at 8 months our Rylee Girl...
- is such a good sleeper! She loves to sleep and usually gets 11-12 hours of sleep at night and another 2 naps (each 1-2 hours long) in during the day! We've been lucky with this kid. She came to us as a good sleeper. Don't ask us the secret to a baby who sleeps well. You'll have to ask Rylee that question!
- loves to splash in the bathtub and has started getting some serious distance on her splashing! Tyler or I usually ends up with an arm that gets soaked by the end of the first "Rubber Ducky" song.
- is slowly starting to rock back and forth on her hands and knees and is revving up to get crawling! She still loves to scoot around on her back using the back of her head and her heels to propel her backwards towards the object of her affection at that time (usually her stuffed bear or stuffed seal).
- has started making little wheezing sounds to get someone's attention if you're ignoring her. Especially her Great Grandma Kussee. She couldn't get enough of Great Grandma during our last Sunday dinner. She'd wheeze and then giggle and laugh when Grandma would turn and look at her!
- is still a pro at eating. Everything. Her favorites are still sweet potatoes, green beans, and applesauce, but she downs everything else she's given. Girl loves her food!
- has started to get a little clingy to her mama and daddy. She's started throwing a fit when I'm not in the same room or if she can't see me. However, she still does just fine when her aunties, uncles, or grandparents come over to babysit while we go out for a couple of hours. Funny goose. The doc says it should just be a "phase," so I'm crossing my finger sand hoping she does grow out of it eventually. For now, it's a little flattering and secretly makes her parents smile (unless the laundry is screaming to be folded and she's screaming to not be left alone)...
- babbles day in and day out. Her stand-by favorites are "babababa," "mamamamamamama," "dadadadada," and a couple of "wawawawa's."
- loves to snuggle. Props to our little Ry-Ry for being the cutest little snuggler on earth.
- has started reaching for people when she wants to go to them. She usually reaches for mama or daddy, but has been known to go to an uncle or auntie.
- loves gnawing on anything soft that soaks up her drool. Her cloth headbands, washcloths, her stuffed animals tags, flippers, and ears. She improvises and makes her own teething toys...
- has the cutest squeals and laughs! We can't help but laugh whenever she does. It also leads to numerous tickle torture sessions every day. I can't help myself.
- loves electronics. She loves the opening song of "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" and thinks it's so funny when we talk on the phone. She loves listening to her grandparents and daddy on the speaker phone. It must be because we rarely let her watch T.V. and play on our phones. But, when needed, Daniel Tiger does sing to her a few times a day and she giggles and claps.
- has created her own way to clap (as our instagram friends have witnessed). Rather than clapping with her hand coming together horizontally, this girl claps vertically by slapping her palm and back of her hand together. Cutest. Thing. Ever.
nicknames: Smiley Rylee, Ry-Ry (most used), Otter Pop, Peanut
(this is such a Ry-Ry picture. Behind all of those laughs and giggles she is our analytical and serious baby when she's figuring things out.)
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