The official Plunket check stats at 9 months are:
Weight – 9.7kg (so not as heavy as we thought he was) and Height – 77cm
Bronson is very mobile now, crawling and pulling himself up to standing and cruising around. He has started to walk along pushing things and will tussle with Magnus for a toy. Magnus has taken to pushing Bronson when he gets in his space, so that is not so fun for either of them. Bronson has quickly learnt how to turn on the tears any time Magnus even looks like he’s going to push him! So ‘Mum’ has to be careful to not baby him too much (so Dad says!)J Apart from the pushing the 2 boys interact a lot now and that involves lots and lots of giggles!
Bronson is proving to be a quietly patient and persistent little one. He is probably going through the ‘clingy’ phase and follows me around everywhere and needs lots and lots of cuddles. He is always at my toes and keeps following me until I pick him up, but he doesn’t complain if he has to wait. Such a good boy! He is also very persistent when playing with shapes and can sit with me for ages working away at the ShapeO. I am often so impressed at how long he will sit and play with one toy. He has taken a liking to touching the DVD player and has the cutest little giggle when we try to tell him ‘no’! It’s amazing how quickly they learn when they are up to mischief and turn on the charm!
Ambulance Ride!
On the 21st of March Bronson had a severe allergic reaction to egg so we had an Ambulance ride to the hospital, but all was ok. We tried to give Bronson a small piece of omelette which he spat out and wouldn’t even take a second look at. 5 minutes later Bronson came up in a rash all over his chin, neck and chest and another 5 minutes later his lip swelled up. So I quickly rang 111 and called Keryn to come home (from the petrol station). It was more a precautionary thing has Bronson was still pretty content, I was just worried what would happen if the reaction continued. As it was, the swelling didn’t progress and it appeared it was just the area of his lip that touched the egg that swelled up, so it was fortunate he didn’t eat it. The ambos were the loveliest people and were really reassuring and said we had done the right thing. They took us to hospital where the Dr gave Bronson some meds and sent us home again. So we are a ‘no egg household’ until we find out more about this allergy (which a blood test has confirmed).
Bronson also had a plane trip up to Auckland with Mum to visit Aunty Rebe and Uncle Matt and meet his brand new cousin Grace, what a treat! So it has been a busy month! Lots of pics of Bronson below, his hair is getting pretty long and I think he looks just gorgeous!
Bronson with Grace (10 days old)
