So can you believe that Caeden is already 9 months old?!?! Only 3 more months and we'll be having a birthday party. It seriously seems like I JUST had him...well, kind of.
Weight: 21 pounds
Height: 28 3/4 inches
Eating: Nursing is going well. The biting indeed was a phase, and he has stopped. The last week and a half or so he has been nursing really, really quickly. Like 4 minutes kind of quickly. I don't know if he just isn't wanting as much milk right now, or if he's getting it out quicker. He nurses at 7:30/11:30/4:00/before bed around 6:30 or 7:00.
Solids: Caeden eats almost anything and everything. He does not love green beans and he does not love broccoli. He puts them in the cupholder section of his highchair tray. :) He still gets the baby oatmeal usually once a day just because he loves it. I told Scott though that I think the box we have right now may be our last box of it because it's expensive for what it is.
Waketimes: Same as it has been for the last two months (which is really strange to me!)--the first waketime is 2 hours, and the second is 2 hours and 15-30 minutes. I've noticed that he can handle about 45 minutes of extra flex with those times. If you put him down much beyond 45 extra minutes, the nap will likely not go well. But it is nice to have some cushion time. Much more than Micaiah ever did. He had to be a lot more specific with his naptimes until he was several months older.
Sleeping: 2- 2+ hour naps. 12-13 hours at night (depending on whether he needs to go to bed early for various reasons).
New discoveries and other notes: He is pulling up on anything that he can grab hold enough to do so. It's not necessarily that he likes to get up in order to do something that he can't do on the floor, he just likes to stand. He has had many falls, bumps, and bruises, but he presses on. He says "Dada", loves to dance and do musical things, and he also gives kisses. He kisses just like how he signs....only if he wants to. He is not about to be cajooled into doing something he doesn't want to do at the time. Separation anxiety is getting slightly better, but still there. He has started "sharing" toys with us. If you are holding him while he is chewing on a toy, for example, he might offer it to you for a chew. So sweet.
Can you see who he is looking at in the background? He loves him so much.
Caeden is actually an American name that means "fighter." We did prayerfully mesh that with the meaning of Elijah to come up with the meaning of his full name, "The LORD my God fights for me." However it is interesting to note that he seems to really fulfill the original meaning of Caeden. He is a little fighter. One example is that ever since he has been able to roll over he has fought having his diaper or clothes changed. I don't necessarily dread changing him, but I don't look forward to it either because he is so squigilly and rolls the second you let up on him. Scott called him tough but tender. He's not going to be a push over, but he's also not going to push over other people either. That seems to fit his little personality to a tee.
Favorite toys: anything Micaiah is playing with, wheels--on strollers, big toy cars or push toys, etc., Little People, and anything that shakes or makes noise. He also really loves playing in the toy kitchen and digging around in the play food and containers.
On to the next month!
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