9 Month Well Baby Checkup

Brooke had her 9 month doctor's appointment yesterday. Everything was status quo. Brooke weighed 18lbs 4 oz. That is the 39%. Her length was 28.5 inches, which is the 81%. Her head circumference was 17.75 inches putting it in the 80%. Brooke is still tall and skinny. The doctor wasn't worried about her weight but said to make sure we don't feed her less!

The goal the doctor gave us are to work on more advanced foods. She already eats lots of different things. Brooke likes most all of the jarred baby food, avocados, pasta, crackers, cheerios, american cheese, and today we discovered she likes kiwi! The other goal the doctor gave us was to baby proof our house, which we have already begun!

The big milestones Brooke has achieved is that she is crawling, pulling herself up, cruising around the furniture, walking when you hold her hands, able to sit from the crawling postion, and feeding herself. And of course the most important one to us is that she is not eating at all during the night anymore, and sleeps completely from 8am to 8pm about twice a week. For those of you that aren't parents.. that's a big deal! Still no teeth though!

Brooke's favorite activities currently are playing at her music activity table, looking outside, playing with the newspaper, crawling as fast as she can in circles, and playing with her friend Sawyer. They really do interact and get excited when they see each other now! Brooke is also good at clapping, making nosies with her mouth, and today started waving to herself. Brooke says dada, mama and baba.

We can't wait for the next few months to watch her begin to walk!