9 Months In the Belly and Now 9 Months Out

Saturday Caden turned 9 months old. I can't believe he spent 9 months in the belly and now he has been outside of it for 9 months.  It still sometimes seems like yesterday I found out I was pregnant or he was born.  Other times if feels like he's always been with us. 

Praise God he is feeling better. The nurse told me that Caden did have Three Day Fever - a high fever that lasts for 3 days followed by a rash. It's similar to Fifths Disease which some kids at church ended up having too.  They found a high amount of protein in his urine so we're going to have to take him back in a few weeks for another urine sample.  Poor little guy!

Caden's 9 month well baby appointment went really well.  Our doctor told us Caden is above average physically and mentally.  There's a long survey we had to take and do all these activities with him.  He was able to do everything and responded very well to the games.  He's still a big baby but seems to be slimming down.  He's still pretty tall for his age.  Here are Caden's biometrics from his 9-month well baby appointment.

Weight: 22lb 1oz or 10.01kg - 80% range

Height: 29.92in or 76cm - 96%

Head circumference: 17.91 in or 45.5cm - 63%

Here are some of Caden's new achievements and favorite things to do:

- He is a growing boy and so much fun to be with. Some of his favorite things right now include cruising (walking from one object to another). He would rather stand and "walk" than crawl or sit for any long periods of time unless we're reading a book. He also loves to just stand. It's scary when he's standing holding onto something and then lets go. Although his balance is getting better he has taken a few falls.

- He is sleeping for about 11 hours at night and takes two naps per day. He sleeps from 8pm-7am. His morning nap is usually for 20-45 minutes around 11am and his afternoon nap is usually about an hour from 3-4pm.

- He can now clap his hands and does so with lots of excitement.

- He can wave.

- He says daddy and dada all the time. Dada is his favorite word at the moment. He also says "hi Dada" to everyone. It's funny.

- He loves walking in his walker and is getting pretty fast at it. He can move in all directions and seems to love it. I love how I can sit across the room from him and he'll smile and laugh as he walks to me.

- He loves books. His favorite books at bedtime are Good Night Moon and Bible Stories for Bedtime. During the day his favorite books are flip books, Dr. Seuss books and other books that rhyme, and finger puppet books.  He also likes books with sounds.

- We bought him some puppets and he loves watching us make a puppet show for him.

- He loves to "sing" and babble.

- He loves to play ball.  We have several different size balls that we roll back and forth with him.  He has great aim and was able to roll the ball back to us pretty quckly.

- His favorite food is Cheerios. He also likes most vegetables and fruits. He does not like anything with meat in it unless it's grilled fish. He only drinks breast milk and water.

Here are some cute pictures of our cute little guy.

In his walker by the big window upstairs

Caden just got this new toy.  He can walk and push it.

He can also sit and ride it, what fun!

Here's Caden playing with Mom's exercise ball