Lincoln - 9 months

Lincoln is 9 months and he has turned into such a little boy now.  It’s crazy and he is growing up way too fast!  He smiles and laughs all the time and loves sticking out his tongue and experimenting with making new sounds.  He can say mama, dada, baba, nana and lots of other squeaks and squeals.  He also loves to click and make the kissing sound and loves to give wet slobbery kisses.

He is on the move!  He can full on crawl now and is getting pretty good at it.  He’ll either crawl on all four’s or he’ll do a half crawl half bear walk where one knee isn't on the ground.  He’s really trying to pull up on things around him and has come really close to climbing up one of our stairs (yikes!).  He’s also just figured out how to pivot on his bottom when he’s sitting so now when he’s sitting and playing he’ll pivot around in a circle.  I swear it seems like this kid is learning some new skill every day. 

 He loves music and dancing.  Anytime he hears any song or sounds he will start to wiggle back and forth and smile.  It is so cute!  He gets super excited when you hold him and dance with him to a song.  He’s also becoming a little stinker which makes me wonder what kind of a toddler he’s going to be.  He loves to hit his head on things.  I’ve learned now not to give him a reaction but at first he would sometimes do it hard and I would say no no and he would look at me start to smile and giggle and then keep doing it.  So now he tests me all the time and tries to get a reaction, silly boy!

We’ve started to experiment with more thicker baby food and he’s had some puffs and yogurt bites.  He gagged a lot in the beginning getting used to the textures but now does pretty well.  He also has 2 teeth on the bottom now and I think he’s working on getting some on the top.

He loves his brothers and wants to get in on everything they are doing.  So far they’ve done a really good job of trying to include him or understanding when he takes one of their toys or breaks something that they were building. 

We love this little boy so much and can’t wait to see what the next month brings.  I know I feel like a broken record in the sleep department but he just finally got over an awful cold which basically destroyed any progress we had made in that department so our goal this month is to get him sleeping in his bed and to try and wean him off nursing so much at night.  Looking back 10 months was Wyatt’s magical sleep through the night month so I’m really hoping we have the same luck with Lincoln.

We also had his 9 month check up this week and everything looked great.  We thought after that cold he might have gotten an ear infection because he's been pulling at his ears but turns out it's just teeth.  He's still our little peanut (minus that big brain of his lol) and these were his 9 month stats:

Weight - 19 lbs (27%), Height - 27.8 in (34%), Head - 46.5 (82%)