Thursday, June 18, 2009

9 months old

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Update from the 9-month check-up with Dr Rosen:

  • Doctor Rosen discovered that her first tooth had emerged. Tooth #2 is right there too.

  • Weight, height and head size are all increasing nicely and following the normal curve for full term babies now. No more compensation for prematurity needed on the growth scales.

  • Back of her head on the left side is a bit flat so we got orders to put her on her right side.....good luck with that. Maya isn't exactly a stationary sleeper anymore. She rotates like a propeller, doing 360's all night long

  • Her tone, flexibility, movement and general development is great and she is right on par with other nine month old babies.

  • We are stopping iron supplements since it's making her constipated and her hemoglobin is above average now.

General update:

  • Maya is making a lot of new sounds. Baba, dada, gaga etc and generally talking non-stop.

  • Has learned to wave good bye to dad in the mornings when he leaves for work.

  • She can now pull herself up to standing postion in the crib. Exciting and worrying at the same time.

  • Can crawl backwards, much to Maya's own frustration. She gets really upset when she keeps moving away from the toy she is aiming for rather than closer.

  • Rocks back and forth on all fours, which apparently is a sign of imminent forward crawling .

  • Loves books but destroys every single one with sucking on it and tearing off pages. Dad's favorite baby book with machines is now falling apart

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