9 Months!

My little cutie is 9 Months old now. I can't believe how big she's getting!

Today we went to see Dr. Tara and Caroline is now:

Weight: 16 lbs 7 oz (5-10 percentile)
Height: 27 1/4 in (25-50 percentile)
Head: 17 in (25 percentile)

She did great gaining weight this past month. I think I discovered the problem...not only was she not eating very much, but I apparently was only making about an oz of milk for her :(. Now she is on formula which I am kinda bummed about. I wanted to nurse her for at least a year...but I didn't have much of a choice. Now she is on that yucky powder expensive stuff and she LOVES it! She gets so excited for her bottle. Not only that, but everything has gotten better since doing that. She sleeps better through the night and is happier during the day...not that she was unhappy before, but she is just happier now.

This month she seems to have grown up so much! *She started to pull herself up on everything. She likes to pull herself up in her bed. This means she doesn't like to sleep! I mean, really, who wants to sleep when they can play? She also pulls herself up and throws her pacifier out of her bed in hopes that I will come get it. I have been going to get it until today...which means she is in her bed screaming right now. Breaks my heart, but I need her to learn to sleep and not to do that. *She started crawling yesterday! She has been trying so hard to do it for a while. I put her on the floor yesterday and she crawled right over to her toy and pulled herself up on it. I was so proud! But, now I am in trouble because I'm sure it's only a matter of time before she discovers all the things she can get into. *She has started to say momma when she is happy instead of when she is sad. Now, when I am the one making her cry (like by getting her dressed) she cries for dadda and when Tom is making her cry she says momma. Smart girl! We're going to be in so much trouble when she is older! *She started waving "hi" and "bye". *She whines A LOT! It was so funny at the Dr today she was getting her temperature taken, head measured, ears checked, etc....the regular stuff, and she just whined and whined and whined until she was done. She kept saying momma and reaching for me. What a ham! I love her. *She is stubborn. When something happens that she doesn't like she fights you! She straitens her legs, throws her arms, and her face turns bright red. She demonstrated this for Dr. Tara today too. She asked if she takes after Tom or I...I think both of us are equally stubborn. *She plays peek-a-boo. *She screams...ALL the time! We decided to make a video so we can show her when she's older. Hopefully it actually uploads this time! *The days of taking her places and her sleeping are gone! If there are people around, she's not going to sleep. She gets really hyper and wiggly when she is tired--just like her mom who talks a lot when she is tired. We went out last week for Toms brothers birthday and she stayed up until 11 PM! The next morning she was up at 6:30 just as usual. She basically sleeps every night 7:30pm-6:30am.

So, that's 9 months! We love you so much Caroline and can't wait to see what you do in your 10th month of life!


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