My little guy (7 Months 3 weeks) loves...............
to stay with mommy. Sometimes that drives her a little insane esp. when it's an all day marathon.
to nurse and can do so for a good hour until he is asleep and even when is asleep.
(mostly) can't wait to come to mommy. His whole upper body dives forward, sometimes little too fast. But he'll go to daddy, sister and brother too.
to rip out tissue paper or lettuce or anything he can rip, he loves.
to have a taste of whatever it is we are eating.
to play with water bottle.
to handle and investigate a book.
to put things in his mouths.
to take a bath. He gets so excited when I'm taking off his clothes.
to play with stacking cubes. He like to bang them.
to clap his hands. He's got really strong fine motor skills.
to have someone in our family to hold him, esp. mommy.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Baby A's first long car trip
On Friday afternoon, we left for Chicago not realizing there's a snow storm warning there. So instead of 5 hours that it would normal take us, it took us 8 hours. There wasn't actually too much snow, maybe 3 inches or so but it was extra extra slow, the closer we got to Chicago. But baby A did pretty well; at least much better than we anticipated. He didn't cry or fuss too much, and in his normal fashion, only slept for 20 minutes after what seemed like a long time, 20 minutes. It was pretty much the same on the way back. J/W however asked what feels like a 100 times, are we out of MI yet? But the answer was pretty much always not yet.
We went to Chicago for the JUMP dance convention for J. There was a party on Friday that we had intended to let J attend, but given the snow storm, obviously we didn't make it on time. The rest of the convention J was there for. She was a real trooper, not complaining once about having to get up at 6:30 in the morning to get ready for JUMP. She was also very independent as we did not stay with her at the hotel. I did come to watch the closing show, but she wasn't even in it. It was only for dance academies who competed in the the convention. But at the closing show, J was surprised she was offered a scholarship for her excellent work in ballet during class. We are so proud of her!
During the time we stayed in Chicago, we stayed at a relatives' place. We didn't even knew we had such relatives until a little while ago. But they were very hospitable, and insisted we stayed with them. Lucky for us, they live pretty close to where JUMP was held so we commuted. They were very nice to us, making us meal breakfast, lunch and dinner. So someday, we hope to return the favor they showered upon us.
Of course, being in new place, baby A did not sleep well. So he had to sleep with us for the 3 nights on a full size bed the whole night and woke up to nurse many times. It was really tough and I feel like I have not slept in ages. Now that I'm home, I'm so glad. It is truly home sweet home!
We went to Chicago for the JUMP dance convention for J. There was a party on Friday that we had intended to let J attend, but given the snow storm, obviously we didn't make it on time. The rest of the convention J was there for. She was a real trooper, not complaining once about having to get up at 6:30 in the morning to get ready for JUMP. She was also very independent as we did not stay with her at the hotel. I did come to watch the closing show, but she wasn't even in it. It was only for dance academies who competed in the the convention. But at the closing show, J was surprised she was offered a scholarship for her excellent work in ballet during class. We are so proud of her!
During the time we stayed in Chicago, we stayed at a relatives' place. We didn't even knew we had such relatives until a little while ago. But they were very hospitable, and insisted we stayed with them. Lucky for us, they live pretty close to where JUMP was held so we commuted. They were very nice to us, making us meal breakfast, lunch and dinner. So someday, we hope to return the favor they showered upon us.
Of course, being in new place, baby A did not sleep well. So he had to sleep with us for the 3 nights on a full size bed the whole night and woke up to nurse many times. It was really tough and I feel like I have not slept in ages. Now that I'm home, I'm so glad. It is truly home sweet home!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
crawling
Just want to put a quick note here that baby A has started trying to crawl. He is moving back and sticking up his butt high. It is really cute. He is also really strong on his leg and can stand holding to the edge of a chair/sofa for some time.
This last Sunday we were out all day, first meeting Grandma for lunch then going to a birthday party. Because of that, baby A slept very little. Ever since then, he's on a napping strike. For the last couple days, he naps 5-20 minutes for the whole day then wakes up numerous times at night. So it's been exhausting.
We will be out of town this weekend again so it won't help the matter much but hopefully when we come back, we'll try to resume normal schedule.
This last Sunday we were out all day, first meeting Grandma for lunch then going to a birthday party. Because of that, baby A slept very little. Ever since then, he's on a napping strike. For the last couple days, he naps 5-20 minutes for the whole day then wakes up numerous times at night. So it's been exhausting.
We will be out of town this weekend again so it won't help the matter much but hopefully when we come back, we'll try to resume normal schedule.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
EC
I had accidentally read about EC before baby A was born. After reading the "Diaper Free Baby" by by Christine Gross-Loh, I was more than willing to try. When baby A was brand new, he signaled loud and clear whenever he needed to relieve himself and did not like to do it in his diaper. But when he was that age, he seemed to need to go too often, like every 10-15 minute that it was too much for us to deal with at the time so we gave up for the time being.
Fast forward 7 months and baby A is starting to eat solid food, and even though we use cloth diaper, baby A's bottom still seemed red, dry and chafe. I'm sure having more solid poop does not help. So I began thinking about EC again. But at this age, he is used to doing it in diaper. So the last few days, I have been letting him go diaper free most of the time and his bottom look much better. Today was the first day I had real success. I cued him and he went in the toilet while we were at archery. Hubby had success the last few days. It's really just about holding him for some time and paying attention. Hubby even caught a poop in the toilet. But later in the day, I got busy and didn't pay attention to his cues (fussing and kicking his legs), baby A went back to his old habits and went in his diaper. So I def. plan to continue EC and pay attention and communicate with my baby. To know that I can communicate with my baby is amazing.
Fast forward 7 months and baby A is starting to eat solid food, and even though we use cloth diaper, baby A's bottom still seemed red, dry and chafe. I'm sure having more solid poop does not help. So I began thinking about EC again. But at this age, he is used to doing it in diaper. So the last few days, I have been letting him go diaper free most of the time and his bottom look much better. Today was the first day I had real success. I cued him and he went in the toilet while we were at archery. Hubby had success the last few days. It's really just about holding him for some time and paying attention. Hubby even caught a poop in the toilet. But later in the day, I got busy and didn't pay attention to his cues (fussing and kicking his legs), baby A went back to his old habits and went in his diaper. So I def. plan to continue EC and pay attention and communicate with my baby. To know that I can communicate with my baby is amazing.
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