Time has passed too quickly again, and I am very much overdue in writing your updates for your eighth and ninth months.
And the past two months have brought such huge leaps in your development! The difference between you at 7 months old, when I last did your update, and you at 9 months old is astonishing.
Then, you had only just learnt how to sit up in a stable way, and you were still toppling over a bit. You were getting frustrated that, although you were mastering this incredible new skill, which gave you a new perspective on your world, you were as yet unable to move about. By the time you reached 8 months, you were sitting beautifully, and not only that, you were lurching forwards onto your hands and knees in a bid to start crawling. While we were on holiday, just before you turned 8 months, you were trying to escape the paddling pool that we were hoping you'd stay put in!
Here you are at 8 months old, on 12th June 2015.
Between turning 7 and 8 months, your sleep became quite disrupted, although that was partly due to getting a cold. We began to see the start of a pattern of getting up at 5am, which still continues a lot of the time now you're 9 months. You were not a very happy baby during this month, as separation anxiety really kicked in and you screamed whenever Mummy put you down or moved across or out of the room. You certainly knew how to get attention, and found a shouting voice!
You started crawling a few days before turning 9 months, and got the hang of it extremely quickly. Just a few days after you first crawled, you pulled yourself up on the furniture, standing very sturdily and confidently. In the same week, you learnt to wave and to clap your hands. Your first tooth (bottom left incisor) popped through as well in the same week!
We've suspected that you've been saying 'Hello' for some time, but it became clearer and more obvious this month, as did saying 'Dadadad'. Now that you could crawl, Ozzy the cat's peace was over. You searched him out at every opportunity, and we have to be careful, because he's a bit of a grump and can scratch.
These next photos were all taken on 14th July 2015, two days after you turned 9 months.
You were enjoying your food, and were now more able to grasp food and bring it to your mouth. When you were 9 months, you enjoyed sitting at the table with us at family mealtimes, trying a bit of most things we were eating, and also enjoying dropping food and then peering over the side of your highchair. You were still breastfeeding about three or four times in the day and a couple of times a night, and were showing no signs of wanting to stop. I'm happy to carry on for as long as you need to.
Nearly every day that we went out at this age, someone commented on your hair. It really is the loveliest, funniest shock of white blonde hair I've ever seen on a baby. It grows straight upwards in a Mohican, and just seems to be getting longer and longer and higher and higher. It makes a lot of passersby stop, smile and comment 'Oh! Look at his hair!'.
Your favourite things when you were 9 months old are the TV remote controls, my iPhone (which you can spot from anywhere in the living room), Ozzy the cat, ripping up paper and tissues, and playing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat'.
You're a giggly, chubby, wriggly little bundle, eager to be off exploring, but equally loving tickles and raspberries on your tummy and neck.
Love you, sweet baby,
Mummy x
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