9 Months Old

     Froggie is 9 months old today! She's come a long way in the past 9 months and has had her share of set backs. She is generally happy and lots of fun to snuggle. She's normally tolerant of her Big Brother which is saying a lot, since there are days where I have a hard time tolerating his behavior.
     Our little Nugget officially has 7 teeth! With another on its way through... She is a GREAT eater and will try whatever we give her. I don't think we've found anything yet that she doesn't like! She got a nifty new sippy cup with a straw yesterday and seems to do well with it. She crawls around and pulls herself up on everything from toys to furniture to the legs of anyone close by.         
   She's growing in leaps and bounds but lately she has been struggling with sleep. I don't like to blame behavior and illness on teeth but by process of elimination I feel that her sleep issues may have been tooth related. Some nights over the past few weeks she has woken up to have a mini party. She crawls around and throws stuff on the floor. This morning she crawled over to Hubby and attacked him with kisses!

Big Girl at breakfast

Such a happy Froggie

Big Girl at dinner

     November 1st is also the day that I choose what the kids will be for Halloween next year. I snagged a new superhero for Big Brother and a Strawberry for Froggie for about $18.50. The costumes originally cost $52.99, I'd call that a deal! We are all snuggled up now for the night watching Monster's University! 

Movie night

And We're Mobile

     Almost...

     She's gotten really good at getting herself from her belly to her knees but she still gets tangled up in herself. I think in the next couple weeks though we'll be chasing her around.

     I'm so amazed at the progress Froggie has made since the harness has come off. I was expecting delays and difficulties but she seems to be pretty on track. Fingers crossed that we continue to get good news at our next appointment - less than a month!

Another Milestone

     I mentioned a few of the things Froggie is currently doing yesterday. Well today I have another thing to add - Froggie had her first food experience!
     Yes I know the current advice is nothing but breast milk or formula before 6 months but we take a "baby led" kind of approach. Both with Big Brother and Froggie we watched for cues they may be ready for food; imitating chewing, reaching for food/cups, getting upset when others are eating, etc. It helps that both kids also had teeth at about the same time (4-5 months).
     After Froggie "yelled" at one of my co-workers for eating crackers I figured that was a good enough  cue to attempt something additional. She did a great job with it and smiled and giggled about her dinner  the entire time. She didn't "tongue out" the cereal and she ate the little bit that I made for her with no problem at all.
     I know there are varying opinions of when to feed infants, what to feed infants, and whether or not to feed infants cereal period. We had success with giving Big Brother cereal and we've decided to follow the same feeding pattern with Froggie. Check out this happy little girl!

     There was one set back to this experience - Froggie does not fit in a high chair while wearing a harness. Since Froggie is still pretty tiny and fits well in our infant seat we decided to use that as a make shift feeding seat. We would have used the modified Bumbo seat but I left it at work this afternoon when I came home.
     Off to start decorating a wagon for the 4th of July. This is a very intricate process, especially if you're part of my family. There will definitely be a post about it in the next day or 2.