Caleb's 9 Months

1. Caleb is 9 months. Time is just flying!

2. Caleb is a little over 20 pounds and is in the 59th percentile.



3. He is also 28 inches and is in the 35th percentile for height.

4. So Caleb picked up on army crawling so fast and was pulling himself up to things soon after that. At his 9 month appointment he was crawling up on all fours for only a few steps but then would fall and army crawl the rest of the way, but then he seriously picked up crawling almost full time the day after his appointment. He has gotten super mobile so quickly!

5. Caleb loves to give us little head bumps. Especially in the morning when he wakes up or when he's super tired and out of it he'll head butt us or nuzzle his forehead into our chest. I feel like he gets excited whenever the boys are wrestling around like he wants to join right in. :)

6. Caleb definitely has his likes and dislikes. He seems to like sweet potatoes and apples, and bananas and most of the baby food that involves those into their mixes. He doesn't like those foods plain or by themselves though and he doesn't like them if there is anything that looks better around. He loves trying whatever we are eating and when it's something he can't eat he gets pretty upset.

7. He's still spitting up occasionally, very similar to how Claire was. He has eczema too and he broke out in hives once. My only kid to react to a food allergy in complete hives all over. He wasn't fussy about it at all and he was breathing fine which was good. Unfortunately, I don't know what food we had given to him that caused it so I have to really watch for it again and remember what he tries.

8. He's pretty smart and picking up on some things quickly. He learned to clap, especially when we all say "yay!", he waves hi and bye, he was making everyone smile in the hallway at church when he started waving and saying something that sounded very much like it could be a "hi" :). He's also learned to shake his head no when he doesn't want the food I'm offering him or when he doesn't like something, (like when I'm trying to change his diaper and he doesn't want to lie still).

9. I tried to do some sleep training recently and let him cry it out a bit. I think he understands a little better now, and usually will fall asleep pretty quickly when I lie him in his crib. If he wakes up before I go to bed I can usually get him to fall back to sleep as well, but in the middle of the night, it's just habit to bring him into bed with us. He accepts a paci a lot more than his brothers did, so that helps but teething I think is upon us, which messes up any progress we had. :P

10. Caleb is such a chill baby. He's pretty happy for the most part and unless he's hungry or tired he likes to scoot around grabbing anything he can to put in his mouth. He loves banging on the computer keys and piano keys when I'm teaching the other kids. Right now he'll just follow the other kids around the house from room to room as they play. :) He laughs at Everett so much. Seth loves to gives him hugs and he's already trying to join him in his horse play. I constantly am still reminding Seth to be gentle, but Caleb seems to take it okay. He's used to the pokes and bumps I guess. And Claire is getting to be so good with him. She helps out in little ways, trying to make him happy when he's sad, feeding him, picking him up. I can already tell he looks up at her with love. We love our little 9 month old.