Nearly 10 months and walking

Well technically he started walking about a month ago. February 6th to be exact, one day before his 9 month birthday. It was Super Bowl Sunday, and while he had taken steps before, he had never just taken off. Things changed that day! He spent most of the evening walking around with his daddy's cell phone in his hand or guiding me by one finger (my one finger) around my in law's house.

Henry walking that day

This is a link to a video taken that day. He is growing up so fast. I never in a million years imagined that my son would be walking at 9 months. I remember when he was about 3 months old, we were at the mall with our moms group. We met a little girl there at the play area who had started walking at 10 months. I was astonished. I'd never heard of babies walking so early! Then Henry goes and beats that by a month.

I have been trying to make mental notes of everything I needed to blog about. First off, he started clapping around 7 months. He now does it all the time. He took his first steps at 8.5 months old. I started crying when he did. I knew he was probably close because he was doing a LOT of cruising around the furniture. I caught it out of the corner of my eye, let out a HUGE gasp, and Jason turned around from in the kitchen thinking something was wrong. Henry stopped, looked at me, and took another 4 steps or so. Jason got to see those steps! I am so proud of my little dude!

He was walking the day he turned 9 months old at his doctor's appointment. The doctor said since he was pointing (something else he started a week or so prior to the appt.), clapping, and walking, he was advanced in both his gross and fine motor skills. He weighted 20 lbs 5 oz (50%) and was 30 inches long (90%). So he's tall and skinny. Which we know because none of his shorts fit him properly.

We also got our first sign out of Henry this last week. We've been signing milk, eat, hungry, cat and more for awhile. He's sorta done the sign for milk, but the other day he signed ball! He even started saying what sounded like ball. Such a boy! It has motivated me to continue using the signs in hopes he starts using more back with us soon. We've also started using mom and dad as well as dog.

I feel like such a braggy mom saying all these things, but I think I have a right to be proud of my son just like any other parent. I don't think any of these things make him brighter than other kids, he's just developing at his own pace. A year from now, they'll all be on the same page and it won't matter anyway.

Well better get going, he'll be up from his nap soon!