9 month stats

Last Tuesday (Oct. 18) Arya (finally) had her 9 month well-baby check-up (after it was rescheduled 3 times). At the appt she had her flu shot, which made for a sad little girl. Her pediatrician said she is right on track and can now start simple table foods!

Weight: 18lbs 13 oz     50th percentile

Height 27.25in    35th percentile

My Growing Girl!

Arya's second tooth cut through yesterday! Interesting since her first tooth cut last Tuesday. 
We are going to Grampa Brian and Grandma Suzanne's next week. While we are there we are getting family pictures. I hope Arya's teeth are in enough to see in the pictures. But it means LOTS of slobber. All the teething has been making for a fussy girl at bed time. We have been using baby tylenol and teething rings. The tylenol has not been a good experience so we bought baby advil and will be using that next. The discomfort is causing her to be a snuggle bunny-which I enjoy but wish I could make her feel better.
This week we have upped Arya to three bottles of formula a day. She has breatmilk with her breakfast and dinner but her three mid-day feedings are formula. Also, I am on my meds so the milk I pump has to be dumped. :( BUT, I am almost dried up- thankful I am not so umcomfortable anymore! My goal was to be done with the pump before going out of town next week. Soon I will be packing it away for good.
Back in August Arya said "Mama." Now she says it ALL the time! I'm not complaining but she is now saying it to everyone! She has called Daddy, herself and our friend Mindy all "Mama." And sometimes she just says it while babbling. I think it's because when she first started saying it she refused to say it when Daddy was around. He kept saying "Ma ma ma ma ma" to try an convince her and I think that's what caused the confusion.
Now that Arya can pull up so loves to stand on the love seat and look out the window. Don't worry, I always stay right there to make sure she doesn't tumble over/off.

 

Arya has starting eating Gerber puffs now. I am not sure what she thinks of them. She eats them willingly on her own but tends to scrunch up her nose and make a funny face. She also now will drink out of her sippy cup. That took a long time! I guess she wasn't ready until now.  Here is her snacking in her Bumbo last night.

Big Week!

This was a big week for Arya!

First of all, she is 9 months old today! She has been on this earth longer than she was in the womb! WOW, time really does fly! She is 3 quarters of the way to a year!

Second, on Tuesday I felt in her mouth and could feel her tooth starting to cut through! Wednesday you could really feel it! We also think her second one might be about to come in. You can see the white but can't feel it yet. She has been pretty happy most of the day but her teeth really bother her at night. She will be crying and when we check on her she is pulling on her cheek.

And finally, yesterday Arya used the side of the couch to pull herself up! I was pretty excited! She even took three steps to the side. Then she fell down on her tush and started playing as if nothing out of the ordinary happened. Silly girl! When Daddy got home and was sitting on the couch she tried to use his pant leg to pull up on.
Here are two pictures after she pulled herself up:
In this first one she looks so proud of herself.

 And here is a picture of her from Sunday: