Wow, Max has accomplished so much in the last month! In fact, at his nine month well check today, the doctor said that he's doing so much that he's all messed up. In other words, his brain is working hard keeping up with all these new developments. Unfortunately, I think these new milestones are all affecting his sleep as well, and he's not wanting to stay asleep. He wants to practice his new skills instead of sleep! Here's a list of his new accomplishments this month:
he got another tooth on the bottom and three more are close behind, making eight total teeth
eats finger foods and loves feeding himself
waves bye-bye/night-night
clicks tongue and loves when you click back
likes growling back and forth with people
gives kisses by smacking his lips
likes to dance whenever any music comes on by bobbing head and/or body up and down
he practiced all month and finally started crawling one week before he turned 9 months! First he went from being on his belly to sitting up, then he was doing a move where he would do a push up and balance on his toes with stretched out legs, then he did the crawling position and rocking on his hands and knees, he could crawl backwards for awhile, then he finally took off!
a few days after he started crawling, he started pulling up to his knees and then to standing soon after that
he likes to pull up on the ottomans and bite off the leather on them; not sure what to do about that
he also likes to pull up on the piano and play it; he's so tall, he can reach the keys already
and as of today, he can clap his hands
avocado!
The Plank
You see his tan lines? He even has tan lines
on his wrists and ankles where his rolls are.
We'll blame this on the angle of the camera : )
Whew! Needless to say, Max has been busy! He's also been busy growing. He weighs in at 23 pounds and is 31 inches long. At the doctor's office, the nurse asked me how much I thought he weighed, and when I guessed 23 pounds, she laughed and said, "Thant's a little ambitious, don't you think?", and I was right on the money! He's about the size of a 15-18 month old. Slow down, Max!
