Max - 9 Months Old

Mr. Max is 9 months old! He had his well child check with Dr. Nash this morning. He is 30.5 inches (98%) 19 pounds, 13 ounces (38%) and has a big head (96%). All looked good on his check up! We will have to move him out of his infant car seat now because 30 inches is the height limit. I'm totally bummed because I love having the option of just picking him right up in the car seat and letting him sleep when he doses off in the car. Those days are over! Bummer!

Max is now an excellent (and very fast) crawler. He goes all over the place and his new favorite activity is pulling up on things. He likes the new perspective of being "up high" to view things. He loves pulling things off of the coffee table and opening up the cupboards in the playroom. He also likes ringing the doorbell on the playhouse and playing in the play kitchen. A couple of times now he's moved his little feet just enough that we can say he's cruising, but he hasn't really gotten the hang of it yet. He's also tried letting go a few times when he's been standing, but hasn't made a habit of that yet either.

Max is a big fan of food! He's getting more and more into finger foods and less and less interested in that baby stuff on the spoon. His new favorite food is cheese quesadilla :-) He's pretty good with a sippy cup too, but he's discovered how to spit out the water! Such a boy!

As far as sleep is concerned, Max is still going to bed about 7:00pm and waking once in the night for a feeding and then waking at 5:30am(ish) for the day. Dr. Nash said this was still in the range of normal, but gave me some tips for trying to wean him off of that night feeding if we think he's ready. We are certainly ready to try, but aren't going to do anything until after we get back from our trip to Indy. Now is not the time for major changes. Max is doing a great job with his 2 naps and I'm really enjoying being able to rest or get things accomplished around the house while both kids nap at the same time.

Max has a follow up appointment with the neurosurgeon next month and luckily we do not have to have any additional imaging done. Hooray! Just a check in with the doctor and hopefully all of this dermoid cyst stuff with be behind us :-)