9 Months Old

This month Tyce hit his 9 month mark and he's getting more and more fun every day!
Tyce is at the fun stage where he shakes his head 'no' so we're all having a great time asking him lots of questions. It never gets old!
He does a funny thing where he sticks his arm straight out. Usually his hand is up so it looks like he's saying 'stop'.
Tyce has had goopy eyes for several months now. Well, it's usually his right eye. It will mostly go away and then he'll wake up the next morning with major goop. It's so sad and I don't know why he can't completely get rid of it. Poor thing. (Update: His doctor said it could possibly be a clogged tear duct which should correct itself. We'll keep watching it.)
For the last 3, maybe 4 weeks, I've been able to sit him done without fear of him falling over. He'll sit there and play and he's usually content for a good amount of time.
He has his two bottom teeth and he's still a great eater, eating rice cereal or oatmeal with baby food twice a day. I nurse him four or five times a day.

The last couple weeks he's been sleeping about 9 hours at night. Well, I'll wake him up and nurse him before I go to bed and then he'll sleep about 6 or 7 hours after that, waking up anywhere between 5-7:00am.
He's my sanity. If I'm feeling stressed, down, anxious, or just grumpy, a smile from Tyce will change my mood around. Sitting down and playing with him is even better!
He started playing peek-a-boo with me the other day. We were in line at the store where he was in his car seat in the cart. He held up his blanket over his face and then pulled it down with a big smile. As soon as I said "Peek-a-boo!" he giggled and repeated. It was a fun few minutes in line :)
I still wrap him up to go to sleep but he almost immediately pulls out his right arm. By the time he wakes up his left arm is out as well. Actually, he's usually wiggled completely out of his blanket and rolled over to his tummy.


He likes to blow raspberries, say "da da da" or "ma ma ma" (and other little babbles), play patty cake, watch shows with his brothers...really he's just content the majority of the time. When he cries it's usually because he's hungry, tired, or because Asher is laying on top of him!
We all love this little guy!