Logan is 9 months old!

OK--So I am a couple weeks late, Logan is now 9 1/2 months old! We went in for his 9 month check up and the doctor thinks he is looking great. He is growing right along with his growth curve and seems to be healthy by all standards! He weighed in at a whopping:

20 lbs 8oz, 50% weight

29.25 inches, 75% height

Logan is crawling (fast) everywhere and cruising along furniture with one hand. He will transfer from the couch to the coffee table with ease. He loves to walk around the house too...if you will hold his hands! But even this week, he just wants you to hold on to 1 hand...so he is getting braver and braver and will be taking his first steps on his own very soon. Ben started walking when he was 10 months old, and we think little brother is on the road to following big brother's footsteps! Only time will tell...and then we will be in even more trouble around here!

In the last couple of months, Logan has suffered from one long ear infection...it lasted 25 days, to be exact. (This is the same ear infection that prevented us from traveling to Colorado!) And one bad sinus infection. Miraculously, the sinus infection did not cause an ear infection though! We were shocked! Logan's pediatrician put him on a maintenance drug called Xylarex, shown to decrease the incidence of ear infections in children prone to reoccuring ear infections. Ironically, the drug started out as being prescribed by dentists for children to prevent tooth decay caused by an increased presence of oral bacteria. They found that the children who took the drug not only had decreased incidence of tooth decay, but also had a remarkable decreased incidence in ear infections! So, after clinical trials, the drug was approved for children with reoccuring otitis media (ear infections)! The main ingredient is Xylitol, and it solely works to prohibit the growth of oral bacteria. Logan is a great candidate because of his brother's health history and the fact that his first ear infection took 4 different antiobiotics to clear up. And, so far, Logan has been great---and like I said previously, his sinus infection did not cause an ear infection. So maybe the Xylarex is working!?! We are hopeful!

Logan has also been loving to feed himself. He gets mad if I pull out any baby food---really turns his nose up at it! And I have been loving the fact that I only have to make one meal every night for dinner! Everyone eats the same food again! Yea! Here are some pictures of Logan's 1st spaghetti dinner. If you can't tell, he loved it!