Benjamin's stats at 9 months

Benjamin had his nine-month doctor's appointment today. It was less traumatic than the last two, though he did get upset when he saw the needle coming toward his fat little thigh. I was rather proud of how he acted while the nurse was drawing blood from his finger: she held his hand tightly and his papa held him tightly, but Benjamin seemed mostly fascinated by his blood as it streamed into the tiny tube the nurse held against his finger.

At nine months Benjamin is 29.5 inches long (still 90th percentile), he weighs 19 lbs and 11 oz (50th percentile), and he has a head circumference of 18 inches (50th percentile).

When the doctor saw him twisting and struggling when put on his back, he predicted that Benjamin would walk before his first birthday. He claims that this sort of struggle -- it has become incrediblly difficult to keep Benjamin on his back to change his diaper -- usually doesn't happen until a baby is about 12 months old.