Harrison - 9 Months

Harrison turned 9 months last week! I can't believe we only have a quarter of a year before his first birthday. He's been here for such a short time, but has made a huge impact already! He's such an integral part of our family and really makes us feel complete.

He takes four 8-oz. formula bottles a day (one when he wakes up, one after each nap, and one before bed), and eats with us three times a day at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He pretty much eats tiny bites of what we do, or a puree that I've made him. We stay away from avocado and banana because he appears to have a latex allergy and those foods have a latex protein in them that makes him sick. We might set up an appointment with a pediatric allergist to determine this allergy for sure, but for now we just stay away from those foods. This boys LOVES food and hasn't turned anything down. He definitely prefers finger food over purees and baby food, but he'll still eat those if they're all he's offered.

He's an excellent sleeper and sleeps for 11.5-12 hours at night, and takes two 2-hour naps in the day. He just got over his second stomach bug and his naps were about three hours each while he was fighting that! The poor thing was sick with it for almost two weeks and we're all happy to see his cheerful, healthy self again.

Harrison is a growing boy and put on five pounds and grew two inches in the last three months! What was our tiny fella is definitely getting some rolls now. He is so fun to play with and loves to play peek-a-boo, how big is Harrison?, wave bye-bye or hello, say ma-ma, ba-ba, and ga-ga, army crawl or roll to his destination, and pull himself up. His favorite thing to play with is still, by far, Mason. Their bond is stronger than ever and they are the cutest and best of buds. He is still our happy, laid-back, compliant guy that is pleased in just about any situation.

Stats:
Weight: 18.3 (25% - up from <5%!)
Length: 27 1/2 (20%)
Head: 17 3/4 (50%)

We love you Harrison, Harrison baby, Parrison, Harry, Harry Barry, Bug.