Donovan's 9 month check up

We can no longer call Donovan fat. He is only in the 80th percentile for weight now, which is 23 lbs. He is still in the 95th for height at 30 inches, so he is still pretty tall for his age. Everything looks good, he only had one shot, thank goodness. He has a very hard time sitting still, so I was a little nervous about shots. He cried a little, but found the cord to a blood pressure cuff and was entertained for a few seconds after the needle went in. He has been a little whiny since we got home, but took a pretty decent nap, which was nice since I have been sick and needed a nap myself. He is getting into stuff right now, so of course he is happy. Dr. Jones told us he should start to understand the word "no", which we have already naturally started telling him, so we will see if he starts to listen when we say it to him. He has his moments, sometimes he will listen to me and stop what he is doing, but when he is bound and determined, I have to physically remove him from the area of temptation. I am sure it is no different from any other child.

Quick story before I finish, I was rocking Donovan while he was having his bottle before bedtime and when I picked him up I noticed he had poop up his back and on his pajama pants, so naturally there was poop on my pants as well. So I cleaned him up and put on mismatching pants and put him in his bed wide awake. He was really quiet so I didn't worry about him and about 5 minutes later he was pounding on the wall, pretty loud I will add. I had to laugh before I went in and he was sitting up grinning and reaching for me. I rocked him for about five minutes and he didn't get sleepy so I put him back in his bed and he was asleep within 2 minutes. He is such a silly boy sometimes. And FYI, he has only gotten poop on me twice now.