M-EFF, OUR HAPPILY EVER AFTER: Roarin Rorie Turns 9 Months Old!

9 months. 9.....like in 3 months she's going to be one. I don't really even know how to comprehend it sometimes. I'll sit with her at night before I lay her in bed and she'll have her head laying on my shoulder and I realize that part of me doesn't even remember what it was like to hold her when she was just days old and could literally just fit right on my chest and belly when she was sleeping. I miss those snuggles. A lot. She'll still occasionally snuggle but only when she's tired and ready to eat and go to sleep. I remember posting a pic back when she was a few weeks old saying "I hope you want to snuggle forever". ahhh....maybe she'll want to again someday all the time. A mommy can hope.
It's been a kind of rough month in the sleeping and teething department. We got 3 teeth this month so needless to say it was a little miserable around here during the night. All day she is usually fine when she's been teething, it's just at night when it gets bad. And I still can't believe I'm believing in this Baltic Amber necklace that we have but the only time she doesn't have it on is at night when she's sleeping and thats when it's bad so who knows. Maybe that thing really is a miracle worker.
We went back and forth this month with more mommy attachment issues. Looking back I think the days that it was the worst was her worst teething days. She just wasn't a fan of daddy at night during our bedtime/bathtime rituals. I feel really bad when she gets that way because I feel like Wesley just feels helpless. I know she's going through a phase though and one of these days she'll be a daddy's girl. Mommy sure would love 24x7 daddy time haha. I could take a break once in a while haha.
So we tried to get some more socialization for her this month too. We had a lot more playdates that we usually had and I think it was great for her. We finally got to meet the twins that were born two days after her at the same hospital. Funny enough one of them is way bigger than she is and the other is about the same weight but a little shorter. Puts her into perspective size wise for me now when I see other kids her age and realize ok she's not as huge as I always say she is. We also spent Easter here at the house with two of our closest friends and their kiddos. It was so much fun doing Easter baskets with them all. And this past weekend while the daddies went to a Brew Fest the mommies and the kiddos all hung out and did lunch and then came back to our house for a little kiddie pool time. It's funny when she's hung out with the older kids how much I see her trying to do in the time she's with them and then shortly after they are gone. She wants to keep up with them so bad.
So while so much has happened this month, so much is going to happen in the next couple months too. I'm anxiously awaiting for the day soon when I turn around to look at her and she's let go of the couch and is taking her first steps. She wants to do it so bad. I've been planning away for her first birthday party and it's making me really sad. I wish I could freeze time right where she is right now. Mostly because she's so fun but mostly because I know that in the next few months she's going to go from baby to toddler status and it's going to break my heart.

Age 9 Months
Weight 18.12 lbs
Height 29 inches

Clothing Size Well in the past month I feel like we had quite a spurt. She's kind of outgrown a lot of her 9 month stuff!!! It's so sad, my little baby girl is a thing of the past. She's pretty much solely in 12 month stuff, or our 6-12 month BabyGap stuff because it runs a little bigger.

Sleep Sleep this past month was a little rough due to the teething. It really was all over the place. We'd have like a week straight where she was up 3-4 times a night and then get a break one day and she'd sleep all night and then right back the next night to not sleeping. We also had our first "I wanna stay up and party all night, night". That was fun. {not} She's still consistently taking a really good nap in the morning with Candace during the week but her afternoon naps are all over the place. It's happening anywhere from like 2-4 and can be anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour and a half. You never know.

Food Bottle strike day 111....still not even kidding. We have had "minor" success with Candace putting some milk in this one Bunny sippy cup she got for Easter and giving it to her when she eats breakfast. It's still not enough really to call it a "WIN" because she won't do it any other time of the day and she still won't even look at any other kind of bottle or sippy cup with milk in it. So she's still only getting nursed when it comes to milk time, which we're slowly starting to wean that back. She gets nursed about 4 times a day now. I've cut out a mid day nursing and I'm trying really hard to not nurse her in the middle of the night. We're actually trying to get back on the schedule of daddy taking over middle of the night duties....I'll elaborate more on that later. Back to food though she really started showing interest in the last couple weeks with what mommy and daddy are eating. So much that she pretty much hated any of the baby food she would get at dinner if it was coming out of the jars. She really just wanted what we were having so we have fully switched over to the method, she eats what we eat. We'll see how it goes. We just started this past Friday and so far so good. We still have baby food pouches on hand, {which actually she still loves}, I think it's because she gets to do it and it's not mommy feeding her. She's had pancakes, waffles, a ton of different kinds of cut up fruit, mac and cheese, chicken, pizza, pasta, sweet potatoes without pureeing them down, and whole veggies now too.

Activities Now that mobility is the new thing I'd say that is the new activity. She just wants to go go go, and she wants to see and touch everything. Pulling up and standing and scooting along the couch is a big deal now. We just got her a new push buggy car too and she's obsessed! Absolutely loves going for walks in it or even just getting pushed around the house. Candace uses that for their walks now instead of the stroller, she seems to like it better. At night depending on how long of a walk we want to take we'll do walks in that now too. I think she just likes being up and able to sit and see everything from a different angle. We also got her a Tee Pee with one of the gift cards I had left from the Ellen show. We were going to wait and give it to her on her birthday but I couldn't wait any longer. So she now does reading and flashcard time during the day with Candace in there too. At first she was a little hesitant about going in but now she'll go in there by herself. It's also starting to heat up outside more regularly and this kid loves if the ball pit goes outside and gets filled out with water! Makes me happy to know we have a water baby.

Likes Still such a happy baby and loving so much still. And a lot of the same as last month. We still love bath time except now we love to stand up in the tub. She laughs pretty much the whole time. She still loves Puffs, but also loves the new Organic cheese puffs that mommy got her. She loves her new sippy cup with a straw...WITH WATER of course. Loves playing with her ball pit balls and a couple of new texture colored balls that bounce pretty good. She's still obsessed with her Easter Eggs, she plays with them all day everyday. She has also been introduced to tupperware and of course she likes that too! She loves being outside, loves the wind in her face. She loves the dog and he's starting to like her a little more now too that she's a more "normal" person that moves around. I think before he just didn't know what to do with her and she kind of freaked him out.

Dislikes Teething, ok I think that is just a mommy dislike because it really sucks....a lot. She also dislikes being barricaded. So we're slowing just taking them away and realizing if they aren't there sometimes it's less enticing to want to go over them and she'll stay put where she is.

Mood Happy Happy and more Happy, except when her teeth hurt.

Best Moment This Month I'd have to say just watching the growth in her development over this last month has been awesome. She's changing so much everyday and learning so much. I think her first ride in a shopping cart was pretty fun though, she loved it.