9 Months

It took nine months to bring her into this world and here we are, already, nine months later with a baby girl that is growing too fast!!

Quinn had a doctor's appointment this month so we were able to get some new stats on this pretty lady. She now weighs 20 pounds, 12 ounces (86th percentile) and is 28.25 inches long (74th percentile).  She is such a big girl!!  But she is a happy, chubby, funny baby and I am going to miss her squeezable thighs and belly when she isn't a baby anymore!!

The rest of her doctor's appointment went well and she is right on track developmentally.  We were referred to an allergist to pin down any food allergies that she may have since we have had two episodes of vomiting after eating dairy.  So we fear a lactose intolerance and they want to make sure to rule out another other allergies as well.  She has an appointment set for the end of February to see the allergist.  Poor baby is going to have to get too many little pokes on her back :(

Quinn is still drinking four bottles a day and is now eating three meals a day as well.  We are still giving her baby food for veggies but it seems like she is beginning to prefer finger foods to baby food.  Bananas, pears, honeydew, grapes, avocado, tomatoes, and peas are her favorite finger foods.

During the day she is still taking two naps; one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  She also still loves to sleep in her Woombie and our pediatrician said not to push her out of it, so she continues to sleep in it.  She is almost beginning to contemplate pulling herself up onto furniture so we will need to drop her crib soon in hopes that she may some day sleep in her crib without a Woombie!

Quinn is talking more and rambles on with "mama," "ba ba," and "bub bub."  She will wave back to you if you wave to her, she rolls around the house, can get herself back up to a seated position, army crawls, and gets on all fours but can't seem to crawl from there.  No teeth yet but today I caught a glimpse of a tiny white spot on the bottom right that is breaking through!  It will be any day now and her toothless grin will be gone (tear) but I'm glad the tooth is almost out because it has definitely been bothering her.

Here are some shots from our nine month shoot.  The sticker was a goner in no time flat!!

"What's on my belly?!"

"I think I want to take this off."

"It's off, I'm going to eat it, and you won't get a picture of me smiling with my sticker on this month!"