Thursday, February 4, 2016

Scarlett is 9 months old!

At 9 months, Scarlett…

Weighs: 18 lbs, 8 oz

Measures: 28.7 inches

Teeth: 2 (plus 1 peeking through up top)

Loves:

• Books!
• Music
• Bathtime (with banana toothbrush)
• Clapping
• Dancing–especially to Mashed Potato and Barbara Ann
• Hugs and Kissies–especially tummy kissies
• When mama and dada echo her baby language, especially “ahh!”
• Sips of mama and dada’s smoothie
• Going to the store or anywhere with a lot of people/sights
• Yogurt with berries

Dislikes:

• Getting diaper changed
• Getting face wiped after meals
• Being held by anyone by mama at times
• Getting dressed
• Bananas

What’s New:

• Army crawling forward
• Crawling long distances to get something she wants
• Climbing up mama to be held
• Waving
• Pushing up to sitting
• Mama separation anxiety
• Saying more sounds that resemble words
• Demanding sips from mama and daddy’s cup
• Throwing things to the ground on purpose (spoon, books)

Other Activity:

• Eats 3 solid meals each day
• Nurses approximately 6x/day
• Sleeping: Goes to bed around 7:30-8pm and around 8:30-9:30am–recently stopped waking up in the middle of the night to nurse, but will sometimes wake up around 6 or 7 to nurse and then go back to sleep for a few more hours
• 2 naps a day typically lasting anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours

Nicknames:

• Bunny
• Who
• Chuub
• Hungo
• Pumpkin (daddy)
• Silly Goose (daddy)
• Siwwee (how mommy pronounces silly)
• Sweetie

9-month photo shoot outtakes:

Bunny Rose

(to the tune of Delta Dawn by Tanya Tucker)

Bunny Rose

You’ve got a sweet little button nose

Rosy cheeks and eyes as blue as the sky

And did I hear you say

“Mama, dada, hey hey hey”?

Promise me you’ll never lose your smile