We went to Gymboree with Chrys today. He had fun playing with Ryanne and, as usual, she's now down for a marathon after play nap. For this, I will happily pay $10-$15 a week.
Last night R clapped for the first time that I've seen. She was sitting in Kity's lap and put her hands together, but no fists. There's still no noise when she claps, but she finally has the right motions. She was clapping more today at Gymboree - they do a lot of clapping with the songs. It's so cool and she gets so excited doing it.
I'm going to try to make her Halloween costume this year. I found a pattern for a Cinderella dress. I'm hoping it will be double duty and she can wear it to a wedding in March. Our friends are getting married and their theme is Disney. Chrys and I are in the wedding. The wedding colors are blue so I figured making her Cinderella will be perfect since she's the one in blue. That way, if she gets clingy and needs to be with me in the wedding (which the bride and groom have no problem with) she'll look like she fits in. I haven't done any real sewing in about 20 years, since I used to make clothes for my Cabbage Patch dolls with my grandmother in the summer.
She's also starting to take more little baby steps when she's not holding on to anything. The confidence isn't quite there, but it's growing quickly. Most days she won't let us hold more than one hand as she toddles around.
Lilypie Kids Birthday tickers
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Peek a boo!
RC has started initiating games of peek-a-boo. I guess this is a great thing about dresses! She'll lift her dress up over her face and then pull it down and grin. That's the cue to say, "Where's Ryanne?" next time she does it. Then she pulls it down as fast as she can and just laughs. It's SO funny to see.
She's had a peaceful day today. We stayed home because Chrys took the car so he could go to the dentist. She's played mostly by herself all day. Periodically, she wanders over to check on me and get a hug, then it's back to her toys. She's explored and crawled all over the living room and kitchen. I think this was good for us.
Other good news - I think I'm safe saying that she doesn't seem to have inherited the lactose intolerance that plagues both our families. Chrys had it as a child and my dad and uncle were both hit with it pretty hard later in life. She seems ok right now so we just have to hope it doesn't get her later. On a related note, she seems to love yogurt! :)
She also loves her sling. I wore her at Target yesterday and she ended up falling asleep in it as we walked around. It was great to pull it up over her head to support her and just keep on shopping. I wasn't exhausted from carrying around a baby on one arm when we left, either. So far, so good!
Well, back to my monkey child. She climbs on everything and right now, she's trying to figure out how to get on top of the ottoman. Plenty of boxes around so it's time for distraction.
She's had a peaceful day today. We stayed home because Chrys took the car so he could go to the dentist. She's played mostly by herself all day. Periodically, she wanders over to check on me and get a hug, then it's back to her toys. She's explored and crawled all over the living room and kitchen. I think this was good for us.
Other good news - I think I'm safe saying that she doesn't seem to have inherited the lactose intolerance that plagues both our families. Chrys had it as a child and my dad and uncle were both hit with it pretty hard later in life. She seems ok right now so we just have to hope it doesn't get her later. On a related note, she seems to love yogurt! :)
She also loves her sling. I wore her at Target yesterday and she ended up falling asleep in it as we walked around. It was great to pull it up over her head to support her and just keep on shopping. I wasn't exhausted from carrying around a baby on one arm when we left, either. So far, so good!
Well, back to my monkey child. She climbs on everything and right now, she's trying to figure out how to get on top of the ottoman. Plenty of boxes around so it's time for distraction.
Saturday, August 07, 2004
Cat!
Ryanne is very close to saying her first word. She loves to look at the cats and point at them. She used to just squeal when she saw them. Well, last week, she looked at me when I said the word cat and tried to form her mouth to it. She got out 'Ca'. Now, it's sometimes 'dat' and sometimes 'ca' and sometimes just 'at', but she always says something like it when she sees one of the cats. She even did the same at Kity's house tonight with her cat. I'm continuously impressed by how smart such a small person can be. Unfortunately, Kity's dogs are also 'dats', but they're small and fuzzy so I can forgive her that. Oh...she even said the word when she heard Kity's cat meow, didn't even see him, but did start looking around for him. Just amazing!
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Wasabi
I am apparently a bad mommy. Last night, we went for Japanese and R would NOT keep her fingers out my plate, specifically the big lump of wasabi on the corner of it. Well, I decided to go for it and put a touch of it on the end of my chopstick. She freaked - crumpled up her face and starting spitting and sputtering. I don't think she liked it much...she didn't eat much after that. Luckily, she'd already had a huge meal so I didn't feel too bad. Man, it was funny, though.
Last night I also made a Maya Wrap. Ryanne seems to still want to be held a lot and it's just a pain not being able to do anything else all day because I've only got one hand. She's long been too big for me to carry in the Bjorn so I'm going to try this. It was much cheaper to make than to buy one (about 1/3 the price) and if she hates it, I won't feel as guilty. If, however, she loves it, I have many other fabrics picked out for nicer ones and wintry ones and...
She had her 9 month appointment on 7/30. She was 18lbs 1.1oz (40%), 26 3/4 inches long (25%). Her growth has slowed down, but the doctor assures me that's normal and it's not like she comes from tall genes. The doc was worried about her refusing baby food because of the extra iron it provides, but her hematocrit levels were 'great' so I was told just to keep doing what I'm doing and keep lots of variety coming at her.
R's eating exclusively finger foods now. She does really well on table food. She gets some extra iron from the toddler breakfast foods and Gerber puffs that we feed her. I don't really feel bad about the switch, with one exception...
Ryanne has always been a pretty good sleeper. For the last 3 months, though, she's had a cold or been teething or we've moved or travelled or whatever and her sleep has suffered. Well, the ped told us to work on this so Chrys, wonderful man that he is, has been getting up with her. I had always gotten up with her, but when she wakes up at night for whatever reason, and smells me, she wants milk and goes ballistic until she gets it. Well, the last few nights, whenever she wakes up, she's REALLY gassy. Two nights ago, she didn't wake up at all. This tells me that the night waking is gas, which stinks. If the only reason she wakes up is gas, then I wonder if gas is caused by the finger foods and then I wonder if we're moving too fast...this stuff is hard!
She's taken a few more steps, but still not really walking yet. I don't think we have too much longer, though.
She's also working on words. She tries hardest to mimic 'cat' and we sometimes get 'ca' and this morning I got a 'dat'. She's also pointing and I've started identifying whatever she points at.
Tomorrow morning, we're going to a walkers class at Gymboree. She's a month younger than they recommend, but seemed WAY beyond the crawlers class definition. I guess we'll see.
Last night I also made a Maya Wrap. Ryanne seems to still want to be held a lot and it's just a pain not being able to do anything else all day because I've only got one hand. She's long been too big for me to carry in the Bjorn so I'm going to try this. It was much cheaper to make than to buy one (about 1/3 the price) and if she hates it, I won't feel as guilty. If, however, she loves it, I have many other fabrics picked out for nicer ones and wintry ones and...
She had her 9 month appointment on 7/30. She was 18lbs 1.1oz (40%), 26 3/4 inches long (25%). Her growth has slowed down, but the doctor assures me that's normal and it's not like she comes from tall genes. The doc was worried about her refusing baby food because of the extra iron it provides, but her hematocrit levels were 'great' so I was told just to keep doing what I'm doing and keep lots of variety coming at her.
R's eating exclusively finger foods now. She does really well on table food. She gets some extra iron from the toddler breakfast foods and Gerber puffs that we feed her. I don't really feel bad about the switch, with one exception...
Ryanne has always been a pretty good sleeper. For the last 3 months, though, she's had a cold or been teething or we've moved or travelled or whatever and her sleep has suffered. Well, the ped told us to work on this so Chrys, wonderful man that he is, has been getting up with her. I had always gotten up with her, but when she wakes up at night for whatever reason, and smells me, she wants milk and goes ballistic until she gets it. Well, the last few nights, whenever she wakes up, she's REALLY gassy. Two nights ago, she didn't wake up at all. This tells me that the night waking is gas, which stinks. If the only reason she wakes up is gas, then I wonder if gas is caused by the finger foods and then I wonder if we're moving too fast...this stuff is hard!
She's taken a few more steps, but still not really walking yet. I don't think we have too much longer, though.
She's also working on words. She tries hardest to mimic 'cat' and we sometimes get 'ca' and this morning I got a 'dat'. She's also pointing and I've started identifying whatever she points at.
Tomorrow morning, we're going to a walkers class at Gymboree. She's a month younger than they recommend, but seemed WAY beyond the crawlers class definition. I guess we'll see.
Saturday, July 31, 2004
9 month appointment
Copied from FTM and backdated to fill in historical data.
She was 18lbs 1.1oz (40%) and 26 3/4" (25%). The doc said that since she was making so much developmental progress (mental and physical), she expected to see a slow in her growth rate. She also finally got her 2nd pneumococcal vaccine.
I was advised that, since she's trying to mimic words already (she watches us say 'cat' and pretty regularly gets out 'ca' while looking at the kitties), I shouldn't push so hard on the sign language because that could actually slow down her talking. Since my sister is a deaf mute, I'd actually like Ryanne to have some ASL as her 2nd language so I guess I have some research to do there. Any book/web site advice?
Ryanne did her usual showing off and stood up in the middle of the room just to show the doc she could. No steps, though. We got a couple more the other day when she wanted something on the stool behind me. I asked about shoes, just to get her advice, and she said to try to keep them soft soled for as long as possible. I haven't seen sizes above 9 months with a soft sole, though. What did you ladies with walkers do?
Other than that, it went very well. I had a ton of questions about feeding, etc, since she started spitting out her baby food when her 2nd tooth came in (the doc even said she could see the two top starting to make their way) and we switched to primarily finger foods. Initially, the doctor said she would like me to try to continue baby cereal. In the end, though, her hematocrit levels were 'great' so the doc told me not to drive myself or R crazy with the cereal, but to just keep trying to give her lots of variety on the finger foods.
We were also told to night wean her to protect her teeth. She's been waking between 1 and 2 for a couple of weeks. I thought it might be habit because she spent so much time the last 3 months waking up in the night for something (stuffy nose, teething pain, etc) and the doc agreed, but said to let her CIO. I can't do that so I've told DH he'll have to start getting up more since she just doesn't want me in the middle of the night if she can't nurse. We've used many of the methods in Pantley's No Cry book so I guess I'll have to re-read to give him some tips.
I scheduled an extra appt for end of Sept (11m) so the doc can try to see her (but no 12m shots) before we leave for Japan. She told me that I could get any regular vaccs over there since they are as stringent, if not moreso, on the requirements.
Thanks for checking in on us. Some warm 9 grain bread (one of R's faves) that DH is baking for all of you!
She was 18lbs 1.1oz (40%) and 26 3/4" (25%). The doc said that since she was making so much developmental progress (mental and physical), she expected to see a slow in her growth rate. She also finally got her 2nd pneumococcal vaccine.
I was advised that, since she's trying to mimic words already (she watches us say 'cat' and pretty regularly gets out 'ca' while looking at the kitties), I shouldn't push so hard on the sign language because that could actually slow down her talking. Since my sister is a deaf mute, I'd actually like Ryanne to have some ASL as her 2nd language so I guess I have some research to do there. Any book/web site advice?
Ryanne did her usual showing off and stood up in the middle of the room just to show the doc she could. No steps, though. We got a couple more the other day when she wanted something on the stool behind me. I asked about shoes, just to get her advice, and she said to try to keep them soft soled for as long as possible. I haven't seen sizes above 9 months with a soft sole, though. What did you ladies with walkers do?
Other than that, it went very well. I had a ton of questions about feeding, etc, since she started spitting out her baby food when her 2nd tooth came in (the doc even said she could see the two top starting to make their way) and we switched to primarily finger foods. Initially, the doctor said she would like me to try to continue baby cereal. In the end, though, her hematocrit levels were 'great' so the doc told me not to drive myself or R crazy with the cereal, but to just keep trying to give her lots of variety on the finger foods.
We were also told to night wean her to protect her teeth. She's been waking between 1 and 2 for a couple of weeks. I thought it might be habit because she spent so much time the last 3 months waking up in the night for something (stuffy nose, teething pain, etc) and the doc agreed, but said to let her CIO. I can't do that so I've told DH he'll have to start getting up more since she just doesn't want me in the middle of the night if she can't nurse. We've used many of the methods in Pantley's No Cry book so I guess I'll have to re-read to give him some tips.
I scheduled an extra appt for end of Sept (11m) so the doc can try to see her (but no 12m shots) before we leave for Japan. She told me that I could get any regular vaccs over there since they are as stringent, if not moreso, on the requirements.
Thanks for checking in on us. Some warm 9 grain bread (one of R's faves) that DH is baking for all of you!
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