Sarah Ellen is Nine Months

I can't believe my sweet little baby is closer to a year old than a newborn. Where does the time go? She is certainly not a newborn anymore.

This little bug is getting to wherever she desires to go. She just this week is officially crawling in the technical sense (four point reciprocal crawling), but for months she has been very mobile. She commando crawls, bear crawls, rolls, and basically is all over the place.

Sarah Ellen continues to be a good eater. She takes three bottles a day, 6-8 ounces each. She is now eating three solid meals a day. I'm still sticking with baby foods, as she has some texture aversions. She gags on anything that is slightly thick. I was determined to make her baby food, but I don't think she will take it so Gerber will have to do for now. She does enjoy the occasional veggie puff now and then.

She is an active little thing and likes getting into things that she shouldn't: drawers, the fire place, under chairs. And she gets very put out when she is gently moved to a more suitable play thing. She continues to have a good set of lungs and is quite the yeller, whether happy or sad. Her scream is rather ear piercing.

Sleep continues to go well. Sarah Ellen naps for an hour to an hour and half in the morning and about two hours in the afternoon. She goes to bed at night around eight and wakes around seven. She fusses some before falling asleep, but much prefers to go down on her own. I occasionally try to rock her, but she fights it for all it is worth. I have another independent, non-snuggly baby.

She got a good report at her nine month well baby visit today. Our pediatrician had a hard time not calling her Lily. She said they look like twins. Here are her latest stats:

• Height: 27.5 inches (50th percentile)
• Weight: 17 pounds, 8 ounces (25th percentile)
• Head Circumference: 44.5 cm (70th percentile)

Sarah Ellen is looking more and more like Lily these days. It's amazing how they don't look much like me and James, but look a lot like each other.