Reflections - 9 months

I must be the most terrible blogger ever! I have been so slack with updates lately and have just realised my last post was from Christmas. It's now March! My, how time flies! Riley is now 9 1/2 months so I thought I better give an update on all the milestones he has reached over the past 6 months. This is just as much a record for myself (and one day for Riley) and Im sure will not be particularly exciting for anyone else.

Teeth - man this kid has teeth! He already has 8 of the suckers and teething is really the only time I have trouble with riley being unsettled. He got his first 2 on the bottom on 17 September, the next 4 at once (yes that's the top 4 teeth at one time!! on 27 November, and another two on the bottom early in January. So when he gives his cheeky grins he has a full mouth! It helps for eating solids which he is now and expert at. He is so cute to watch eating his little finger foods like vegemite on bread which he loves.

Moving - the kid can move! Riley first rolled to his side on 24 August, then did his first complete roll on 28 September. Both these milestones happened after big days out - the former after Aunty Mel's 31st birthday party, the latter after Jack's christening. He must have been stimulated after the party atmospheres! After trying for some time, and looking rather awkward folded in half, Riley began sitting up unassisted to play with his toys on 3 December. Those were the days - when I could just park him in one spot and he would sit still and just play with whatever toys were in reach. That didnt last long!

In the midst of a gorgeous holiday spent at the beach in Sydney, he started getting around commando-crawl style. He was off. This started on 6 January and was quickly followed by learning to sit up from a crawl, and pull himself up on furniture to stand. Proper crawling started just shy of his 9 month birhtday on 7 February. All this has kept me on my toes and the little man is now happily into everything. Don't underestimate a baby's brain! Riley has radar for whatever it is I dont want him to have.

This morning I took him for a check up at the clinic and as of today, just short of 10 months old, he weighs 9.5 kilos and is 73 cm long. Both are exactly average. It is incredible to see how much he is growing and changing. This pic was taken of him playing in his baby pool in Canberra mid January.