got a Ms. Monkey to keep her company during the sleepy time hours.

Mr. Bun Bun

Mommies (or daddies that get up at night) prepare for some sleepless nights when those incisor teeth come in. (I know it's different for all children, but...) When those teeth started pushing through the gums, poor Alice was up anywhere between every hour or every two hours. My poor baby had a rough time with those two top ones, but now that they are through she's doing great. :)

Children who are crawling are just bound to bonk their heads when they are discovering their balance, don't panic and don't make a huge deal out of it. No matter how many times you sweep and/or vacuum, your child will still find something random to stick in his/her mouth and that's an adventure all its own.

We're also starting on telling Alice no. No pulling hair, which for some reason certain family members keeping telling us 'oh, no, she's fine, it's okay.' We also tell her no when she touches things she's not supposed to, electronics that we're working on putting out of reach (husband is building something for that) outlets, even though they have the little covers in them, and so on. This is something we wanted to start early.

There's a couple lessons learned and what's going on with Alice, she's growing up so quick and I'm not ready for it. Before I know it, it'll be her first birthday. *sniffle*