9 months

Matt and I took the babies for their 9 month well baby visit today. It went pretty well I think. So here are the stats:

Megan
weight: 20 lbs. (50-75%)
height: 29 1/4" (90-95%)

Megan is sitting up on her own and can go from laying down to sitting by herself. She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth and sometimes crawls backwards. I know moving forward is coming soon. During this last week, Megan has also learned to wave HI. It is so cute. And of course, every time I try to get it on video, Megan just looks at me like I'm crazy. Megan is also getting real close to eating big people food. She is self feeding Cheerios and the baby toddler foods. But dang it, baby food is expensive. And I have to buy 2x the amount, so the sooner I can get Megan on big people food, the better. I gave her some baked potato yesterday and today and she liked it and was able to eat it just fine. I'm going to try steaming some veggie this week and give those to her. I'll let you know how it goes.


Morgan
weight: 16 pounds 10 oz. (10-25%)
height: 28 1/2" (75-90%)

We call Morgan our little Peanut because she is just that. Compared to her sister Megan, Morgan is much more petite and she seems way more delicate. Megan is kind of a tank compared to Morgan. Anyway, Morgan is still very content to just lie back and watch everything going on. She is still rolling from her back to her stomach and well, that's about it. This last week, we did see her roll from her stomach to her back a couple of times, but she's not rolling across the room. Morgan doesn't sit and is no where near crawling. We were able to discuss our concerns with the pediatrician today and he is having us take Morgan in for a physical therapy evaluation. (We aren't able to get in until late April, so that update will be in a few weeks.) We are not comparing Morgan's development to Megan's because we know that each baby develops at his/her own pace. However, even taking into consideration Morgan being born 4 weeks early, she should still be doing some of the things she is not (rolling and sitting). So we'll take her to get evaluated and proceed with their recommendations. We want to make sure that we are doing whatever we can to prevent major delays in Morgan's development. Like with Maggie's hearing, we started the therapy before she had the surgery to prevent further delays. Matt and I are looking at Morgan's situation in a similar manner.



Overall, both girls look great. They really are good babies and we are having so much fun with them.