👶 Your 9-Month-Old Baby

🌱 Development at 9 months

• Sits without support and gets into sitting on their own
• Looks when you call their name
• Makes sounds like "mamamama" and "bababa"
• Moves things smoothly from one hand to the other

These are things most children (about 3 in 4) can do by this age. Babies born early may reach them later — use their corrected age.

📏 Growth: WHO weight, length and head size

Any steady curve within this range is normal; what matters is that your baby follows their own curve over time.

🍼 Feeding

• Three meals and 1–2 snacks a day plus milk feeds
• Mashed family food without added salt or sugar

😴 Sleep and teeth

• Total sleep: 12–16 h in 24 hours, usually 2 naps (National Sleep Foundation and American Academy of Sleep Medicine ranges).
• Teeth that often come through around now: lower front teeth (central incisors), upper front teeth, upper side incisors.

💉 Vaccines due at 9 months

Your paediatrician may group doses differently. Keep the vaccination card safe.

💡 Tips for this month

• A 9-month developmental check is a good time to raise any concerns
• Let your baby practise feeding with fingers and a spoon