My daughter turns 9 months old tomorrow and she's the happiest little soul. I'm a first time mum so unsure what's 'normal' and what's not. I seem to be surrounded by babies who are so more advance than her and it worries me.
- She's bottle fed, never got any breast milk to breast feed. She's on 6oz bottles, will take 7oz on her first morning bottle.
- Shes only just sleeping through the night (8pm-8am) has 2 naps a day.
- is eating a mix between purées and will eat what we eat for dinner if she can. But she's going through a phase where she prefers jar food which is fine because she eats it all and that's better than nothing
- She sat up by herself at 5 and a bit months. She can't sit up from laying down as of yet. She also rolled back to front at 5 months old
- She's starting to play well in her own company without having me there constantly. Plays with toys in her hands, can pick them up and throw them
- She can't clap hands or wave
- Shes not yet crawling. She can put her arms up straight when on her stomach but can figure out how to make the arms and legs work at the same time. So she basically just shuffles around the floor
- She's really strong on her legs if you pull her up to standing, will hold on to furniture but can't pull herself up onto furniture. Also if you hold her arms she will take steps
- She is a squealer, always squealing and babbling away. Always smiling and laughing
- She's started flapping her arms when excited
- She's started responding to her name
Think I'm just paranoid, but any feedback would be good. Would love to ask my health visitor all these questions, but I don't think I've had a reply from her since my baby was 16 weeks old. And I've switched doctors so I think they'll appoint me a new health visitor?