Can you believe my babies turned 9 months last week? They definitely did not ask my permission to get all growed up!
They’ve changed so much in the short time that I’ve been entrusted with their little lives – they’re not the fragile little beings that once rested in tiny little incubators, covered in tubes and wires. The noise I hear around them isn’t the beeping of their monitors anymore, it’s the gleeful squeals and happy giggles and excited babbling of healthy 9 month olds (7mos adjusted).
They are regular little people now, and it’s just fabulous. They are doing all kinds of baby-things. They are doing the combat-style crawling that babies do where they aren’t doing hands-and-knees crawling just yet. Abby and Sam will get up on their knees and rock:
What else? Oh! They’re finally all on their charts! Their relevant stats are:
Sam: 18 lb, 14 oz (18th percentile); 27.5 inches long (17th percentile)
Eliana: 17 lb, 11 oz (23rd percentile), 27 inches long (23rd percentile)
Abby: 16 lb, 10 oz (10th percentile), 26 3/4 inches long (17th percentile)
Between them, they have 8 teeth. Abby got her first two teeth about a month ago (on the bottom). Sam got his first two about two weeks ago. Ellie finally sprouted her first two on Friday. Sam and Abby both surprised me on Saturday by sprouting a top tooth as well. They are dangerous!
All in all, the 9 month check up went quite well. Dr. B said he was impressed with them and impressed with me. I am not certain what he meant by that, but it was nice to hear anyway. My babies certainly ARE impressive. They are doing really well and doing all the right things. They’re a little behind in where he’d like to see them with feeding skills and fine motor coordination (their feeding skills would be better if their fine motor skills were better), but this is not surprising given their prematurity.
When I was describing what each one was doing and what each baby was like, I said very clearly, "You should never label your children, particularly when you have multiples. Ellie’s the good one." He laughed. 🙂 I told him that I have very easy babies and that it was about time… I’ve paid my dues with J (I adore J, of course, but low maintenance, he is NOT). He said not only did I pay my dues with J, I more than paid my dues with the early days of triplet parenthood. I guess I never really thought of it that way, but he reminded me that I had a longer-than average stay in the NICU for 33 week triplets, worked hard to breastfeed them (or, in Abby’s case at least provide her with breastmilk), had Ellie on a heart monitor for 45 days after coming home and then shortly after that had to start dealing with bi-weekly visits to the doctor for her failure to thrive.
Honestly, at the time, I never really thought of it as anything other than what I had to do. Looking back, I see how far we’ve come and I’m so grateful that I was discussing three perfectly healthy, happy, developing babies with him. Really? What more could I ask for?
Okay, I mean, I could ask for 26 hour days and five MILLION dollars, but that would just be greedy, considering the four amazing children I have.
ChezPerky 
happy 9 months!!! i cannot believe how big they are getting…i think they have now surpassed at least 2 of my 3 in weight 🙂 way to grow little ones!
26 hour days?! Sign me up! I found your new blog, yippee!
Your babies are Wonderful & Beautiful! I’m so thrilled that I’ve been able to follow along on your journey with them. Thanks for sharing them with us!
Wow, 9 months…and even with the adjusted they are almost crawling, have teeth and are all at healthy, respectable weights — they ARE doing awesome.
Awesome! Happy 9 months!
You HAVE done a great job! Those kids are just beautiful. 🙂
And I LOVE Sam’s little rockin’ boogie – so stinkin’ cute!!!
He was SO CUTE! I was rooting for him to take off like he could hear me. LOL.
He will be mobile soon…then look out!!!
So freaking cute!!
yea! happy 9 months- they are so cute!
happy nine months! yay for teeth and being on the charts and all that fun stuff. i love the picture, they are all SO gorgeous!
This is so wonderful. I’m happy to see your little ones developing and growing so perfectly.
Mel
Congrats on making it 🙂 Your babies are beautiful and are clearly thriving. I bet you’re on top of the world today!
wow, does time fly! i remember first reading your blog when the triplets were born. they are all such beautiful babies! mazel tov!
Those are some DAMN FINE lookin’ kids missy.
Wow – those are amazing weights on those amazing kids. You are doing a great job, Mommy!
Your guys and gals are all wonderful.
You have been an inspiration to me throught the first months of my baby’s life. I often find myself thinking: if Karen can do it with triplets and a 4 year old, I certainly can handle this one little guy! (and I don’t even know you!!)
You deserve all the naches from the kids! Enjoy, and thank you always for sharing your stories.
(And if I had 5 million, I certianly would sahre with you!)
I remember reading you when you first found out you were pregnant with triplets, and how much I appreciated your freaked out honesty about it. So yea, you’ve come a long long LONG ways!
They are so cute! I just want to hug them! I love the ‘crawling’ in the video, and is that J that I hear in the background? They’ve all come along so much!