Jackson At 9 Months

Jackson is nine months old today!



He loves reading and clambers into Mama's lap when he'd like a book to be read. Once he even handed her a book, then climbed into her lap! His favourite books at the moment are Peek-a-boo, The Kitten Book, The Farm Book, The Zoo Book, Ten Little Caterpillars, and Eye to Eye. He seems to love picture books with facts or games, but isn't so into story books just yet.

Jackson loves music and dancing! He is thrilled when he makes the windchimes on the patio ring, and he loves to use the upturned rubbish bin in the bathroom as a drum when he's in his doorway bouncer. Last month he learned how to clap, and he has favourite songs he claps to such as "Patty Cake." Mama has ordered him some musical instruments such as a xlophone (like the one he loved playing at Granma's recently) and a rainmaker. He loves to dance with Mama and Daddy, and bobs his head up and down and claps when music starts. We try to fit in a group dance session just before bath-and-bedtime.

On May Day last week, Mama and Jackson ran into some Morris dancers in town. Jackson loved it! He especially liked when the audience clapped at the end of their dances. He loved to clap along too! Clapping and waving at people and animals are his special skills at the moment, and he like to show them off to anyone who notices him when we're out and about.

Jackson loves his rubber bath duck and having a bath. He also loves his stacking rings and cups, and rolling his activity ball back and forth with Mama. And he loves his cat Piper.



He still isn't crawling, but he can scoot and creep where he want to go. And he loves to pull up and stand.

He still loves swimming, and is in rapture when we go to the pool. He has just started really kicking as Mama and Daddy propel him through the water, and he is great at going under water. He also loves showers, as well as his nightly baths.

Jackson likes all kinds of food. Last month he got into exotic food such as lotus paste buns, houmous and baba ganoush. Right now one of his favourite foods is chicken. He's started to eat a few finger foods, such as banana and pizza crusts, and we're working our way through a mango at the moment.

When he has bottles, he like to hold them himself. He likes to drink from a beaker (with assistance), but isn't so keen using "sippy cups" with handles by himself (though he mastered using them around 6 months--he's just not too into drinking fluids). He has, however, given up the dummies; he just lost interest a few weeks ago, so we put them all away.

Jackson has been sleeping through the night in his own room for about a month now. He usually sleeps from around 7:45 till about 7 - 7:30 the next morning.



Happy birthday, Jackson!