*** Warning this is a bit long! ***
Today Olivia turned 9 months old! We can't believe it. Time is just flying. We took Olivia for her 9 month check up today and all was well. The Mittendorf's dot that the doctor saw at the 6 month check up went away. Her ears were good and so was everything else. We can't believe how fast she is growing. She has grown 10 inches since she was born- that is crazy!
Here are her stats:
Height: 28 inches (She grew 2 inches from her 6 month appointment)
Weight: 18 pounds 7.5 ounces- just shy of 18 and 1/2 pounds (She gained a little over 2 pounds)
Head circumference: 44 3/4 cm (gained 1 and 1/4 of a cm)
At 9 months she can do the following things:
* Crawl
* Pull to a stand on flat objects and objects with a ledge
* Stand in her crib
* Stand and let go with one hand
* Crawl up stairs- with an adult behind her
* Take a few steps with support
* Say, "da da", and today we think she is now saying, "up"
* Holds her bottle about 80% of the time when she is feeding- she is drinking about 24 oz of formula a day
* Eats 3 meals a day- breakfast- fruit/oatmeal, lunch- yogurt or try a new food, dinner- veggies/oatmeal
* Loves to take a bath and knows the routine of taking a bath- lights go off in bedroom, crawl to bathroom, take bath, blow dry, jammies and then a bottle
Things we are working on:
* Waving
* Eating finger foods- pincher grasp hopefully will improve- doctor said not to worry
* Table foods- doctor said to try more table foods
* Saying more words
* Getting teeth! The two bottom teeth are breaking through- FINALLY!!
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| Waiting for the doctor! |
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| Big, happy girl on the scale! |
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| Trying to get her to hold the sign! |
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| Stuck it to stroller instead! |
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| I do not like it there mommy! |
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| Really? |
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| I love the recycle bin and no I am not licking my fingers after touching it! |
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| Jake... always a sad pup... =( |
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| Crawling action! |
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Finally... Hope.. I stumbled across some friends praying about a baby named Hallie. It is a truly amazing story and you must check out their family blog. I do not know these people personally but it is a friend's niece and I think have some friends who are friends with them. But truly an incredible journey and this little miracle baby needs lots of prayers. Please take a moment, read the blog, they have a Facebook page also just search for Hope for Hallie, and say a prayer. The family is overwhelmed with how many people are praying for their little one and their family. Keep praying because God does perform miracles!
Here is the link to their blog
http://thelittlegreenfamily.blogspot.com/
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| The family is loving seeing pictures of support for Hallie! You can post them on their Facebook page. |
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