Matilda @ 9 months

At 9 months Matilda ...

• was not measured.
• wears crawler nappies... still!
• fits into fewer 00 clothes and more size 0!
• Has had more firsts and new things
• starting sitting from lying down on 6/9/12 and mastered the art VERY quickly!
•  top left incisor tooth #6 (7/9/12)
• pulled up on mum when she was sitting on the floor to stand up (10/9/12)
• standing up (when placed in that position) and beginning to cruise (11/9/12)
• touched nose when told to (12/9/12)
• first swing (22/9/12)
• pulled herself up independently (24/9/12)
• Is a nightmare to put into bed... there's too much sitting and crawling and standing to do for sleep!
• claps her hands all the time. When she is happy. Or sad. Or tired. Or our favourite, when we do something that she likes!
• loves watching us dance and be silly.
• puts her hands up to match the hands on her 10 little fingers and 10 little toes book.
• has been bumping her head too often as she pulls herself up and gets a bit clever- leaning and using one hand!
• was eating some lumpier foods again, but has gone backwards. She still loves to play with food in her mouth but unless it's really smooth, she'll have a chew and then spit it back out again.
• has enjoyed the benefits of pears and prunes lately... ahem.
• is growing much thicker hair. It looks like there might be a wave in there.
• enjoyed a few 5hr sleep stretches almost a month ago but is back to thinking that 2.5hrs at a time overnight and 38mins in the day is quite ok with her. Sadly, her parents don't always share her thoughts! There are 3 in the bed some nights and that works best for us when things are like that.
• says more things- Ba (Bas), Bay (baby), ay, uh-oh and up.
• understands more language- her name, "clap your hands", "where's Bas?"
• is constantly found near Basil. She laughs when he is around, follows him around the house, chases his tail and stands at his scratching post talking to him.
• still loves water, buttons and her books.
• has discovered the TV remotes, phone and how to play with the CD player in her room!
• takes walks to see the ducks and to get daddy from the station at the end of the day.
• loves playing with Anj and Nate, our neighbours. 
• has been out for nearly as long as she was in. AMAZING!

Here's our cheeky bear!