9 month check-up

We went to the doc for Gretchen's 9 month check-up. She weights 21lbs 4oz and is 29 1/4 inches. Those stats make her the size of an average 1 year old. Doc also told us she has four teeth coming in on the top and two on the bottom. We have seen the bottom ones but the top ones we had not noticed yet.

Gretchen so far is a very social person. She will let anyone hold her and she loves interacting with new people and exploring new things. She loves other babies and tried to kiss them when she sees them. She attempted this with several of her cousins over Christmas. She still sleeps like a champ at night (last night she slept just under 13 hours!). Napping is still a struggle, she only takes 2 one hour naps throughout the day. I am hoping the naps will lengthen as she becomes more physically active.

Gretchen is not crawling. Instead she has decided rolling is her method of travel. She rolls quite fast and can get into anything. We think she might skip crawling altogether and go straight to walking. She does an excellent job with waving, clapping and giving high five. The doc said she seems to be ahead of the curve in terms of using her hands and interacting with people. We already knew that though, the grocery store as become an experience. She waves at everyone and they always stop and play with her. In fact an older woman asked Nathan if she could buy Gretchen the other day. He told her she was not for sale.