Grandpa's girl

Akyah is doing very well! She is rolling everywhere, sitting up, and has started waving. She is so smart! She knows how to pull her bib off and thinks it’s funny to do so. Akyah is getting very good at repeating things. For example, if you say “ah” she’ll say it back and recently she’s also started waving back if you wave to her. Last week she got pink eye for the first time and then gave it to me. I was also sick and then got a nasty case of food poisoning causing me to miss a week of school (yuck!). So, I am behind and a little stressed about that but I’ll catch up.

Anyway, Akyah will be 9 months old this Friday and I’ve started to add little amounts of soy and dairy into my diet as recommended by her pediatrician and so far so good! This is wonderful news. If things continue then there is a really good chance she will grow out of her intolerance and can enjoy one my and her big brother Kameron’s favorite foods = ice cream!!! Yay!

Akyah still has no teeth but think they be making an appearance soon. I also feel like she is thinking about crawling but not quite ready. She’ll pull up her right leg but keeps the left one straight. I am very sad to report that as of a few days ago Akyah seems to be weaning herself. She absolutely refuses to nurse during the day- she’ll nurse in the morning, before bed at night, and if she wakes up in the middle of the night but refuses during the day. I’ve been told that some babies wean themselves. I am really disappointed, I wanted to nurse until she was 1 but even if she stopped today then I’d be happy with 9 months of breast milk, most babies don’t get that now-a-days. Aunt Molly and I were talking and I think its because she like to bite on the bottle nipples and quite frankly better them than me.

When she saw the doctor last week she weighed in at 16 lbs, 8.5 oz. More of an update on height, weight, and percentiles after her 9 month check-up next week… just wanted to give an update since it’s been awhile.

Akyah is growing so fast and I love seeing all the firsts! She looks more and more like her grandpa and great-grandpa every day it absolutely amazes me sometimes. Last night I was feeding her dinner and she looked over at her great-aunt Molly and had the cutest smile on her face, a smile that would melt anyone's heart, and she looked exactly like my dad! :o)