1. At 8 months old Ryann is still pretty moody. Throughout her short life Ryann has always been very fussy. At three months old she was awake more often than normal and caused some disputes between my partner and me over lack of sleep. She was often fussy for no reason, and now at 9 months, it is difficult to soothe her. She sometimes accepts my embraces and sometimes pushes me away.
Ryann's always been a healthy eater. She was breastfed until I had to go back to work. When that happened I still breastfed her, but because I wasn't always there, we started supplementing with formula during the day. When she was able to start eating more than formula we gave her different types of baby food each couple of days and she handled it very well. Ryann is able to digest new foods well so now we are going to start giving her an even bigger variety of foods. One thing we will start doing is grinding up foods from the family dinner. I'm sure she'll take to it very well like she always has.
Ever since Ryann was 3 months old she's had great motor skills. When she was younger she had no problem looking up at me and making eye contact, as well as developing lots of cute little habits. We did try Piaget's object performance test, and while the results were not the best, she was still able to find the toy almost every time. We even had to baby proof the entire house so that while she was moving around and experience her surroundings she would not get hurt. Overall she is very advanced in her motor skills. She enjoys crawling, pulling up to stand, and manipulation objects.
2. According to Thomas and Chess's classic temperamental categories Ryann is an "easy" baby. Although she is fussy, she gets over things very quickly. She has great eating habits, she's very open and even likes being introduced to new people and situations. She handles change very positively. I based this judgement on the discription of the three types of babies according to Thomas and Chess's categories.
3. Ryann has always been breastfed, and I was with her the majority of her first few months while my partner was at work . At 3 months we spent a lot of time together and that resulted in her being very attached to me and not so attached to my partner. After a few months my partner and I decided that he would spend more time changing, feeding, and playing with her in order to strengthen their bond. Even while going to daycare she was still reluctant to part from me, however after a few minutes without me being there she soon got over it.
So far I'm very happy with Ryann's development and I look forward to seeing what's in the future.
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Ryann and my Gabriel are having the same attachment issues. Gabriel is also very attached to me and not quite as attached to my husband. We are also trying to have him get more involved in Gabriel's daily life. I hope it works for both of us!
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