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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

9 Months Old

Clapping her hands... Audrey's 9 month check-up was yesterday and she's doing really well. Dr. Miller took her off of her Zantac so she's only taking Prevacid now and if things continue to go well, she'll take her off of that at her 1 year check-up. I never would've thought she'd be on reflux medecine her entire first year but I praise the Lord that it's helped her body heal and made her a lot more comfortable. She weighed 16 lbs. 8 oz. (continues to gain 1 pound a month) and was 27 3/4 inches long. Compared to Anna at 9 months she weighed 2 pounds less and was only 1/4 of an inch shorter which has been the pattern at each check-up. She's gotten really picky with food, seems to do best with table food. She'll eat peas and green beans if we put small pieces on her tray but she won't eat them very well out of a baby food container. She loves bread, yogurt, and fruit puffs. She's even gotten picky with her cereal which just a week ago she loved. She doesn't want to take much time to eat as she'd rather be down on the floor working hard at walking. I've even decided to wean her from nursing as she's not into taking a full feeding. She'd rather "graze" and have an open buffet all day and mommy's not into that. At 8 months she mastered standing up, crawling, and walking behind things so I wonder what 9 months will bring. She is definitely on a mission to walk. She crawls over to anything she can stand up to, even the wall, and then cruises along usually holding on with just one hand. She is constantly scaring me! And it seems that I really can't get anything done now because she doesn't stay in the same spot. She either follows me right on my heels or gets into stuff. The bathroom doors now have to be shut as well as the pantry and laundry room doors. Anna is our "policewoman" hollering often to let us know what Audrey's getting into. That's probably why Audrey grabs handfuls of Anna's hair any chance she gets. :0) Here is a video of Audrey cruising behind her walk along toy. She uses this to get around the house and as you can see, gets frustrated when she runs into something and is stuck.

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