Landon had his 9 month appointment on Thursday. We got there on time, but had to wait over 30 minutes because our doctor went to the hospital that morning for some newborns. While we were waiting 2 newborns came in for their checkup. It definitely made us realize how far Landon has come and how long ago, yet how soon, it feels that was. Newborns come in during the morning and they get priority over everyone else, even if you have an appointment, so they can get them in and out before the sick kids start coming in.
While we were waiting, Landon was all over the waiting room. I mean all over the place. They have toys, a small play house, a slide, and a fish tank (up high). He was loving the new toys. Other children came in and were playing too. He wanted to play with them, and did with 1 girl briefly, but being that it's a doctor's office you never know what the other kids are in there for, so parents were quick to keep their kids around them (us included.) The whole parent-parent interactions are still weird to me. Maybe because most of the parents I encounter are older than me. I feel like they look at me and think I'm too young to have a child and they don't want their kids hanging out with Landon. Maybe I'm just paranoid. Landon, on the other hand, loves other kids and wants to play with all of them no matter where we are. I don't have a problem with that, but like I said, it was the doctor's office and we didn't want him to come home sick. When we were leaving, we overheard a father telling the nurse that his kid, who was in there with Landon, had been throwing up all over the place. Fabulous.
Landon had to get 1 shot, and that didn't go over well. After a few seconds of some of the worst crying I've heard, he was fine once his mommy gave him a hug. The power of a mom is amazing. He was back to walking around in the room right after that. It's surreal whenever we go see his pediatrician because he was our pediatrician also. We call him the grand-doctor. He says we are the first parents he's had where both were former patients. He still does a lot of the same tricks he did with us. For instance, when checking in the ears he whistles like a bird and it's always mesmerizing. He jokingly did it on Christi for old time's sake. It was funny.
Landon measured 29" tall and weighed 19 lbs 11.25oz. I was close with 29" and 20 lbs. He certainly feels heavier, but since he's really started moving around I think he's probably lost a pound or two.
The plan is to have Landon off the bottle by 1 year. We have started using sippy cups and he's getting used to them. He has absolutely no desire to hold the bottle or cup himself. He is perfectly fine with you feeding him, thank you. He will grab onto it every now and then, but mainly that is to play with it.
He's started to eat a lot of table food. Landon has realized this food has more flavor and he really likes it. He also makes some hilarious faces when he tries something new and it doesn't taste good to him. Right now he likes a lot of different things. We're trying to introduce meet into his diet and he ate some lasagna casserole the other day, which he loved. Landon also like veggies and macaroni and cheese. He's also eating some of these snacks that we bought that basically dissolve in his mouth. Landon seems to like those. They are small, so we put them on his food tray and he picks them up and eats them. He's learning how to use his fingers. Sometimes it goes well, but there are usually a few on the floor when he is done. He is getting better.
Landon is beginning to do a lot of other things. He is trying to clap his hands. He is learning what and where objects are (so far the ceiling fan). You say fan, and he looks up at it. He is also learning people's names so that when you say where is *insert name*, he looks at them. The list goes on and on. It's amazing how fast they grow and pick up different things.
That's all for now. Check back for some more updates.
