Happy Nine Months Grady!

Nine months old ... 3/4's of a year ... Grady is growing up fast!

This past month was a big one in terms of development. Grady learned how to army crawl! He started actually moving across the floor at Christmas time. It was a slow process and he would only go a couple of feet. But, after two weeks of practice, he has mastered the technique. He pulls himself around and can scoot from place to place pretty quickly. Now that Grady can move, he wants to explore everything - yesterday I caught him playing in Ryder's water dish!

Grady also learned the pincher grip. When he first started, he would pick up a Cheerio between his thumb and his hand, but he would drop it before he ever even got close to his mouth. Now, he can use both hands to pick up food between his thumb and first finger and is an expert at actually getting it into his mouth! (Although, when I get him out of his high chair, there are still many little pieces of food stuck to his bib and in his seat.)

Grady had two new teeth come up this month - they are the second ones on the bottom. His left one is all the way through and the right one still has to come up a bit more.

Right now, Grady's favorite activity is walking - when someone holds onto his hands and walks all around the house with him. He likes reading books (or he'll sit still for them anyway!), songs, playing with his farm tractor, wooden moracca, and stacker cups; he'll tolerate the jumperoo and exersaucer, but he'd rather be scooting around on the floor.

Grady's sleep schedule also changed. He now wakes up at 7am, naps from 10:30am-12pm and from 4-4:30pm, and then goes to bed at 7:30pm. He is still waking up a few times in the night, but only for a quick feed and then it is back to sleep.

We are still introducing new foods to Grady. In addition to all the other foods that he eats, this month he started on Cheerios, chicken, zucchini, broccoli, white potatoes, apricots, mango, blueberries, cherries, cheese, and bread. He loves Cheerios, blueberries, and cherries. He doesn't like chicken or cheese. He drinks lots of water and gets really excited when he sees his sippy cup.

Grady: You are the light of our lives. Happy Nine Months!

One week old

Three months old



Six months old

Nine months old ...

and on the move!