Charlie is crawling up on all fours now pretty consistently. He has abandoned the one hand, one elbow, drag my legs around method of mobilization. As a result, he moves much faster. Last night, he got to the edge of the carpet between the family room and the kitchen, and hesitated a moment before venturing on to the linoleum. Once he got over that line, however, it was a short stretch to Lucy's water bowl!
Twice now, he has also played "tug of war" with Lucy and one of her stuffed toys. He laughs and laughs when she gently pulls it away from him. Luckily she has learned from playing with us adults that she only pulls as hard as you pull back, so she's really gentle with Charlie, and the play lasts as long as Charlie's attention span will hold.
Charlie had his 9 month appointment at the doctor this morning. His ear infection is not cleared up (although he's back to sleeping through the night and his cough and runny nose and stuffy head are gone). So we'll be trying a new antibiotic starting tonight. He got two shots, and had a toe prick to test for anemia.
He's growing quickly-- up to 22 lbs 3 oz with all his clothes off (80th%), but he's still a little "short" at 27.25 inches (25%). His head continues to be at Robenalt/Knepper proportions, 18.25 in (75%). He is in mostly 12 month clothes now, although the legs are too long on all of his pants.
He also had his 9 month review at daycare yesterday, and we learned that he is where he should be developmentally (which was confirmed by the doctor today). Soon they will start teaching him basic sign language to communicate words like "cup" "cracker" "more" etc. He's already perfected the shaking his head to indicate he doesn't want something.
Charlie has also been pulling himself up to full standing position at least a couple of times a day this week. Won't be long until he's "cruising."
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