9 Months

Alyvia is nine months now. I feel like her personality is really starting to come alive. She is a strong willed girl (not like her sister at all!) She loves to tease and laugh at her girls. She is cautious about trying new things but then goes at them full steam when she has the confidence. She knows what she wants! She weighs 15 pounds exactly (up from her 14.1 when she was really sick last week). She is about 28 inches long. She has started getting around really good on the floor. She scoots and stretches everywhere, she gets down on one knee and both hands but wont quite crawl yet. She has figured out how to monkey crawl like that and can get just about anything within six feet of her, anymore than that and she gives up! She LOVES to stand, she has started to really pull herself up on things and has taken a few spills. She is doing really well with her reflux, the medicine is working great, and she had put on just over two pounds before getting sick. I think her favorite things to eat are waffles and pancakes. She loves to feed herself and I love that she can and will eat what we are having now. She is down to about 2 1/2 bottles a day, I am working on getting down to 2. I am pretty sure I will have her off by her first birthday. She has started clapping at everything. She also is finding sneakier ways to get into stuff in her walker, her newest thing is to "help" unload the dishwasher! She has figured out how to point and will point at everything, including poking your eye! She is still an awesome sleeper with her big afternoon nap and at least 11 hours at night (uninterrupted). Lyvi does very well with a schedule and it really throws her off when we aren't home but she is adjusting better all the time. She loves to say "uh-oh" at everything. She has opted for more verbal communication and has dropped some of the signing. Her favorite toy is the little piano with the hammer, she can bang all day long, but she has always loved music. She has been a lot more cuddly since getting sick, I hope that she stays that way, otherwise she is just too busy to cuddle. She understands what "no" means and is starting to obey it (when we are watching). She is just my tiny baby, the way I pictured all of them, even her feet are still tiny! It amazes me that it has been nine months already.

Lyvi is doing very well with her RSV she has had a few set-back days but is mostly progressing to getting better. She now just seems like she has a bad cold, her cough is mostly gone and she seems to be returning back to herself. She definitely has her appetite back! The picture above is from this morning, she looks really good for having RSV!