You are 9months 14days old

on 18 June, you are 9 months old. It was a memorable occasion for me, coz 9mths marks the 3/4 point of the journey towards the milestone of your 1st yr birthday! and guess what? Mommy is starting to plan for that 1st birthday bash already! heheee... but still cracking my head where to hold it. When you are older maybe you can help me with this. :P

@ 9months,

• You have a favourite toy. The Fisher Price Peekablocks train set, bought by Auntie Jenny and Uncle Ed. You figured out how to activate the train's music and enjoy holding your index finger on the button and feel the vibration when it rotates.

• You can kiss kiss ppl on the cheeks and is quite affectionate. Your kisses are quite wet though, you do it with open mouth hehe. Once, you did it on Daddy on his mouth! Funnily, you seldom kiss me. When I am holding you and asked you to kiss, you feign ignorance. When someone else is carrying you and I asked you to kiss me, you lean towards me with ur arms open and prefer me to carry instead.

• Crawling around and round, off and on the playmat, losing interest in things after 5 mins and always searching for something more interesting.

• You like to crawl around when holding some balls/cubes/blocks in each of your hand!

• Instead of your free style "crawling", and the rojak "right hand right leg, left hand right leg, dive bomb onto bed, right hand left leg left hand ..... (you get the gist) messy crawling style, you are now crawling properly and coordinated. :P
  

• You love being on the push tricycle but is starting to climb off and step on the pedal. Cannot be too far from you

• you love pulling yourself up onto sofas, chairs, activity table, high chair legs, then sit down, pull yourself up, then sit down. And you make this happy triumphant screech/squeal/shout/laugh whenever you stand up.

• you refuse to clap hands still, but when I put your hands together and say clap clap, you squeal with laughter

• you chased after stacking cups on the floor, hit them with your hands to make it bounce away, then chase after it again.

• Your bedtime routine has somewhat changed. You used to have a diaper change, wash up, light massage, changing to PJs, nurse and sleep. Now you have a diaper change (earlier timing), wash up, light massage with concentration on tummy, change to PJs, brush teeth with rubber "brush" and soft cloth, read a book by Mommy, nurse and sleep. :)

• You smile when I gently press your tummy during bedtime massage. When Mommy warming my palms with GAIA Baby organic baby lotion, you are anticipating the touch and starts to smile.

• After digging/cleaning one of your ears (during which your expression resembles that of someone high on drugs), you will turn your head the other side indicating that I can now start on the other ear.

• Mommy also noticed you tend to be more receptive to food now, having eaten semi solids for 3 mths now.

• You have just started on fish (threadfin, salmon, silverfish) and beef, as well as asparagus, Mullers natural Baby yogurt, biscuits (Gerber puffs, Healthy Times Maple Teether, Bellamy's Organic tooth pegs), oatmeal cereal, cheese, Eden organic vege alphabet pasta. Going to start you on peach, egg yolk, Nestle teething biscuits, Baby Yoplait soon.

• You drinking a lot of water recently, close to 200ml a day I think.