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Your baby will be beginning to talk soon! You may have already heard a recognizable word, but now your baby will start to say things voluntarily. Praise your baby and congratulate her for a job well done. Babies like to please adults and if she knows that you are proud, she will be more likely to attempt it again. When you are talking to her, use hand motions to show her what you are talking about. Remember to use clear words so that she can imitate your sounds. When your baby is crying for help or whining for something that she wants, remind her that she can tell you what she wants without crying.

He can crawl up stairs now, so make sure you are using gates at your stairways. He may be able to stand up and take steps at this point. He is able to walk with the support of a sturdy structure or your help. Your baby likes to bang toys together and make noise. If you give your baby blocks, watch him build a tower with them. Your baby probably likes to scribble on paper and likes when she can see you do the same.

Your baby may be scared of things that she was scared of before. This is normal and will probably pass. Your baby is becoming stubborn and begins to test authority at times. This is a part of her becoming independent. She likes to show you her toys, but most likely does not like to share them. Because your baby is beginning to test you and needs more guidance now, it is important to know how to discipline babies. You should prevent a situation that will allow him to do something that you do not like. Do not leave the remote on the table if you don't want him to push a button. Ignore behaviors that are not harmful. If your baby has pulled all of your socks out of the drawer, pick them up and ignore it. Otherwise, it teaches him that he can do things to get your attention. Reward your baby when she is playing well. Don't keep your baby in a playpen or swing all day long. She will not be able to experience the freedom she needs to learn.

Encourage him to use all of his senses every day. Play different types of music for your baby to hear. Introduce your baby to different cultures by playing international music. Allow him to play with toys that have various textures, patterns, colors, sizes and shapes. When you are feeding your baby, give him a variety of flavors try. Your baby can even experience different scents.

Give your baby a large bowl full of dry cereal, noodles,rice, water or other small items. Hand him some measuring spoons or cups and let him dump and scoop the objects. When he learns how to use one item, give him another one to try out. You can also give him old boxes or containers to stack. Other toys that your baby might like are: balls, nesting blocks, books, bath toys, push toys, toys with lights and sounds, musical instruments, dolls and puppets, large trucks and cars, and toy telephones.

Continue to encourage your baby to feed herself by giving her fruits, vegetables, crackers, cereals and cheeses that he can easily eat on his own. Even if your baby is messy when he is eating, praise him for feeding himself. If your baby refuses one type of food today, try it again another day. It can take several tries before a baby will like some foods.

Developmental Milestones 9 Months Old

Physical

• Enjoys walking while holding onto a sturdy object
• Perfects pulling to a standing position
• Can stand with assistance
• Some babies will take small steps on their own

Intellectual

• Your baby loves to play games
• Uses the pincer grasp well
• Drinks from a cup
• Says mama and dada
• Understands no
• Can complete simple commands

Emotional

• Does not like sleep-may skip the morning nap
• Wants to be with you or another familiar face
• Shy around strangers
• Is beginning to understand that you will return when you leave

Age Appropriate Toys

• Toys with faces
• Stuffed animals
• Books
• Balls
• Musical toys
• Stacking toys
• Building toys
• Toys that roll
• Push toys
• Exersaucer
• Jumpers

Comments:

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my snuggle bunny - 20.2 hours ago
lol hi lovely ya my dogs are not that hairy i have 3 pitbulls with short hair so they do good and get baths regular and brushed and stuff there names are esco who's almost 11 bellablue whos 5 and neveah whos 4 then i have a boston terrier short hair sheds a a tiny bit hes white part hes black and white lol named buddy lee:)- and a french bulldog short hair so not bad names jeter and they all stay in the house lol ya 5 but they are well behaved or it wouldnt work i know people with1 buck wild dogs and they go crazy ! i am a co owner of a rescue here and volunteer and foster etc.. so busy yea and Arianna who is great with them and they are as well. I am not on birth control but we are not trying at all he does not do anything inside lol if that sounds bad sorry ladies tried to say it the nicest lol we were thinking next fall or winter will be greta for us and new baby and time to spend with arianna o boy time flys huh ladies! ill be in 10 months tommorow i hope all you have a wonderful valentines day xoxo its my hunnys b day so celebrating his b day over valentines he has to have one day of the year to himself hahaha!

lovelybaby2 - Monday, 13 Feb
Whats with everying ones pages getting deleted, that so dumb. destiny~~ Thats awesome that he is doing that!! Im sure he will be walking in no time. Little Man Had his 9month check up. He is 20pounds 32inches!! He's gonna be a big boy lol. He's in the 90th percentile, doc said he's measuring to a 12month old!! Big difference from his sister who is still a little thing. Bella we are trying, but not trying right now, were in the if it happens it happens phase right now. But I think Come next month we are going to really start TTC, I want to drop a few more pounds and it to be nice enough to run outside so I can keep working out during the pregnancy this time. Plus we have some remodling going on at the house right now so we want to finish it up. 5 dog??!!! Wow we have one old dog that drives me nuts with the hair, I don't know how you can do 5!!!

my snuggle bunny - Monday, 13 Feb
hi destiny sent hun :)

tanyaschmalz - Saturday, 11 Feb
Hey Bella. I figured ur profile was messed up like mine. Email me your email address. I need yours and Dianas and Lovelys. Then I will talk 2 u all about my idea. Tanya.Schmalz@yahoo.com (Destiny...)

my snuggle bunny - Saturday, 11 Feb
lillianshappymommy i would love another april baby to that would mean getting pregnant this july so i dont think that will happen lol arianna keeps me on my toes and she is at the age now almost 10 months that i can do alot of things with her i love being with her when the time is right to have another i will know it i say another year to try again so they will be 2 years apart or a little more plus i have 5 dogs lol! i have a lot of kiddies already! hehe i would like 3 kids - I hope you had a great birthday lillianshappymommy sorry i wasnt on to say it stupid account lost all my stuff

my snuggle bunny - Saturday, 11 Feb
helloo ladies! this is bellablue!!! i couldnt get on for the life of me i had to go on a whole diffrent computer just to make a new account grrr! hope all are well hi destiny! i will send you my email again i dont think you ended up getting it! this site is getting weird! Arianna is doing great she also is standing and puts her feet one in front of another then stops soon she will be walkign away lol! She is a awesome eater eats whatever all the good stuff to! lol missed you all remember - my snuggle bunny is me bellablue lol! Call me bunny or Erica hehe!

tanyaschmalz - Saturday, 11 Feb
10 months tomorrow and Joshua is on the verg of walking. He has done a step here and there for a couple weeks and now he has added a step. Its so frustrating cause he stands up in the middle of the floor with no support so I know hes strong enough, hes just scared of falling I guess.

Mummy22 - Friday, 10 Feb
maybe i'm only keeping mine because i created this account late? i kept annoying the bfing mama's before this one and my account kept being deleted woops. what a pain that the accounts keep being deleted!

tanyaschmalz - Friday, 10 Feb
Does anyone have Bellas email? Her profile got deleted too. Dang website is getting rid of us all. (Destiny...)

lovelybaby2 - Friday, 10 Feb
Lillian~~ Thank you, he is doing so much better after the breathing treatments. Still not drinking as much but he is getting there. His first time sick and he gets this =( poor little guy. And DD has been coughing super bad all day, my poor girl. Destiny~~ Im glad your starting to feel better =) dianawilcox~~ My doctor said a year as well, but I think your right about there being a middle ground. That is such a cute theme, DH and I still have not picked one. There are sooo many cute ideas!!! We picked the place, and his bday falls on a saturday, now I just need to get on with the rest of the planning.

Kodyz boo - Friday, 10 Feb
destiny-i sent it again! hope you get it this time...and great idea! lovely-so sorry that your baby is sick but so glad that lil man is feeling better now! diana-i asked my doc at his 9 month appt when i could start introducing whole milk so its not a complete shock to his system at one but they said you are not to introduce milk before one and if you do start weaning breastmilk you have to supplement with formula. So i guess we are waiting till he's a year to start introducing which is fine cuz he does so great nursing but i thought that was nuts cuz i know plenty of people that starting introducing milk earlier than a year...lillians-i think the easter theme is cute considering her bday is on easter right? we are gonna do scooby for kj because his dad loves it and we've already got some stuff from when he was born for his 1st bday from family members lol! and ill be making his cake and im a vanilla girl so we will be doing confetti cake i think lol or maybe ill do confetti and then half strawberry? I can't believe kj will be 10 months on monday! he got another ear infection which will be his second time...seems to happen when he's teething :( but he's much better and more himself now that he's on meds!

tanyaschmalz - Thursday, 9 Feb
I only have lillians email. I was hoping 2 set up a gift exchange between the 6 of us that have been talking from day 1 almost. It was an idea I was hoping 2 run by u ladies and get all the info out if u were interested. So if u want my email is Tanya.Schmalz@yahoo.com and I wanted 2 hear from Diana, Bella, lovely, kodyz, lillian(already have yours). Am I missing anyone from our pg days till now? (Destiny0619 or Destiny*Joshua*BabyOnTheWay)

Mummy22 - Thursday, 9 Feb
oh and ben will be 11 months on the 23rd!

Mummy22 - Thursday, 9 Feb
hi guys, it's nice to come on and see names i haven't seen in a long time... :) hope you have all been well, can't believe how long ago our pregnancies were. tanya, i can see your new profile, what a shame your account got deleted :/ weird.

DianaWilcox - Thursday, 9 Feb
Lillian, i agree with u about checking with the Academy of peds...I think theres gotta be a middle ground with everything. I think its silly when doctors say wait till exactly one year bla bla bla...my family is from europe and they drank cows milk (straight from the cow) from birth! there was no such thing as formula lol. I am a nurse also so I was taught the American textbook way so I tend to overthink things myself. I started Joey on yogurt at christmas...he had some diarrhea then he came out with eczema. I thought it was a lactose intolerance so I stopped the yogurt for a few weeks and the eczema continued! so its not a lactose allergy. It must be the weather, or a natural response due to his stressed immune system as he just got over the stomach virus. anyway...i think easter is such a cute idea! We're going with moose a moose from nick jr. If my son hears the moose's voice from across the room, he whips his head around and smiles...he LOVES moose a moose and so do i! lol

lillianshappymommy - Thursday, 9 Feb
@tanya I sent you my email via email. I hope you got it. :)@kodyzboo no I don't think your crazy! I completely understand! If I felt ready for another one right now I would be ttc too! lol it just works out that we need a little more time. :D Yes they do seem to be developing at the same rate. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that they are april babies. I definitely want another april/may baby. They are just the best. :D lol Yeah they were awesome I was never so proud of my giants as I was that day! lol @Bellablue Happy belated birthday fellow february 8ther! I meant to post yesterday, but it got a little hectic over here.@lovelybaby2 I am soo sorry that that has been happening, but atleast you know what is wrong and can treat it! I'm glad he's feeling better now!@dianawilcox where have you been? I've been wondering about you for the longest! lol. My doctor said not to start weaning them of the formula until she is exactly one year.But when she turns one then we definitely start doing it the way that you have described. but I thought they were suppose to get atleast 24 ounces a day until they were 1 and 1/2? You know we should double check all of this info with the american pediatric academy since that's where the doctors are getting their info. Lillian turned ten months yesterday! I am off to the ten month page, but I will check back until you guys catch up! OH MY GOD! I only have two months to plan her birthday and money will be tight because we have a wedding to attend in march and its's in nc! I'm excited but apprehensive since it's like two weeks before lillians first birthday. I'm looking for recipes for her cake, because I will be making it for her. I was thinking of doing a strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting. and decorating it with little bunnies and eggs.(easter theme) what do you guys think?

TanyaSchmalz - Wednesday, 8 Feb
Sunday Joshua will be 10th months! So quick.

hannahe - Wednesday, 8 Feb
lilmeh2- i am still bfing my dd and sill no period. i havent had a period since october of 2005. i never got a period in between my kids and i breastfed all but the first til i found out i was pregnant...so there you go, not sure if that gives you any sort of info you were looking for but thats what i got :)

TanyaSchmalz - Wednesday, 8 Feb
My doc just said today no milk or honey till 1 unless its yogurt or cheese. He said 16 ozs of milk but slowly add it in at 1 for a month or so.

DianaWilcox - Wednesday, 8 Feb
Hey guys, my doctor said I can start introducing regular milk at like 10 and a half months...like start giving him 1ounce milk in his 5 oz of formula...then in a week make it 2 oz...and gradually increase the milk and decrease the formula...he said by 1 year they should be drinking reg milk and they only need 8-12 oz a day...is this what u guys are doing?

TanyaSchmalz - Wednesday, 8 Feb
Kodyz Boo- Did you send it to my email? Ill have to check again. LovelyBaby2- I dont eat much but I am getting hungry now instead of queezy all the time. Im super tired but thats cause Joshua doesnt let me sleep at night.

lovelybaby2 - Wednesday, 8 Feb
Its been a busy week here ladies, we took Little Man in and he had RSV, so the doc gave us meds, but they didn't working, and he started refusing to eat or drink anything. So we had to take him in yesterday and it turned into bronchiolitis so we had to do breathing treatments on him =( but he does seem to be doing much better today and was finally able to sleep more then and hour last night. And he drank about 7oz, not a lot but better then what he was doing. Hate that my little man isn't feeling well. destiny~~ How are you feeling? Any better?

Kodyz boo - Wednesday, 8 Feb
oh and lillians-congrats on your giants winning lol! I was pretty upset but they played well and yes it's nuts they can have regular milk but im gonna be sad when he starts weaning off of nursing in a cple months lol!

Kodyz boo - Wednesday, 8 Feb
lilmeh2-im still bf and just got my first last month and i'm not on any birth control at all but im hoping to get preggo too lol! bella and lillians-I know what you mean KJ is into everything as well and very advanced and you must think i'm nuts but my sister and i are 20 months apart and i think we were always the closest out of all my sisters until i got older of course. I just want to have my last so I can focus on both of my kids because im not getting any younger. Only a few more years and ill be 30 lol!!! lillians-it seems our babies are learning the same things around the same time cuz kj is clapping and waving as well. He's just getting his two top teeth so that makes four but im sure more will be coming soon! destiny-that stinks you're profile failed but i sent my email so hopefully you got it?

TanyaSchmalz - Wednesday, 8 Feb
This is 'Destiny'. My profile crashed like many on here. I asked a few girls from my original pregnancy weeks for their email addresses but can no longer get them. Can you email me so I can just save the emails there? Tanya.schmalz@yahoo.com. I hope we can all continue to talk even though the site is failing us.

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