Man how time flies. Today Declan is nine months old. Three quarters of a year. Hard to believe.
Declan has changed so much in the last month, every day he amazes me at how fast he is growing and changing. I know I've been saying this for a while but he is getting closer every day to crawling. Tonight he was doing about a half length of crawling, moving his legs and hands a little but not quite a full body's length. He is trying to pull up on everything and will move his legs to "walk" if you hold his hands although of course he is still quite wobbly. He can scoot all around, roll whenever he wants, and last weekend he even made it from laying to sitting while in his crib. ***see update below***
On Sunday 1/8 Declan's first tooth broke through the surface and we could feel it with our finger. He hasn't given much indication that it is bothering him though. Such a contrast with Teagan whose bottom two teeth broke through at 6 months.
Declan has made big advances in the food department in the last few weeks. He is now very interested in finger foods and has no interest in purees. If you give him one, he'll let you know his feelings about it by blowing raspberries and spitting it everywhere. But he does great with picking up pieces of food and feeding himself. He really likes pears, peaches, banana, cheerios, pancakes, broccoli, cauliflower, squash, sweet potatoes, scrambled egg yolk, peas, and Aunt Melissa's butternut squash bread. A new food this week was Great Grandma N's double mac n cheese which was a big hit. Dec also does great with a sippy cup. He has learned how to drink from it and now even picks it up and drinks by himself. He only drinks water from it for now. Declan still nurses every few hours on the weekends and has 3 bottles at daycare. He still eats 1-2 times a night but we have been working on stretching out these snuggle times with the hope of eliminating them completely in the near future (so Declan can be well rested and Mommy can get her 9+months-sleep-deprived brain back). Declan usually takes 3 naps a day - one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the late afternoon or early evening. He sleeps about 12 hours total at night from 7 or 730pm until 7 or 730 am.
Declan says Dada and Mama frequently, although I am not sure they are purely associated with Mom and Dad at this point. Most of the time it does seem like the "Mama's" are directed at me though (like at 3am when I get him from his crib and am about to feed him, it's hard to imagine the mamamama's are directed at anyone or anything else). Either way, the mamama's are music to my ears.
Declan is such a sweetheart - full of snuggles and smiles and is generally a very happy boy. We love his personality and the happiness he brings to our family. I particularly love all of the sweet snuggles we share and it's a little bittersweet to see him growing up so fast. We are trying to both embrace every moment of his baby-hood along with looking forward to seeing what each new day brings for him. I can't believe my next big update will be when Declan turns ONE. Wow. Happy nine months Declan - we love you so much!
***Update***
Turns out the little stinker WAS close to crawling. I wrote this post on Monday night and Tuesday I set my little babe on the ground and he crawled! On the eve if his 9 month "birthday". I have video proof!!! We are in trouble - he is fast!
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