Today Daniel is 9 months old. I can't believe his first year is 3/4 of the way over. We went to the pediatrician on Tuesday, Daniel now weighs 18 lb 4 oz and is 28 inches long. This puts him in the 20th percentile for weight and 50th for height. No shots this month which Daniel was very happy about and the doctor was pleased with his progress. Daniel loves to stand up and will pull up on anything. He is starting to let go of the furniture while he is standing and stays up for a few seconds. He is also cruising quite a bit. We are just waiting for him to take his first real steps. Daniel now has 7 teeth and we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of number 8 as he seems to be teething this week.
Daniel is a very vocal little guy. He has mastered Dada but no sign of Mommy yet. He is perfectly happy when he wakes up to sit in his crib and sing to himself. This week Daniel got to play with some other kids here at home and he was starting to get a little possessive of his toys. Hopefully he will learn to share well once he spends more time with other babies.
One of Daniel's new favorite things is to kiss himself in the mirror. He puts his face right up to the mirror and it is so cute! I'm still not sure if he knows it is him or if he thinks it is a different baby. Daniel loves to chase the cats around here. They know enough to stay away though. Usually Daniel makes nice but sometimes he pulls the cats ears or tail and they don't really like that!
Daniel is trying new foods all the time. He loves eating whatever we are eating so I have been giving him little pieces of fruit and sometimes other things. He ate turkey this week and hamburger meat with noodles. He seems to be figuring out how to chew the bigger pieces. His favorite food is still Cheerios though. He can now feed them to himself and if I need to buy a few minutes to get something to eat myself all I need to do is give him some Cheerios in his high chair.
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