Sugar 'n Spice and All Things Noland: Megan is 9 Months Old!

Megan oh Megan...you're 9 months old. Where has the time gone!? She is full of personality this month and becoming more and more mobile. She gets into more "trouble" than Jade did, so we really have to watch her. I never understood why they had straps on everything for babies. I totally get it now. For example, I never understood all the straps on highchairs, but completely understand it now. They can climb right up out of them. Megan is starting to understand what we are saying and it's really fun! She "says" so big. Knows what come here mean. Seems to somewhat understand what "no" is, but likes to test her limits with that one. Knows who Mama and Dada are and will look at us if we ask where the other one is (not always, but does it occasionally). She is able to turn pages in books when we read and loves to read our pop up books to see the story "pop out."

Sleep:
Megan goes to bed at 7/7:30 and wakes up for the day usually around 7:30/8. She is still getting up 2 times a night most nights. She wakes to eat usually around 10:30/11:30 and then again anywhere from 1-5. My body must be getting used to it, because I don't get as tired during the day as I used to! She naps either one time for 2-3 hours or 2 times for 1-2 hours each nap. She has a hard time napping when other things are going on. She wants to be a part of everything. She usually does pretty good on one nap though. If she takes one nap she usually sleeps from about 12:30-3:00ish. If she takes 2 naps, she naps a couple hours after she wakes up for 1-2 hours and then again around 1:30/2 for an hour or 2. She is getting easier to put to sleep, but she is still not as easy as Jade ever was. We are finally getting her figured out. Most of the time she likes being rocked to sleep, but there are times that she just wants nothing to do with being held and you can lay her down and she cries herself to sleep in 5 minutes.

Feed Me:
Megan continues to eat every 3-4 hours for the most part. She can go longer without food, but it seems like we have so much food we try to fit in, in a day that we give her something that often. She nurses throughout the night and her first and last feedings of the day. She gets a 4-5oz bottle around 11:30 and then eats a solid lunch with us at noon. She usually eats 1-2Tbls of cereal with water or milk and half a container of fruits or veges. Then she has another "snack" usually around 3:30. She doesn't eat much at this feeding, 3-4oz bottle. At 5:00 she eats her next solid feeding of 2Tbls of cereal and half a container of fruit or vege baby food. She nurses at 7 for the last time before bed. I have stopped pumping during the day all together about a week ago. Megan is not a big eater and is a very distracted eater. When she has a bottle, we have to give her something to have in her hands and when she eats solids, she gets her own spoon to hold onto while she eats. She LOVES yogurt, just like her big sister. We go through tubs of yogurt in this house! She hasn't really been into more solid foods like puffs and yogurt bites, but we will keep trying them.

Milestones:
11-19-14 - Is able to crawl up stairs without a problem!
11-28-14 - Said Dada and looked right at Nate when she said it. It doesn't happen often, but she did do it!
12-12-14 - Started cutting her top two teeth at the same time.
12-13-14 - Took a couple of unassisted steps to me. She was in some control while doing it. Took two steps and then fell into me. I don't think walking is too far off in her future.

Favorites: Playing peek-a-boo, following and playing with Jade, wrestling with me and Jade, chasing her Dad and Jade, crawling into and onto anything she can, crawling up stairs

Weight: 17lbs Length: 26 3/4"

Clothes: 6-9 month