Aiden is Nine Months

Aiden has had a lot of firsts this past month. He has been teething a lot and now has two bottom teeth and is working on a two top teethas well. He is refusing baby food more and more therefore we have been working on real food and is getting better at his pincer grasp and getting the food to his mouth. He has also learned to feed his bottle to himself, which is a relief because he doesn't always like getting a bottle from his mama. Aiden is now mobile and can crawl all over the place. He likes to grab onto anyone on the floor and try to pull himself up which frequently is Aubrey - the fights have already started. He definitely knows how to make his voice heard and yells if you take anything away from him. We are working on the word "no" when he shouldn't touch something and Aubrey likes to play mom and tell him no all the time too!

We went to the doctor and Aiden weighs 19 lbs. 9 oz. (35% percentile- which is a significant drop from his normal 75%, therefore I was instructed to feed him more and give him high calorie snacks - - I wanted to say have you seen my big boy, he doesn't look like he is lacking in nutrition, but I didn't). We have to go back in four weeks for a weight check to make sure I have fattened him up a little more. He was 29 inches in length (75% percentile) and 75% for head circumference - so right on track except for being a little slender.

He wears 12 months clothes and size 3 shoes. Aiden unfortunately for me still does not sleep the night, but at least goes down early at 7pm. He takes three short naps throughout the day and for the most part wakes up pretty happy. He likes to play in his jumperoo or with his new trucks and tractors from Christmas, but still loves to be held most of the time by mommy or daddy.

Here is Aiden at 1 month and now - it is amazing how much they grow and SOOO fast! I miss that little baby already as Aiden is quickly becoming more like a toddler than my little baby.

In sad news, our family dog Oliver has passed away - we will miss him dearly but I am sure Annie is happy as she will have someone to play with and lay by again :)