22lbs11oz or 10.3kg(98%) at 9.5 months
Length:
30 inches/76cm! She's between the 98th and 99.9th percentile on the UK chart. (measured at 9.5 months)
Health:
nothing to complain about this month
Nicknames:
stinky pants
Eating:
OMG Emilia loves to eat, it's her favourite thing!
She still has a bottle first thing, which can be anytime between 4am and 7am, followed by some porridge with fruit for breakfast, a fairly big lunch(200g/7oz of vegetable puree) plus some fingerfoods and fruit, a small 4oz in the afternoon(this should be phased out in the next few weeks), another big portion of dinner, this time including fish or meat and another 4oz of formula before bed.
So far she's eating anything I put in front of her, but she loves grapes, banana, bread, mandarin oranges
She is a bit lazy when it comes to feeding herself and the only fingerfoods she will have are fruit and carbs.
Sleeping:
Bedtime is at 7 and she's asleep within just a few minutes, I even stopped putting the classical music on for her to make sure she's not too dependant on it.
Some nights she wakes up at 4am or 5am, I give her a bottle and she goes back to sleep. If she has her bottle after 5:30, she's unlikely to go back to sleep :(
2 naps a day, 60-120minutes in the morning and another 45-60 minutes around 2/3pm. I think we need to work on transitioning her to a shorter morning nap and a slightly earlier afternoon sleep with the idea of her having only one nap around her birthday.
Nappies:
Size 4/4+
Clothing:
12-18 months
Social:
We've been attending a few classes at our local Children's centre, luckily for me these are free to attend and Emilia really enjoys spending time with the other babies.
We still haven't made 'friends', so sadly she will not be having a birthday party this year :(
Likes:
*playing with Mama's and Mummy's hair
*when you blow your nose
*brushing her teeth, one night she even left 1oz of milk in her bedtime bottle because she spotted the toothbrush next to the bed
*reading books before bed
*Watching Baby Einstein(Mama feels guilty about that one)
*Looking at pictures or videos of herself on our phones
*having to lie down to have her nappy changed
*being strapped into her pushchair or highchair, she arches her back, something I have never experienced this young with any of the children I have looked after
*being told 'no' when repeatedly switching the tv receiver box off
Milestones:
She's mobile! She's not crawling but she is definitely getting around simply by pulling herself along.
Also, whenever I ask her a question(in a question tone) she will reply with ja/yeah...grandma asked the other day if she wanted a Gin&Tonic with her dinner and Emilia said 'yeah' :)
Mama:
Still super broody, to the point where just like 2 years ago I cannot stop thinking about it. I had always said that (especially if I had a girl) I would be happy with just the one. But now I want a little playmate for Emilia, I want to be pregnant again and have another good labour.
Fun things we did:
We went to London, as a family, and I had not one, but two nights out!
The first evening Mummy C. looked after Emilia while I went to a gig of our favourite band, I stayed out until after midnight! It was very strange leaving Emilia, even if it was with someone who knows her just as much as me, but Emilia was totally fine of course!
The second night, one of my best friends(a professional, qualified nanny) looked after Emilia. I put her to bed and then joined my partner and all of our friends at the concert venue for a second night of great music. Again, Emilia did totally fine, she only woke up when we got home due to being too hot as we had trouble keeping the flat cool(in February!)
