The 9 month well visit went great. Dr. Straughn thinks she is fabulous and healthy. She is still on the petite side of the growth chart, but the doc doesn't seem at all worried. We thought she was starting to chunk up a tad, we swear there are rolls where there once wasn't, but we suppose the doctor's scale doesn't lie...15 pounds. Even. Her head on the other hand is making up for the weight...70+ percentile. Go brain, go!
She is sleeping great. Through the night still. 6:30 pm until 6:30 am. Last week she made it til 7 am...three times!!! Naps are still a little more of a struggle, but we are hangin' in there!
At the well visit the doc discontinued her Prevacid and said she can eat everything but nuts and honey (we say no to botulism ). We tried yogurt today...not an immediate favorite. Last night we might have given her some tiny bites of Chick-Fil-A chicken... definite favorite :) So many new and fun things to try!
Hayden is EVERYWHERE! She crawls like lightening and pulls up on everything. She will occasionally forget to hold on to things and stand "free" for a few seconds. She is cruising around tables and the sofa. Everyone says walking isn't far behind. Small parts of me are excited for the new developmental milestone, but the majority of me wants her to SLOW DOWN!
Hayden is a fake laugher. This is something she started recently. If we laugh, she laughs. When we stop and move on to something else, she will fake laugh to recapture our attention...and it always works. In addition to the fake laugh has come the head shaking "no" and the dancing/head nodding/bouncing move. (I think she gets this dance move from her dad--way cute!)
She will wave hello and bye-bye. She has started to say ba, ba, ba, so I think bye-bye may be word number 2! (I'm sure mama is coming very soon :) She definitely knows that da, da, da goes with Dad. He is her absolute favorite right now. (She will occasionally fuss when I have to take her from Bryan, like when he has to leave for work. He is secretly smiling the whole time...sometimes not so secretly.) When Bryan comes home for the day, Hayden stops what she's doing, smiles real BIG and crawls right to him. It warms my heart every. single. time.
Bryan and I are enjoying each new phase and experience. We are amazed daily by God's gracious blessings.
Thank you Lord for sweet baby Hayden!
We want a video of the fake laugh. You can't tell us how cute it is and leave it to our imagination.
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