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HAPPY 9 MONTHS TO CASPIAN!
I tried Diet Coke Plus (added vitamins and minerals), and I am happy to announce that it tastes the same. Until it comes in caffeine-free, however, I will have to get my vitamins elsewhere. 
Yesterday we read Caspian's 5-page animal sounds book 6 or 7 times in a row. We'll have to get another, longer animal book! He also enjoys his photo album.
We played on the playground next door for the first time yesterday. It was just so beautiful, I couldn't resist. The only sunblock I had on hand was my SPF 50 sport stuff, so he wore that and a hat. He really enjoyed the swing, especially when I made faces at him. He couldn't have cared less about the slide or the rocking horse, but that may have been because he was so distracted by two other little boys who came over to play too.
He didn't have any socks on when he fell asleep for his morning nap, so I put a pair of my footies on him -- they go up to his knees! 
I'll have to post a picture later.
Does purposeful biting mean he's trying to wean? 
He doesn't bite while nursing -- he stops nursing and then bites me on purpose. I tell him "No biting; that hurts mommy!" and remove myself. He still thinks it's funny, but he's starting to understand a little now, since I stopped giving him second chances at biting. As soon as he tries biting me again, I close up shop.
Pediatrics.about.com says he's in the 35th %ile for weight, 50th for height, and 57th for head. Can someone please explain to me where all the bigger babies are? 
Everyone always comments on how "big" Caspian is 
, and I've rarely seen babies that much bigger than Caspian, even if they're older! 
I forgot to mention: at his ped appointment, Caspian casually bit my finger...and left dents! 
I can still see the little teeth marks, but he didn't break skin. 
Last night, he ate little bits of french fry and soft roll and boiled egg yolk. He'd grab a little piece with his right hand, then grab his right hand with his left and bring the piece to his mouth. 
A lot of times, it'd roll off the back of his hand or bounce off his chin, but when I tried putting pieces in his mouth, he'd "pouch" the pieces in his gums after chewing on them. 
I know he swallowed some, because he coughed and gagged a little (even though the pieces were teensy tiny). He tolerated (even enjoyed?) Charlie and me eating dinner immensely more than usual. 
Caspian's newest food adventure: cucumbers. He gnawed on thick slices of peeled cucumber at a friend's on Saturday. As soon as he'd bit through a piece, we'd get him a new one. They were cold, so he really enjoyed it.
As of this weekend, he's officially crawling! (hands and knees and a little belly) If he can reach it by stretching or flopping-and-stretching, he doesn't bother with the excess movement. When we put his paci a few feet away, though, he went straight for it. + + + + = crawling
Poor thing crawled under my office chair this afternoon, trying to get a ball. He started crying, so I looked down and saw that his head was butted up against the release lever for raising my seat...he was upset because he couldn't get closer to the ball and didn't know why!
Last night I dreamed that someone told me that the rest of Caspian's teeth would come in any day now. When I woke up the next morning in my dream, he had all of his teeth! When I called that person to tell them, she said, "Well, I said it would happen overnight!" In reality, he just has four front teeth: two top and two bottom.
Mr. Man must be having his 9 month growth spurt, because he took his first nap from 8:30-11 this morning, instead of just 8:30-9! (me too ) He also ate for almost 20 minutes, which he hasn't done in a long time.
I stood Caspian up on my legs this morning and realized that his head is above mine when I do that now.
One more bit of proof that Caspian's a redhead like his mommy -- inexplicable bruises below his left knee. I get bruises all the time and wonder where they came from, and I am equally stumped at his!
Mini-Updates:
- He loves to explore strands of my hair. He'll pick up a piece with his fingers, then run his fingers all the way to the end of its length. He holds it up and examines it closely -- sometimes one strand, sometimes a whole hank.
- He's very responsive to "Let go, please" (thank goodness). It works with toys, straps, cats, human flesh, whatever. I used it consistently, even when he was tiny, instead of just saying "no" and prying his fingers open. It's less frustrating for everyone when we differentiate between the generic "no" and a specific desired action. And it works!
- Whenever you bounce him on your knee or in your arms, Caspian hum/growls. He starts up when the bouncing starts, since he's realized that it makes his voice vibrate!
We just got back from a trip to Virginia to introduce Caspian to his remaining great-grandparent (Charlie's grandma) and to see Stuart and Steph. The trip was great, but we're all beat. Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday morning were all spent driving, and Saturday was a whirlwind of driving and shopping. It wasn't intended to be a relaxing vacation anyway, but it's exhausting going-going-going for six days and not even getting a weekend at the end of it. Caspian actually slept through the night on the trip, every night but one! That was nice. He also flirted with every single person we encountered. We went to IKEA 
with S&S, and it made me glad we don't have a house to furnish -- so I don't regret IKEA being so far away. We got a few awesome things, though. It's so cheap there!
On the trip back we encountered every possible weather condition: sun, cloudiness, high winds, rain, sleet, hail, and snow! Caspian slept for 3½ hours, woke for 30 minutes, slept for 2½ hours, woke for a couple hours, then fell asleep again. 
Charlie and I kept checking on him to make sure he was okay, but we think he must just be growing. I actually got to ride up front for most of the return trip (for the first time in 9 months), so when Caspian woke up he couldn't find me. Even though I called to him and told him to look in his mirror, he kept craning his neck to see the captain's chair next to his.
He's working on teeth #4 and 5, on either side of his current top tooth. Now that two teeth connect, he's always clicking them together when he's thinking.
I was writing about his not having had a dirty diaper since Easter (and that all the car travel might be partially resposible), but he had TWO thoroughly poopy diapers in a row last night! Hooray for poopy! 
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Oh my gosh! He just now took one crawling "step" (knee) forward...but that foot hooked onto the other foot, so he couldn't crawl any further. I'm sure it wasn't anything, but still...
