At nine months Andy is getting pretty quick in his crawling, standing unsupported with more confidence (as you may have seen from my other post earlier today), transitioning between different positions more and more easily, but not yet taking steps. He feeds himself with a pincer grasp, although he is still working on performing that set of motions with more finesse. He is eating a wider variety of types and textures of foods. So far (knock on wood!) he hasn't had any reactions to anything. He occasionally tries his signs (milkand some attempts at "all done" and "more"), but he prefers to grab, reach, or otherwise help himself. He has imitated sounds - Jon and Matt heard him say, "bump," one day when they were repeating that word to each other. But he's still not quite ready to talk.
Andy has six teeth (three on top, three on the bottom), with two more on their way. He is still currently in 18-month clothing, but he'll probably be in 24-month by the time summer is here.
