I blinked and she aged another 4 weeks. Just like that. August turned into September and Piper entered a new month of her first year.
She’s still chewing on everything she finds…. and a tooth finally popped through her gums (Aug. 28), but not before she started saying “mama” (Aug. 4). She’s so funny with her words. She figured out she could make syllables so instead of just crying, she forms her mouth different ways and makes actual phonetic sounds. The kids love guessing what she’s saying.
Henry and I went to the Silopanna music festival in Annapolis in mid-August. Guess who came along because she’s still not taking nutrients through a bottle? Everyone loved her hot pink ear plugs.
Ooooh! She’s also eating some solids. Lots and lots and lots of Cheerios and some little bites of easy foods. She LOVES spaghetti.
Crawling is child’s play to her now. She gets across the floor faster than I can say “Boo!” and is pulling herself up. Her cruising is limited, but she’s getting there.
She’s constantly on the move so it’s getting more difficult to get clear pictures, so here’s a blurry one.
She continues to be awfully sweet. We’re finally down to 1 feeding in the night, sometimes none…. I’ve been working on being more consistent with her schedule – bedtime anywhere between 7-8… she occasionally wakes up for a midnight feeding, but for the last week or so, she’s slept until 5 or 5:30 am when I feed her and get ready for my day, while she goes back to sleep until 7-8 am. Yeah!
We had her well-baby check up at the end of last week. She’s up to 15 lbs and is 24 inches long. She’s in the 55 percentile for height and the 5th percentile for weight. Our only action item is her left eye – the tear duct continues to be blocked so we’re headed off to the ophthalmologist for a consult tomorrow. We’ll probably have to probe it to open it up effectively.
Happy 9 months, little one.
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Hey! I just saw Bridget @ back to school night @ Potomac Falls High School Monday night! I can’t believe she has one in high school!
Caitlyn had the same schedule (& was SO tiny I felt like I couldn’t drop another feeding) so I put her down @ 7-8pm & then WOKE her up to nurse one more time whenever *I* went to bed (she never really opened her eyes much @ that feeding, but nursed on both sides!) and she finally slept til 8am or after … I just wanted to sleep in SO badly, I’d do anything & that worked!
Ended up doing the same thing with Courtney & Corinne (who were much bigger but I always like getting in at least 6, sometimes 7 feedings in @ 24 hour period) as well. I’d nurse them at 8-9pm, then bed, then get them up and nurse them again before *I* went to bed then they’d sleep for 8-9 hours.
Also, because Caitlyn didn’t like the bottle either, if I went out for the evening, David would give her cereal, put her to bed, then I’d just go in & nurse her in the dark whenever I got home. They were all very flexible that way … you can always try it and see if it totally wakes her up and then you’re up for another hour, that might not be worth it, but just had to share!
Hugs, Joellyn
So cute. I didn’t know she was saying “mama”. What what! Love it 😉
Glad she is bringing you much joy! Austin had surgery on his clogged tear duct when he was about 9 months, and came through it really well.