Anna at 9 Months

Anna's stats:

Height= 27 3/4 inches;  65th percentile

Weight= 19 lbs, 8 oz;  70th percentile

Head circumference= 44.3cm;  55th percentile

Motor Skill Information:

-Anna can pull herself from a sitting position up on to her knees, if she has something to grab hold of.

-She can transition from sitting up, almost onto all fours (to crawl), but one of her legs gets in the way.

-Anna enjoys trying to stand, while holding an adult's hands, although still is pretty wobbly.

-Anna has just discovered how to get herself from laying down to sitting up... this has been adversely affecting her sleeping (especially naptime). She doesn't know how to purposely lay back down from sitting yet, so sometimes I go in and lay her back down (from sitting) approximately 10 times, to begin one nap.

 

 

 Other Information:

-In general, Anna has been sleeping an average of 11 to 12 hours per night this month, wooh-hooh!

-Anna has always been a pretty "talkative" baby, but now she is starting to sound more like she's trying to make up words, saying things like "blah-blah-blah-blah", and babbling in general.  She is now using her tongue to try to make different sounds

-Anna has started biting while nursing... usually just when she is not focused on eating and ready to play. 

-Someone described the shrieking noise that Anna enjoys experimenting with nowadays as a baby pterodactyl, although who knows what they actually sounded like, lol.
-Anna enjoys actually having short books read to her (as opposed to just trying to eat them).

-Anna is keeping a leery eye on me when I have my hair in a ponytail (my hair is just recently long enough to be able to do this).  She is not quite sure what to make of me... sounds like mom, smells like mom, and kind of looks like mom, but she's still skeptical.  You can tell her little wheels are turning, trying to figure it out.

Anna gets pretty excited about bathtime!

Anna enjoyed her first ride on the Katy Trail!

It's hard to take a nap when you keep getting stuck sitting up!

Before...

After...  Poor Jillian!  Anna is approx 1 to 3 months older than
most of her baby friends, and seems in general to be scary to them.

Anna at her 9 month check-up.

She still is maintaining her same go-to position for relaxing.

That little leg seems to get in the way of crawling at this point.

After a long morning of shopping...

Anna likes to practice standing, nowadays.