{"id":2143,"date":"2015-08-20T13:03:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T17:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.njphillipsfamily.com\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2015-10-09T11:57:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T15:57:34","slug":"9-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/?p=2143","title":{"rendered":"9 Months!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baby boy is 9 months old! Seems like just yesterday Andy and I were bringing him home from the hospital praying that we don&#8217;t break him. Well, we still pray that we don&#8217;t break him but we&#8217;re feeling <em>slightly<\/em> more confident in ourselves as parents.<\/p>\n<p>This month Andrew weighs 20 lbs 6 oz and is in the 50% for weight. He&#8217;s 29 3\/4 inches long placing him in the 75% for height. Andy was displeased to learn that his height percentage had taken a down turn from 98% to 75%. Perhaps those Kleinfelter genes are making an appearance. He has two little teeth (I think a few more are on the way!) that he uses to eat his two favorite foods; yogurt and puffs. He wears 12 month clothes and sleeps consistently through the night from 7:30 pm-6:30 am.<\/p>\n<p>I think Andrew&#8217;s 9th month though is marked by mobility. He never stops. He&#8217;s become exceptionally good at crawling and zips around in his scooter like it&#8217;s the Daytona 500. Our house is slowly becoming a baby proof barricade of gates, chairs and boxes to contain him. He&#8217;s attracted to vents, outlets, cable boxes, shoes and the TV stand- basically all non-toys. He&#8217;s also begun to pull himself up to stand next to the coffee table, couch, his play table&#8230; anything really. He can even take a few steps when you hold his hands and he walks between your legs. I&#8217;m so happy to see him gain this independence and hit this new milestone, but boy are we tired at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew has also made some strides with his communication this month. He&#8217;s started to say mama and &#8216;ba&#8217; when he wants a bottle&#8230; though his banging on his high chair tray is also a pretty clear sign he wants food. He&#8217;s also started to wave hi and bye- though not consistently yet.<\/p>\n<p>So many changes for such a little guy. Don&#8217;t blink or he&#8217;ll be off to kindergarten before we know it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2205-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2205-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2193.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2193.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2190.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2190.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2220.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2220.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2217.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2217.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Standing:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2209.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2209.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Waving hi:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2215.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2215.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baby boy is 9 months old! Seems like just yesterday Andy and I were bringing him home from the hospital praying that we don&#8217;t break him. Well, we still pray that we don&#8217;t break him but we&#8217;re feeling slightly more confident in ourselves as parents. This month Andrew weighs 20 lbs 6 oz and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njphillipsfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}