~ 9 months check up ~

[Deleted]

I took Ali in for a cough/cold at 8 months so they said I can skip the 9 month check up since her height and weight are on track.

She doesn't need shots until 1yr! Yay!

[Bluedaisy]

We saw both our doctor and the health nurse at six months and they both told us that we don't come in at nine months. I guess it's just not done here unless there are specific concerns. Next check-up is at one year.

[billyhorrible]

madymoiselle, I remember with LBB that the testing was mandatory if your house was older. Because of the use of lead paints and water that could also potentially leech into the surrounding soils. We got off, since our place was newer, but in our current house, BH is going to have to be tested too I'm sure.

Interesting that they're testing now though. In 2011/12 it was a one year thing. Guess that's one more thing I'll be scheduling this month.

[carolyngrace]

Oscar was 9 months on the 31st. He's 22lbs, 29", and head circumference in 95th percentile.

Good: So happy and content most of the time. Babbling like crazy. Close to pulling up on his own. Loves playing peek a boo and grabbing people's noses and glasses. Eats almost everything he tries.

Bad: Still needs his helmet a while longer. Not great at rolling and not crawling yet.

I agree about being shocked at the love I feel for him. It's astounding. And it's the funniest thing ever watching him get a personality!


Edited because I put the wrong birthdate! Mommy brain.

[Bluedaisy]

@babybean9, I'm sorry you're dealing with depression. Being a mom is hard and having to deal with illness on top makes it that much harder. Hugs to you!

[mrsdee1982]

C is 9 months old now. She is 26.5 inches long (11%), 16.6 pounds (24%). She's a tiny peanut, but she's proportional and growing. Only thing the dr is concerned about is that she is not getting into the sitting position on her own yet. She says if she doesn't start in a month or so, she'll want us to go to PT to work on it. Still no teeth yet. That's fine though. They're coming in soon, I hope!

[clbehenna]

R was 9 months old on Thursday! He is 23 lbs and 30.5inches...still my little moose!

New this month: He got his 7th tooth, is crawling like crazy, pulling up and cruising furniture, can give high-fives and "kisses"

madymoiselle, R also gags and spits out all table food, puffs, etc. Our doc says she will worry if it's still happening at his one year checkup.

[baytosa2013]

C was 9 months on Friday and we have her 9 month appt this coming Friday. I don't know her height and weight exactly.

Good: She has 2 teeth and I suspect more coming soon by her actions lately. She crawls, pulls herself up, stands unassisted, bounces, taken a few steps using a push toy and is starting to love all the table food. She says mama, dada, baba and yesterday started to mimic us and said uh oh. She's not afraid to fall down and only cries if she smacks herself good. Rough and tumble this one!

Bad: separation anxiety is starting to be a thing, especially when she's in the pack n play. She scratches, pounds on me and just generally thinks it's funny to rip my face off.

We have also learned how amazing it is to love a little one. I could never have imagined feeling like this about another person, even DH. Watching her see, learn and do new things every day is my new favorite thing. It's all going so fast though. She has the biggest personality already at 9 months and I didn't expect that.

[tiffbot]

DD was 9 months on Friday and had her checkup today.

She weighed 20 lb 6 oz and measured 28.5 inches.

I just put that in her baby book and it made me realize she put on exactly 3 pounds, and 0.1 inch shy of 3 inches, from her 6 month check which was exactly 3 months ago. What a keener.

The good: 8 teeth, standing on her own, cruising walking from furniture to furniture, and just not stepping on her own yet. Saying 'mama', and waves hello. I am teaching DS what 'monkey see monkey do' means because she is that to her brother, haha. Eats anything and everything.

The bad: not a great sleeper-but I guess that has to do with see all above. Constant teeth, constant progression physically and mentally, this kid has a lot on her mind. Oddly enough, I still call her my chill one. When she's not on the move she's happy to just be sitting with someone.
I get bit a lot and have bruises all up my arms. She doesn't know what to do with that mouthful yet.

There's a lot I have learned from her. I think a lot about how DS made me a mother-made me more hyper aware of mine and his surroundings, made me aware of how big of fear and love I can feel, and all the feelings of learning everything for the first time. DD has calmed me down a lot from typical FTM fears, and I'm a lot more confident as a mother. I am really happy-not that I wasn't with DS, I don't know how to explain it. I think I just have more of the feeling that they both complete me. Maybe content, is a good way to describe it. I've felt very content since she was born.

[trixi282]

Mar 4, 2016 19:11:37 GMT -5 madymoiselle said:

I forgot to ask about brushing C's teeth and advice on toothbrush/toothpaste.

At this stage, a clean washcloth with just water will do the trick to just rub the teeth clean at the end of the day.  If you have one, a soft bristled baby toothbrush (some baby care kits have them) with water does the job too.  No toothpaste yet, not even kid toothpaste.

[mrsdee1982]

trixi282!!! Hi! How's your babe. I've been thinking about you lately!

[dmoney]

DD had her 9 month appointment today:

The Good: She is sleeping 12 hours at night. She is crawling on all fours, and pulled her self up to a standing position this morning! She is also talking up a storm and saying Dada and Daddy.

The Bad: She isn't says and m sounds (not really a bad but I want the momma!!)

The Ugly She only gained .5 pounds since her 6 month check up. She is growing in length but not in weight. We have to go back in a month for a weight check.

[musicfrk2002]

Jacob is 9 months today and we just got home from our checkup.

He is 28.25" tall, and weighs 21 lb 14 oz. That's a 3" and 6 lb increase from our 6 month appointment.

The good: still sleeps relatively well at night, and usually takes good naps. Can finally roll both front to back and back to front. Hardly ever falls while sitting anymore. Can stand while holding onto a table or something for a couple minutes at a time.

The bad: has his first ear infection. We have to go back in a month to get his ears rechecked, and at that time will try the blood draw again since they couldn't find any veins. Dr is a little concerned that he's not crawling or moving from lying to sitting on his own yet, but we will see what he does by 12 months. I've been instructed to "bribe" him with food or a bottle to try and get him to move more

He has 4 teeth and number 5 is close to coming through. He likes to walk while holding our hands and would walk everywhere if we would let him. He will pull himself from lying to sitting to standing by grabbing our hands.

[trixi282]

Mar 7, 2016 23:48:02 GMT -5 mrsdee1982 said:

trixi282 !!! Hi! How's your babe. I've been thinking about you lately!

Hey there, thanks!  Yeah life has been good lately, but still really busy.  E has been doing really well, although she is a bit behind her "peers" in some of her skills and development. 

She actually had her 9mo check this morning, so I waited a bit to reply to you so I could update anyway....

Overall E's been doing better, she is getting over another ear infection right now.  She finished her meds yesterday, but this morning she still had fluid in her ear so her doc gave us another Rx for a different med to help clear that up.

Although she has somewhat plateaued in her weight gain, recently.  Whenever she gets sick, congested, whatever, she spits up a lot and doesn't tolerate her feeds (still 100% gtube fed) so that's hard.  She got her first tooth 1 day before she turned 9mo!  She looks so cute with her single snaggle tooth!  She weighed in at 16lb 10oz though, which is good (she had gotten down to under 16lb a month ago after being sick), and my H couldn't remember her length... he *thinks* she was 27.75". 

She still has feeding therapy weekly, and that's good - she has started taking more dry foods (puffs, cheerios, veggie straws) so we're taking a BLW approach with feeding.  She doesn't love liquids or purees, but yesterday she drank out of a straw cup at therapy, which is HUGE for her since she still avoids the bottle like the plague!

She also has EI Therapy through our school district 2x a month, and they work with her more on her motor skills, mostly gross motor, since she is a little weak and hates tummy time with a passion, even with a donut or a pillow under her belly.  So we're working on getting her strength up.  She loves to stand holding hands or on a table, but refuses to bounce or move, she locks her legs and just stands there like a statue!  

Overall I am so blessed to be her mama.  Things are not always easy, and we still have a lot of work ahead of us.  I feel like my H and I have both taken on being special needs parents with stride, and hopefully she will continue to make progress and show us how strong and resilient she is.  I think back to when we first got her diagnosis (February '15) and how we were given the option to terminate the pregnancy, and I am so grateful every day that I was able to endure the procedures, and keep her safe as long as I did.  She is the sweetest, cutest little girl, and I can't imagine our family without her now.

[gilder40]

mrsdee1982 T is a tiny peanut too! At her 9 month appointment back in February, she was 27" long and 15 lbs 12 oz. She is now 17 lbs even.

[beersandweirs]

Baby's 9 month check up was yesterday.

The stats:
16lbs, 9oz (23%)
28"(64%)
HC is 43 cm (I was totally wrong here with my 74% guess, it's 27%, I know you were all on the edge of your seats!)

The good:
Baby is healthy and hitting all of her developmental milestones. She sleeps decently at night and takes good naps (better at the nanny's than at home).

The neither good nor bad:
When the nurse took her height, she had fallen off her curve quite a bit, so the doctor re-took it and she was more in line with her curve. She also fell 3% on her weight curve, but the doctor said that's nothing to be concerned about. She also said I could night wean her at this point, but I honestly don't want to. I would like to make it to a year of breastfeeding, and I have it in my head that if I night wean my supply will tank, so I am fine with having to get up once a night for the next 3 months, the doctor understood.

What I've learned:
Honestly it is so amazing watching her develop a personality, and watch her learn things! I also learned that people weren't just lying to make me feel better when they told me in the beginning that "it gets easier"

[Deleted]

9 months today: 29.25 inches (80%), 19#15 (56% up from 45%at six months), 47.6 cm head (98%)

The good: he is way ahead on gross motor and verbal stuff: crawls and cruises like a champ, appears to be interested in letting go to walk, says Dada for both Daddy and the dog, and babbles like a maniac. He's a fantastic eater, thus the jump in percentiles. Two teeth. Finally takes regular naps. He is so smiley and happy all the time and just amazing.

The bad: still not sleeping through the night but wakes up are getting shorter and shorter. He has serious stranger anxiety and is terrified of anyone other than me, Dh, and DS1 so it is hard to leave him and go out alone. Mobility = lots of head bumping.

What I've learned: having previous kids means nothing. They are all different and what was true for one has no bearing on the next. Wipe the slate clean and just be ok with relearning.

[billyhorrible]

YOU GUYS! WE ARE FINALLY OVER 10% for BMI! I am super excited about that (obviously) because it's taken us so long to get here!

We have a ways to go for our In/Out day, but at 9 months, BH is 20lbs 10oz (66%), 30.5 inches (99%), with a head circumference of 18.1 inches (78%). AND HIS BMI IS 22%!

The great:
He's a super healthy, happy baby and in a way far easier than his older brother (and in a way much more difficult- it's a balance).

He is ridiculously advanced in his mobility/motor skills which I'm going to put here and in the "I'm fucked" category below.

The good:
He's growing well, sweet as can be, and ridiculously healthy. He still hasn't had a really bad sick spell, so I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Eats and nurses well.

Chatters nonstop.

Currently asleep on my chest as I work.


The not so good:
This mobility thing is killing me. Because I'm so unprepared for it. And he is so into everything. So we have to hide the toilet paper, babyproof way more than we did with LBB, and the dog can only eat when BH is asleep.

Teething can also kick rocks. Although I'm sure it's partially our fault, because I verified that we have been grossly underdosing him with ibuprofen.

The weird:
I got nothing here.

What we have learn these last 9 months:
Sleep is a total luxury.

Lack of sleep leads to real problems in the memory department.

Never underestimate the reach of an infant.

Things with kid #2 are soooo much easier than with kid #1. Because there's less questioning of everything you do. Less worry about what's the right way to do it. Less worry about what other people think. Which means it's a lot more fun this time around.

[Widget123]

Yay BH! billyhorrible,

[mrskblack11]

J is 29.5in (89%) and 20lbs 4.5oz (60%)!

He is super duper mobile. He has been crawling since 6 months and is now pulling up on everything, cruising on the furniture. We are working on walking on his own. He can stand by himself (holding on to nothing) for a short period of time.

He has NO teeth! But the bottom two are starting to bud so maybe we will see something soon.

He loves to eat everything and enjoys table food.

We are still nursing on demand and will continue until he turns 1.

[dogmama22]

Z turned nine months on Wednesday and had his check-up on Thursday. His in and out day is tomorrow!
He is 17 lbs (12th percentile) and 27 in (6th percentile). Like billyhorrible I'm thrilled that we jumped weight percentiles. He's been at 5th or below since he was two months old. I was shocked when I saw he's up to 12th.
The good:
Today he learned to crawl properly - he did a super cute worm style crawl prior to that
He is starting to take steps with his walk-behind toy and is so proud of himself
He loves to eat almost anything and everything
He sleeps well most nights
This is the first pediatrician that we've seen that I've been totally happy with. We've seen a few that have truly awful advice so I am so happy!
The not so good:
He laughs at me when I try to teach him to say "mama." He calls for "dada" all day long.
I think his top teeth are coming in so he's been biting me fairly often while eating.
I seriously need to baby proof. I'm struggling because our house is so small that I feel like every room has several unsafe areas/ items.
The weird:
He loves taco seasoning - if he refuses a new food, I'll sprinkle some seasoning on there and he gobbles it up. (It's homemade so sodium isn't too bad)
What I've learned:
Being a mom really is a fulfillment of my life's dream. Time goes WAY too fast! I am so very fortunate to have a healthy, happy baby on my hands.

[carolyngrace]

@mrsblack11 I'm curious what nurse on demand means to you- every time he "asks"? Recently O scarred lunging for my boobs every time he's bored and I'm close by. We'd be nursing every hour or so if I did it then.

[shahoi]

O turned 9 months on the 8th, and had her check-up yesterday.
Height: 28.5" (80%)
Weight: 19 lbs 6 oz (68%)
Head circumference: 45 cm (80%)

The good: She is crawling all over the place, pulling up, and walking assisted (with our help or with a toy). She is a wonderful sleeper (except for last night). She waves "bye bye" and claps when we say "yaaaayyy". She says mama and dada and babbles all the time. She has 3 teeth with the 4th on its way.

The not so good: She still eats mostly purees, with the exception of a few things. I offer the sippy with every meal, but she really only chews on the mouthpiece.

I can not even find the words to describe the love that she brings to our family. She is the sweetest little girl. She makes me so happy and I am so incredibly blessed to be her mommy.

[beersandweirs]

They also checked her iron levels and they were good, so I don't have to worry about supplementing right now, which I am glad about because it would likely make her constipation worse.

[Deleted]

Wow everyone has some big babies. While we didn't have a 9 month check up I just had Ali weighed by a nurse for free and she is 18 pounds 4oz. Not sure how tall she is.

[Widget123]

LO's 9 month check-up was yesterday
Height: 28" (31%)
Weight: 19lbs 2oz (39%)
Head: 45.5cm (64%)

The good: He crawls, pulls up to stand, walks with his walker, eats chunks of "real food", getting better with his sippy cup, babbles a lot, still sleeps pretty good

The bad: As I mentioned in randoms yesterday, his iron was low when they tested him. I was kind of shocked because we have been giving him Poly vi sol with iron, and feeding iron fortified cereal and meat daily. So now he is on iron therapy for the next 3 months, including a follow-up appointment next month to check his iron levels. He has to switch to fer in sol and they want him to take it 30 minutes before meals or 2 hours after meals. That may seem all fine and dandy except he is at daycare all day and when he is at home afterwards he is eating almost constantly before bed... so I guess now he is going to have to take a 2 hour break between his last bottle or snack at daycare before he eats dinner at home.

And and all LO is such a nice complement to my life especially when compared to the more dramatic DD. It keeps getting better as he gets older.

[mbjune13]

Weight check yesterday
Height: 29" (97%)
Weight: 20lbs 2oz (85%)

The good: crawling, pulls to standing, walks with help, eats all solids, babbles lots, always happy, has 6 teeth
The bad: only falls asleep on the boob, only sleeps in her crib for a few hours at a time
I honestly don't remember what we did without her. She is the light to everything shitty. We waited a long time for her and we are extremely lucky.

[erbear]

LO was 14.13 lbs (3%), 26.75 inches long (15%), and her head was 44 cm (50%).

The good - she had an excellent visit! She impressed our doctor and did all of the targeted skills (waving, pulling up, crawling, clapping, grasping, pinching, cruising, babbling) my doctor said she was looking for before my doctor even asked to see them. She initiated a game of peekaboo which my doctor really loved to see, too!

The bad - aside from her sleep (which the doctor said was normal), nothing. She's doing such a great job!

LO is also all dada all the time, even though she says mmm for food all the time. I'm pretty sure she is holding out, too! If you ask her where mama is, she'll turn to me, but say dada!

I'm constantly amazed by this little person - I've studied child development and been around babies most of my life, but every day she does something new and it's just so fascinating to me. I'm completely enthralled by her!

[thecatsmeow]

Boo. I had a long post almost finished and my browser ate it.

H: 29
W: 22 and 2
HC: 18

Good: Always moving - army and true crawling, sitting, kneeling, standing, climbing, walking assisted with the vtech walker thing. Very curious and loves to explore and watches everything. Loves drinking from a cup and also from a straw (loves to chew on his straw too). All around pretty content kid.

Not as Good (but not bad): Still slow to show interest in food, but we'll get there. He certainly isn't starving. Babbles and makes consonant sounds, but no mama or dada. Wonder Weeks always has a disclaimer/reminder that no baby does all the skills at once and that each kid works on the skills that match his/her interests first. LO is definitely a physical kid!

Absolutely love seeing his little personality develop! And each night before bed I scroll thru phone pics and just am so amazed at the little boy I see rather than the baby!

[mrsmonogrammed]

DD was 9m on the 15th, and we had her appointment yesterday (3/18).

Weight- 16lb 7oz!!! She is in the 20th percentile now, which is a long way from the 4% that we were in at 6m. I will admit that she had a pretty full diaper, but I'm taking it anyway:)
Height-26.25in
Head- 42.5cm

Overall she's doing amazing! We got the last hep b shot and the dr was very happy with her growth jump:) he wants us to start her on 3 solid meals a day. It was the world's quickest pedi visit....we were the ONLY PEOPLE in the waiting room. In a pediatrician's office. On a Friday afternoon. So weird!