Ezra’s 9th Month – Palmer's World

Has it been an entire month alone with Ezra and Sierra already? While some days don’t feel like they are flying by, as I type this I have to admit that it has flown by!

On a good day, Ezra has slept from 7:30 until 7AM and my day starts. I lift his blind and see his giant smile while he is standing up in his crib waiting to see what the day has to offer up. I get a hug from him and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t like my kisses along with the facial hair.

One diaper change later and we are sitting on the chair with six ounces of formula and CTV’s Your Morning to start off our day. After he lets me get some food in my belly we sit around and play; passing a ball around, walking around the coffee table (he’s quite steady now and hardly falls down while navigating around a table or a couch), studying the quadratic equation.

We then start off with a hearty breakfast of oatmeal and some other goodies like a banana. At this moment in time we have been making it a point to video conference with Grandma and Poppa around this time as it’s always fun to see a kid eating food.

Then it’s just me and him until 9:30 – 10am when he takes his first nap. I really like this time because we leave Sierra down in the basement to do her own thing (usually watching cartoons). Parental leave originally had visions of bonding with a child all day long. I now realize that with two children you try and sneak those bonding moments in wherever you can before chaos erupts!

A one hour nap is typical and then he motors around on all fours playing peek-a-boo with his sister or chewing on some rubber boots near the patio door. Lunchtime is usually a long ordeal…an hour some days! Currently we try and have some grains (pasta or toast), veggies (he really likes carrots), protein (meat or beans) and sometimes some fruit. Mom is usually up for some exercise time with the kids after lunch which basically means they get to crawl all over her!

After lunch is a surprise each day…some times we go out on a bike ride with Sierra, sometime we just hang out in the living room until nap time at 2pm…it really depends on how I feel during the day. Some days I’m still full of energy and others I’m looking forward to my own nap at 2pm!

Afternoon naps seem to stretch to 1.5 – 2 hours which coincide with when Mom is done her work day and we generally go outside in the backyard until supper needs to be made.

If he is lucky, he gets to now have a bath with his sister which he has a fun time with. Sierra loves it and hates it at the same time (but only when he starts splashing her!). Then it’s pyjama time and he roams around the living room, typically crawling over Maman and then it’s bedtime where Maman still breastfeeds and then puts him down for the night.

He’s a very happy kid and is very curious. He really likes opening the bottom drawer and pulling out some silicone muffin liners and chewing on them. He does not care for the jolly jumper or other things that make him stay in one place.

We just weighed him last night and he was 20.4 pounds.

A common sight when I’m trying to practice guitar

I can’t tell if Ezra has fun when Sierra hugs him like this

On the hunt for some Easter eggs

Look at the haul!

Taking shelter from the rain

He doesn’t listen well when it comes to fetching the ball

One day even this won’t hold him back

Not the faint of heart. Pro tip: Don’t be lifting your son over your head a bunch of times immediately after supper or you’ll get some stuff in your eye and on your shirt.

He enjoyed this little doggy. It’s a shame that for some reason it doesn’t walk any more

This was taken in the era of ‘Let’s try and cram in a morning adventure before Ezra’s nap!” I realized that this was burning me out so now we generally wait and do something after lunch