Leif's 9 month "well" baby

20 lbs 12 oz (50th percentile)
28" long (50th percentile)
Head is 75th percentile (taking after grandpa Perry...)

I put well baby in quotes because it was actually a "sick" baby appointment. No wonder he wouldn't smile on Sunday for photos, he felt awful! Poor baby had another ear infection. Combine that with the wheezing and the "well" baby appointment was pre-empted. We will go back in 2 weeks for his 2 immunizations.

As of tonight Leif has real interest in moving in an upright position. It took him awhile to crawl, we were convinced that he only wanted to walk there for awhile and would never crawl. Then Leif realized the effectiveness of crawling and gave up even wanting to stand at all. I started to wonder if he would ever show a desire to walk or even stand.

The desire has returned full blown. Leif doesn't "pull up", he stands up. He has to have something to balance himself, well not really, or he doesn't think he needs that, we prefer to encourage it though. Otherwise he is constantly falling onto his butt and scaring mommy that he will whack his head on something on the way down. Not only is he standing and trying to cruise along the furniture he has been observed to stand for four whole seconds without support!

I am frightened. I fear it is just a matter of time before I am yelling at him to quit running in the house. :(

We seem to have overcome the sleep "issues". But I fear also that I most likely cannot take credit for most of them. He doesn't care for the pacifier at night, he knows the difference between that and the real thing. He is now going down in his crib still awake and falls quickly asleep. If we don't get him to the crib right away, he will find something soft (like the laundry pile) to lay his head on and fall asleep on. When he wakes up at night he does on occasion need to eat and acts like a ravenous beast until he is satiated and back sound asleep. Otherwise if he wakes up he can usually be soothed back asleep with a good back rubbing. (I think *I* need to wake up more often and be soothed back asleep with a good back rubbing!)

Things are going great! We really are blessed to have such a wonderful little boy.

Next on the agenda to talk about is my two day "presentation skills" class I took this week. Don't worry, it will be a treat! ;)