The Eberhard Family

We've moved the blog to our own site. 我們把部落格搬到自己的網頁上去囉. http://www.eberhardnz.com/

* 14 months * Can't really remember exactly when this started, but Emma started from chewing on her fingers/hand when she was teething or something, slowly that seemed to have become a comfortor for her. She started sucking the finger when she's sleepy and then slowly sucking it more and more... when she's being told off, or crying because she can't get what she wants, then she'd suck her finger to calm and comfort herself. Funny thing is, she only sucks the right hand index finger most of the time. I was a bit worried about that. I'm okay with her sucking fingers, if she would rotate them. But only 1 finger was making the finger very wrinkly and dry. I worry that the skin may break, but the nurse on the WellChild help line said we can't really do much about it and it's normal for the kids to do that. A few days ago, we found there was a bit of skin broken on her finger and after comparing both hands, her right hand index finger is definitely looking qui...

* 13 months + 3 weeks * I haven't been posting much lately, there's been many little things I tend to forget later. While I'm not feeling too lazy today, will record a few little things happened today. This morning, I found a new tooth cut through! The last tooth came out almost 4 months ago! Talk about being slow! This time, it's the top left molar. No wonder she has been waking up a lot the last 4-5 nights! This morning, when she got up, she still has her PJs on. Then she noticed there's lots of patterns on it and was pointing at them. So we told her, it's 小花 (flower in Chinese), Flower. We repeated a few times, then she started trying to say "flower". (not very good pronounciation but she was trying to copy us) Oh and while mummy was dressing her, she fell from the couch, which is nothing unusual. That one is quite low and she climbs up and down it easily. Falling over is an daily activity, usually that doesn't bother her at all. So I wasn't...

Have you ever noticed how babies are not quite as cute at 2am?

* Thursday, 14th Aug 2008 - 13 months + 1 week * After we picked her up from the daycare that evening, all of a sudden, she started to make lots of new noises that we haven't heard before. Also started doing "oh-oh" (the sound kids make when they are in trouble). Now, if she drops something, something falls off or she falls over, she would say "oh-oh". Very very cute!! She also mumbles to herself with lots of new noises! It's quite amazing! 那天下課回家, 也不知道怎麼著, 就一直發出很多新的聲音... 還會說 "喔喔" (很像做了什麼壞事情). 現在東西掉了啊, 跌倒了等等就會自己在那裡 "喔喔"! 超可愛的! 還會一直自己喃喃自語的不知道在說什麼, 不過會發的聲音越來越多了!

* 11months + * Probably from 11 months on, or earlier, depends on what, Emma is getting better and better of making herself understood. Already know how to indicate she wants you to pick her up, hold her by raising both arms. (Earler, at 7 months, she grabs your hands and put them under her armpit ); 10 months, she started pointing at food and say "mum mum"; eventually evolves to having to check what's coming out of the microwave as soon as it starts beeping! She'd point at the hot water thingy we have (always have boiled water) and say "mum mum" for milky, as you need hot water to make milky! If she wants to go out, she will drag you to the door and points at the door; If she wants to see the birds, she say "birds" (or when she spots a bird outside) If she wants you for something, she will cry for attention or drag you there... for example, to play with her, read with her, open the lid, close the lid, turn on the music on her toys (as we turn it o...