9 Months

Lauren is 9 months old today!

• She loves her purees - fruit, veggies, cereal, and some chicken and turkey too!
•  No finger foods yet - gags on a quarter of a cheerio and hates the puffs I bought.  You'd be surprised at how many brands of puffs have some sort of dairy/soy in them.  Slim pickin's little lady.
•  She eats 4-5 bottles a day still.  It's been one full week since we started the latest formula and its the winner.  She likes it, doesn't back her up, and contains no soy/dairy.  She's still stuffy and congested but she has a cold.  Hopefully when that passes we'll be past the clear, runny nose phase.  
• She takes one good nap a day and a second cat nap most days.  This little lady is not a napper.
• She sleeps almost 12 hours at night, with a 1 hour "play time" or so she thinks around 11 or 12 most nights.  Shes wide awake, eats, and then thinks its time to play...kind of frustrating night after night.
• Shes a pro at sitting and scooting on her tushy to get where she needs to go.  
• She rocks on all fours like crazy and actually started CRAWLING over the past few days.  It's only a few movements at a time but its a start!  She did it at daycare first on Thursday and my heart broke.  Had the total "working mom guilt trip" and then she wouldn't do it at home for me that night either.  Times like that make working suck, I don't want to miss out on firsts but so far she's done almost all 'firsts' at daycare :(
• She babbles often, mostly baba and dada.
• She laughs so hard she gets hiccups when her big brother entertains her.
• She is pulling up on everything and wants to stand all day long.
• She wears 9-12 month clothing.
• She has no teeth but I'm thinking it'll be any day now.
• She has a little bit more hair, a very little bit more :) 
• She heads to the doctor this week to get an update on height and weight. 

Apparently there was just enough room for a low quality phone pic left on my blog space, yaaay!

 Happy 9 Months Lauren!  We love ya little lady!