9 month checkup

Okay, so Eliana is technically a week away from being 9 months old, but we made her appointment early so that I could get it done before the school year started. (Getting a sub is a nightmare sometimes.)  Anyway, she weighed 16 and 1/2 pounds, and she is 27 inches long!  This puts her at the 10th percentile for weight and the 45th percentile for height.


Ellie and I both had a bad cold/sore throat over the last week, but when the doctor checked her out today, he noticed that she had an ear infection!  I felt so bad--I thought she was starting to feel better like I was, and that she was just fussy because she was teething. Anyway, she got some antibiotics, so hopefully she'll start feeling better now.


At (almost) 9 months:

• Ellie crawls, pulls up onto furniture, "cruises" down the couch and loveseat, and has started letting go to try to stand by herself (not successfully).  She loves holding onto your fingers and walking across the room!  She claps and waves and loves grinning at her reflection in the mirror. 

• She loves peek-a-boo, especially when it is played with her stuffed animals.  She is starting to obsess over toys--holding onto them for hours at a time, and not letting anyone take them away.  She loves reading and gets really excited at pictures of dogs and cats.  She says mama mama a lot, but I don't think she means me.

• She is not sleeping through the night, and doesn't go to bed easily, but she is napping better during the day.    When she is really fussy, taking her outside usually calms her right down.  She likes swinging on the back porch and going for walks in the stroller.  Sometimes we even go feed the ducks--which fascinates her.  She plays more independently, but still loves playing with mom and dad. 

• Her favorite time of day is bath time.  She gets so excited when we turn on the water in the tub!  She has three rubber duckies, a turtle, and an octopus that she likes to play with in the tub--always two at a time--one for each hand. 

• She's doing okay at daycare so far. She likes playing with the other girls and with the fun toys (way cooler than the ones we have at home!) I get so worried about her, though. I'm not used to being apart. 

Cruisin'

I sure love my Stinker-poo!  She's getting so big, so fast!