My little baby boy is speeding along quickly to his 1st birthday. He's a sweet and easy-going guy, a lot like his sisters were. We're still eagerly awaiting the whole sleep-through-the-night thing, but I'm finally breaking some bad habits (aka bringing a bottle to bed) and it seems to be helping. The last 3 nights he only got up once-- which is a vast improvement over the 3 times he usually gets up. Who knew I'd be so psyched for my 9-month old to do a 6-hour stretch?!?
Here are some more stats:
Furniture surfing-- 8 3/4 months
Standing alone for several seconds-- 9 months. At 9 1/2 months he can stand for quite a while. We're thinking he'll be on the early side for walking.
STTN-- *taps foot*
Teeth-- 3rd one at 8 months, then another every 2 weeks since. (fun!) He's just cutting his 7th at almost 10 months.
He LOVES music, and dances non-stop to anything resembling a beat-- be that actual music, a coffee grinder, a drill...
He's also developed a very creative crawling solution. On slick floors like we have, he maintains the baby-seal-drag. On carpet or rugs he does the "normal" crawl. On gravel, grass, or anything else uncomfortable he puts his butt way up and crawls on his hands, left foot, and right knee.
He shakes his head "no" a lot, but it's usually dance-related. He eats everything we do, and ADORES being rough-housed. He's an adrenaline junkie already-- if you surprise him by "dropping" or "throwing" him when he's not expecting it, it gets a huge smile and laugh every time. Luckily I've already been broken-in by his trouble-maker big sister, so we're ready for his toddlerhood. We think.
