Mya Pat

Mya Patricia turned 9 months old yesterday! I thought you may want to know what she's been doing lately.

On the eating front: It has gotten significantly better, but still not great. She'll eat cheerios, puffs and kix like they're going out of style. Occasionally she'll eat peas, carrots, noodles, etc. Rarely, she'll eat a jar of baby food. Something about that damn spoon, she just doesn't want it! Unfortunately, we think that she is allergic to eggs. We'll most likely get her tested in the coming months.

On the sleeping front: I'm going to quote Chris on this one. "She is doing 1000 times better" Basically, we had to let her cry it out for a few nights in a row and then she figured it out that once she goes to bed at night, she needs to stay sleeping for more than 20 minutes! What a concept.

On the developmental front She is getting into EVERYTHING!! Loves to chase (on her hands and knees) Max around, pull up on anything and everything, shake her head no when I tell her no-no, loves to play the game "drop the food off my tray to see if Chloe will come and eat it", clap her hands, and do so-big!


(example of her "getting into things")

On the teeth front: She is quickly catching up to her big brother in this department. She has 4 top teeth and 2 bottom ones. The 4 top came all at the same time, but miraculously she didn't make much of a fuss. (A big THANK YOU to the makers of baby orajel)

On the stats front: I don't know her stats as her well baby check isn't until Thursday. I am guessing her weight is around 17 lbs. If she reaches 18, I will first jump through the ceiling in the doctors office and then I'll do a dance and post it on this blog. That's how happy I'll be. Since putting her on prevacid for acid reflux (which we're not sure she had, but that's another story) she has been drinking her bottles much better and eating some food too. I'm going to guess her height to be 27 inches and her head circumference...I have no idea.

On the everything else front: Mya is showing signs of being our crazy spirited child. She terrorizes Max constantly, throws her body around while we're holding her, loves to be upside down, thrown in the air, still hates to ride in the car, and still doesn't care to be left places without mom or dad (but that is slowly getting better..last week at MOPS they told me she entertained the other babies the whole time!!)


(just an example of her terrorizing Max...sucking on HIS blanket!)

On the 9 month photo front: Turns out posting those pictures of Olivia gave my husband a good idea...why don't we do Mya's pictures too?!?! Haven't gotten those done yet, but we will get them soon.

In the meantime, enjoy some photos of her clapping and doing so-big!