Jack turned 9 months yesterday and he's been making leaps in bounds in his development. Plus he enjoys sitting in his rear-facing car seat now so that's a huge bonus!

He claps with sound now and looks most gleeful when doing so. :) I encourage him by clapping along. When he achieves something, it is always greeted with delight from everyone and claps too. In the past 2 weeks he's mastered climbing the stairs all by himself (with close supervision of a Mom-shadow just behind him). He also stands very firmly now and loves letting go of the furniture with one hand and then grinning at me arms splayed as if to say, look Ma, no hands.

I noticed he's been making different sounds in response to different things. When greeting his old and familiar dolls Humpty and Tigger, he coos and pats them gently smiling widely. He's also reserved a special coo sound for his Grandma and me, and a unique shriek when he sees his Grandpop and Dad.

He's been having supervised playtime with Boy as well. Boy likes to wander the house sometimes just to get away from the kids so I let him in to interact with Jack. He likes sitting and watching us play, and Jack's more and more keen to stroke his feline brother. I have to remind him to be gentle when he gets excited but more interactions have been happy and fulfilling.

More fun this long CNY weekend! :D I must remember to take more photos.

Tags: 9 months baby, baby development, car seat, cats and babies, motherhood, parenting