Riley is Changing So Fast!

So much has changed with Riley since I posted last. First, she is pretty much completely over the RSV and Bronchiolitis. We haven't given her a breathing treatment in two days! She is doing great and sleeping much better.

Second, She is sitting up on her own for long periods. She did such a great job with her pictures. She sat up for about 10 minutes straight and smiled like the flirt she is! She loves to sit in her jump-a-roo and exersaucer and chew whatever she can get her hands one. Which leads me to number three....teething is underway. We've had to start rubbing the numbing gel on her little gums. She is constantly chewing on blankets, toys, hands, shirts, pacies...you name it, she's chewing it.

Forth, she is drinking from a sippy cup. I'm not so sure she's actually drinking, but she's sucking. We started giving her a little bit of water after she eats her solids and she loves it. I tried putting milk in her sippy and she thought that was just the most absurd thing ever! Mom should have known that milk belongs in bottles!

Riley has also found her feet. They might be her favorite toys at the moment. It has made changing her diaper interesting. Half of the pictures taken last week show her obsession. It's too funny, until she is constantly pulling her socks off!

Last and most exciting, she's finally rolling over. Yippie! My goal this weekend was to teach her to roll over. She's never been interested and totally develops on her own time. I've given her a little break since she has 5 weeks of catching up to do. She's always been able to push up and swing her legs, but her arms always held her up. We worked on showing her how to manuever her arm so that it wouldn't stop her and she did it! Not just once, but three times completely on her own!

Our next project...soothing herself to sleep. Friday I started a method I read about online. I put Riley down in her crib...she cries...I pick her up...she calms down...I lay her back down...repeat x10...Riley falls asleep. Each time it is taking less and less time for Riley to calm down and go to sleep. I'm hoping that this method works and soon we won't need to rock and cuddle her to sleep every night. I'll keep you all posted on how it goes.