Nine Months

Jack is now nine months old. How is that even possible? A quick recap of month eight for those who are interested:

Jack started to really enjoy solids, and then decided they are not so tasty after all and pretty much boycotted anything that came near his mouth in a spoon. He has since decided that they might be okay as long as he gets to be involved in putting the spoon in his mouth and also gets to stick his finger in the mush/food first.

Jack started waving. This might be the cutest thing ever, particulary because he generally just sticks his arm in the air and counts that as a wave, or wiggles his fingers around but with this palm facing himself.

Jack is trying to pull up on everything. HE is also trying to figure out how to crawl. He knows that this great world is out there just waiting for him to come explore it. If he could just figure out how to get from his bottom to his hands and knees without taking a nose dive...

His nine month visit at the pediatrician's office went very well. Well, aside from a complete stranger looking at him and saying, "I'm so glad my kid isn't the only one with a huge head!" But Jack does have a huge head, so I can't say I'm too surprised. This was all confirmed after the nurse took his measurements. 22 lbs 13 oz, 27.5 inches tall, and a head circumference that I think was 19 inches. Anyway, it all boils down to this: the kid is a brick! 80th percentile for weight, 30th percentile for height, and his head is in the >97 percentile (for the record, I have never used the ">" key before). His head is off the charts. I was reassured by the nurse and the doctor that this only means he has lots of brains. Yay!

And that is all for now. I'm going to try to keep up with this, even though I think I probably only have about two semi-loyal readers. At the very least I can print this off and put it in the j0urnal I am going to start for Jack (in my spare time...).