Month Nine. This month brought its own share of joy and challenges. In month nine my kiddo got his first two teeth; they finally poked through after MONTHS of teething for the poor guy. He essentially was like “no more mom” to the baby food purées. He basically eats what we eat which is the whole point of baby led weaning right? He crawls all over the place. He’s learned to open cabinets and drawers. He pulls himself up onto everything and has even started standing up on his own and learning to balance without holding onto anything. It’s so exciting to see him learning new things. He’s also gotten sooooooooooo much better at falling asleep on his own. It’s been a game changer for me. It’s just an extremely beautiful thing to be able to have that free time in the evenings and more sleep at night. We’re still working on decreasing the nighttime feeds but I’m not as pressed over the once a night wake ups as I probably should be. “They” say he doesn’t need any feeds at night by 9 months, but I think he does every now and then.
During this month, the biggest thing has been planning a first birthday party. I didn’t know that a 1 year old’s birthday could/would have me so worked up. I have to be honest and admit that it’s not going to be what I always dreamed of doing for my kid’s first birthday. But so far, none of this has been what I dreamed of. It’s been a whirlwind of a ride that I wouldn’t change for the world. But! The Boss still needs a party. And while it’s not what I originally planned, I still want it to be a great time for all involved.
Things in the world of custody have kinda been pushed to the back burner. We’re in the waiting phase of it all. There’s not really much for me to do at this point except wait. So while we wait, we’ll have some fun.