Month 9: January 31 2010

9 months visit to the doctor:
- Height: 29.5 inches (=75 cm). She is now on the 95th percentile!
- Weight: 16 pounds, 12 ounces (= 7.6 kilos). Between the 10th and the 25th percentile. She lost some weight.
- Head circumference: 16.5 inches

Lana got again the flu and H1N1 vaccine.

Milestones this month:
- Lana said “mama” for the first time clearly on Jan 30. And she started producing the sound “nia nia” frequently. And some of its variants are “nda nda” and “nga nga”.
-Lana stands in her bed on her own, without any help. She does that frequently after she wakes up. And she can stand up hands free while leaning on to something. After she stands for few minutes, she starts calling for mom/dad to come help her sit down again. She is afraid to fall  from the couch to the table.
- She walks while daddy is holding both her hands and pushing her forward.
- She extends her arms and pushes her body towards mom/dad to hold her up.
- She holds an object with one hand while crawling.
- She now has 5 teeth.
- She eats few things on her own, like biscuits, bread, banana and cherry.
- She learned to sleep in the bouncer, while being rocked.