1 Year Stats

Ryleigh is ONE YEAR OLD!!!!! 

Weight: 22lbs
Height: 30"


EATING
Several changes here.  Another possible allergy is beets.  My kid has the most random allergies. 

She drinks usually five 6-7oz. bottles a day.  We have been slowly mixing in some whole milk to her bottles of breastmilk and she doesn't even seem to notice a difference which is awesome so far.  She finally, out of the blue, decided she was interested in a sippy cup and has now figured that out for water.

With table food, we have learned she wants to be a "big girl" and by that, I mean that she doesn't like us cutting her food up into tiny pieces and refuses almost all purees from me anymore.  She prefers to have something larger to take bites of.  For instance, she hates cut up banana, but if we give her half a banana to bite off of, she will eat it. Same thing with cantaloupe and mini pancakes.

Foods she has tried-- refried beans, chicken noodle soup, cool whip, yogurt bites, puffs and lil'crunchies from Gerber, steamed carrots, cut up banana, cut up peach, cantaloupe, parmesan cheese straws, Maple flavor mini-pancakes, tater tots

Foods she loves--guacamole, crescent rolls, breadsticks, potato soup, half a banana, fried pickles, animal crackers, Garden Tomato & Veggie Dip Gerber Crunchies, Blueberry & Purple Sweet Potato Puffs from Pluum, Spinach Apple Kale teething crackers from Pluum,  mashed potatoes, cocktail meatballs, brownies, oreo truffles, chicken & rice


TEETHING
We now have all front 8 teeth!  She seems to be working on her pre-molars lately and is not happy about it. They seem to really be hurting her which of course kills me. Frozen teethers have been our friend, although they only offer temporary relief. I can feel the top, right one starting to bud, but none of the others are up enough yet.  Poor thing :(

SLEEPING
Sometimes a little restless, and there have been a few nights where she woke up and took a partial bottle sometime between midnight & 3am.  I usually put Tylenol or teething tablets [as a last resort] in that bottle to help her with teething pain, which is the cause of the tossing & turning.  Other than that, still doing very well and sleeps 11-12hrs a night.
 

ACTIVITY
More and more Walking! Even though she still crawls if she wants to get somewhere quickly.  She is getting more confident by the day and taking more steps at a time.  She has now walked all the way across our living room several times.  She is also pretty hilarious with her dancing.  Baby girl cannot hear music without dancing.  Rocking her shoulders, swaying her hips, and her new signature move that we like to refer to as Serving up the Pizza [think, arm out, palm up, moving forward and backward haha]

She now says/has said:
 "Dada"
"Mama"
"Papa" only once (my father-in-law)
"Kk" referring to Kona
"Ssssssssssssss"
"Thhhhhhhh"
"Kkkkkk"
"Ba ba ba ba"
"Ta ta ta ta"
"Guh"
"RrrrrLLl" <--Her version of Ryleigh that she's copied us saying a couple times.
"Go, Go, Go!"
"Ko" <--Kona
"Reee" or "Eeese"<--Reece
"Cak" <----Clap
"Hi"
"Hi Dada"
"Daw" <---Dog
"Gog"  her other version of dog
"Hey duh" her version of "Hey there"
"Hey"
"Bye Bye"
"Bah-Buh" <--"Baby" for her babydoll
"Kak-kuh"  <---cracker
"Na-Na"  for Banana
"Diapuh" diaper
"Ah Wubbya" I love you
"Ahmee" Amen
"yeah"
"whoa"
"uh ooo" for Uh Oh!
"Ba Ba" for requesting her bottle


Clicking her tongue
Giving kisses...her human version [open mouth] and dog version [open mouth w/tongue sticking out!]
making the sound of a rolling "R" (like in Spanish)
Waving Hi & Bye bye
She gives hugs, but only to her babydoll.  It's precious.


DIAPERING
Size 3, and we have found a new love in Pampers Cruisers. They seem to allow less blow-outs than Luvs and absorb great overnight.


 CLOTHES
 She's a little all over the place.  She fits 12m or 18m onesies.  She can fit into some jackets & vests that are 9m, 12m, or 18m.  She can fit into a couple pairs of 9m fleece pants, and she wears 12m or 18m pants.  Pretty much, the larger sizes are nice for added length but her waist still fits the smaller ones also. She's in 12m footed pajamas but they're getting a little snug in length.




 SPECIAL FIRSTS 

--First toy obsession - her babydoll

--Superbowl game

--We got her to do "touchdown" putting her arms in the air twice. She hasn't done it again since.

--Requesting food [asking for a Kak-kuh when I put her in her highchair and Ba-Ba for her bottle]

--Signature dance move [Serving up the Pizza]

--Desserts-brownies & birthday cake!!

--Birthday Party!!!

 

 

 

 

e l e v e n

 

Ryleigh is 11 months old!!!!! 

Weight:  20lbs 12oz

EATING
The biggest new thing there is her food dye allergy.  We discovered this through her breaking out into severe welted hives for about a week after her exposure to goldfish crackers.  Her allergy is to Annatto, which is a natural food dye for yellow/orange color often used in cheddar flavored foods but also found in some butter and cosmetics.  Kind of like nature's version of Yellow 5, but it's still a common allergen for people.  Annatto is a seed from South America.  It's actually in one of her old favorite snacks--Gerber Lil Crunchies Mild Cheddar.  In hindsight, after we introduced the Lil Crunchies she had this weird bumpy dry skin on the backs of her shoulders.  It seemed like her baby eczema so that's how we treated it.  She also had some random times that she threw up, which we assumed was from drinking her milk too quickly, and sometimes her nose would be pink that we assumed was due to congestion.  Now we know that it was a milder allergic reaction, but the Lil Crunchies use Annatto extract and they are not as strong of a color or flavor so they do not have as much annatto as the goldfish which was a much crazier reaction.

She drinks usually five 6oz. bottles of breastmilk a day, sometimes a 6th partial or whole bottle if she's going through a growth spurt. Not showing any interest in a sippy cup, even when we put a different liquid in it [breastmilk, diluted grape juice, or water].  

Foods she has tried-- refried beans, chicken noodle soup, cool whip, yogurt bites, puffs and lil'crunchies from Gerber, steamed carrots, cut up banana, cut up peach

Foods she loves--guacamole, crescent rolls, breadsticks, potato soup


TEETHING
 Working on her 8th tooth coming through!  Her crankiness from teething seems to be much less lately, either she's getting more used to it or these teeth coming in aren't as painful.

SLEEPING
Still doing very well. She wakes up around 7ish, give or take a half hour, during the week and often times sleeps in until around 8am on the weekends which we are very thankful for!  She goes down for her morning nap around 9-10am and sleeps for usually right at 2hrs.  If she's going through a growth spurt or if it's a dark, rainy day she sometimes goes a little longer.  Then she wakes up and plays non-stop until her afternoon nap, which is usually around 2-3pm and lasts an hour.  She doesn't usually go much longer than that in the afternoon.  She then wakes up and plays until bedtime around 7:15pm.  She is really great on this routine and it works out pretty well for us. 

ACTIVITY
Lots of pulling up and I'm sure we are not long away from walking. She seems to be able to do it, just lacking a little bit of confidence to let go of holding onto something.

She now says/has said:
 "Dada"
"Mama"
"Papa" only once (my father-in-law)
"Kk" referring to Kona
"Ssssssssssssss"
"Thhhhhhhh"
"Kkkkkk"
"Ba ba ba ba"
"Ta ta ta ta"
"Guh"
"RrrrrLLl" <--Her version of Ryleigh that she's copied us saying a couple times.
"Go, Go, Go!"
"Ko" <--Kona
"Reee" <--Reece
"Cak" <----Clap
"Hi"
"Hi Dada"
"Daw" <---Dog
"Gog"  her other version of dog
"Hey duh" her version of "Hey there"
"Hey"

Clicking her tongue
Giving kisses...her human version [open mouth] and dog version [open mouth w/tongue sticking out!]
making the sound of a rolling "R" (like in Spanish)
Waving Hi & Bye bye

DIAPERING
Size 3

 CLOTHES
  Mostly 12 month but we can also put 18 month pants on her for added length. String bean.




 SPECIAL FIRSTS --First Christmas

--First New Year!

--First time she did an un-prompted "Hey there!" accompanied with a wave Hi!

--Climbing the stairs

--Food allergy :(

--Trying to let the dogs in the house [she understands the concept of the deadbolt and doorknob on the patio door, and she stands on her tippy toes trying to turn them although she isn't strong enough].

 --WALKING!!!! She decided to take several steps unassisted a few times at exactly 11 months old 1/14/15

 

 

 

Double digits?!

Ryleigh is 10 months old!!!!! 

 Weight:  19lbs 15oz

EATING
Lots of new things going on. Still drinking 6oz bottles of breastmilk.  She's gotten to try several new things, and her favorite food so far is definitely guacamole! She goes crazy for it and will be a bottomless pit in a Mexican restaurant, eating it as long as there is more to offer.  Aside from guacamole, she's gotten to try refried beans, potato soup, cool whip, lots and lots of Puffs....she is no longer content as long as she has a full belly while we are eating. If she sees us with food, she's curious and wants it no matter how full she is! We can usually keep her happy with puffs but more and more we find ourselves letting her get a little taste off of our fork.  I'm insanely paranoid about her choking on something, especially on days when she's more congested, so we don't let her eat things that need to be chewed right now (other than puffs that dissolve). 

TEETHING
 As of 10 months she has 5 teeth! All four of her front teeth, and her top right incisor.  The three top teeth all came in together (that was loads of fun....) and are not fully down yet but they're getting there.  It's ridiculously cute to catch a glimpse of them and I can't believe that probably by the end of the year her smile will look different because she'll have so many teeth showing!  She will also be getting more foods as she gets more of these teeth and I am more confident that she can chew without choking...although I'm probably going to stay paranoid about that until she 10, haha.

SLEEPING
Lots of recent changes here, for day-time sleeping anyway. She's still pretty good with her 11-ish hours at night of sleep.  She's definitely needing her naps now that she's more mobile.  We just follow her cues...she started with one big 2-2.5hr nap around 11or 12 in the afternoon, but quickly transitioned to a morning nap around 9 or 10 that lasts about 2hrs and then a late afternoon nap around 4ish.  She is always on the go and needing her sleep these days!

ACTIVITY
Pulling up on any and everything!

She now says/has said:
 "Dada"
"Mama"
"Papa" (my father-in-law)
"Kk" referring to Kona
"Ssssssssssssss"
"Thhhhhhhh"
"Kkkkkk"
"Ba ba ba ba"
"Ta ta ta ta"
"Guh"
"RrrrrLLl" <--Her version of Ryleigh that she's copied us saying a couple times.
"Go, Go, Go!"
"Ko" <--Kona
"Reee" <--Reece
"Cak" <----Clap
"Hi"
"Hi Dada"
"Daw" <---Dog


clicking her tongue
making the sound of a rolling "R" (like in Spanish)
Waving Hi & Bye bye

We also learned that she has her Daddy's creepy talent of being able to clear her throat.  It's such a weird thing that I don't even really know how to describe but if you're around us long enough I'm sure you've heard Jake do it.  Ryleigh did it a couple times last week and it caught us off guard! haha

DIAPERING
Size 3, mostly only Luvs because they fit her well and they're cheaper than Pampers.

 CLOTHES
  Mostly 12 month but we can also put 18 month pants on her for added length. String bean.




 SPECIAL FIRSTS 
--pulling up on any & everything

--meeting SANTA!!

--seeing Christmas lights

--"driving" Daddy's car around the neighborhood

--eating a Breadstick...loved it!!

--Giving kisses!! if we ask and sometimes even when we don't, she will lean in and give sloppy open-mouth kisses complete with a lick! haha...that's what happens when she learns from two dogs.  Shes started kissing her toys (and oddly enough her bouncy seat that is used more these days as something to pull up on). It's so sweet!

 

 

We are in full birthday planning mode now!  I am so excited about how all of my ideas are coming together.  I picked a theme around 6months and recently completely changed it to something I am completely in love with. I don't want to rush time but I am so excited for her party!

 

 

 

3/4

Ryleigh is 9 months old!!!!!  She is 3/4 of a year old.  Man time is moving fast.  Last week was the first time I looked at her and got really sad that she's no longer that little infant we brought home from the hospital.  Gosh, the first few months were exhausting and emotional and hard a lot of the time, but I miss napping with her on my chest (a rare occasion these days) and relaxing with her...because these days she is all "Go,go,go!" <--- her first cheer, when watching the world series with Mommy & Daddy :) we were proud.

EATING
Not to much has changed here. We have been introducing puffs and teething crackers which she seems to like!  She got to try loaded potato soup and loved it!

TEETHING
 Two little pearly whites :) Some top ones seem to be on the way.

SLEEPING
No real change here.

ACTIVITY
Lots and lots of crawling. Lots of crawling.  Lots.

She now says/has said:
 "Dada"
"Mama"
"Papa" (my father-in-law)
"Kk" referring to Kona
"Ssssssssssssss"
"Thhhhhhhh"
"Kkkkkk"
"Ba ba ba ba"
"Ta ta ta ta"
"Guh"
"RrrrrLLl" <--Her version of Ryleigh that she's copied us saying a couple times.
"Go, Go, Go!"
"Ko" <--Kona
"Reee" <--Reece
"Cak" <----Clap
"Hi"
"Hi Dada"


We can get her to copy us saying things fairly often, especially if it's just us with her and not a bunch of new people/things around.  She's very talkative in her jibber jabber.  She also LOVES clicking her tongue and making the sound of a rolling "R" (like in Spanish).

Waving Hi & Bye bye

DIAPERING
Size 3, mostly only Luvs because they fit her well and they're cheaper than Pampers.

 CLOTHES
  Mostly 12 month but she still fits into some 6-9 onesies.



 SPECIAL FIRSTS 
--took our 1st professional family pictures

--1st allergic reaction to medicine

--1st sickness that required doctor visit, viral infection

--1st Fall Festival

--1st Halloween! Went as a polar bear/El Oso Blanco/Evan Gattis

 

 

8. months. old.

Yes, I'm aware that this post is late. It's probably because I'm in denial that Ryleigh is somehow already 8 months old...or now actually closer to 9 months...how? how? how?

I've always heard parent friends talk about how all of a sudden, their child seems to have aged a tremendous amount all at once.  Like you turn around and all of a sudden they're 5 years older.  I feel that way about month 8 for Ryleigh.  All of a sudden she's made so many developmental achievements and grown into an almost-toddler.  She's definitely not our infant anymore, and she's always on the move (although that's been since day 1).

 Weight:  18lbs 12oz.

EATING
Drinking 6oz bottles of breastmilk.  I think because of teething, she's eating about 1 less bottle a day, getting around 30oz instead of 36oz.  She seems fine and isn't waking up hungry in the middle of the night (her evening bottle is the one she's skipping) so we don't worry about it too much. 

She's still getting 4oz of baby food a day, although for the last couple weeks that hasn't been on the normal schedule because she's been congested and sick, so I haven't offered food every day because it's more important to make sure she fills up on breastmilk (a lot more calories). 

 

TEETHING
 Check 'em out, yall!  Two little pearly whites :) They came in 3 days apart. That was fun. Not. 

SLEEPING
Still great! Although some congestion over the past week has had her a little off the norm.  She's getting very attached to a couple of her little blankeys--especially the green one above because she loves the silk tags.  She also loves a silky one with a baby doll attached to it from her Grandma & Grandpa.  She rubs the silk on her nose as she sucks her thumb.  We don't let her sleep with one in her crib, but whenever she's napping she's usually in her bouncy seat or stroller and we let her have it.

ACTIVITY
We have a crawler! 

She is loving language.  She will give us the biggest smiles when we ask her to say things.  Lots of times she just smiles and you can tell she's thinking or she wants to say it.  Sometimes she will repeat it after us, and then other times she'll finally blurt something out at a random time like when she's in her jumperoo or when we're driving in the car and she's chatting with herself in the mirror.  She also figured out how to click her tongue this month and she loves to do it and smiles so big to hear the noise, especially if we click our tongues with her.

She now says/has said:
 "Dada"
"Mama"
"Papa" (my father-in-law)
"Kk" referring to Kona
 "Ssssssssssssss"
"Thhhhhhhh"
"Kkkkkk"
"Ba ba ba ba"
"Ta ta ta ta"
"Guh"

She also has said her first phrase, "Hi Dada!" although I think in her mind it's "Hidada" (one word) that you tell everyone, because she'll say "Hi Dada" to anyone and everyone.  We usually say it when Jake gets home from work, so even though she knows he's Dada, she doesn't get it that you need to say a different name for other people.  It's adorable though.  It's almost always accompanied by the cutest little wrist wave. 

She's learning to wave Hi and Bye Bye.

She now claps and does Patty-cake.
  

DIAPERING
Size 3...I feel like we'll be here for a while.

 CLOTHES
 Slowly moving into 12 month for length.



 SPECIAL FIRSTS 
--phrase, Saying "hi da da "
--teeth!!

--crawling

--waving hi

--waving bye bye (different wave than hi)

--new words

--firepit experience and taste of chocolate

--Disney on Ice!!!!!

--sitting up in a highchair at a restaurant

 

 

 

We have a Tooth!

Well hello....I've been terrible with keeping this update other than our monthly posts, and I'm hoping to get better about it and get back into regular updates.

In huge news....Ryleigh has her first tooth! 

 

How is my baby 7 months old already?

No doctor's appointment until November at her 9 month well visit so these are approximate from home:

Weight:  18lbs
Height:  27.5"
Using the Pampers growth chart, that puts her around 90th percentile for height! But only 75th for weight.  String bean.

EATING
 Still drinking 5.5-6oz bottles of breastmilk.  Since she stares us down and gives us the best sassy face if we ever thinking about eating in front of her and not sharing [which for the record, we don't share since she's too little for almost everything, we just feel terrible like we are dangling bacon in front of a puppy] we have added a second 2oz. baby food meal every day!  In addition to 2oz dinner at home, she's getting a brunch/lunch meal at daycare and on the weekends. She does very well with normal spoon-feeding or from our Boon Squirt Silicone Feeder. 

Foods we have tried & liked:  Sweet potatoes, Carrots, Squash, Peas, Green beans, Prunes, Pumpkin, Zucchini, Spinach, Bananas, Pears

"Real"food she's used as teethers:  Whole baby dill pickles, plain unsalted French fry, carrot sticks [guess which one of those Daddy offered....]

Foods we have tried & hated:  Apples, Peaches

No such luck with a sippy cup yet. 

 

 

TEETHING
Nothing has poked through yet! We'll see!

 

SLEEPING
Still great! Although some congestion over the past week has had her a little off the norm.  She's getting very attached to a couple of her little blankeys--especially the green one above because she loves the silk tags.  She also loves a silky one with a baby doll attached to it from her Grandma & Grandpa.  She rubs the silk on her nose as she sucks her thumb.  We don't let her sleep with one in her crib, but whenever she's napping she's usually in her bouncy seat or stroller and we let her have it.

ACTIVITY
She is getting so close to crawling! She's not doing as much of her inchworm technique anymore...she's figured out that she needs to be up on her arms, and she's started to get up on her knees...it's just getting the coordination down to make it all work together that she's still working on.  For now, she tries, tries, and then gives up and rolls.

Still obsessed with her jumperoo.  She also loves her One Two Squeeze blocks.  She is very inquisitive--her favorite parts of toys are the parts that "make things work" or the speaker where sound comes out, more so than the fun decorative parts of toys.  If anything has a silk tag on it, she is in love.  She especially likes burp cloths because she discovered that they have a large silk tag.

She loves to copy sounds, and now says/does the following:
"Da da da da da"
"Ma ma ma ma ma"
"Ssssssssssssss"
"Thhhhhhhh"
"Kkkkkk"
"Ba ba ba ba"
"Ta ta ta ta"

Lots of little blabber conversations with herself and with us.  She doesn't really associate any of that with specific things, she just likes making those sounds and will copy a lot of the time if we do them.  She sort of knows that DaDa is associated with Jake and MaMa is associated with me, but I'm not sure if she gets it that that's our names.  She definitely knows her own name and will give a big smile when we say it!

  
DIAPERING
Size 3...I feel like we'll be here for a while.

 CLOTHES
Mostly 6-9 months.



Grandparent's Day Handprint Crafts!

Being baptized, held by her Godmother :)

 SPECIAL FIRSTS 
--Saying "Mamamamamama"
--Being Baptized!

--Watched her first UGA football game

--First handprint crafts