9 Months

Gray turned 9 months June 20.  He is such a ball of energy these days, taking off crawling to whatever catches his eye and pulling up on anything and everything he can reach.

Sometimes, things just get a little crazy!

G's Schedule
I still take Grayson to school every day, so that means that P wakes him up around 6:15 to feed him, change his diaper, and get him dressed.  Grayson is pretty tired when he gets home from school and has started going to bed more like 7-7:30 every night.  We eat dinner with him some, but a lot of the time we are putting him to bed and then eating our dinner.  His sleep has still been pretty hit or miss when it comes to sleeping through the night. He still takes 2 naps a day while at daycare or at home.  On the weekends, we are usually able to get him to take a bottle when he wakes up (sometime between 5-6:30) and then go back to sleep until at least 8.  That has been a big help for my own sleeping needs!

At 9 months old, Grayson is:
-wearing 6-9 month onesies
-wearing 9 month shorts
-in size 3 diapers  
-we have heard him say mama and dada, but nothing has convinced us that he knows what he is saying
-babbling quite a bit more.  
-crawling much faster and getting from room to room in our house.
-pulling up!  He started out struggling quite a bit, but by the end of the month, he was able to pull up pretty easily.
-using a walker some.  We introduced it to him at the end of his 9th month and he would move around with it a little bit, but not much.  The walker still moved a lot faster than he was ready to go.
-Drinking 4 bottles a day.  We switched from a bottle every three hours to a bottle every 4 hours this month and added more solids.  It quickly morphed into 4 bottles a day - but we don't have to stretch too many passed 4 hours.
-having solids at every meal.  We are still introducing a new food and waiting 4 days before giving him new foods.  We now send Grayson to school with one serving of breakfast, 2 servings for lunch, and some puffs for snacks.  We feed him 2 servings of solids at dinner time as well.
-teething - he's got 6!  The top two came in first, then the bottom two, and then two more on the top! 
-still putting everything in his mouth.
-sleeping in his own room!
-takes 2 naps a day and is napping well at home and school.  His naps are still better at home, but he gets at least 2 hours of sleep while he is at school
-23 pounds, 5 ounces - 90%
-29 1/2 inches long - 90%
18 1/2 inch head circumference - 95%

It was pretty hard to get him to stop pulling at the sticker on his onesie this time around.