Miles at 9 months

I cannot believe that our little guy has now been around for 3/4 of a year. It seems that he has definately developed some preferences and he is learning to exercise his will. This typically involves a mini-tantrum when we put him in the carseat.

He loves straps and strings of all sorts. Putting him in pants with draw strings can easily capture his attention for several minutes. He also loves the dogs, or at least he loves to mawl them. Riley has mixed feelings about this, but Scout appears to adore Miles as much as he loves her. I do, however, think that Riley is coming around now that Miles is of the age that he is dropping food. Yesterday, to Riley's delight, he dropped an entire teething cracker. It never hit the floor. Miles also loves to be naked. When I get him ready for the bath, as soon as the diaper comes off he flaps his arms, bounces up and down, and squeals with delight. He does not have the same enthusiasm when the diaper goes back on.

Because I want to remember the foods he liked and dislikes at 9 months, here is the list.
Foods that Miles enjoys:
1) Carrot and parsnip puree
2) Sweet potatoes
3) Butternut squash
4) Apples
5) Pears
6) Yogurt with honey dew melon
7) Peach yogurt
8) Miles has a tolerance for zuccini

Foods he hates
1) Broccoli
2) Peas
3) Bananas
4) Turkey
5) Nectarine - this made me really sad
6) avacado :(

Miles also loves teeth. I guess that if you had none, they would seem mysterious and interesting. He really enjoys sticking his hand in my mouth and grabbing mine. Perhaps this means that he will grow up to be a denist, which would be a much better life choice than becoming an academic scientist. Anyway, I do find it odd that Miles still has no teeth of his own. I have read that the only thing that this has anything to do with is when Drew and I got our teeth. Unfortunately, we have no idea, but it must have been late. Also, I am only nursing Miles in the mornings and evenings now. A little over a month ago, we started supplementing his daytime feedings with formula. I still have pangs of guilt about this. Originally, I just wanted to make it to 6 months. When his 6 month birthday passed, I thought I would see if we could make it to 1 year. Long story short, my supply dropped again and then I just got so sick of needing to pump at work every 2-3 hours. Before Chirstmas, I hit the wall and we started formula. Miles took to it fine and he still enjoys nursing twice a day.

Only 3 more months until his 1st birthday...that's crazy