Bathtime fun
Would've looked great in Kodachrome, don'tcha think?
Rye began teething in early January. This has not been fun for any of us. The Hyland's tablets seem to work all right, or sometimes a chilled washcloth. He hasn't seemed to like the frozen silicone teether toys or Nuks, however, he does love his plain Nuby teether (room temp) and his Haba Kringelring. After the days and nights of drama, we have yet to see a tooth.
He has discovered his fingers, and sometimes watches them. He's developing his pinch grasp more finely. He is consistently moving objects (especially the pacifier) from one hand to the other. He can remove his pacifier from his mouth with his thumb and first finger, and often can get it back in. He tries to reach for toys he wants. If he wants to see something close-up, however, he leans his head and whole body towards it until he falls over, rather than bringing the object closer to him. Oftentimes if he drops something, he looks to see where it went.
Rye LOVES the skwish toy the Kormans gave him, and frequently overdoses on it. He tries to put it in his mouth and sucks on the knobs.
Rye is sympathetic to other crying babies, and that makes him cry as well. He talks constantly in some sort of Urdu or foreign language that involves a lot of vowels, M and L sounds. It's very cute.
Rye was excited to return home after being away for several days. He gets excited for certain toys to play with, kicking and smiling. He kicks with joy in the bath tub. He reaches for the cups that pour water in the bath. He LOVES horsey rides.
He likes having a soft cloth on his face when he is settling down to sleep, especially his soft Angel Dear lamb lovey. He covers his face with his hands when he is really tired.
Rye likes to grab for things now. Sitting down to dinner is a new adventure, you have to move everything out of his reach, especially the silverware. He also likes to grabs for books, especially to close the cover while you are reading, or turn the pages. He tries to be in touch with Mommy and Daddy, reaching a hand out whenever they are near.
He can sit with support, like leaning on the couch cushions, and he doesn't fall over as readily as he used to. He often "asks" to be picked up now, by holding up his arms.
He seems to recognize his name, and turns toward you when you say it sometimes. He likes riding in the car, so he can watch the world go by out the window. Well...he can watch the treetops go by, his seat is so low. We have practiced some "object permanence" with peek-a-boo, but he doesn't totally get it, yet..although he sometimes is delighted to see Mommy's face peek out from behind the cloth.
He likes to see what that "other" baby is doing in the mirror (except when that baby is crying), and always is thrilled that Mommy is in there, too!
He was quite upset this week that he wasn't allowed out of the carseat to play with a flock of pigeons eating crumbs in a parking lot. I tried to explain that birds are for looking at with your eyes, but he wasn't buying it.
We currently are using The Wonder Years by Tanya Altmann and The Baby Book by the Sears family to see how Rye is progressing developmentally.
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