I cannot believe Timmy is over nine months old! He is growing so fast. I took him to the doctor last week to see how he is doing. Overall he seems to be doing well. His growth has slowed quite a bit in the last few months. He weighs 18 lbs 14 oz, which is good for his age, but low for his individual growth chart. I think as he moves around more and grows older he'll just keep shedding that baby chub.
Timmy generally eats well, but sometimes he doesn't like certain textures and shows distaste by spitting and making faces. He loves crackers, bananas and other fruit, and he has grown to like toast and noodles and certain meats. He still likes most baby foods, but mostly he just wants to feed himself. Each meal is very very messy, but he enjoys it so much more if I let him go to town and feed himself.
He has kind of turned into a little grumpy baby these last few weeks. I think most of the grumpiness is coming from teething. He has been getting four teeth on the top and they are cutting through at different times extending the torture for both of us.
Timmy is still army crawling to get from one place to another and he has gotten quite fast at it. He's now very interested in trying to pull himself up onto any furniture he can. When he is able to pull himself up he is a little wobbly, but extremely proud of himself.
At night Timmy has been waking up frequently, and unfortunately I started going in to check on him, and now he is in the habit of waking up screaming wanting me to come hold and feed him. I am so tired when he wakes me up that I just want to get him back to sleep so I can go back to sleep. Consequently, we have developed bad nighttime habits again. I am going to have to let him cry through it and stop going in there, because it's starting to get ridiculous.
Timmy is currently very attached to me and Mark. He usually gets really upset when someone else is holding him. He also cannot stand it when I set him on the floor and walk even a few feet away. He wants me to hold him all day long or he wants me to sit on the floor and play with him. Sometimes I can get him distracted with special toys and he'll play by himself for awhile, but most of the day I am on the floor with him and Brian or taking them out and about. Timmy enjoys looking out the window and is especially happy to go places and he even enjoys eating at restaurants. He is happier when there is a lot going on and a lot of things to see.
He is starting to learn a few tricks. He will wave if you wave to him and he'll give high fives if he is in the mood. He still has those darling chubby cheeks and we adore him. One of our favorite times of the day is bath time. He and Brian love the bath and they enjoy playing and laughing together in the bath. Now that Timmy is sitting and mostly stable in the bath, it is a nice time for me to enjoy watching the boys have fun together.
Our nightly routine is dinner together as a family at about 5:30 when Mark gets home, bath time, getting pajamas on, and then bed. I feed and put Timmy to bed first usually around 6:15 and then I brush Brian's teeth, we say prayers and I read books with Brian before he goes to sleep. It has all been working out very well for us. We'll see what the time change brings at the end of the week. I am actually looking forward to it, because Timmy has kind of been out of sorts with his sleeping ever since the time changed last Fall. He is now waking up between 6:30 and 7:00 am. I am hoping that will change with the time change!
I know I say it often, but I love the new dimension and all the blessings Timmy brings to our family. I am so grateful to have him. Brian learns so many things he wouldn't learn if Timmy were not around, and I just can't get enough of watching them together. I am so happy and so grateful to have our two little healthy boys.
