Nine Months!

Cohen is now nine months old!  The past month has been a busy one for him.  He has been busy teething and has cut 3 top teeth, with another one ready to poke through any moment now.  Cohen has also started playing with his toys differently.  He's purposely trying to figure out how to use them (instead of just putting them in his mouth and enjoying the lights and sounds when he accidentally pushes a button).  He rolls his train across the floor, shakes his shaker and spins things that are meant to be spun and purposely presses buttons.  It's been amazing to watch him figure out all of these things.

Cohen has finally decided that he wants to move.  His main motivator is Molly.  When he sees Molly beyond his reach he starts trying to figure out how he can get to her.  He can roll around on the floor and spins himself around while on his belly.  He's trying to figure out how to get into the crawling stance from a sitting position, but he's not quite able to move where he wants yet....but I know it will be soon.  He also LOVES to stand and walk when aided.  He walks when someone is holding his hands, or behind his push walker (with a little support from Mommy or Daddy for stability).  He's also standing at his activity table now without help.

The other big milestone that Cohen hit this month was with food.  Over the past two weeks he has slowly started to eat the solids that I've been offering him for the past three months (yay!  finally!!).  He enjoys feeding himself puffed rice cereal, cheerios and shredded cheese.  He's also a big fan of yogurt.

What an exciting month it's been for our little guy.  We continue to be amazed by him every day!