The Eberhard Family

* Saturday, 19th April 2008 - 9 months & 2 weeks * This morning, after I've just changed her nappy, I heard her farting. Then again, I thought, wait, I think she might be pooing. So I quickly took her to the bathroom and put on the baby toilet seat thingy for her and sat her down. She wasn't too sure what that was about, and was wanting me to hold her. I kept distracting her with the toys and waited... then I heard a noise, a dropping into the water. Aha! We are pooing and not in the nappy! Yah! I thought it's nice to be able to just take her to poo and pee whenever we can tell she "might" need to go. Just slowly and see how we go. Hopefully save a few nappies :P But overall, still an expensive nappy day, as she did it again later in the day. I thought, she already had pooed 3 times today, surely not again.... *sigh* So I guess next time, if there's multiple farting events, we will take her to sit on the toilet for a few minutes just in case! - scroll down...

I had to look after Emma by myself as Sally had to attend a work related function in the evening the other day. I made her some pasta for dinner and she loved it. Chomp, chomp, chomp. Then she cried - she wanted her bottle as well. I gave it to her and made myself some popcorn. While sitting watching her play I was eating it so she came over all interested like. So I got the rest of the pasta out (I'd made enough for 2 days) and she ate it all! She is a great greedy guts - just like her Dad!

* Wednesday, 16th April 2008 - 9 months & 1-2 weeks * Today when we picked her up from daycare, I've been told that she's taken 2 steps today! And we were very eagar to see it for ourselves but of course, have to wait for it to happen by itself! :P Luckily this little one cooperated and tried to chase us for the telephone to play with... she took 2 steps forward, was almost walking too fast, then landed on the floor! But wow. So I guess if it takes her 8 days to take one extra steps, surely we still have a month or two before she's be walking around, eh! So I can keep putting off hiding more things in the house till later.... :P -------------------------- 今天去接妹妹回家的時候, 老師跟我說他今天走了兩步喔! 爸爸媽媽超想看的... 回家就給他站著... 不過還是乖乖要等他高興走! 不過很幸運的, 他一直要跟我們拿電話去吃, 為了搶電話就往我們這裡很快的走了兩小步, 然後跌倒! 嘿嘿.... 走太快了重心不穩. 懶惰的媽想說, 8天才學會走一步, 那我收東西可以在慢慢拖吧, 應該還可以撐個一兩個月吧? :P

* Wednesday, 16th April 2008 - 9 months & 1-2 weeks * I've been told Emma is very popular in daycare before. I know most of the teachers really like her! Most of them wanted to see her smile every time they see her and she's not stingy with her smiles either! Big smiles for everyone. A few weeks ago, I had two little girls, still can't talk a lot but was busy going "Emma, Emma!" Wow! I thought that was amazing! Today, I went to pick her up, as I was walking in, some 2 year+ kids were yelling out "mummy" "mummy" from the window. I didn't respond, 'cause I'm not their mummy! Then it was like "Emma mummy", "Emma mummy". Wow!! Okay, hello! I know the teachers like her, as she hardly cries, always seem to be very happy and very active and interactive. They are also very proud of her developments. Not too sure why the kids also like her though. But it's all good :) ------------------------- 之前就聽說妹妹在學校人氣很旺, 我知道學...

* Saturday, 13th April 2008 - 9 months + 1 week* Today, Emma met 3 other little babies. Joy, 8 months old. Another 7 months old boy and another little boy who's 3 days younger. Not only she's the biggest out of them all, her record for fighting over toys is 3:0 to Emma, which is a bit of a worry! > Well, mummy used to bully other boys in school, daddy's big, so no one bullies him. Our little Emma is starting from such a young age... not sure if it's a good thing or not. ^^;; ------------------------------------------------- 今天跟3個小朋友玩喔... 一個8個月大的妹妹, 一個7個月大的弟弟, 還有一個小他3天的弟弟. 除了他塊頭比人家大, 搶玩具的紀錄是 3:0 , Emma 獲勝. 傷腦筋 > 嗯, 想想媽媽以前在學校都欺侮男生, 爸爸塊頭大, 也沒有被欺侮的份.... 我們妹妹年紀小小就這樣... 不好吧...

* Tuesday, 8th April - 9 months + 4 days* At bath time on Tuesday, Emma was so focused on playing with her bathtime toys, she stood there without support for a little... then saw mummy, got all happy and took one step towards mummy. All unsupported. But mummy and daddy were so excited, we cheered a little too loud and frightened her. So she went from standing, one step forward, jumped a little as she got frightened and landed on her bum on the floor. A few days later, she also took one step towards mummy from the coffee table, then she was able to reach mummy's leg for support after that. Today, (Saturday, 13th April) we visited another baby. At one point, she stood by herself for a bit, then took one step forward. And everyone (except the other baby) all cheered! But only one step, then we landed on the floor again :P She can do squats with support easily and sometimes without support as well. Very confident on her feet now. Still wobbles at times. Very interesting to watch her. -...

* Saturday, 22nd March, 2008 - 8 months + 2-3 weeks* First wedding Emma has ever been to, was her uncle Phil's wedding! Where daddy is the bestman of the wedding! 這天是妹妹第一次參加婚禮喔! 是他叔叔 Phil, 的婚禮. 他爸爸是主伴郎喔! Emma was looking all curious and not too sure what's going on. 妹妹很好奇的到處看, 不知道發生什麼事情了 But soon was getting bored! Insisted in chewing the thing that was hanging on mummy's bag. 不過我們後來就無聊啦... 一直要吃媽媽包包上面的吊飾! Here's daddy and uncle Phil (all smiling, didn't show you the one where Phil's looking rather nervous!) 爸爸跟叔叔 (笑的很開心喔! 我們還有一張叔叔很緊張的照片, 嘿嘿) Emma along with the crowd waiting for the bride to arrive. 大家在等新娘到... Emma was quietly sitting in the stroller eating rice cracker for the whole ceremony! As soon as that was done, nope... not happy. Too bored, want to get out! So mummy had to hold her pretty much from that point till towards the end, with some help from grandparents and others taking turn. And daddy kept coming over to check and help whenever he can. 妹妹很奇蹟的...

* Easter 2008 - 8 months 2-3 weeks * Here's a few photos of Emma in this Christchurch visit during Easter. Didn't take a lot of photos, as we were busy watching her play :P 這次去爺爺奶奶(在基督城)家玩的照片. 因為忙著看著他, 很多沒有照到. Playing with her toys, she learns how to take the blocks out of the box! But doesn't know how to put them back though! 玩玩具, 學會了把積木從盒子裡抓出來玩, 不會放回去就是了! Grandad is checking if she would walk with him, and she walked a few steps. 爺爺帶著妹妹走幾步路看看, 妹妹有人牽著就走幾步. Emma showing us how she's taken all the books off one level of the bookshelf. She's very proud of herself! 妹妹把書櫃其中一層的書都丟到地上囉! 還很得意呢! A long battle with daddy over nap time, finally... both of them fell asleep on the bed. 跟爸爸奮戰了很久, 終於兩個都睡著了 Sitting with grandad 爺爺抱著他坐 Almost falling asleep on grandma 被奶奶抱著,快睡著了 What's Emma eating? 看我們在吃什麼呢? Oh and Emma also had an interesting experience with the dog (Mozzi) and the cat (Oscar). She went from very scared of both of them, ie. cry and crawl away... to slowly beco...

* Monday, March 10th 2008 - 8 months old * 八個月大 # This is a back log # - "舊聞" Trying to feed Emma her rice porridge that evening was a bit of a struggle. She kept wanting to grab the bowl and have a try. Mummy read somewhere that they would want to feed themselves, it'd be messy but we should give them a go. So here's the results of Emma grabbed the food from the bowl... can't get much into her mouth... 那天要餵妹妹吃飯真的是有夠傷腦筋. 他一直要來抓碗, 不給他抓就生氣又不肯吃飯. 媽媽有聽說, 小朋友會想要自己餵自己吃飯, 我們應該要鼓勵他們, 會弄得很髒就是了... 以下就是結果... 抓了一把粥也吃不到什麼... Ended up all over herself... 結果就全身都是了... Still refusing to be fed (refusing to open her mouth) 還是不肯給人家餵他吃 (嘴巴不肯張開) And she wants to taste the bowl, too! 還連碗都要咬一下才甘心!

* Thursday, 3rd April 2008 - almost 9 months* Last few days, we've noticed Emma is more and more steady on her feet. More and more times we noticed her standing up without support for a few seconds. Today, she was standing for almost 10 seconds! Last night, she's even walk one little step forward. She was trying to get from her toy to me, the gap was just a little too big. So she step forward and landed on me, still standing though. Whereas in the past, she would have landed on the floor flat first and had to crawl then stand up again. It's amazing watching these developments! ------------------------------------ 最近這幾天發現妹妹越站越穩, 越來越多次就自己空手站著一下下. 今天還有次他這樣站了快10秒! 他還會蹲著玩呢! 昨天晚上還走了一小步! 他從他的玩具要走過來媽媽這裡, 中間剛好就差了那麼一步! 他就往前一步然後倒在我身上..還是站著就是了! 以前就還沒到媽媽這裡就先到地上囉! 看著他這樣慢慢成長, 真的好神奇喔! :)

* Tuesday, 1st April - almost 9 months* Today she had her plunket 9 months check. The nurse checked progress and was very happy. Measurements: Weight: 9.72kg Height: 72.5cm (but she was very wriggly, so the nurse said this is very rough) Head: 43.5cm I don't think the height was right, as early Feb, she was measured as 73.5cm and she had been getting taller judging from her clothes and how she can reach higher now. But it's possible that both aren't accurate. So mummy being particular... I've been trying to measure her at home myself, each time is around 74-75cm. That's okay, we will have her measured again some other time. I've been buying mainly size 1 or 2 clothes for her now anyway :P ------------------------------------- 妹妹今天去 Plunket 護士那 9 個月檢查. 護士對他的發展很滿意. 體重: 9.72 公斤 身高: 72.5公分 (不過他一直不肯躺下來, 所以護士說只能量大概囉) 頭圍: 43.5公分 我覺得身高應該沒有量好, 因為2月出他量起來就有 73.5 公分. 看他的衣服跟他現在可以摸到的地方越來越高, 我知道他這7週有在長高. 也有可能兩次都量錯啦.. 上次太高這次不夠高? 媽媽就很想知道啊... 所以就在家自己量啊.. 腳底踏平踏在牆上... 把他抓好就可以自己量囉.....

* 8 months & 3-4 weeks * After those throwing up twice... just after midnight on Saturday, she cried. I went to check and just feeling around her to make sure she's not throwing up again. I felt something wet on her clothes.... and it didn't smell good. This time, it was the explosive diarrhoea that went up from her back. Not too much but still. So for the first time, in the middle of the night, she got another shower. Soaped and cleaned up, then back to bed for Emma. More washing for mummy in the middle of the night. On Sunday, she still wasn't very keen on solids, had some milk on and off. But she had 3 good naps, 45mins, 1hour 20 and 1 hour 40mins. She seems to be much happier and still quite sleepy. She was playing but a lot more clingy and cuddly for a while. Then off to play for a bit befor she'd sit still for a while again. Monday morning, she woke up with another explosive poo... so she got a bum wash and cleaned up again. But at least she's eating, drin...