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Nine Months Old

I think that every month has been my favourite so far, and this one has been no exception. She's getting so FUN. I think the best way to describe nine month old Briony is SILLY. She'll do almost anything for a laugh, and she loves to babble and giggle and play.

She's also getting to be a little bit more work to deal with, now that she's developing an opinion of her own (deciding to skip a nap or getting upset when we take her away from something). I'm also realizing that she doesn't nap as well when she knows that someone else is in the house - we had a few times this month when she was playing with Chloe or Emily before naptime or bedtime, and she was *not* impressed with me. At all. And so it begins... Can't wait for fourteen :)

This was the first month that I was really trying to work from home, and it went even better than I'd hoped. I need to be pretty flexible to work from home while there's a baby in my care, and I'm getting used to doing things in smaller steps than I ever have before - but it is absolutely working, and it is absolutely going to work. I could not be happier.

New Things This Month:
- Inventing her own strange little military crawl to get where she wants to go
- Lots of creeping and rocking on all fours, but no *official* crawling yet
- Still loving solid food - so far, we've tried sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, peas, green beans, apples, bananas, prunes, apricots, peaches, pears, blueberries, mango, and chicken
- A new Briony-style 'word' every day - most often, it's mama or dada (still not entirely sure that she knows what she's saying), hi or hey (ditto), gaigaigai, ohhhh, mmmm
- Tickling people and saying 'tickle'... officially the cutest thing ever
- Dancing along with So You Think You Can Dance or Yo Gabba Gabba on TV
- Making up games to play with Geoff and I
- Still spending lots of time 'talking' to herself in the mirror
- Still inventing new ways to be silly
- More often than not, getting incredibly giggly when she's overtired
- Most days, we're down to only two naps a day (sometimes one, but those are *not* my favourite days)
- A couple of first little fits when we move a toy that she wanted to play with or take her away from what she was still having fun doing
- Officially not being swaddled to sleep anymore, making naps a little more challenging (booooo...) - and therefore also discovering that cribs are more fun to play in than to sleep in
- Learning how to 'click' her tongue and 'pop' her lips - doing it ALL DAY LONG, and making instant lifelong friends with anyone who will play her game and make the same sounds back at her
- Using Geoff and I as her own personal jungle gym
- Learning how to 'swing' in her Jolly Jumper, most often tucking her legs up once she gets herself going
- Becoming absolutely fascinated with eyelashes, and trying to touch ours at every opportunity (she's usually gentle, but we occasionally get our eyes poked)

Favourite Moments:
- Watching her world open up at the realization that if she sees something out of reach, she can get there on her own
- The fact that she's not crawling or pulling up on furniture yet :)
- Playing her new little game where she throws her hands up in the air and we cheer... over and over and over... and over...

Looking Forward To:
Another trip out to BC to let Geoff's family and our friends out there get to know our nine month old Briony.

*Picture will be added tomorrow :)

Labels: Briony, Briony's First Year

posted by Lindsay @ 9:18 PM