9 months

Cole had  his 9 month checkup yesterday.  He did pretty well - only one vaccine, his second flu shot and a toe prick to check iron levels.  He also has his very first ear infection.  Ugh!  It seems like someone is always sick around here these days.  Hunter comes home with something then gives it to Cole and then by the time Cole is better Hunter has something new.  It seems like we caught it pretty early but he still got his very first prescription of Amoxicillin.  (Which is totally a blast from the past, by the way.  It smells the exact same!)

He weighed in at 19 lbs, 5.5 oz (30th percentile) and was 26.5 inches (3rd percentile).  Dr. Dan said that the length measurement was probably short though.  I should have asked to have him remeasured but he didn't seem too concerned about it and there were other things going on with his vaccines and ear infection that it just seemed like a hassle at the time.  He's pretty proportionate....maybe a tad on the chunky side....so I'd guess his length is really more around the 20-30th percentile (whatever that is!).  I measured him around 29" but my measurements probably aren't very accurate either.  It's hard to get a squirmy baby to stretch out long enough to be measured!

He is army crawling but doesn't quite have the full blown crawl down yet, at least consistently.  He has a little wave down which is SO cute.  His 4th tooth on top finally popped through a couple of days ago as well so he has had 4 teeth come in in the last 5 weeks.  Poor little guy.  Hopefully he gets a break from teething for a while!