This is a month late, but I wanted to make sure and document everything before I forget. Eden is learning so much each month that it all kind of blends together, you know?
Routine:
Eden has turned into a double-napper, sometimes a triple napper, but they aren't long naps. I think she is growing because she has been so sleepy and eating a ton.
Eating:
I have been trying to boost Eden's calorie consumption so her breakfast has been bulked up a bit. For breakfast she has 1/2 a scrambled egg, a baby sized whole wheat blueberry pancake, 1/2 a banana, and 1/2 a YoBaby yogurt. (I know!) She loves to feed herself and is getting quite good at it. Her favorite thing seems to be Gerber Meat Sticks. Horrible, I know. I would have died before I gave them to Zoë when she was a baby, but I am a bit more lax with Eden. She has also tried watermelon, peaches, diced pears and apples....She's not picky. The only food she doesn't seem to like is carrots.
Clothing:
I weighed Eden the morning of her 9 month birthday and was shocked when it read 16.8 lbs. Last month she was 17.8 lbs. She LOST a pound. I won't lie. I freaked out and called the pediatrician. She told me that as long as Eden was eating and acting like her normal self she was fine. Babies weight often plateaus when they start crawling, and she is certainly doing that. (See below) Needless to say, our petite little lady is still fitting nicely into her 6-9 month clothes.
Other Tidbits:
Eden is crawling up a storm. She is following us all over the place, especially Zoë. I had to buy her some new little outfits because she was getting SO frustrated when her knees got stuck under her dress. LOL! Not only is she crawling but she is pulling herself up on everything. She is a baby on the move.
Miss Eden also now has EIGHT teeth. Five came in over the last month and one the day she turned nine months old. The poor kid. No wonder she has been having a hard time sleeping. She chews on everything she can get her hands on. A few weeks ago Becky called me into Eden's nursery to show me something....FOUR TOP TEETH! Honestly, if it hadn't been for Becky, I don't know that we would even know today. Eden is extremely stingy about showing her top teeth. You have to pry her top lips back to even see them, and if you do it once she will tighten her top lip so you can't even pry it open. Stinker. I will post pictures if I ever get one.
I took Eden to the eye doctor and she is doing great. She will still need glasses when she gets a bit older, but she doesn't need to go back in for another nine months. Whoo Hoo!
The cutest tidbit of all? Eden waves. It is freaking adorable. When you wave back she does a cute little head bob from side to side and gets a huge smile on her face. FREAKING ADORABLE. She has also started sticking out her bottom lip when she is upset. Ugh. She is going to get anything she wants when she learns how bend us to her will. And she will. Oh yes, she will.
