9 months old

Well, Beckett is now 9 months old (3/4 of a year!!!). I'm taking him for his 9 month check up next week, so I'll hopefully have a new weight to post then.

He sleeps through the night most nights, now. He's ready for bed by 6:30 most nights, I feed him just before I go to bed, and he sleeps until 6 or 6:30 the next morning. I feed him then, and then sometimes he'll go back to sleep for another hour or so.

His change table used to be his favorite place to be, and now he cries almost every time we put him on it, unless he is sitting up.

He's still not crawling, although if he's on his belly on the floor he moves backwards.

He's got a lot of strength in his legs, he can stand up holding on to something and stay standing for a few minutes.

He's mimicking a lot now. If he coughs and you cough back at him, he will keep copying you. He's also quite the dancer - he shakes his head and bops up and down. He can give high 5's now, too - it's pretty cute.

He's had lots of new foods, including avocado, broccoli, kiwi, yogurt and cheese. He seems to have outgrown his dairy sensitivity. I've been eating cheese and milk and it doesn't seem to be bothering him. And the yogurt and cheese he's been eating haven't seemed to bother him as well, but I'm trying to keep the quantities low and not give him dairy more than once a day to make sure it doesn't hurt his belly.

He's STILL got NO teeth!!!!! But we're still breastfeeding, so that's okay with me for now!!! Breastfeeding is getting much harder though, because he's soooo squirmy and interested in his surroundings. He really only eats in the morning, mid morning, lunch time, mid afternoon and before bed now. And some of those feedings last only a couple of minutes. I think he's probably weaning himself, but I'm worried he's not getting quite enough to drink.

He's almost mastered the sippy cup. He gets a sippy cup with water with his meals and he's managing to get some water out and swallow it, as opposed to letting it run down his chin before.

All in all, he's a pretty perfect little guy in my opinion!!!