9 Months

Ethan is nine months and he seems to grow and change so quickly. He has been crawling and pulling up for a while but in the last week he has started standing in his own. We also bought him a push toy he loves and plays with constantly. Over the weekend he learned to go up stairs and I am thankful we don't have them at home. He loves playing with others, being outside and is always on the go.

Weight: 21lbs 11 ounces

Height: 29.25 (83 percentile)

Clothes: Ethan is now in mostly 9 month clothes, some 6-9 month clothes, and some 6-12 month clothes. It varies by brand. Most days he just sports a onesie and I'll add shorts/pants once in a while.

Diapers: size 4 diapers. We switched mid month and they are a little big but doing their job. He wears cloth during the day.

Nursing: 4 times a day and sometimes a little snack before nap time.

Food: he is eating dinner every night with breakfast and snacks here and there. He likes sweet potato, squash, green beans, carrots, banana, mango, apple, blueberries, cantaloupe and black beans. He also tried more chunks of food, puffs and mum mums. We are hoping to start more chunks and have him start feeding himself.

Sleep: he goes to bed around 8:30 and gets up around 7:15. Naps are still variable. This month he actually napped worse than any other month with several no nap days. He seems to be improving though.

Teeth: Ethan has two bottom teeth and the top two are threatening to come in. The bottom two came in at the same time with a lot of fanfare: fever and spitting up. Once they were in, he was much more comfortable.

Found him underneath the crib one day

On the back deck

Playing outside

And two videos:

Walking with the walker:

Laughing with daddy: