Baby`s development in month 9

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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RobinG - 1.9 hours ago
When Stephen was about 11 months old we were camping and he got bug bites and they swelled up ~ we gave him benedryle and it helped but cant remember the dosage doc said ~ Hunter also had lots of bug bites when we took him outside around 3 months and like you we never saw a bug on him, ever ~ we think it was tiny spider bites but not really sure ~ we took him to doc and he said bug bites and he would be fine ~ I would call your on call doc first, explain to him/her that it looks like your little one has bug bites all over and is there an over the counter product you can try first before going to ER and that if it gets worse you will go to ER and or get a follow up apmnt on Monday ~ (((())))

joeyandzacksmommy2007 - 2 hours ago
i am thinking mosquito bites. i just washed all his bedding and stuff and joey does not have any bites on him so whatever it was it was quick that got him just got him alot.....

babyJSL - 2.1 hours ago
joeyandzack ~ After looking at those photos, I think you should go to the ER. They might not care about the 99.5 fever, but al least they can give him an antiboitic shot or something, so the red spot won't spread. Be careful if it spread, it's going to be hard for zack to handle. I don't know much but it looks kinda like bug bite. What do you think?

joeyandzacksmommy2007 - 2.3 hours ago
well Zack is still sick and now its green crap coming out and he is starting to cough more. he also had a low grade fever 99.5. also which is odd is he had red welts all over his bidy. he has 3 on his face one at teh tip of his nose 3 on his arm , one on his shoulder and a few on his legs. not sure what they are or if maybe something got into his bed and bit him. no doctors are open and i do not want to bring him to the ER. ugghhhhhh confused on what to do

Ajen - 3.4 hours ago
my girl started taking steps on her own at 8 months, but still mostly likes to use a finger to steady herself when walking. at least my back no longer hurts because i can stand up when walking with her with one hand.

RobinG - 5.6 hours ago
babyjsl, My 2nd son did that with his mouth ~ he did outgrow it ~ he will need braces but not for an underbite. Most doc suggest dentist at 2 years give or take. I worked in the dental field for 9 years ~ this is what moms often did, If you feel the underbite is very noticable then next time you go in for a cleaning have your baby with you and after you are done with your treatment and doc comes in to check you ask his/her opinion on it :)

luvbeingamom - 6.1 hours ago
Jake walks most everywhere. though He crawls when he wants to get somewhere quickly. He pulls himself up and just this morning he got up from a sitting posiion without assistance (without using a piece of furniture or me). My older son walked at 10mo and jake started at 8 mo. I guess he has his brother to learn from. In a way i love that he can now walk b/c soon i won't need to carry him as much, though i am a HUGE fan of strollers. I still make my 40lbs 3 yr old sit in one. But i really LOVE the infant stage and this just really marked the beginning of the toddler stage. It makes me a little sad.

Ajen - 7.6 hours ago
luvbeingamom- is jake walking with assistance or all on his own? does he walk everywhere by himself or with help? just curious, as my little one is also walking. .

babyJSL - 13.6 hours ago
luvbeingamom~ Wow, Jake is walkiing already. My lil one is still trying to stand on his own. He's just 2 wks older than Jake. i know walking means they are getting older and some mom just don't want it to happen so soon. As for me, I just can't wait for him to walk. Maybe that way I don't have to hold him all the time. You see, I have a bad habit of not using the stroller. So everytime I go shopping, I hold him in my arms. The worst part is when I need to use the restroom. Lol, heeheehe

babyJSL - 13.8 hours ago
Hi all! I have a teething question. my lil one top two teeth are half way out, not complete yet. But they are big, hugh, like Bud Bunny. It like an adult teeth. His two bottom teeth are fully out and they are smaller. When he close his mouth it looks like he has an underbite, the bottom teeth stick out more than the top ones when he bite down. I think it look weird , very weird. I wonder if I can see a dentist this early. You know, just to try to prevent it. I wonder how he's going to eat table food or the harder food later on. I don't know.

RobinG - 15.1 hours ago
Hunter eats what ever brand I get, lol, ~ he was very senstive as an infant but now I can get walmarts brand, targets brand or the name brands mix and match and no concerns ever, lol. My other two were the same by this age ~ I try to stick with one brand but I'm not always at that store so I get what I can and it has been fine ~ I had a coupon for the next step lipil so got that today and he did fine on that too ~ :)

3rdtimer - 16.7 hours ago
I agree the price of formula has certainly gone up! I'm sure I used to pay about $12 a can and now it's over $20 at the chemist. I use one of the cheaper brands (here in Aust - Heinz Nurture) and that's what I always used for my other two. There are such strict regulations around how they make formula, I think, that they're all much of a muchness and some really play on that parent guilt by charging more: making you think if you go for a cheaper brand you're doing the wrong thing by your child. I am starting to give Clem a couple of bottles a day in addition to breastfeeding and solids. He's still so puny. Only 6.75 kilos (14.8lbs). He loves the bottles although it's probably making him eat less solids. I'm going to make an appointment to see our child & youth health nurse and see what she says about feeding him. I would like to keep breastfeeding maybe up to a year or more but apart from first thing in the morning, I reckon there's really not enough there to keep him going.

luvbeingamom - 18.8 hours ago
Jake has a little cherrios or waffle with us in the AM, he gets half a sandwich or a #2 baby food at lunch, a snack of fruit or graham crakcers at around 3, 3 oz of cereal, 1/2 jar of #2 food, and cherrios for dinner plus he nurses/gets a bottle at 7am, 9am 12pm, 2, 4 and 7pm. he is a little porker. I think he needs to calories b/c he hasn't stopped moving for the last 3 months. He is now walking and trying to run!

mrstranum - 19.3 hours ago
JH- Currently Bryanna's feeding schedule she eats fruit and cereal when she wakes up(she naps) then eats a bottle 6-8oz. then before her next nap she gets lunch usually a piece of toast, yogurt, and banana;(nap) then a bottle then around 8pm dinner, veggies, and then a bottle at bed time. She's on a late schedule because she sleeps till around 9am. I think you're fine with how much solids he eats, I just tried to up Bry to three solid meals, snacks, and bottles when she turned 9 months...but it's hard to fit it all in with bottles.

JH - 23.2 hours ago
coleree my son is not on target brand but he is on Sam's club brand. he is doing fabulous on it. at least 2 weeks worth for $20.

katie22 - 23.4 hours ago
coleree: We are having similar breast feeding issues with Alex. He will not feed anywhere else but our bed with us both lying down. This arrangement seems to be working OK for us at the moment as long a i can get home every 4-5hrs! gosh sounds silly when i write it down... anyway, its great your daughter is such a great little eater! will she take formula? i know its expensive but i think they still need it rather than just cows milk - i know Alex would as he eats so little solid food .

coleree - Friday, 25 Jul
Is anyone using Taget brand formula? Iam still breastfeeding but am thinking about weaning soon. I wanted to go straight to vit d milk but doc. said no. So iguess i will try formula but it has gotten so expensive since I had my other kids who are 10 and 8. anyway Mia went to the doctors wed. She is 18lbs 3oz. and 28'' tall . She has 8 teeth and eating everything you give her. She loves scrambled eggswith cheese. I always just give her whatever we are having for dinner. As far as breastfeeding goes, she is getting very distracted during the day while nursing so I know she really isn't getting as much as she probably should be. In the morning is the only time she seems to bf till I feel empty. Is anone else having this happen?

JH - Friday, 25 Jul
what are your feeding schedule like and what are you feeding your babies now? jonathan is 9 mo today and he has a full supper of veges and fruit dessert. He has a small bowl of fruit for his first meal of the day followed by 6oz of formula. Just wondering if i need to up his solid food intake some more?

katie22 - Friday, 25 Jul
I am finding it hard to get Alex to eat again. We have to distract him so much. He just never seems that interested. Baby einstein helps a little so does giving him another spoon to hold. But it literally feels like i have to sneak the food in. His teeth probably hurt....he just seems to eat far far less than any other baby i know. I am lucky at the moment if i can get him to eat half a baby yoghurt and 1 piece of bread twice a day. Must be the teeth. What food do your babies really like? if anyone can give me some ideas of food their babies just love and can't get enough of please please tell me!

katie22 - Friday, 25 Jul
3rdtimer:lol Alex had his first lolly pop last week. Of course it was a sugar free one and he was well supervised etc etc he LOVED IT! He was in such a grump before i gave it to him then he was smiling ear to ear! and of course two mins later he dropped it heh

3rdtimer - Friday, 25 Jul
babyJSL that's great news. I hate this childhood illness stage... they have to go through so much so their immune systems can get up to speed with it all. Clem is loads better this afternoon. In fact, naughty mummy, I gave him his first taste of chocolate as a tiny treat. Just the teeniest crumb to melt in his mouth. Needless to say he came back for more! (Well it was Lindt chocolate.)

babyJSL - Friday, 25 Jul
I just got back from the doctor. YAY! What my lil one has is not MEASLES. I'm so happy. We went to recheck/follow-up and found out that it was a common rash that you can get from a very high fever. No wonder, the rash appear only on his face. I was prepared and was waiting for the rash to appear all over his body and now to find out it's not measles. I'm a happy mommy again.

3rdtimer - Friday, 25 Jul
No really recognisable words from our Clem either - lots of squealing though! Wow he can be loud. He has also been off his food. Since I know my breastmilk supply is fairly low these days i've been giving him bottles of formula to replace meals. I guess if they can survive on formula alone when they're tiny it should be enough nutrients for now. We thought Clem was teething but now think it must have been a sore throat that was making him refuse foods. He got really snotty yesterday and last night developed bad croup. I dashed out to buy a vaporiser for his room but even that didn't help and I ended up taking him in to hospital because we were worried he couldn't breathe properly. They said I was right to bring him in (not just being panicky) and gave him some steroid medicine to help his airways. Can't say it made a huge difference when we went home but he did sleep in the end. Poor little darling, just doing this whimpery cry with the croupy breathing. Of course in the hospital he perked up considerably because it was all so fascinating. But he still had enough symptoms that I didn't feel stupid for bringing him in!

joeyandzacksmommy2007 - Friday, 25 Jul
ok well apparently this website considers my son to be 9 months old so hello ladies hope all is well and look forward to chatting with my old pals and some new pals..check out my page to see pics of my boys....

Ajen - Friday, 25 Jul
baby jsl-- your baby is perfectly normal. let him be a baby and grow up as he should. dont worry-- there are no baby awards he needs to win:)