9 months

C hit 9 months last week - already! Time is flying! He is on the verge of crawling - he will get on his hands and one knee with the other foot still tucked underneath him and RRRREEEEEAAACCCCHHHH. If he can't reach it, he sits on his butt again, scootches in another direction, then repeats. He manages to move across the room this way, although slowly. He still doesn't sleep through the night consistently, but last week we did some tough love. He had decided he only wanted to sleep with Mommy - something that, while it's sweet, does not allow me to sleep very well. So, I spent one whole evening dedicated to making him sleep in his crib - without crying. Interestingly, the position that works for him has some of the same S's that worked for him when he had colic - side / stomach position, swaddled (or held tightly with mommy's hands), shushing, and sucking on his pacifier. After a week of sleeping in his bed and only waking one time per night, last night he regressed and was up all night. Needless to say, he ended up in my bed for the rest of the night. Sigh. We'll start again tonight. He's also a pro at saying Bye-bye (waving with ba-ba). He was repeating words this weekend - "dag" for dog, and "at" for cat. And he's getting the idea of "more" and "all done" - he waves his hands in front of himself (almost like he's going to clap) for more, and waves his arms above his head when he's done (kinda like "pick me up"). He also has a "you hurt my feelings" cry when he doesn't get what he wants. This weekend he wanted in the pool with big brother and cried when I carried him over to the patio area. Took me a while to figure out what he wanted, but as we walked back to the pool, he stopped crying. This is definitely a child who knows what he wants. lol.


R on the other hand has grown like a weed this summer, but still has managed to stay practically the same weight. lol. He has improved on his bike riding and is getting stronger at swimming. Still needs lots of supervision though. He's off visiting his grandma this week (second trip away from home this summer) and will only talk on the phone if he's talking to C. These boys definitely have a special bond, and I hope it is lifelong. He has such a great vocabulary, and the way he says things can be such a riot. For example, this weekend we were at a pool party. About 10 minutes after he went pee, he said, "Mommy, I need to use the potty!" "Pee or poo?" I asked, knowing that he just went. "Nevermind," he replied. Uh, oh, I thought. I hope he didn't pee in the pool. I asked him to get out and come talk to me. "Why nevermind?" "I said nevermind because, well, actually, it was just a fart." The way he said that was just so funny! I can only imagine the conversations these boys are going to be having so very soon. :)