Baby update at 9 months

At 9 months Athena is:

• Crawling at speed all over the house.
• doing the ‘downward dog’ which is hilarious to watch
• pulling herself up to standing
• taking very tentative steps whilst holding on to things then getting annoyed that she doesn’t know how to get back to where she started.
• sleeping for 11-13 hours a night in one go more often than not
• sleeping with her arse in the air
• interested in anything electrical: plug sockets, phone chargers and her fav, the TV remotes.
• the proud owner of her 2 top teeth to match the bottom two.
• napping 2 times a day for various lengths and at various times, no continuity with this kid!
• breastfeeding 3/4 times a day which is a drastic reduction from the 6/7 it was last month.
• eating 3 meals a day and some days snacks on top of that (if we’re out and she is whingey a rusk will keep her quiet for at least 25 minutes)
• firmly in 9-12 month clothes (for probably not much longer!)
• enjoying different types of toys
• getting cheeky, she knows what results in a reaction from us now!
• getting even more vocal, lots of new sounds and unintelligible words
• can clap and high 5 on demand (mostly to daddy, clearly he’s her fav)
• slowly learning that hair pulling is not okay
• giggling like it’s going out of fashion
• still happy interacting with strangers/other kids (and less hair pulling, slightly!) 

So, 9 months inside, 9 months out. It’s been a crazy fast 18 months in total. I still look 4 or 5 months pregnant and should really do something about my wobbly middle instead of just wearing loose clothes although part of me thinks if I am going to have another baby then what’s the point? However I need my periods to return before that happens, plus realistically I know I should attempt to be in better shape when I get pregnant again (and step away from the cakes and biscuits this time round!)