9 months old
Posted by Missy Roberts at 8:14 PM About Jake
Happy 9 month birthday my baby! I can't believe that Jacob is already 9 months old. I was reflecting today on the day Jacob was born and it is still unbelievable to me. I don't think I could even imagine what he was going to be like 9 months later. He is an active happy baby. This morning we went for our doctor's checkup. Jacob is now 19 lbs 9 oz and is 28 3/4 inches long. He is doing much better weight wise. He is no longer in the 20th percentile...now he's in the 40th! YIPPEE. Our baby is gaining some weight. Dr. Gladstein was very impressed with Jacob's smile. Jacob was so inquisitive with all the instruments Dr. Gladstein was using to check his eyes, ears and heart. He was most amused with the eye light. He couldn't figure out what that light was doing. So cute. He did not like it when the Dr. was trying to check out his teeth. He stuck a tounge depresser in his mouth to open his mouth up and Jacob was not having it. He tried to shut his lips so tight, but the doctor finally got him to open his mouth. Then the nurse came in to take some blood so they could check his hemoglobin to check for anemia and he did great with the prick and was still when the blood was coming out. It was as though the nurse wasn't doing anything to him. THen he had a flu shot. He only cried for a couple seconds and then he was fine and all smiles again. He is such a good boy. The doctor did tell us that he can definitely be eating table food now. I don't know why, but I was hesitating on starting that. I think I thought he was still too young, but the doctor looked at me funny when I said he was eating baby veggies and fruit. DUH mom, he can have big people food too, like enchiladas, pizza, etc. I was hungry and the doctor was making me more hungry when he was describing all the food Jacob could have and would probably like. So today for dinner I made some wheat pasta with spinach, tomatoes and mushrooms. Jacob just had the plain pasta and some cheese and he loved both. At first I couldn't tell if he liked the pasta and then he was gobbling it up. He also ate some squash and then about 20 minutes later he gobbled down 6 ounces of formula. I guess he was hungry:)
He is standing up on everything now. Today while I was making dinner he was standing up holding on to the dishwasher and trying to kiss it. I think he could see his reflection in it and was trying to give the cute baby a kiss. He let go a couple of times and stayes up for about a second...longer than the split second a couple of days ago. He is definitely getting more brave about letting go. He also "walks" around EVERYWHERE pushing his lion. He's already figured out that the carpet is too small of an area for him, so he is now venturing into the kitchen with the lion. It is so funny to watch him walk behind that thing. I can't wait to see what new things are in store for him. So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!