Height: 27.5 inches (50th %ile)
Weight: 20 lbs (75th %ile)
(Just for the sake of comparison, Rachel's stats at 9 months were 27.75 inches and only 16 pounds, 7 ounces! In fact, Rachel didn't even weigh 20 pounds when she was 18 months old, but of course, she was below the charts, tiny.)
Rebecca's learned to do a lot in the last couple of weeks (most of it while we were gone!). She's now clapping, standing (she doesn't quite pull herself up yet, but she's really trying (and getting very frustrated that she just can't quite do it) and getting very close, but if you stand her up to something she happily stays there for awhile), and scooting on her bottom for short distances to get something she wants. She doesn't crawl, but scooting is doing the job for her at the moment, I guess.
She really, really wants to pull up. And when she's on my lap she's now constantly trying to climb all over the place.
The girl is more flexible than a Cirque de Soleil performer--you should see how she gets herself up to a sitting position from her tummy (one of these days I'll try to take a picture of it). She does the spilts with her legs and then walks her hands up until she's sitting up. I talked to the doctor about it (her hyperflexibility), and she still thinks it looks like she may have a connective tissue disorder, based on her flexibility and high arched palate and is sending us to a geneticist next month to find out more about it. She said it doesn't look like any of the more serious disorders, and largely she looks and acts like a normal little girl, but she may be behind in some things. She said she has a 12 year old patient with this disorder and it took her longer to learn how to ride her bike, but otherwise she's able to do everything she wants to do. What I've read about it says people with this disorder are very flexible, like Rebecca, can bruise easily and can have vision problems (she's also sending us for a vision test because Rebecca tilts her head a lot, which is an early indication of a vision problem, the doctor says). The doctor told me it isn't anything big or scary, so I'm trying not to be worried or scared. We'll see what the geneticist has to say.
Rebecca is as happy of a baby as I've ever seen. She smiles all the time and reminds me every day that we chose the right middle name for her (Joy!). She sleeps well at night (7 pm until between 6 and 7 am), but is a terrible napper--she's the queen of the catnap. Now the napping is even worse because she wakes up, tries to get herself to a sitting up position, and usually gets her foot stuck in a slat of her crib, so she cries. Yesterday she pulled herself up to her knees and couldn't figure out how to get down and was crying. Hopefully this will only be a nap thing, and not a nighttime sleep interrupter!
Rebecca hasn't met a food she doesn't like, but she is rather partial to Cheerios. She starts fussing when they're all gone, and just yesterday she signed "more" (after a couple of months of trying over and over to get her to do it!) when her tray was empty. Today she did it again. She definitely loves her Cheerios! (Of course, "more" looks a lot like her clapping, so maybe she was just clapping, but she did it over and over until I gave her some more, so maybe--hopefully--she really is getting it!)
The last couple of days I've been remembering a year ago, when I was very pregnant and very sick with bronchitis, and absolutely miserable. I couldn't wait for it to be over, but looking back, I'd go through it all again in a heartbeat. She is a such a sweet, sweet girl, and I'm so thankful she's ours.
2 comments:
Such a sweetheart!! I just love all the smiles and the Cheerio loving, determined little nature! I just love this age. So cute.
I will pray that if there is a tissue disorder, that it's one of the minor ones and doesn't cause much of a stumble for her. She is so precious.
The reason she did so many things while you were gone is because Grandma was her coach!! We had daily training sessions! :-) Yep, she's a sweetheart!
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