Isolde at 9 Months

And here's the 9-month post!  As we're busy packing for our US trip I don't have time to post any photos.
Right now, Isolde...

• is a fast crawler, but still flat on her tummy and not on her knees though she uses her feet and knees; she looks like she's in military training (or been injured in action). She easily crawls over doorsteps including a pretty high one to our bathroom.
• walks with the walker wagon (toddler wobbler/gåvagn). This means busy times for this mum now (so happy Peter will take over soon hehe!) because in addition to the wagon she stands up against anything she can find and walks along some furniture.  She's rather capable on her own now but I still want to be nearby just in case.  She easily entertains herself with crawling, "climbing" furniture and generally exploring, so now I have to be there for safety and not necessarily because she wants me there :)
• still can't move from horizontal to sitting up unless she first pulls herself up on her knees, then to standing and then sits down.
• has no more teeth since her first came a month ago and there are no signs of a second one coming. 
• continues to be easy-going and easy to bring to cafés and restaurants.  I have however noticed that while she sleeps well in the seat during the day she doesn't sleep well in it in the evening.  So we bought an extra Bugaboo frame (second-hand) to reattach the bassinet so we can easily switch (otherwise it's a hassle).  Not sure why I didn't think of it earlier.  Since she's pretty short she still fits in the Bassinet.  The first time we tried it she slept very well for several hours. 
• likes being read to more and more and has a few favourite books, e.g. Stina Wirséns Aj
• is interested in holding and chewing on the spoon when being fed, though not necessarily trying to feed herself.  Sometimes letting her hold the spoon or the sippy cup is the only way to get her to eat.
• is quite outgoing and forward in our mummy group but at the baby song and dance we go to when there are 20 babies she's not as "brave".  But last time we went she actually crawled up to Lotta and tried to stand up against the drum like some of the other babies do but when the others were in the way she looked a bit unhappy and came crawling back to me.  She's pretty tough though and doesn't mind if another baby comes close or tries to crawl on top of her or wants to touch her.  Instead she pushes them away if it's too much but doesn't cry.
• is still a very happy and content baby.  People are always telling us how harmonious she seems to be.  Only really cries sometimes during the night, when she's very hungry or very tired, especially if she's in the pushchair and she wants to be out and home.
• eats all the time!  Or at least it feels that way.  She eats oat cereal for breakfast (between 8 and 9am), then lunch at 11-12, snack (before crackers and fruit, now more fattening stuff such as Greek yoghurt) at 1330-1430, dinner at 4-5pm, oat cereal at 6-7pm.  If Peter's is alone with her she can go to sleep on oat cereal but if I'm at home (most evenings) I also nurse her before bedtime around 730pm (though we're planning of making her bedtime around 7pm as she's pretty tired by then.  She probably eats 75% jar food and 25% home-cooked but that will change gradually. She seems to like most food though she was a bit sceptic when there was too much dill in the fish dish I made. I rarely cook just for her but try to think also of her when I cook for us. She doesn't like broccoli and is not keen on banana anymore but she loves raspberries!
• makes lots of noises and "talks" a lot but she hasn't said a "real" word yet.  I read that some babies say "mum" and "dad" now but she doesn't seem to call out for us yet.  Except maybe at night sometimes.  She does say something sounding like "hej" (hi) sometimes and sometimes she waves at the same time.
• tinkles on her toy piano; sometimes hard and sometimes soft and slowly on one key, as if she's really trying to listen to the sound she makes.
• does well with baby-sitters.  Our friends Maria and Daniel sat for the first time last Friday, otherwise we've "hired" the grandparents.  She still has shown no "only mummy (or daddy) will do" tendencies yet or fear of strangers or separation anxiety. She likes cuddling, mostly in the morning and in the evening and tries to kiss me (which is mouth wide open and wet), but no kisses for dad yet.
• has mastered the "pincer grip" now even if it sometimes is with the thumb and the two first fingers.
• has taken off her socks for a long time now but now she also attempts to put them back on sometimes.
• used to just flop happily in her bed when we came to take her up but now also reaches out her arms and shows she wants to be picked up sometimes.
• starts games, such as making specific sounds and shouts and wants you to make a noise or shout back.  She also likes playing that game where she drops stuff and we pick it up...
• still tries to eat and chew on everything!  When does that stop??

There are really lots of things happening now both in terms of physical development and personality wise.  Fun times for a new parent!