Height:28.5 inches
Ryan went to the doctor this afternoon for his 9 month appointment. He got one shot and a blood test (for lead) and did great, despite the fact that his appointment was smack dab in the middle of his normal naptime. He's a laid back guy who handles shifts in his schedule pretty well ... and can still smile at a nurse after she gives him a shot in the leg ;)
According to What to Expect the First Year, at 9 months Ryan...
should be able to
- work to get a toy that's out of reach X
- look for dropped object X
- pull up to a standing position from sitting he's trying, but not yet!
- creep or crawl X
- get into a sitting position from stomach
- object if you try to take a toy away X
- stand holding on to someone or something X
- pick up tiny object with any part of thumb and finger X
- say "mama" or "dada", indiscriminanately he stopped saying a lot of these words lately
- play peekaboo X
- play patty-cake (clap hands) or wave bye-bye CLAP & WAVE
- walk holding on to furniture (cruise)
- understand "no" (but not always obey it)
- "play ball" (roll ball back to you)
- drink from a cup independently X
- pick up a tiny object neatly with tips of thumb and forefinger X
- stand alone momentarily
- stand alone well
- say "dada" or "mama" discriminately
- say one word other than "mama" or "dada"
- respond to a one-step command with gestures ("Give that to me," said with hand out)
