9 Months Old

Another month down already??? Time is passing us by so quickly these days! And just as I say every month we are having the best time with Cade and feel so blessed to have him in our lives! He really is such a sweet and fun baby and watching him learn all these new things is so rewarding!

Here are a few things about Cade from this month:

- He is a speed crawler and a crazy crawler! He zips around the house from one area to another so quickly and frequently ends up underneath my legs before I realize that he has even made it into the room I am in.
- He is pulling up on everything and is walking around objects while holding on to them. He will let go of things with one hand and has even let go with both hands a couple of times. His balance has improved dramatically over the last month.
- He is still nursing every 5-6 hours during the day and goes 8-9 hours at night. He is primarily eating stage 2 foods but has had some stage 3 foods. We have also started giving him more soft table food over the last month and he is really doing good with those. He still doesn't have any teeth but I have no complaints about that since I am still breast feeding!
- His sleeping at night is slowly improving! He goes to bed about 10pm most nights and has been staying in his bed till between 5-6am most mornings recently. I still usually get up once during the night to give him his paci but most of the time he is just crying in his sleep then and as soon as he has his paci again he is quite. He does frequently end up in our bed if he wakes up between 5-6am and will usually stay there till at least 8am.
- He is still wearing size 2-3 diapers and size 9-12 month clothes. A lot of his shorts are still size 6 month but anything that goes over his head is at least a 9 month! We go back to the pedi this month for a check-up so I am anxious to see how much he is weighing now and what all his stats are!
- His favorite toys right now are his tractor (or anything that has wheels), his music table and his drum and he loves to bang his hands on anything that is around! We are working on clapping and waving bye and I think he is getting close to doing both of those. Other than his paci, he doesn't have any type of blanket/ toy/ lovee that he has to have with him at all times.
- We started teaching him sign language the middle of last month and is using the signs for yes and milk already! He doesn't always sign them at the right time but is getting better at that. We are still working on several others including food, water and more.

We love you so much sweet boy and look forward to watching you grow more over the next month!

Trying to trick him into staying in the chair with a stuffed animal!

not falling for the trick here!