Nick Names: Smoosh, Baby, Lovey
Height: 30 inches (Estimated, no doctor’s appointment)
Weight: 23 pounds (Estimated)
Special Outings: Red Sox game, Horn Pond
Visitors: None? It averages out from the month before
Loves: Food, Whatever his brother has, Bouncing up and down
Hates: Waking up, Cuddling, Being sick
So nine months snuck up on me, but I’ve been calling you ten months for the past few weeks. I don’t really understand why some months seem longer than others, or you seem seem to grow faster at some points and slower at others. I think because of this, it seems like you haven’t changed much this month, but you actually have!
I’m officially saying that you can pull up now. In reality you’ve maybe been able to do this for a while, but we’d never see you do it. It wasn’t consistent and you’d do it once and then not again for a few months. But in the past week or so, you’ve decided this is something you like to do. You’re doing it a bit more, and we’ve caught you doing it a few times. I have a feeling one day you’re going to decide that walking is pretty cool too…
Your relationship with your brother is so much fun to watch lately. He’s the one who can cheer you up and make you laugh the fastest. Even when you were sick this month, if he was in your face blowing raspberries, you’d laugh. He’s very protective over you, often declaring to anyone who will listen that you are “HIS BABY.” We’ve been trying to use your name more, I swear. But no matter how many times we say it, he still calls you baby. I assume it won’t be forever. (I’m sorry if it is)
You seem to love people and being in the middle of everything. You’d rather that we carry you around than put you on the ground, and most of the time just watching the action is enough. Unless the action is riding on the Cars 3 truck and then you’re all in. It’s so much fun to watch you on that mini truck while your brother rides around on his bike. Just two brothers having fun together.
I wish you could say you’re a cuddly baby who likes to snuggle, but you really aren’t. There’s too much to do, too much to see. Which is hard when you’re sick and you really don’t want to be cuddled. There’s not a whole lot we’ve found we can do to make you happy when you’re sad. You are expressive and are going to let everyone know how you feel. You can make the most judgemental faces, or your whole face will light up and your body will shake with laughs. No poker face for you.
I definitely feel like I’m still figuring you out, and if anything your personality takes after your dad more than me, but that just makes me excited to learn more about you as you grow!
I can’t decide if the past 6 months have gone quickly or not. Sometimes it felt like a never ending slog that we were sleepwalking through, but on the other hand I swear we just celebrated F’s first birthday. Either way, we have an official 18 month old on our hands. And thanks to a sleep consultant, we are back on track with sleep and everyone is feeling more like themselves lately. F is back to sleeping and happily chatting in her crib, and it feels like at least one layer of stress has evaporated.
F remains the happiest Spearson, excited to be a part of things, and loves it when we go somewhere. She mostly gets mad when we try to remind her she’s a baby and can’t always do the same things that the older two can. Oh how quickly she’s going to demand equal treatment though. Already she fights back if someone tries to push her away.