The Eberhard Family

Blog has been moved - 部落格搬家囉

2008-09-06T20:53:00.003+12:00

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/

Sucking finger - 吃手指

2008-09-03T19:38:00.004+12:00

* 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 quite swollan up. We tried using the mittens, we only got a very puzzled look from her staring at her mittens, but within 30 seconds, they were off.

Last night, daddy decided to try putting her in a little wrap that came with mittens on the sleeves. He only wrapped her right hand, thinking she can suck on the left hand fingers as an alternative. But we decided, only the right hand index finger, nothing else! Just kept scratching her chin... and wanting mummy to hold her to sleep. So the end result, everyone was sleep deprived and rather tired. This is on top of her already not sleeping well in the last 2.5 weeks. Only slept through once during this time! So daddy tried to put her to bed tonight by himself, very patiently sitting there with her and wait for her to fall asleep before putting her back to her own cot. At least this way we can both comfort her to sleep while she's still teething.

Really hope she sleeps better soon before we all go crazy!!
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也不太記得是什麼時候開始的, 妹妹開始慢慢的, 從因為長牙很癢開始吃手手... 變成想睡覺就把手手當奶嘴吃, 又慢慢的變成常常在吃, 或是被罵啊, 要什麼不給他在哭的時候, 安撫自己就吃手手.
很奇怪的是, 都只要吃右手的食指.

媽媽有點擔心這樣吃不知道手會不會吃壞啊... 這麼常的吃的濕濕的, 那隻手指頭都已經皺皺乾乾的了, 很怕會破皮. 問了健康專線的護士, 說小朋友吃手很正常, 所以也就只能讓他們吃...

前幾天發現他手上真的破了皮... 後來兩隻手比較下發現, 右手的食指很像腫腫的. 我們試著用手套把他包起來, 他先是一臉疑惑的看著他的手, 不過結果也是知道的, 他不用30秒就把手套拿下來了...

昨天晚上爸爸決定, 先用衣服給他包起來吧... 我們有一件衣服袖子上是有手套的, 這樣就拿不下來了... 而且只包右手喔, 這樣還可以吃左手, 不過我們就不吃了... 只是一直抓下巴...不過昨晚倒是幾次就要媽媽抱著他睡才肯睡. 結果大家都睡眠不足. 加上他最近長牙已經吵了兩個多星期了... 爸爸覺得這樣不是辦法, 今晚很有耐性的成功的哄他睡著了...才把他放回床上自己睡.

希望他早點長好牙, 可以乖乖睡覺... 不然爸爸媽媽快不行啦 ^^;;

A few things happened today - 7th tooth, "flower", arm hurting, rabbit, humpty dumpty

2008-08-23T21:45:00.007+12:00

* 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 paying attention. But then, there was this loud cry! (She usually doesn't cry unless it hurts quite a bit) Then I remember seeing her arm in a funny position as she landed. I think she must have twisted it somehow. We checked and she seems to be ok, but she has been complaining every now and then, and has not been using her left hand much either. Will see how she does tomorrow.

And we saw a rabbit in close encounter for the first time! (Will post later with photos!)

This afternoon, my cousin and wife came over to see my bro (who's here visiting at the moment). Emma brought her book "Five little monkey" over for us to read for her. Then we started talking about kiddie books, nursery rhymes etc. We mentioned humpty dumpty.... etc. Then, here she comes with the book, Humpty Dumpty. I'm not really sure if she knows which book is what or that was just the first other book she picked up by coincident.

What an eventful day!
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最近很少寫部落格啦, 也常常有些事情就這樣忘記了... 趁今天還記得發生了幾樣小事情, 先寫下來吧...

早上發現妹妹多長出了一顆牙! 終於! 上次長牙已經是快4個月前的事情了! 這次是上排左邊的第一顆臼齒呢! 難怪給我吵了幾個晚上睡不好...

妹妹今天早上起床還穿著睡衣, 突然發覺到上面有很多圖案. 我們跟他說, 是小花, flower. 重複了幾次, 他就跟著很不標準的說起了 "flower". 不過我想, 這個比較難吧, 應該不會記得的.

早上在換衣服的時候, 他從沙發上跌了下來. 那張沙發是很低的, 天天爬上爬下的也沒問題. 到處跌倒也是天天發生的事情, 他也沒差. 所以我也沒有特別管他, 不過這次倒是慘叫一聲開始哭起來了! 平時我們是沒有很痛不會哭的. 想起剛剛好像他跌下去, 手的位置好像怪怪的, 可能壓到手了, 扭到了還是怎樣來著... 我們檢查了一下, 又看他也沒有一直哭下去, 應該是沒事. 不過一整天也是有時弄到手會哭, 又不太用左手... 明天在觀察看看吧.

今天還第一次看到小兔子喔, 這個改天寫! 有照片的喔! :)

下午我表弟他們來找我弟, 妹妹拿著 "Five little monkey" 的書來給我們. 我們唸給他聽之後, 在聊幾小朋友的書跟童謠... 說到 humpty dumpty. 說著, 他就跑去把那本書拿了過來. 也不知道他是真的知道哪本書是講什麼的, 還是湊巧拿到的... :)

現在想想今天還發生了不少事情...

Cuteness

2008-08-22T05:52:00.000+12:00

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

Emma loves to "talk" - 妹妹愛"說話"

2008-08-18T20:51:00.003+12:00

* 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!

Making ourselves understood - 我要這個...

2008-07-27T20:57:00.004+12:00

* 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 off when they aren't being used- too noisy) etc
If she doesn't want anything, she shakes her head, pushes your hand away, or whatever you give her away.

If she wants something and you don't give it to her, she starts to cry and protest. She also checks if you are watching or not. If you ignore her, she cries louder.... keep ignoring her, eventually she will go play with something else, or find someone else who won't ignore her. :P

When she's playing, if you are sitting on the floor, she'd make herself very comfortable, wriggle her bums and sits on your legs.

There's probably more...

It's amazing how soon, she's already not a baby anymore, she's a little person with her own personalities!
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大概從11個多月起吧, 或是更早就要看什麼了. 妹妹越來越懂的怎樣表達自己要什麼.

很早就會兩手伸起來要抱抱了 (在更早一點 - 7個多月 - 是會來抓我的手, 放在他腋下);
10個月的時候就會指著食物說 "mum mum"; 後來進化到, 只要圍波爐嗶的一聲, 他就要你抱他去檢查看看有什麼好吃的....
會指著熱水壺說 "mum mum" 就是要喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ, 因為泡ㄋㄟㄋㄟ要熱水.
要出去玩, 出去看鳥就拖著你到門口指著門;
要看鳥就叫 "bird" (或是自己看到窗外的鳥也會叫 bird);
要你來做什麼, 就會發出抗議的叫聲或是把你拖來, 把東西拿給你
像是陪他玩啊, 看書啊, 幫他把蓋子蓋好打開啊, 玩具音樂被切掉的要打開啊... 等等
不要就搖頭把你手推開, 或是你拿給他的東西推開等等.
要什麼不給就"盧", 就開始番起來哭啊叫啊, 還會一邊看你有沒有在看咧. 要是一直都不理他就哭大聲一點, 再不理他就乖乖自己去玩別的. :P 不然就是去吵別人. :P

他小姐還會自己很"酥"的就走過來屁股移好, 就坐在你腿上繼續玩呢!

還有其他想不起來了.. :P

真的是想不到這麼快就已經不像個小貝比了, 已經是個有個性的小人兒了!

Saying a few more words - 又會多說幾個字

2008-07-27T20:48:00.004+12:00

* 12+ months*

Emma started saying "ya ya" (duck in Chinese) a bit more. She was able to make that sound before, but now she knows duck and "ya ya" is the yellow rubber duckie.

Grandparents also said she knows how to say "dirty" in Chinese, very very unclear way but that's what she meant. For me, it sounds just like "da da", but she will be pointing at something dirty on the floor at the same time.

Today, it is the first time she said a very perfect "dog", even with the "g" sound at the end. Of course that only happened that once. So I don't know if she is saying that word or just fluke and made a noise that sounded like "dog".

But she's definitely making more and more new noises that I can't understand. It's all good :) I think it'd be fun once she can actually talk.

最近妹妹很常說"鴨鴨", 以前就會發這個音, 不過最近知道說, duck, 跟鴨鴨都是那黃色的小鴨子.

阿公阿媽說, 他還會說很不標準的 "髒髒", 我聽起來跟 "da da" 很像啊... 可是他會在地上指著髒髒的東西說... 所以有時侯我也搞不清楚他在說 da da 還是髒髒.

今天第一次很標準的說 "dog", 連後面的 "g" 都發出來了. 不過就那麼一次而已 ^^''' 所以也不知道是真的會還是誤打誤撞來著的.

不過是真的會發出越來越多種聲音了... 雖然聽不懂不過表示有慢慢在變化囉. 等他會講話一定很很玩囉! :)

Patting our chest - 自己拍拍

2008-07-27T20:40:00.002+12:00

* 1 yr + 2-3 weeks*

I don't always have photos for these blog posts, and I've been quite busy and slack with posting. I've missed quite a few little things that Emma's been doing. So I thought, short posts beats none! That way I won't be thinking, oh when did she start doing that? I can't remember now!

Emma's been a little sick this week, often the throwing up started with some nasty coughs. We've been patting her back every time she coughs etc. Also when she has hiccups or drinks too fast etc. So now she's started patting her own chest whenever she coughs a bit hard. Sometimes when grandma coughs, she goes and pats her as well. That is quite cute.

沒有很多照片囉... 而且, 媽媽最近比較忙也比較懶, 就很多事情沒有紀錄下來到, 想說還是上來寫一下, 短一點, 一次紀錄一點點, 才不會都忘記什麼是什麼時候發生的了.

話說妹妹最近生病, 都是先咳一咳才吐, 我們就幫他拍拍背. 以前打咯等等也都是幫他拍拍. 最近到是自己開始自己拍拍胸前. 有時阿媽咳咳, 他也會去拍拍他喔... 真可愛 :)

Clap clap clap - 拍拍手

2008-07-27T20:34:00.002+12:00

* almost 12 months *

That evening got home, I was playing with Emma on the floor. She was holding my hands then I started clapping. She found it very very amusing and started giggling. Then she was the one holding onto my hands and clapping, as if she's the one teaching me how to clap, like we how we taught her.

那天回到家, 跟妹妹在地上玩, 他抓著我的手, 我開始拍起手來, 他覺得很好玩就一直笑一直笑... 結果變成他抓的我的手來拍拍手, 很像以前我們教他怎麼拍手那樣... 嘿嘿..

Holding the bottle by ourselves - 自己喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ

2008-07-27T20:15:00.002+12:00

* 11.5 months*

For a few weeks, Emma has been wanting to hold the bottle herself during the feed. If you are holding the bottle, she'd slowly take your fingers off one at a time. So we just give her the bottle and let her hold it herself. This is quite nice especially in the morning feed, while I'm changing her, it stops her from scrathing as well, although she learnt to hold the bottle with 1 hand only.

Here are a few photos :D

妹妹這陣子都要想要自己抱奶瓶自己喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ, 你要是不給他拿, 他就慢慢的把你的手指頭一指一指給扳開來... 所以後來我們就給他自己喝囉! 這樣也不錯, 尤其是早上的時候, 我一邊幫他換尿布, 給他自己喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ這樣他也比較不會去抓腳.

看照片吧!

I can do this in my sleep!
我閉著眼睛都可以喝喔!

Hehe... this is cool, eh!
嘿嘿很厲害吧?

Plunket 13 months check - 13 個月檢查

2008-07-25T14:42:00.003+12:00

* 1 year & 3 weeks*

Today Emma has a Plunket appointment, originally for 1 year check, but it's more like a 13 months check :P

Nurse said she's developing well, can walk and climb etc. Also the nurse said she's talking already because she can say a few words. I thought talking means "talking". Well apparently most kids only start saying a few words around 15 months, so Emma is doing well. Over the next few months, she will be developing mainly her speech skills, by 2, there would be sentences.

I asked the nurse if it's normal for her to be taking forever to teeth and still only have 6 teeth. She said that's fine.

Took us a while to get some measurements off her, nurse said she's very strong! Refused to lie down, so we had to stand her against the wall and try to measure her height that way. So figures are approx.

Weight: 11.06kg (I think she lost a little from not much food and no milk for 2 days)
Height: 79.5cm
Head: 46.5cm
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今天去 Plunket 護士那檢查. 護士說我們很厲害喔, 會走會爬也會往上爬, 還會說話喔. 因為他會說幾個字, 護士說這樣就是開始在說話囉. 我想說... 說話不就說話, 就會講幾個字也算喔 ^^;; 所以護士說妹妹很厲害喔! 之後幾個月就會慢慢會說更多話囉! 到了2歲才開始會一句一句說.

我問說長牙長的這麼慢正常嗎? 他說沒事.

接下來就是要量身高體重囉. 體重沒問題, 身高就搞了很久, 一直不肯躺下去, 護士說他很有力. 後來就靠牆站好量個大概.

體重: 11.06 公斤 (最近這兩天沒什麼吃有瘦一點)
身高: 79.5 公分
頭圍: 46.5 公分

Sick Emma: Where's my milky! 生病的妹妹: 我的ㄋㄟㄋㄟ呢?

2008-07-23T20:26:00.004+12:00

* 1 year & 2-3 weeks *

Emma has been unwell for the last few nights. Started throwing up on Monday night, twice! Each time after the feed in the evening. So we stayed home with her on Tuesday. Again threw up that evening. (More washing for mum and dad to do) So we took her to the doctors today.
Got told that there's not much they can do, it'd pass. Should be fine by Saturday. We do have to collect a sample of her poo to test, as there's a tummy bug going around at the moment. Also been told that she can't go back to daycare until next week. And worst of all, no milky for 24-48 hours! Because it's the protein in the milk that's making her throw up.

And so today, it was a bit a struggle to feed her rice water (basically porridge cooked with lots of water and then blended - done by grandma, much to mummy's relief!)

I think she's not used to drinking other than water and milk. So this was like... fun for a little while but not interested in finishing the whole lot.

So the poor little thing has been quite clingy, better today though. Last two days, refused to go back for her afternoon nap at first. On Tuesday, finally passed out and sleeping on mummy. This morning, was up since 4am... and only by about 6:20ish, fell asleep in my arms again. I think we wanted more cuddles.

Well and she threw up again tonight, all the rice she's eaten at dinner time. So she'd be on liquid diet and small small amount of food at a time from now till she's better! I hope she gets better soon! This is rather draining for the parents!
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妹妹最近生病了, 從週一晚上每次喝完ㄋㄟㄋㄟ就吐, 週二我們就留在家裡陪他.晚上又吐了. 乖乖的洗了一推衣服, 床單等等今天就帶他去看醫生.醫生說沒什麼大問題, 到週六左右慢慢會好不過因為最近有各腸病毒在流行,要驗大便

醫生又說他不可以回去學校, 會傳染其他小朋友又說24-48小時內,ㄋㄟㄋㄟ暫時不要給他喝
所以今天就只能喝水喝很淡很淡的粥, 還是阿媽把粥煮的很稀然後又打碎過... 加水給他喝. 不過好像喝不太習慣就是了. 平時就是喝水喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ而已

可憐的妹妹這幾天很黏, 今天好一點點. 週一二下午不肯回去睡覺... 週二到後來是很累很累躺在媽媽身上睡著的. 今天早上4點就起來了, 後來也是到6點20躺在媽媽懷裡睡著的... 生病了要人家抱抱吧. 小可憐.

今天晚上又吐... 晚上一次吃太多飯了... 在他好之前,就喝液體的吧, 食物就一次吃一點點一點點... 唉...希望他快一點好起來.

Putting the lid on - 蓋蓋子

2008-07-23T20:15:00.002+12:00

* 11 months 3-4 weeks*

Recently Emma has discover the fun of putting the lid back on things. She'd ask you for help to put the lid on when she can't do it after a while; or if the lid is closed, she'd ask you to open it for her, so she can carry on trying out how to put the lid back on. Always with such concentration and focus, it's very interesting!
But we don't have other photos of her doing this, here's one of her playing with my Wild Bean coffee mug!

最近妹妹很愛玩蓋蓋子, 蓋不起來也會叫我們幫忙, 蓋好了打不開也要叫人家幫他開... 這樣他就可以繼續玩 :D 每次都是很認真很專心的樣子... 很好玩>
沒有幾張照片就是了, 這是他在玩我的咖啡杯...

11.5 mths 2 photos

2008-07-23T19:24:00.003+12:00

* 11.5 months *

Emma loves books, which is a good news for mum and dad, even though we've been a bit slack in reading to her. Now she has even more books and loves to flip through the pages one by one, pointing at things and say "Bird"... and of course she also likes to chew on her books ^^;;

妹妹愛看書. 爸爸媽媽很慶幸, 因為我們也沒有很認真的在唸書給他聽. 現在又幫他多買了幾本書, 他很喜歡就這樣一頁一頁的翻書, 指著上面的圖案說.. "bird". 也會把書拿起來吃啦!

Guess who's here?! Emma's been popping her head in between the two lazy boys to say hello! Finally got a photo of it!

猜猜我是誰啊! 妹妹最近都喜歡突然在沙發椅中間出現, 跟我們笑一笑又跑掉.. 終於照到一張照片囉!

Emma in a bag - 妹妹被裝在袋子裡

2008-07-17T21:18:00.002+12:00

* 11 months *

Emma in a bag. Baby anyone? :P
Daddy got this nice free shopping bag from runningwarehouse.com and we tested out how strong it is on Emma.

那天妹妹被爸爸裝在袋子裡, 有人要買嗎? :P
爸爸在網上買運動鞋送了一個購物袋, 我們就拿妹妹來試試看...

Emma: Wooo where are we going?
妹妹: 我們要去哪玩啊?

Emma: Let me have a peek, are we there yet?
妹妹: 偷看一下... 到了沒?

Emma: This is boring, I don't want to play anymore!
妹妹: 太無聊了, 我不玩了!

Playing with a box - 玩箱子

2008-07-17T21:15:00.002+12:00

* 10-11 months *

Once when we got home from veg shopping and forgot to pack the box away. Then Emma started playing with the box. She climbed in it, sat in the box and rocked back and forth as if she’s on a rocking horse. Then she climbed out of it and carried it to a different place and climbed in again. Sometimes we spend money on expensive toys, very soon, they ran out of interest. This is just a box! And it was free! Definitely pays to be cheap sometimes!

有次我們買菜回來, 忘記把箱子拿去收起來. 結果被妹妹發現了. 他就開始玩了起來, 爬進去坐在裡面, 自己就前後搖來搖去的, 很像在騎木馬那樣, 然後爬出來, 抓著箱子到處跑, 換個地方就又爬進去啦. 有時候花錢買玩具給他玩, 玩沒多久就沒興趣啦.. 這個免費的箱子倒是玩的很高興… 所以對小朋友的玩具, 還是不用花太多錢吧!

Coffee Group Birthday Party

2008-07-17T21:01:00.001+12:00

* 10-11 months *

Sunday, 1st June, it was the birthday party for all the kids in the coffee group.

Emma was a little shy at first but very soon she warmed up and was quite happily exploring the new place and playing with all the new toys! :D

六月一號, 我們的 coffee group 幫所有的小朋友辦了一個生日派對. 妹妹一開始有一點點害羞, 不過沒多久就很高興的到處去探險, 去玩人家的玩具啦!

一開始要媽媽帶著… Needs mum to go explore with her in the beginning

Emma in the hammock and Sam watching her play. 玩吊床, Sam 在旁邊看

Playing with Luke’s toys, even a tunnel! 玩玩具, 還有隧道可以爬耶…

Birthday girl with the party hat

All the kids were so fascinated by the glass. 小朋友都對這個玻璃的圍牆很好奇喔.

Birthday Cake, names are in the order of age, although Emma was actually born before Oliver. 一歲的生日蛋糕喔, 每個人的名字都在上面. 照年齡排的, 不過妹妹其實是倒數第3個出生的不是第2啦.

Emma’s gift from secret santa 妹妹的生日禮物

But she seems to be more interested in Luke’s fancy birthday gift. 不過他好像對 Luke 哥哥的禮物比較有興趣咧…

Napier Trip #2

2008-07-17T20:43:00.003+12:00

* 9 months 3-4 weeks *

After we finally got off our lazy bums and got the photos off the camera, I realised there were a few more photos from our Napier trip that are worth sharing.

Daddy was carrying Emma in the backpack and holding Alex (4.5Y)in the front. Two of them started playing with each other!

懶惰的媽媽終於把相機裡面的照片都拷出來了, 發現我們之前去 Napier 玩, 還有幾張照片可以跟大家分享. 爸爸把妹妹背在後面, 前面抱著朋友的小孩, Alex (4.5Y). 兩個就這樣玩起來了…

Happy Birthday Emma! 生日快樂!

2008-07-04T20:29:00.001+12:00

It's Emma's birthday today! :D
Yah! 1 year!!

(will come back to write more later!)

Making naughty face - 嘟嘴巴做鬼臉

2008-06-30T21:02:00.005+12:00

* 11 months 3-4 weeks *

This little monkey has been quite busy, active and exploring. She understands what's allowed and what's not. But of course, since when has that stopped anyone from being naughty? What she will do is, a big naughty "I'm up to no good" smile, poking her tongue out and tuck it on one side (still sticking out). Take a look at you, then go try and touch or play with whatever she's not allowed..

When she gets caught and told off, she will walk away, but will give you this face with her cheeks all puffed up and give you the face as she walks away.

It's quite funny how she develops these behaviours. Quite fun and cute to watch, too!
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最近這小鬼很皮, 雖然比較知道說, 什麼"壞事"不可以做... 當然還是要給他試試看啊... 要做壞事之前還會先偷笑一下, 伸伸舌頭, 把舌頭往旁邊咬著, 看看你... 然後很賊的試探一下. 被抓到被唸的時候就乖乖走開, 轉過來看著你做個嘟嘴巴的鬼臉... 然後又跑去玩了.

看他這樣很有趣, 也不知道去哪學來的.... 每天都有好笑的怪動作表情可以看.

Bird? Book? Duck? Making more noises that sound like words!

2008-06-25T19:59:00.002+12:00

* 21 June 2008 - 11.5 months *

For the whole day, she's been going on and on about "boooo" when she's reading a book. But then she does that with everything, too.

Then there's the 'baaaa' (sounds more like bird with out the d sound at the end) and pointing at the sky. But then everything else is "bird".

Then there's the "da-" (duck) noise and she would point to a duck in the book. But after that, everything else is also "duck".

Also noticed that if you say "mooo" she would say it, too! :D

If you sing "twinkle twinkle little star" she would start singing, too.

Very cute! :D

這篇有一點點難用中文解說的很詳盡. 妹妹最近開始會發出更多不同的聲音, 而且還是會指著某個東西說... "book", "bird", "duck" 相近的聲音. 最後面的都沒發音啦.
不過要是開始說了一個字, 之後每樣東西都變成同一個了!

不過還有發現你要是對著他學牛叫, "moo", 他也會跟著你叫呢.
你開始唱小星星, 他也會很開心的跟著你唱喔! 發音不準就是了.

很可愛吧! :D

Let's go for a walk! 走走走我們散步去!

2008-06-22T20:46:00.003+12:00

* 10 months *

For a long time, Emma refuses to sit in the stroller for long, so we started putting her in the backpack and carried her around for walks.

Here's a picture of daddy carrying Emma! :)

已經好一陣子了, 妹妹都不肯乖乖坐在推車上坐太久. 所以就只好用背的! 去散步啊走走看看的就把他背出去.

來看爸爸背妹妹的照片吧! :)

Xmas Gift from Uncle Phil - 叔叔送的耶誕禮物玩具

2008-06-22T20:16:00.004+12:00

* 10 months *

Emma got this nice wooden horse toy from her uncle Phil as one of the xmas presents. Ever since, she was always keep to lay her hands on them. But the toy has been hidden away from her for many months, as she used to knock herself with it.

話說妹妹在耶誕節的時候, 收到不少禮物, 其中一樣是叔叔送的小木馬的玩具. 他很喜歡, 不過因為都會自己用玩具去敲到自己, 因此玩具被收了起來.

This was also the toy, as soon as Emma could roll over, she would roll over and over, get up on the tummy, change direction, roll again till she gets to the corner where the wooden horse is kept. So she can play with it when no one is watching. (She thinks anyway).

這個玩具也是妹妹一會翻身之後, 就會用連續翻身加上抬頭起來轉方向的方式, 就這樣可以滾到我們放木馬的地方, 趁我們不注意偷偷玩一下.

Eventually mummy decided she's old enough to play with this, so... it is no longer forbidden! She loves it soooo much... she enjoy eating it, especially the little flower in the horse's mouth! Then...

久久之後媽媽想說夠大了, 可以給他玩木馬了... 他很喜歡玩... 特別愛吃馬嘴裡咬的那朵花. 結果有一天....

Notice anything looks different? (uncle Phil didn't when I sent him the photo! :P)
有沒有發現什麼不對勁的地方嗎? (我把照片寄給他叔叔看, 他沒發現喔! :P)

Wait, here's a bit more clue... notice the horse is now in two pieces instead of one?
在仔細看一下吧... 有沒有發現木馬頭跟身體分家囉!

Stroking her own head - 自己摸摸頭

2008-06-16T21:03:00.002+12:00

* 11 months + 2 weeks *

Last night, she threw up a bit, so was a little grizzly. Woke up around 11pm and needed a cuddle. So I went and slept with her for a while. She was rather uncomfortable and kept tossing around for a while until she finally starting to fall asleep. I've noticed that she was stroking her own head.

I must say I've seen this before, only a few times, but I've realised what she was doing last night. Normally when we try to comfort her in bed, we stroke her head and back. So I think she was stroking her own head to comfort herself and put herself to sleep!! That was quite cute!
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昨天晚上妹妹吐了, 就比較吵一點... 要陪. 晚上11點多醒來, 也是要去陪一下. 看他翻來翻去很難過的樣子... 過了好一陣子終於慢慢要睡著了. 發現他自己在摸自己的頭, 摸摸....

以前也有看過幾次吧. 也沒特別去想. 昨晚突然發現, 平時如果他晚上需要安撫, 我們都是在床邊或是抱著他摸摸他的頭... 所以妹妹現在自己摸摸頭, 自己安撫自己... 真可愛!

No scratching - 不抓癢了

2008-06-06T20:20:00.003+12:00

* 4th June 2008 - 11 months *

From about 4.x months on, Emma started to have eczema, rash on the skin that's itchy. In the beginning, it wasn't too bad either. Slowly it got worse and worse. She scratches like mad whenever she can. Then it makes the rash even worse and at times, she scratches so hard, she bleeds, too. So after shower each night is like a battle with her! Trying to get all the layers on her, put cream on and at the same time, distract and stop her from scratching! It drives me mad, too. I don't like seeing her like that and it's so hard to stop her, as she fights very hard and she's a strong girl!

That night, she didn't scratch. I was soooo happy! Next morning, nappy changing time, again usually is her scratching time. But no, nothing!! Now, 2 more days on, some minor scratching - more like out of habit, but nothing serious!

So I hope this is the end of her scratching and it means the soy based formula worked! (with the tiny little non-steriod based cream which costed $48! worked!!) Just a bit hard on the pocket, but hey, if it means she doesn't scratch and hurt herself, and she's not itchy.... that's what it will have to be. :)

(There was a bit of delay for posting this, because the very next day, she starts to scratch... and a little more. Some days better than others. Sometimes I still wonder if those were real stratching or just she being silly!) ^^;;
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大概從4個多月, 妹妹開始起疹子. 一開始也不是特別嚴重, 漸漸的就越來越慘. 所以他就一有機會就狂抓癢. 越抓就越嚴重, 他又抓的很用力, 都會抓破皮流血. 所以每天洗完澡就像在跟他打仗一樣! 一邊要穿尿布衣服, 還要擦乳液等等, 還要忙著阻止他一直抓癢. 真的很累又看他那麼難過也很心疼.

滿11個月那晚到是沒抓. 真的好高興喔!! 隔天早上換尿布也沒抓. 真的好感動喔... T_T 過了兩天... 也都沒什麼抓.. 害媽媽好高興喔!!

希望以後就會越來越好, 也不會抓抓了!! 家醫開的那一小條48塊錢的藥膏, 加上換成喝豆奶奶粉...終於見效了!

(這篇拖了這麼久才 PO 上來,就是因為後來妹妹又抓 ^^;; 時好時壞. 因為他抓就有傷口, 就又更癢... ^^;; 有時候他好像是看到媽媽在擦乳液才想起來要抓... ^^;;; 真的不知道他是真的癢,還是習慣性的抓)

Sleeping with Emma - 陪睡

2008-06-03T20:33:00.003+12:00

* 10 months 3-4 weeks *

It's been about two weeks or so now that every so often, Emma would wake up at night and wanted a cuddle. When she cries at night, I pick her up to check if she's okay, then immediately, her little head rests on my shoulders and she goes back to sleep. As long as you are in the room, she's fine going back to bed.

This resulted in mummy sleeping in her room with her at times. She will keep checking to see if you are there and you just need to quietly say, go back to bed, then she goes back to sleep. So now, I've got blankets in the bed next to her cot ready to go. She was fine and sleeping through for about 5-6 days in a row... then the last few nights, on and off again.

This then evolves into mummy actually sleeping with Emma in the king single bed. This is new. Because she never liked sleeping next to someone in the same bed. She wriggles too much and doesn't like to be held to sleep. But now, she would just lean next to you and sleep with you. It is quite sweet, except mummy really prefers to be able to sleep through the night without being woken up! :P

So there's been 2-3 times I had to sleep with her. The funny thing is, she tends to sleep a lot better when you sleep with her. I guess she's just a little scared for whatever reason.

Hopefully she will grow out of it (or have less nightmares?) and sleeping with mummy (and maybe daddy in our big bed)would just be an occassional thing/treat.
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大概有兩週左右了吧, 妹妹半夜醒來就要人家抱抱. 一把他抱起來他就靠在我的肩上又睡著了.. 只要有人在房間裡面, 他就肯乖乖回去睡覺. 所以有幾次媽媽就在那陪睡. 他還會一直抬頭看看你還在不在, 看不到人會抗議... 你只要小聲的說:回去睡覺啦. 他就乖乖回去睡了.

後來媽媽在房間裡還準備了棉被, 不然冷了好幾次... 結果他乖乖的自己睡到天亮這樣睡了5-6晚吧.. 最近這幾天又開始反反覆覆... 就這樣變成從睡他旁邊的床, 到把他抓來抱著一起睡.

這倒是很新鮮, 因為他從小就不習慣跟人家一起睡的. 都會亂扭亂動... 還是習慣自己睡. 這幾次到是就乖乖的靠在我旁邊啊, 或是給我抱著睡... 這倒是一個很甜美的新體驗... 不過媽媽還是寧可可以好好的一覺睡到天亮啦.

就這樣媽媽去陪睡了2-3次吧...而且跟他一起睡他就睡的特別好 ^^;;; 可能是怕怕吧? 希望他可以很快就恢復自信囉...(還是不要再做惡夢囉?) 以後只有偶爾要跟媽媽(還有爸爸)一起睡囉.... :)

Point - Uh! - 用手指東西

2008-05-27T21:32:00.001+12:00

* 10 months + 2 weeks *

From about 10 months on, she started pointing at things and goes "uh!" to indicate that she wants that thing. First time was actually on Anzac day when we were in Napier. Then she's been doing it more after she's about 10 months old.

Sometimes to us, it seems like a general direction, and you take her closer to the possible objects, then she will grab what she wants.

Then (not too sure how) she also started making the "mum mum" noise while she eats. That was amusing during meal time.

So, this evolves into pointing at food items (usually) and "mum mum" to indicate she wants to eat. Of course, it might not always be things that she is allowed to eat :P

I guess she's slowly communicating in more ways than she could before! So now I know she wants something from that direction or wants this or that, rather than just crying! :P
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大概10個月左右, 妹妹就慢慢開始會用手指東西/指一個方向, 說: "嗯!" 這樣就是在跟你說, 我要那個! 第一次的時候是我們去 Napier 玩的時候.有時候是往一個方向指, 你就帶他到那邊, 他自己會抓他要的東西去. (通常是在他拿不到的地方啦... 所以才要人家抱去)

然後不久之後, 他開始一邊吃飯會一邊會發出 "mum mum" 的聲音. 所以吃飯也就更好玩了.
這樣就變成了... 用手指著想吃的食物說.."mum mum", 當然, 他要吃的不一定都是他可以吃的東西啦. 看到我們的食物也一直吵要吃 ^^;;

不過慢慢的, 妹妹就可以用不同方法跟我們溝通囉... 才不會像以前就是一直哭, 也不知道要什麼囉! :)

Mum mum mum... Ma ma ma - 叫媽媽

2008-05-27T20:49:00.003+12:00

* 10 months + 3 weeks *

Recently, Emma started making the "mum mum" sound when she is eating. Or when she wants to eat something. A few days later, it turned into the "ma ma" sound that I've been waiting for... for almost 5 months!! She was saying "da da", "ba ba" from 6-6.5 months! Finally... now we hear "ma ma".

最近開始要吃東西的時候, 或是想吃的時候, 會發出 mum mum mum 的聲音, 然後過了幾天終於變成媽媽 (ma ma). 等他叫媽媽等了快5個月耶!! 因為他6個月就會叫爸爸啦...之後還會發出很像爹爹的聲音呢!! 現在終於會叫媽媽了... 好感動喔...

Singing - 唱歌

2008-05-16T19:33:00.003+12:00

* 10months + 1 week *

Babies all make funny noises, babbling, try to talk or sing and none of them really make any sense. Apart from the odd word or two... like da da, ba ba etc. Usually they don't know what it means anyway.. at least not at this age.

That evening, after her dinner, she went off to play and we were in the kitchen... then we heard this 'singing' like noise and it actually sounds like her favourite song, Twinkle twinkle little star... and the musical mat is playing the same song and she was singing along.

For the first time ever, her 'singing' it actually matches the same tune of a song and we can tell that singing noise is "Twinkle twinkle little star"! Wow! This is cool!

小寶寶都會發出奇怪的聲音啊, 很像在說話啊或是在唱歌啊, 通常是都聽不懂他在幹麻... 有時會有幾個聽的懂的聲音, 像是爸爸, 搭搭... 不過他們也不知道那是什麼

那天晚上我們吃飽, 妹妹自己跑去玩, 我們聽到他在唱歌的聲音, 而且還聽的懂他在唱小星星耶. 他的音樂毯正在唱這首歌呢, 妹妹就一起合唱...

這是第一次我們聽他唱歌, 還知道他在唱哪一首歌呢! 真厲害!!

Musical Mat - 音樂毯

2008-05-16T19:26:00.015+12:00

* 9 months & 3 weeks *

Emma has this musical mat for ages, it makes different animal sounds and the keyboard has two modes, either making the piano notes or has songs on different key.

She's been playing with it for a while but not usually too interested. But lately, she would play with it and also trying to find out where the sound comes from.

妹妹有一個音樂毯, 上面有不同動物的圖案, 按下去發出不同的動物叫聲, 還有上面的鍵盤有兩種功能. 一個是像鋼琴那樣, 一個是不同的童謠音樂.

他通常沒有特別愛玩這個, 不過最近他都是玩一下, 就開始找音樂的來源...

Here's usually what happens...
通常是這樣的...

Trying to turn this thing upside down to see what's underneath... (I think she thinks something under the mat is making the sound)
他會想要把這個翻過去, 看看下面到底是什麼在發出聲音... (我覺得他認為這個下面會發出音樂)

Later when she starts walking, she has even turn the whole thing upside down!
後來會走之後還把整個翻過來找!

Napier Trip

2008-05-16T19:26:00.014+12:00

* 9 months & 3 weeks *

Friday, 25th April - Anzac Day, first time mum and dad taking Emma out on a trip involving long distance driving. We started the journey at 6:05am and Emma had been fed at 5am and been up since then, so she was rather sleepy but took her 40 mins to fall asleep at last. Then she slept all the way to Taupo until we stopped for a bathroom break 2 hours and 40 mins later. It was a nice drive!

Then sort of cried all the way to Clive for over an hour as she was bored, want to be out and eventually fell asleep again just before we got to destination.

After having a little break and met up with another family, we head out and found a place for fooood.

那天是我們第一次帶妹妹出遊跑長途喔. 一大早6點5分就出發囉. 妹妹5點醒來喝完ㄋㄟㄋㄟ就起來玩了, 所以在車上很想睡, 快睡著又還沒睡這樣朦朦朧朧的過了40分, 終於睡著了! 這一覺就睡了2個小時40分到陶坡. 我們上個廁所幫妹妹換好尿布又上路囉.

不過這下妹妹在車上無聊, 就一路哭鬧了1個多小時, 直到我們快到目的地之前才又睡著.

我們找到約好的朋友一家, 休息一下, 上路去找吃的囉!

Here's the restuarant, it was a nice day for sitting outside.
天氣很好, 我們坐在外面吃飯

Little Emma is thinking, hey stop taking photos, give me the food!!
妹妹: 不要照相啦, 我要吃飯啦... 拿不到.....

Once she got her pasta, there was no stopping! We were stuffing them down fast!
終於拿到手了, 我們就很不淑女的狼吞虎嚥起來了...

What do you want? I've got my mouth full!
怎樣? 嘴巴裡塞的滿滿的喔...

After lunch, the olderkids started to play with other kids there.
飯後, 大一點的小朋友就跟其他的小朋友玩起來了.

Let's have a family photo..... oops, who's that funny looking boy with a "serious face"?
我們來張全家福吧. ㄟ.... 這位小朋友怎麼做起鬼臉來啦? (我們跟他說要裝很認真的臉喔, 他就做起鬼臉囉!)

Let's try this again! That's better!
再來一次... 這次好多啦 :)

Waving 揮揮手

After lunch, we head off to a winery to have a look, apparently the building and the view over there is quite amazing.

飯後我們去看一間出名的酒廠. 那裡的景觀真的很不錯

On the way out... 3 kids. Emma is trying to have a feel of Alex's head. Then trying to touch the camera.

走出酒廠, 3個小朋友, 妹妹要去摸哥哥的頭啦... 然後又想要去抓照相機.

On the way to the holiday house, we saw a fire engine by the beach, and this is what happened, a campervan has caught on fire!

在去住宿的路上, 看到海邊有消防車, 原來是一台 campervan* 燒起來囉!

(*Campervan 是比較大型的車子, 裡面有廚房, 廁所跟臥舖等等.)

And the little one is fast asleep again :)

小鬼又睡著囉! :)

Playing with the dumbell - 玩啞玲

2008-05-16T19:16:00.005+12:00

* 9 months & 3 weeks *

Emma found the dumbell under the coffee table, trying to get it out to play.
妹妹在茶几這裡找到啞玲囉, 要抓它出來玩呢.

Got it!!
抓到囉... 嘿嘿

Then mummy put it back.... so 2nd attempt.
結果被媽媽收回去放, 再來抓一次吧...

Found it! Almost there!
看到了! 快拿出來了...

Hehehe got it again! (later mummy had to hide that somewhere else, because although if she has a better grip, she could lift the 1kg dumbell briefly, but she keeps dropping it and it's dangerous).

嘿嘿, 又抓出來囉... (後來媽媽把這個藏起來囉. 如果他可以抓穩一點, 他是可以把這一公斤的啞玲拿起來一下子, 可是他拿不好會一直掉下來, 太危險了)

Playing with other kids

2008-05-09T20:50:00.002+12:00

* 9 months 1-2 weeks *

Went visit Joy in the morning
早上去找 Joy 玩....

Emma's speciality, eating toys...
特技表演, 吃玩具

Almost swallow the whole thing.... (ps. did you notice the big belly?)
差一點整個玩具吞下去咧 (有沒有注意到我們肥肥的肚子啊?)

This is what we were eating before. Now fighting over it with Joy. Well not really "fighting"
剛剛就是在吃這隻. 現在在跟 Joy 搶玩具喔... 也沒有真的搶啦...

Hehe got it, quick, escape. (Joy: What's happening?)
嘿嘿嘿... 拿到手了, 快溜... (Joy: 現在是怎樣了?)

Both eating a toy...
一人吃一個玩具

Wooo new toy! I want! *grab*

又有新的玩具啊, 我要玩! *拿*

Turn back to check on Joy after she's got the toy... Joy, playing with something else instead.
搶到玩具了, 回頭看看 Joy. 人家已經在玩別的啦!

Visiting uncle Winston's parents and his nephew (3days younger than Emma)
下午去 Winston 叔叔的爸媽家玩... 叔叔的姪子也在喔... 跟 Emma 差3天

Emma playing with Utsuke's toy, only 3 days apart but we are quite a bit bigger!
妹妹玩人家的玩具. 才差3天, 我們還比人家大隻咧....

One week later... at Uncle Raj's
一週後, 在 Raj 叔叔家

Hmm.... eating Aunty Carol's thigh. Carol: Emma, what are you doing?
嗯... 吃 Carol 阿姨的腿... (阿姨: 妹妹, 你在幹麻?)

Partners in crime. Emma and Alicia playing with the TV and Stereo
兩個一起做壞事.. Emma 跟 Alicia 在玩電視跟音響...

Emma in daycare - 在學校

2008-05-09T20:30:00.002+12:00

* 9months 1 week *

Here's a few photos daddy has taken while we were picking her up from daycare one day.
(mummy's in the background packing up her stuff)

Emma 在學校的幾張照片. 媽媽在後面收東西, 妹妹跟爸爸在玩. 爸爸幫他照幾張相.

Exploring and playing - 到處去玩

2008-05-09T19:53:00.005+12:00

* 9 months *

Here are some photos of Emma exploring around the house:
妹妹在家到處去玩的照片:

Discovered a box, I wonder what's in it!
發現有箱子可以玩...不知道裡面有什麼喔!

Mummy, I've "helped" put the clothes away.... all of them are "on the floor"

媽媽, 看我幫你把衣服收好囉! 都收在地上囉!

Come here you! (Pulling the piece of paper from the high chair)

嗯... 抓不下來! (在抓高腳椅上的那張說明書)

What's this? Can I open it?

這是什麼... 可以開開看嗎?

Back here again to play with the gate... oops busted by mummy!

回來這裡玩門... 不過被媽媽發現囉!

Quick, run away...

趕快逃....

I wonder what's in there?

那間是什麼呢??

Pull the table cloth...

抓桌巾...

Look what I've found?

看我找到什麼了?

Hmm... yummy... (this is my way of floosing my teeth mummy!)

嗯... 好吃好吃....(媽媽, 這樣用牙線對吧!)

Woooo telephone!! (Still holding the floss)

喔... 電話.... (手上還拿著那盒牙線呢)

Hmm.... almost there

快拿到了

Hehehe.... I've got it! Hmm... how does this work?

嘿嘿嘿.... 拿到啦! 嗯..... 這怎麼用呢?

Quick take it with me and go play somewhere else...

帶著一起去別的地方玩...

Teasing mummy with rice bikky - 給你吃餅乾... 才怪

2008-05-09T19:26:00.003+12:00

* 9.5 months *

Emma: Want some rice bikky? 給你吃餅乾...
Mummy: ahhh (opens the mouth) (媽媽張口等著呢)

Emma: Nah... (eats the bikky herself) 才沒有呢, 自己吃....
Mummy: ....... 被騙了...

Emma: Look! I can eat bikky and hold my foot at the same time!
看, 我們可以一邊吃餅乾, 一邊拉腳腳喔!

Walking... 會走路了

2008-05-07T20:56:00.006+12:00

* Monday, 5th May, 2008 - 10 months *

Emma just turned 10 months on Sunday.

Previously, she has taken first step on the 8th April (9mth+4d) ; then 2 steps on the 16th April. Then 3 days later 4 steps; 2 more days later, 8 steps (9.5 month-ish)!!

Then it sort of stopped there. After that 2-3 steps at a time is not unusual. But towards the end of April, she started getting a bit scared of letting go, even though she's getting more steady on her feet. She was also able to go from crawling to squat position, then stand up, all without holding. (end of April/ early May).

Over the weekend, we've noticed that she's getting more and more confident to let go and walk. I think the record on the 3rd May was 12 steps! I was thinking wow!! That is a big improvement! So she's sort of walking 5-7 steps easy by the weekend.

On Monday, we picked her up and were told that she's running. I was thinking, surely not. She's just started walking or learning to walk. Not sure when you would say that they are walking.

Got home, then we saw the amazing change/development. The record I counted was over 32 steps. I lost count of the last few steps as she started running towards me. She went from outside the kitchen and walked all the way to the dishwasher, which I roughly measured as 4-5 metres. That evening, she was walking so much, we were both quite amazed. I think she somehow realised she can let go and walk, then it just went from there!

So, there, yes... our little 10 month old (10 months and 1 day) is walking. Even though we don't walk perfectly all the time, still lands on our bums, or try to walk too fast (well half running) and then fall... but according to people, yes, she's walking now. Damn.
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妹妹週日才剛剛滿10個月.

9個月4天, 我們踏出第一步. 8 天後可以走2步. 那之後呢... 3天後 (9個半月)變成4步, 又2天變成8步. 不過之後就保持這樣一陣子. 走個2-3步倒是沒什麼問題. 到了4月底, 快10個月, 突然就很怕放手走. 一定要扶著東西... 雖然他明明就腳下越來越穩了, 還可以爬一爬變成彎下去的動作, 慢慢變成蹲著然後自己站起來, 都不用扶東西喔... 要走還是怕怕. 我想這樣也好... 活動範圍比較小一點.

就這週末, 要滿10個月. 他也不知道怎樣, 突然信心大增... 就開始放手走的很高興啦... 走個5-7步沒問題. 週六最高紀錄變成12步.

週一去接他下課, 學校老師跟我說, 這個喔... 在跑步啦. 我想說沒有吧, 才剛剛比較會走了, 才在學走路吧? 應該是走太快吧...

結果回家, 就看他一直要走, 不太用爬的了... 最厲害就是從鋼琴那邊走到洗碗機 (我給他簡單量一下, 有4-5公尺的距離喔.), 我數到32步就亂了, 他後來幾步就往我這裡跑來... 太可愛了! 那天開始我們就一直看他越來越會走... 真厲害.

所以, 我們妹妹剛滿10個月就會走路啦. 雖然不是都走的很好, 也是會跌倒, 會跑太快就往前撲... 不過看過他走的都說, 這樣算會走路了..

當然, 這都是他自己厲害, 爸媽就多一點好玩的早一點可以看...反正小朋友都遲早會走的. 太早會走我們就只好乖乖的收東西啦... ^^;;;; (以前真的想說 9 個月會開始學爬... 其他就慢慢來囉... 結果...) 不過倒是回國去玩的外公外婆就少看到一些成長過程囉! 嘿嘿...

Cough cough - 咳咳...

2008-05-07T19:12:00.003+12:00

* Friday, 2nd May - almost 10 months *

During dinner time, all of a sudden, Emma started sounding like she was choking. Then she was coughing for a bit, then threw up (cough up) a lot of phlegm. Gave me a bit of fright. Thinking, oh dear, do I still remember what to do when they are choking from our first aid course...Then she was fine after coughing those out.

I was busy wiping them off her clothes then found some funny colour on her clothes. After a closer look, it was blood. Oh boy. Then she was coughing again, more phlegm with blood. Then she was all happy again. Even though I thought she should be fine, but you never know.

Phoned up the GP Practice and the reception lady told me they are closing in 30 mins, but after hearing the situation, she slotted us in quickly.

Her normal GP wasn't in, another Doctor had a good check of her, checked temperature, checked her ears, listened to her chest and checked her throat. All fine, the throat wasn't even red. So she thinks it's fine, probably just too much coughing from the prolonged cold. (she had a cold for the last 2-3 weeks) But the doctor did advise to keep an eye on her, if it happens again, we have to take her to Starship hospital for A & E.

So, all fine... just spent $15 for nothing, well... for peace of mind. Better safe than sorry.
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那天晚上妹妹在吃飯的時候, 突然好像噎到了... 結果咳了一下吐了很多痰出來... 就沒事了. 嚇我一跳. 腦子裡想著... 不知道急救課教的還記不記得...

結果在幫他擦的時候發現怎麼衣服上有奇怪的顏色, 仔細一看... 有血. 嚇死我了! 結果又咳, 又吐一些出來. 雖然心裡想說應該是沒事, 因為他咳完就又很開心的要去玩了.

不過趕緊打電話給家醫的診所, 櫃檯好心的太太幫我們插了進去. 另一個醫生在看診, 量了體溫, 檢查耳朵, 聽聽呼吸, 檢查了喉嚨, 都沒問題. 可能就是感冒比較久, 咳比較久才會有一點血絲出現. 醫生說其他都沒問題囉. 喉嚨也沒腫也沒紅紅的, 沒問題. 不過要好好觀察, 如果又這樣的話就要送去兒童醫院* (主要是因為週末, 其他診所沒開, 要送去急診室檢查, 以防萬一) 還好沒事. 去多花看診費... ^^;;; 不過還是這樣比較心安一點啦.

Teething - 長牙

2008-05-03T20:05:00.003+12:00

* 10 months *

Emma had her first 2 teeth cut through by 6 and a half month old. Both of the bottom middle one came out. Then... 3 months on... nothing!! We were wondering when we will get some more cutting through. On our Napier trip, our friend Carol was saying that this is not good, she might get 6 teeth coming out all at the same time! Then guess what happened..... the next two days she had 2 teeth cut through; then within a week or so, one more!

3rd teeth: 26th April (the day we noticed, could be there a day before?) - between top middle RHS and the K9*
* normally this one cames after the middle front teeth

4th teeth: 27th April - front teeth top middle RHS
5th teeth: 3rd May - front teeth top middle LHS

I think it'd be a while before we see more.... I think. At least it wasn't all 6 at the same time, or a lot more grizzly etc. *phew*!

話說妹妹長牙, 其實算早的... 6個半月下面2顆牙就長出來啦. 可是... 3 個月後... 還是2顆! 好幾次想說好像在長牙了, 結果還是沒有... 上週跟朋友去 Napier 玩, 他們剛好問起妹妹幾顆牙了... 一聽, 他們說, 這樣以後說不定就6顆一起來喔... 可能會很吵喔.
結果....隔天就發現一顆... 在隔天又一顆.... 一週後... 又一顆...

第3顆: 4/26 門牙跟虎牙中間 - 右邊 - 我們發現的那天啦... 之前兩天沒有檢查
第4顆: 4/27 門牙中間 - 右邊
第5顆: 5/3 門牙中間 - 左邊

我想現在就應該再等一陣子才會在長牙了... 還好不是真的6顆一起來! 不過他這次長牙倒是沒有吵. 還好還好. :D

Riding on daddy's shoulders - 騎在爸爸肩上

2008-05-02T20:39:00.003+12:00

* 9 months *

I've been told that I need to blog with more photos... so here we are :P This is a new way of carrying Emma, which is a lot easier than holding her... just have to be careful not to bang her head!

我被人家抗議說最近太混, 都沒有照片.. 照片來啦! 我們最近有時會這樣讓妹妹騎在爸爸肩上... 這樣比抱著還容易一點... 他也很開心囉, 不過就是要小心頭!

Look, I can make funny faces!
看, 我還會做鬼臉喔!

Using the toilet! 上廁所!

2008-04-19T20:00:00.006+12:00

* 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!

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早上起來剛剛幫他換好尿布, 結果就一直放屁, 我心想, 要大便了... 趕快帶去廁所, 拿出最近幫他買的小朋友的馬桶蓋... 把妹妹坐上去. 他也搞不清楚狀況, 就一直要我抱他... 我趕快拿玩具分散他的注意力... 結果突然來了一聲: 噗嗵. 真高興, 我們肯在馬桶上大便喔! 這樣以後可以省幾片尿布...
不過這也是巧合囉, 因為也不是每次都知道他什麼時候要大便... 以後就只能觀察, 看情況吧.

不過那天還是尿布很兇啦... 大了好多次便... 想說這次應該不是大便吧... 結果.... *唉*

Emma sitting on the toilet quietly...
妹妹乖乖坐在那裡...

Close up

Great greedy guts

2008-04-17T13:24:00.002+12:00

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!

2 steps today - 踏出兩步

2008-04-16T21:07:00.002+12:00

* 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
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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

Popular Emma! 人氣很旺!

2008-04-16T20:42:00.002+12:00

* 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 :)
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之前就聽說妹妹在學校人氣很旺, 我知道學校老師都很喜歡他, 每次看到他就要看他笑一下. 他也很大方啊, 到處跟人家笑的很開心.

前幾週我去接他, 有兩次不同的妹妹在那裡叫 "Emma", "Emma". 我看他們會講的話也不多, 就會叫我們 Emma 的名字, 真感動. 果然人氣很好.
今天就更厲害了, 去接他的時候, 還在外面就有幾個2歲以上的小朋友, 一直對著我叫 "mummy" (媽媽), 我想說, 我又不是你媽... 也就沒回話. 結果就變成 "Emma mummy", "Emma mummy"! 好強...

我知道老師喜歡妹妹是因為他很少哭, 都乖乖一直玩, 又好動, 又會跟你玩... 都很開心這樣.. 加上發展的也不錯, 他們很有成就感吧! 小朋友呢... 我就不知道了咧... 不過沒差, 人緣好是好事情. :)

We are a big bully - 我們是小惡霸

2008-04-13T21:04:00.003+12:00

* 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! >< She's even smacked the 9 months old boy and scared him to tears! ^^;;;;

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. ^^;;
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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 ><, 還把人家9個月大的弟弟打+嚇哭了... ^^;;;;

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...

First step! 踏出第一歩

2008-04-08T21:47:00.001+12:00

* 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.
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週二在幫妹妹洗澡的時候, 他站在那裡玩了一陣子, 很專心的玩玩具, 就忘記手要扶著, 自己空手站的很高興... 後來看到媽媽, 就往前走了一步過來. 都不用扶喔... 結果爸爸媽媽太高興了, 叫的太大聲把他嚇到... 就一步之後, 因為嚇到, 身體往上抖了一嚇... 變成一屁股坐了下去...

過了幾天也是在玩, 從茶几走了一步過來媽媽這裡, 剛好可以抓到媽媽的腳, 就繼續玩囉!

今天(週六)帶去朋友家找另一個妹妹玩. 玩一玩後來也是自己站著... 專心的吃玩具... 然後往前走了一步... 然後又到地上去了. 一次都走一步而已. 不過這次大家都拍手喔!

現在自己抓著茶几玩具啊, 就可以很輕鬆的蹲下去站起來, 有時候還可以不抓東西就蹲下去又站起來.. 腳下越來越穩了, 三不五時還是會像喝醉酒那樣啦.. 不過看他就很好玩囉!

Emma's first wedding - 妹妹第一次去參加婚禮

2008-04-08T21:24:00.004+12:00

* 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, 整個婚禮就乖乖坐在那裡吃米餅喔... 不過典禮一結束, 不要了啦, 太無聊了, 也吃飽了... 所以之後都要人家抱著囉! 媽媽就這樣抱了一天... 還好有爺爺奶奶幫忙輪流一下啦. 不過大家都抱一下就很累了... 媽媽乖乖自己抱久一點....爸爸有空可以開溜就趕快過來幫忙!

Here's a lovely family photo for the bride and groom
家庭照, 左邊的是女方家長, 右邊的是爺爺奶奶囉!

Here's Emma making funny face while mummy's holding her
妹妹在做鬼臉

And Emma was grumbling away...
在碎碎唸不知道在說什麼

Awww and here's the bride and groom! (The groom is more shy than the bride when it comes to PDA!)
婚禮總是要有一張新郎新娘親親! (不過我們的新郎比新娘還害羞咧!)

At the reception, Emma still happy as long as she's held by someone or on the floor with her pretty white dress, playing and getting dirty!
大家在吃飯的時候, 妹妹只要有人抱著, 不然就是可以在地上玩就開心了. 唉, 白費給他穿著他漂亮的白洋裝...還是給我到地上玩.

One thing that was very sweet, when daddy was doing his bestman speech, Emma was sooo happy and was making happy noises!

Mummy had a sore back and two very sore arms at the end of the day.
Emma was rated the best baby, the most well behaved baby everyone had ever seen at a wedding!! Only cried a little but all happy and smily the rest of the time! (Maybe mummy's idea of a well behaved baby doesn't actually exist)

爸爸在演講的時候, 妹妹聽到爸爸的聲音, 超級興奮的... 一直發怪怪高興的聲音, 很可愛喔!
這樣一天下來, 一切順利. 不過媽媽腰酸背痛的, 手也超酸的!!
妹妹呢, 竟然是大家公認他們見過最乖的小朋友喔. 在婚禮上幾乎是不吵的喔! 又很可愛, 都笑笑的. (唉, 那大概是媽媽理想中的乖小孩... 條件太高了吧?!)

:P

Christchurch Visit - 基督城之旅

2008-04-08T20:52:00.006+12:00

* 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 become very curious but still scared of the dog first. So she would cry, but keep moving towards the dog. Then eventually touching the dog and smacking the dog. Oh did I mention pulling the dog's hair? Then eventually get all excited and growling at the dog. Finally, started to be less scared of the cat and was pulling its tail.

It was quite funny to watch the whole progression from scared to curious and getting closer with the pets. Who knows what she would do in Xmas this year!

這次妹妹跟爺爺奶奶家的寵物, 狗狗 Mozzi 跟貓貓 Oscar, 從很害怕到比較不怕,倒是段有趣的過程. 一開始看到他們就超怕的, 就會哭叫, 會逃跑. 後來就更好笑了, 又很好奇又害怕. 看到狗狗就一直哭, 然後還一直要往前, 又會怕怕的. 後來慢慢的終於趕接近狗狗, 還會去摸他打他...還拔人家的毛咧! 每次看到狗狗就很興奮, 還會對人家亂叫亂叫的... 之後才慢慢趕接近貓貓. 還會去抓他的尾巴.

看他這樣真的很好玩. 真不知道他下次(耶誕節的時候)看到他們的反應會是怎樣!

I want to feed myself - 我要自己吃飯啦!

2008-04-08T20:31:00.005+12:00

* 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!

More steady on our feet! 越站越好囉

2008-04-03T21:01:00.002+13:00

* 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!
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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! :)

Plunket 9 months check - 9 個月檢查

2008-04-03T20:30:00.002+13:00

* 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
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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... 兩次都是74-75公分.
沒差改天再量, 反正現在都跟他買 1 , 2 號的衣服囉!

Being sick part 2

2008-04-03T19:54:00.003+13:00

* 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, drinking a bit more today.

Finally nothing on Tuesday... Wednesday morning, there was another BIG poo (which looks normal at least)! Yes more washing... story of my life. But funny thing was, she had 2 diarrhoea in daycare. So what happens? She's banned for a day!

So, Thursday is the stay home day with mummy. Not a single poo nappy for the day. I think she probably got them all out of the system. Although she has a runny nose though and very clingy ^^;; But at least she's finally eating more again :)

So hopefully she'll be all better soon!!
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週六晚上吐完那兩次, 半夜醒來, 我要確認他沒有又吐了, 檢查了一下發現他衣服濕濕的...ㄟ... 一陣惡臭...這次他拉肚子, 大概是很強勢吧...所以..很慘. 所以這是第一次半夜被抓去洗澡.... 換好衣服, 回去睡覺. (媽媽就乖乖的半夜洗衣服洗床單) 唉...

週日他胃口也不是很好. 不過到是有補眠, 睡了3次 (45分, 1小時20分, 1小時40分). 他感覺也開心多了, 不過還是很累. 也很黏囉.. 玩一下就要人家抱一陣子才肯繼續自己玩.

週一早上, 又給我拉 ^^;; 這次就帶去洗屁屁啦! 不過至少他今天食慾好一點了.
週二終於沒有拉肚子了... 結果週三早上大了好大一坨... 不過至少不是拉肚子... 還是要去洗衣服就是了...結果到了學校他拉了兩次, 學校怕其他小朋友被傳染, 所以週四媽媽在家陪他玩.

結果今天到是一次也沒大... 大概都大完了吧? ^^;; 不過到是開始流鼻水啦! 一樣很黏人. 食慾倒是很好! 希望他早一點痊癒囉!

Poor little Emma - first time throwing up - 可憐的妹妹, 第一次吐了

2008-03-29T21:35:00.006+13:00

* Saturday, 29th March - 8 months & 3 weeks *

Saturday night, after putting Emma to bed for a while, she cried. Daddy went check, then I heard this big scream of "Heeeelp!" from daddy.

I went in, oh boy! Ewwwww she's threw up all over in the cot, some on the floor and all over her clothes. And a poo nappy. She has diarrhoea for a few days now, since Wednesday. I just assumed she's teething as all signs are there. But this one looked different, not much stuff but lots more water and it's a bit darker than normal.

So, sorted her, changed her clothes, nappy and then put a load of washing on for the sheets etc. Finally all done, guess what? Round 2! This time all over the bumpers, too.

While daddy was getting all the sheets off the mattress, Emma was sitting on the couch and leaning her head on my shoulder. The poor little thing was very cuddly. It's very nice, but pity she's unwell.

So more washing for mummy and she's cleaned up again and back to bed. But was a bit more stirred that night.

Luckily that was it, no more throwing up after that.
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週六晚, 妹妹睡下去沒多久, 哭了, 爸爸去看他... 結果我聽到一陣慘叫...我進去看... 天啊! 妹妹吐的到處都是, 身上跟床上都是. 抱起來一聞, 還嗯嗯了. 妹妹其實從週三開始拉肚子, 我們看看其他症狀, 想說他應該是在長牙吧. 不過這次這個看起來比較深色.

把妹妹清乾淨, 床單換好, 我也把一些衣服等等都拿去洗, 才洗好... 結果又一次, 這次連床邊幫他圍的都吐到了. 爸爸在換床單的時候, 妹妹坐在沙發上, 很可憐的樣子, 把頭靠在我肩上.. 他很少這樣抱抱..

不過還好就吐那兩次, 晚上倒是睡不太好.

New Toy... 新玩具

2008-03-28T20:02:00.006+13:00

* Almost 8 months old *

This is a "back log". Late Feb 08, I gave Emma the box of nappies to play with. Why? It happened to be there when we came home from shopping and she seems to be intriged by it.

So I let her play with it... she likes it a lot!

這個是舊聞啦. 2月底左右, 我們買菜買了一箱尿布回來, 看妹妹很有興趣的樣子, 就給他玩囉. 他也很愛玩啦. 現在那箱已經拆來用啦!

What's this thing? As usual, smack smack smack on things:
看到東西他都喜歡先打一打...

Let me push it and see... 讓我推推看...

Err... what's happening? 咦? 怎麼往前倒了?

Landed safely. 安全著地

She had a lot of fun with the box, holding on it to stand up; climb up there and sit on it. Later.. she was even climbing on it and standing up (holding onto the coffee table), or climb up the box then climb up the coffee table and sit on it! ^^;;

之後他也常常玩那個箱子, 扶著站起來啊, 爬上去坐在上面啊, 到後來更猛, 爬上去給我站在上面 (手有扶著茶几啦). 不然就是爬上去箱子然後在爬到茶几上坐 ^^;;;;

38 weeks old - 滿 38 週

2008-03-28T18:50:00.003+13:00

* Wednesday, 26th March 2008 - 38 weeks - 8 months+3 weeks*

This Wednesday was the day Emma turned 38 weeks. Why is this important or interesting? Because this is the day that Emma is officially been out on this world more than she has been in my tummy.
She was born when she was 37 weeks + 6 days, just before 38 weeks.

Time sure has gone by fast if I look back now. She's almost 9 months! Of course, the first few days/weeks after she was born, they felt like YEARS. Never had to stay up all day/night for sooooo long.....

But anyways... we survived. She's now very active and popular girl & Very cute - most of the time! :)
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這週三妹妹滿38週了. 這有什麼好提的呢? 妹妹在媽媽的肚子裡37週6天才生出來. 這天算是他出生後, 自己變成獨立個體比在媽媽的肚子裡還要久囉!!

現在想起來, 時間真的過的很快, 一轉眼就要9個月啦! 不過他剛出生的那幾天幾週... 真的是渡日如年啊... 從來不知道說原來一天都不睡覺時間這麼長... 更何況幾週下來都這樣...

不過那段日子撐過來囉... 妹妹現在很活潑又好動. 人緣也很好... 大部分的時間都很可愛啦...嘿嘿!

You can't eat my food! 你不可以吃我的飯!

2008-03-18T20:28:00.002+13:00

* Tuesday, 18th March 2008 - 8 months + 2 weeks *

Today when I was feeding Emma some rice porridge. She saw daddy eating bread fingers. Oh no, that was the end of it. She wants bread fingers! Now!

Once the bread fingers are here, she was quite happy feeding herself and refused to be fed. There's only about 3 more mouth full, so I put a spoonful in front of her, not interested. So I pretended that I was going to eat them myself. The instant change on her facial expression! Hey! Immediately complained. Then she would open her mouth and finish the rest of the porridge.

That was funny! Normally if I pretend to eat the food, she'd have just let me.
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今天下午在餵妹妹吃蔬菜粥, 結果他看到爸爸在吃麵包.. 這樣不行了. 他一定要吃麵包! 爸爸把麵包條給他之後, 他就不削理我了... 我想說還剩幾口啊... 要餵他吃, 他自己吃麵包吃的很高興, 不肯張嘴. 我想說好吧, 你不吃那媽媽要吃囉.. 我就假裝把那一口稀飯放進我的嘴裡... 馬上就變臉啦! 還抗議咧! 接著就肯張嘴給人家餵啦..

真是好笑... 還是頭一次看他這樣. 平時我要是要吃, 他才懶的理我咧... ^^;;

Sally

Standing up...hands free - 空手站起來

2008-03-16T07:37:00.005+13:00

* Saturday, 15th March 2008 - 8 months+ 1-2 weeks *

After bath, mummy took the tape measure out to check how long Emma is... roughly, because she's surprised she can still fit the size 00 stretch and grow when the Plunket nurse measured her as 73.5cm over a month ago!

Then Emma was trying to grab the tape measure to play; mummy was being mean and kept lifting it up, so she can't reach it, like how you play with cats.

Emma was holding onto mummy to stand up and eventually she balanced herself and both hands were going for the tape measure! Yes, she was standing up, hands free, not holding onto anything! Of course, only for a few seconds.

This is the 3rd time I've seen this! First time was probably Thursday night, when I tried to get her to sit down, she was standing so still, I let go and she was still standing without support for like 1 second. The next day, daddy was playing with her and not sure what happened, all I heard was daddy shouted: "look look! she's standing by herself!" very excited.

Did it again on Sunday (today) when I tried to sit her down in the zoo to play. She stayed standing by herself.

I think we will start seeing this more and more, she'd be able to stand up holding, then balance, and let go of the support. Oh dear.... what does this mean!?!

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週六晚, 洗完澡, 媽媽很好奇的拿著布尺在量量看妹妹到底多高了. 怎麼到現在 00號的連身裝還穿的下呢? 一個多月前護士量起來就 73.5公分啦..

結果妹妹一直要搶布尺來玩. 媽媽很壞的一直把布尺往上拿, 很像在玩小貓這樣跟他玩... 抓不到抓不到... 嘿嘿... 欺負一下

他就扶著媽媽站了起來, 把自己平衡好之後, 為了要抓到布尺, 竟然還兩手一起出動來抓了!! 就這樣站的往前要抓... 就這樣自己不用扶站了幾秒鐘. 結果當然還是往地上去啦...

這是媽媽第三次看到他這樣了...

第一次是週四晚上吧... 把他放下去要他坐下來, 不肯坐. 我一鬆手想說他就會往下啦... 結果站了大概有一秒吧...才坐下去. 週五晚上換爸爸跟他玩, 也不知道怎樣, 就聽到爸爸很興奮的說.. 快看啊! 他自己站著耶!!

週日晚上又這樣啦... 把他放下去租來的大玩具裡面... 又不肯坐, 這次就站更久一點了, 媽媽一叫, 爸爸回頭看都還來得及看到..

嗯.... 這傢伙好像越來越厲害了...

Sally

Better sleeps - 睡好覺

2008-03-13T20:04:00.004+13:00

* Wednesday, 12th March - 8 months 1-2 weeks*

Last night, again Emma slept through till about 4:45 for an early feed! (She was in bed by 6:30pm) I thought maybe she was cold or want the dummy... and thought it's probably like 2am or something. But no... it was 4:45. Oh... no wonder she's hungry! (previous nights, she had 2am feeds .....)

Last night was also the first night in over 8 months, actually over a year and a half, that I've slept through 7 hours without getting up in between for bathroom or Emma!!

Awww.... this is nice!
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昨天晚上Emma 從6點半睡到早上4點45才醒來. 聽到他哭的時候我還以為他是冷了,還是要奶嘴... 想說大概才2點多吧... 結果他一直把我的手拍掉不要奶嘴... 看看時間, 喔... 4:45 了嗯... 之前幾個晚上都2點起來又要吃... 那應該餓了.

昨晚也是我第一次... 8 個多月來... 不對, 其實應該是將近一年半以來, 我第一次睡7個小時中間沒有醒來過... 沒有起來跑廁所, 也沒有因為妹妹要起來...

真好.....

Slept through the night!! 一覺到天亮喔

2008-03-08T07:55:00.002+13:00

* Friday, 7th March - 8 months + 3d*

Last night, after a nice bath and a 150ml bottle, Emma was sleeping from 6:40pm. Didn't wake up at all after being put to sleep. Then daddy got her up at 9:30 and gave her another bottle (180ml). Daddy also wrapped her up warm in the kimono style wrap. She went straight back to sleep.

When did we hear her again?!
Daddy and mummy got up at 6 and was super impressed!! 6:20am, I went in to check on her and she was just standing up...

Wow! I can get used to this!! Maybe the trick is to wrap her up warm before bed? (Or maybe I shouldn't get too happy just yet?? :P)
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昨天晚上幫妹妹洗完澡, 又喝了一瓶150 cc 的ㄋㄟㄋㄟ... 6點40就睡著啦.
9點半左右爸爸又去給他補一瓶 180cc, 這之間也都沒有醒來喔.. 然後喝完把阿媽買的和式外套穿起來, 包的暖暖的, 放回床上就繼續睡覺啦...

我們睡到6點起來... 真是太神奇了... 他竟然還沒起來吵要喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ,或是要奶嘴!! 好感動喔...

要是每天都這樣睡多好啊... 也許就把他多包暖暖的就好睡了?
媽媽還是先不要高興的太早好了 ^^;;

Yummy rice cracker - 好吃的米餅

2008-03-07T21:41:00.003+13:00

* Wednesday, 20th Feb 2008 - 7 months 2-3weeks*

We've been given some rice cracker for babies from another friend. Emma loves them! Boy, you give her one of these and you get some peace and quiet for a while.

之前去朋友家, 人家給了一些嬰兒米餅. 妹妹超愛吃的... 一包餅可以換來一陣寧靜... 自己吃的很高興..

What's mummy doing?? Well just measuring how big her face is.. see how we've got a chubby face now..
媽媽在幹麻呢?? 量量看他臉有多大啊... 看我們吃的肥肥的...

Today (7th March) we even found her trying to stuff more than 1 piece in her mouth! She has one in the mouth, and one on each hand! What a bit greedy gut!

今天我們還發現他一次想要多塞幾片進去呢... 嘴巴咬一塊, 兩手各拿一塊要吃... 真是貪心!!

Standing and play... 到處站著玩...

2008-03-07T21:22:00.002+13:00

* Saturday, 23rd Feb 2008 - 7 months 2-3weeks*

Remember about 2 weeks ago, she bang herself.. which resulted in a bruise on the face? Well, these are the photos taken shortly after the crying and cuddles.

話說兩週前妹妹去撞到臉上黑青一塊... 這些照片是他哭完了, 秀秀之後又到處皮啦...

Playing with the book...
在玩那本書

Making funny faces at mummy
跟媽媽做鬼臉

Look what I've found! TV remote! (well video remote :P)
嘿嘿被我找到遙控器了喔...

Let's see what's here... hmm... mummy's computer..
看看這裡有什麼呢... 玩媽媽的電腦..

Rice porridge... yum! 好吃的蔬菜粥

2008-03-06T20:09:00.002+13:00

Almost forgot to take the photos...
差點忘記要照相...

* 7-8 months*

Last week, I've cooked some veg rice porridge, in attempt to give Emma different food, flavours and mainly texture. Carrots diced in small cubes; courgettes are sliced then chopped in thin strips. Then added some baby peas.

I wasn't too sure if Emma would like it, or if the veg pieces would be too big. First time she tried it, she likes it. Finished a small bowl. Gradually, she's now eating the normal bowl that we use for eating rice. And the scary thing is, she doesn't even look like she needs to chew them!!
She was so keen, she can finish the whole bowl within 10 mins. (Whereas normally, takes her 15-20 mins to finish some 3 tablespoons of other food...)

*hehe* Mummy's feeling rather proud... :D She likes my food...

I will add a photo on tomorrow :P
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上週為了要幫妹妹變化口味跟口感, 自己煮了一小鍋蔬菜粥..
紅蘿蔔是切一小塊一小塊, 黃瓜是切一條一條的, 再加上豆豆...

本來也不確定他肯不肯吃, 菜會不會太大塊.. 第一次吃還很捧場, 慢慢的越吃越多! 超愛吃的... 我們吃飯的那種碗, 他現在可以吃一碗... 而且吃很快喔, 有時候都餵到來不及還被抱怨... 10分鐘以內就吃完了...好像都不用咬一樣, 就一直給他吞下去... ^^;; (以前3大湯匙的食物都還可以餵個15-20分咧... 看心情)

媽媽好感動喔... 自己煮的那麼捧場... 那以後多煮一些不同的吧!

明天補照片...

Sally

First Haircut - 剪頭髮囉

2008-03-02T21:29:00.005+13:00

* Sunday, 2nd March - almost 8 months *

Today, daddy decided it'd be a good idea to give Emma a haircut, her hair is getting a bit long and messy. A little trim should be good. I said, we better do it now then so there's some time to grow some back before her Uncle Phil's wedding.

So, daddy tried trimming a little off earlier today, she loved it. Thought it was fun. Daddy decided, this is a two people job. So we will wait till just before bath time.

So, here we are, she's looking all happy... until the clipper was turned on. She started to look scared and doesn't like it. Daddy did a quick trim wherever he can, as Emma wasn't cooperation and keeps hiding away from it. So only managed to trimmed off those longer bits. The rest will hav to wait.

Result, actually better than mummy thought she'd look. Actually looks quite good, much tidier than before. Her head even looks smaller! It would be better if she'd sit still and let daddy trim it a bit more.

Scroll down for the photos!
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今天爸爸說, 來幫妹妹剪頭髮好了. 修一點點應該不錯, 不然頭髮越來越亂. 我說那就要早一點剪囉, 這樣去叔叔的婚禮才不會像個小光頭.

爸爸下午就給他剪了一點點, 他以為爸爸在跟他玩也都很開心.. 剪了幾根毛, 爸爸想想還是兩個人一起來比較安全. 就等晚上幫他洗澡之前再來吧!

就像每天該洗澡的時間, 妹妹對著鏡子玩的很開心... 結果爸爸一把剃頭的那支開了... 他就開始緊張起來, 很害怕... 一直躲...一點也不願意合作. 奇怪了, 下午還沒差的啊?? 所以,只好就跟他這樣躲躲閃閃的, 隨便把比較長的地方修了一點起來... 其他的就改天吧.

結果比媽媽想像中的好很多喔.. 現在看起來很好看.. 比較整齊一點. 頭也變小了... ^^;; 不過可以修多一點更好啦...

我們看看吧:
Before:

Haircut in progress...

After:
Now the clipper is off, she's happy again!
聽不到剃刀的聲音就又高興起來啦!

Mummy's trying to get the a bit of hair off her face..
媽媽努力的要把嘴巴旁邊的那根頭髮拿掉

Climbing up the stairs... 爬樓梯...

2008-03-02T18:49:00.004+13:00

* Sunday, 2nd March - almost 8 months *

Today we went over to visit my uncle and aunty. Well only aunty was home in the end :P After a while of playing on the floor, Emma decided she wanted to try and climb the stairs. I was curious so I let her try.

The stairs by the kitchen are tiles, so have to watch her closely. She managed to climb 3 steps up. A while later, she decided stairs was more fun than playing with toys on the floor. So off she went again... this time, instead of hands on, then knees on, before making ways for the next step. She was hands on, then one foot on, then the next foot. ^^;;

Aunty decided these stairs are too hard. So we took her by the front door, where there are more stairs, carpeted, leading to upstairs' bedrooms.

Took a little while before Emma started trying. These stairs are not as wide and.... well... we decided we want a break and sat down... oops... she fell backwards. Don't worry, I was there, caught her :P

A little rest, she was back up that stairs again and went even higher this time! I guess someday we will climb upstairs and go play there, eh! :P
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我們今天去我阿姨那邊坐坐. 姨丈剛剛好出去了. 妹妹在地上玩了一下, 開始爬起樓梯來啦... 我就給他去爬囉...

不過要一直看著他啦, 樓梯是瓷磚的, 撞到會很痛喔...結果他不用多久就爬了上了3個階梯.. 到廚房囉. 把他抓回去地上玩了一下, 他又回來要爬樓梯啦... 這次手上去之後直接就一腳採上去, 另一腳又上去了. (之前是用膝蓋爬的) ^^;;

然後阿姨說, 這裡太危險了, 讓他去爬前面的樓梯好了. 至少有地毯, 撞到比較不會痛. 妹妹在前面玩了一下, 才開始爬這裡的樓梯. 只是爬了一下累了. 就又一屁股坐下來... ㄟ. ..這裡的樓梯比較窄一點, 結果就往下滾啦... 好在我早就在那等啦!

休息一下再來... 這次又爬比較高了.... 改天再來吧.. 看看哪天他會不會爬到樓上去玩 :P

Sally

Poor little Emma - first fever - 可憐的妹妹第一次發燒..

2008-02-25T20:36:00.005+13:00

* Monday, 25th Feb - 7 months & 3 weeks*

Photos first... read for the full story... if you want :P
先看照片,等一下慢慢讀吧...

Yesterday afternoon, I've noticed that Emma has a few red spots on her legs and arms, phoned up the healthline to check. Nothing major but if it doesn't go away in 3 days or if she develops fever, then phone back or GP.

Last night, she kept waking up after 1:30am and was very hard to settle. I've changed her nappy twice, then felt she was very warm around 3. Checked the temperature, 38.7. I thought hmm... doesn't look good but I kept thinking I only need to worry if it's over 39. So I left her. 3:30, she was up again and still very warm, 38.0 I thought, okay... better give her some pamol. Finally around 4:30am she woke daddy up, while mummy was making the bottle. So daddy took over and fed her. (That's when mummy finally can go back for another 2.5 hour sleep).

We took her in to see the GP, she was still relatively happy and active. The GP said it's viral infection and just keep her cool and keep up with the pamol. Also gave her some antihistamin to help with the rash and sleep. If she has some runs, it's normal.

In the afternoon, we've noticed that she's really unwell. More grizzly. Not quite her normal self and couldn't sleep well. Not very active either. She'd even sit with daddy for over 30mins and still quiet and not wiggling away.

Later in the afternoon, we checked her temperature again, it had gone up to 39 degree. So we gave her some more pamol. 40 mins later, still very hot.. still over 39 degrees. So I called the healthline again, the nurse said, pamol will take 1 hour to take effect. The temperature should drop 0.2 degree, otherwise have to go see the doctor again.

So we waited and checked again. At the meantime, I phoned up another GP to see if they are still open. Yep! And after measuring her at 39 degree still, we took her in.

The GP said, yes viral. Perscribed Ibuprofen 100mg/5ml.
We took her home, gave her a bottle and a dose of ibuprofen and put her to bed by 6:50pm. 7:30, she woke up and I went in to cuddle her for a bit. She was all wet from sweat. But looks like her fever has gone down. *phew*

Just now, daddy gave her a top up bottle and the antihistamine. Hopefully she has a good night sleep and gets better soon. otherwise.. last week daddy had bronchitis, now little Emma is sick... mummy might be the next one! :(
Both mummy and daddy don't like it when she's unwell and unhappy. Breaks our hearts... :(

ps. dunno wassup with today, even the dishwasher packed up today... *sigh* F&P people are coming to fix it on Wed...

Sally
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昨天下午發現妹妹手上腿上都有奇怪的紅疹子. 打電話去問護士, 他說應該沒事, 3天內會消, 沒有的話, 或是開始發燒的話, 要在打回去, 或是去看醫生.

昨天夜裡到了1點半以後他就一直醒來, 睡不好. 我換了兩次尿布之後, 3點的時候, 發現他很燙.. 一量 38.7度. 想說, 糟了,發燒了. 可是心裡一直想說要燒到39度才要緊張... 所以就想說看看自己會不會消下去... 過了半小時他又醒來, 還是很熱, 38度, 我才給他一些退燒藥. 4點半他終於把爸爸吵起來... 媽媽終於可以回去再睡兩個半小時...

早上去看醫生, 醫生說是病毒感染, 讓他保持涼快, 給他吃退燒的就好. 如果有拉肚子是正常的. 還給他開了一些過敏藥 (antihistamine), 怕疹子起的很嚴重會癢, 而且這樣他晚上也比較好睡.

今天下午就很明顯的不舒服了, 睡也睡不好, 而且比平常愛哭, 好像沒什麼力氣動, 還坐在爸爸身上乖乖坐了超過半小時.. 平時早就落跑了...

再晚一點發現他好像還是很燙, 超過39度了, 又給了退燒藥... 40幾分之後好像也是沒有改善. 媽媽又打電話給護士. 護士說要等藥吃了1小時後再量, 有降低0.2度以上就表示有效. 沒有的話就要再去看醫生了. 所以我們很乖的又等了一下, 媽媽順便打去給另一個醫生問問看到幾點...

時間到了再量還是39度多... 帶去看醫生... 這次醫生開了更強的退燒藥..

回到家, 給他喝完ㄋㄟㄋㄟ吃了一次退燒藥. 6點50就睡著了. 7點半又醒來哭, 媽媽去秀秀一下... 發現他很濕, 頭都濕了... 不過燒到是終於退了. 謝天謝地!

剛剛爸爸才又給他補了一瓶ㄋㄟㄋㄟ... 給他吃過敏藥. 希望他晚上好好睡... 早一點好起來.. 不然上週爸爸生病, 現在妹妹生病, 在這樣下去要換媽媽了 :(
看他這樣我們也好心疼喔...

唉... 今天不知道怎樣, 就連洗碗機都掛掉了... 人家週三要來修.

Sally

Crawl over the pillows

2008-02-24T19:43:00.004+13:00

* Saturday, 23rd Feb 2008 - 7 months 2-3weeks*

I've read somewhere that says we should put some pillows or cushions to let the baby learn to crawl around them.

我看書上說要在地上放一些枕頭等等, 讓小朋友練習爬, 他們可以練習從枕頭旁邊繞過去這樣爬...

I've tried it many times and here's just some pictures taken on Saturday, of what usually happens:

我試了很多次, 每次都變成這樣...看看照片吧..

Straight onto it...
直接給他爬過去...

Hop...we are almost over it now..
快要爬過去囉!

Yah!

Hehe, those kind of obsticles are not going to stop me! (Very proud of herself)
這些障礙物是難不倒我的啦! (你看我很厲害吧!)

Sally

Big bruise on the face! 臉上黑一塊啦!

2008-02-23T20:24:00.003+13:00

* Saturday, 23rd Feb 2008 - 7 months 2-3weeks*

Quite an eventful day, eh!

Emma does her usual standing up by the piano and play around... which happens more often than her feeds and nappy changes. But, she slipped a bit differently today... And bang her face on the leg of the piano... BIG BRUISE! And... CRY!

Oh the poor little thing... took a bit more cuddles and hugs to calm her down... then seeing the little named zipper friend on her napppy bag distracted her attention from crying.

Then mummy was worried about that big thing on the face, tried to put the ice pack on it for a while but she hated it and struggled so hard to get away. So I gave up.

Oh well, she's been having a few more bums and knocks recently... all part of the process I guess.

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今天還真多事情喔!
妹妹平時就常常扶著鋼琴的腳就站起來玩了. 這是很稀鬆平常的事情. 結果今天往前滑倒的方向不太一樣... 就這樣臉去撞到... 馬上就腫起來, 淤青一塊! 好痛! 妹妹就哭啊...

可憐的小傻瓜... 這次要抱抱秀秀久一點... 然後他看到他尿布袋上的名牌 (一個綠色的小東西別在他的拉鍊上, 上面有他的名字 Emma), 終於忘記要哭了...

結果換媽媽擔心他不知道撞的怎樣, 臉上那塊還真是可憐... 要幫他冰敷也跟他鬥了好久, 他全身扭動一直躲... 只好算了..

他最近還真的是到處撞來撞去, 跌來跌去的... 都是成長過程的一部分吧.

Sally

walking along the coffee table - 抓著茶几走

2008-02-23T15:15:00.003+13:00

* Saturday, 23rd Feb 2008 - 7 months 2-3weeks*

Because Emma has been standing around the coffee table, we've cleared out most of the things we can. But, given that we still use it everyday, there are still some stuff on it.

So, what we do is, if she's on one side, we move the stuff to the other side, so she can't reach.

She started off leaning over one side to try to reach it, but that doesn't work. She also tried to move a little bit along the coffee table every now and then.

But today, it is very obvious, she was walking along the coffee table from one end to another... yes, still trying to get to some stuff that she's not allowed! ^^;;

Oh dear ^^;; Have to start packing things off the coffee table now.

Also, I pushed the high chair over to feed her in the living room. Afterwards, she was pulling herself up using the high chair, then trying to hop over to come to the coffee table side... it's about 30cm away... and guess what?! She landed on the floor instead! Hehehe... But good on her for trying :)
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因為現在妹妹都會站在茶几那邊抓東西玩, 所以我們東西也收的差不多了. 不過畢竟天天在用, 就還是有幾樣東西在茶几上..
妹妹站在一邊, 我們就把東西往另一邊移過去, 這樣他就抓不到了.
結果.. 他開始慢慢往一邊傾斜, 試著要伸過去拿.... 還是拿不到, 他就換慢慢移動一點點... 還是不行.

今天, 他乾脆給我慢慢從一邊扶著茶几邊緣,走過去另一邊... 還是要過去玩不給他玩的東西...
ㄟ.... 現在他站起來之後, 東西可能就要移到別的地方了... 傷腦筋...

今天要在客廳餵他吃飯, 所以把高腳椅搬過來, 結果他給我抓那個站起來... 這樣就算啦...他還從那邊試著要撲過來茶几這裡, 換過來這邊玩... 兩各距離應該有30公分吧... 結果呢...他當然是倒在地上啦... 哈哈哈.... :P
不過他也是在嚐試新的方法移動囉...

Sally

Lots of new clothes! 好多新衣服喔!

2008-02-23T14:44:00.007+13:00

* Saturday, 23rd Feb 2008 - 7 months 2-3weeks*

Today we went over to a family friend's place to pick up some stuff for Emma. Mum has asked him to bring back a bag of clothes for Emma, his wife had also bought some clothes for Emma.

They've bought very nice winter clothes for her... tops and pants. Most of them are size 3 and 4. There's a set of size 2. Obviously they are a little too big for Emma for now, especially the pants. But I'm sure she'd be able to wear them later, maybe next year! :) Some of the tops, well she can wear them now as a big "dress".

Mum's got Emma a few new clothes, one of the kimono style on that I've asked her to get. It is very cute! :D Then there are lots of cute clothes from my niece! Finally, I've been saying, it's pity that we can't get any 2nd hand clothing for Emma, so it's quite expensive having to buy new clothes all the time. Of course I've been careful, so we don't have to spend too much.

It's obvious, if you see any cute clothes, most of them are given to us as a gift. We mainly by her body suits and stretch and grow. (easy access for nappy change for the lazy parents)

But recently it has been hard to buy those. Because they are more restricted by height. Emma is tall for her age, she's 73.5cm at 7 months. That's roughly the average height for girls at 1 year old according to WHO.
The size 0 cltohes goes up to 74 or 76cm depends on the brand. Size 1 goes up to 84cm. So one is just right but won't last too long (might not last till winter!) One is too big. So, she has 1 each for stretch and grow.

So, to make things cheaper in the future, we have to start getting her top and pants. Because, she can still fit the size 00 tops fine. She's not big, just tall/long. But it means we have to get her some shoes, too :P

Plus she's standing up more, so stretch and grow unfortunately doesn't work very well anymore :( Good for sleeping though.

:)

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今天我們去范伯伯家拿東西, 他們幫妹妹買了些衣服, 媽媽也拖了一些過來.

他們買了很多可愛的新衣服給妹妹, 大多是3-4號的, 妹妹現在穿還太大件了, 尤其是褲子啦.. 嘿嘿.. 不過這些應該可以明年穿囉. 上衣可以當大洋裝穿穿看 :)

我媽幫妹妹買了幾件新衣, 其中一件合式的是我要求的..超可愛的! 加上很多若玫姊姊的衣服... 真好! 還有名牌的咧... 我就一直說我們妹妹都沒有別人的衣服可以撿, 一直買新的很貴啊.. 所以媽媽都很小心的挑盡量省錢... 可愛的衣服都是人家送的... 媽媽就買連身裝跟包臀裝...(換尿布方便 - 因為我們懶啊)

可是最近很難買衣服, 因為妹妹比較高, 所以這些有高度限制的衣服就... 妹妹7個月73.5公分, 那是人家1歲的平均身高... 啊 ...0號的可穿到74-76公分; 1號的84公分, 所以一個剛好的穿不久一個太大. 他現在就連身裝0號1號各一件.

所以,以後, 為了省錢還是要乖乖買上衣褲子... 因為他高他不胖, 00號的上衣都還可以穿. 只是就要買鞋鞋..

加上他現在都到處亂站起來... 連身裝不太合適了... 不過睡覺穿倒是不錯..

:)

Sally

Biting... no more (不咬人了)

2008-02-23T13:22:00.005+13:00

* 7 months 2-3 weeks *

Just in the last week or so, I've noticed something... Emma has stopped biting. She still likes to slobber on you and you will feel her teeth on you but no more biting.

There had been a few times that we screamed out of shock when she was biting unexpectedly...

Not too sure what happened but hey, that is a good thing for us! :D
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就大概這一個禮拜吧, 我發現妹妹不咬人了. 還是會張嘴含在你身上, 腳上手上, 也感覺的到他牙齒含在腳上手上... 但是不會咬人了.

有幾次被他突然咬下去... 嚇到大聲叫了幾次...

也不知道最近是怎樣了, 好像學會不可以咬人了... 真好! :D

Sally

Standing up.... moving...

2008-02-23T08:00:00.002+13:00

* Friday, 22 Feb 2008 - 7 months + 2-3 weeks *

Just in the last week or so, it is becoming more and more clear that this little one is pulling herself up all the time and everywhere.
On top of that, she's also trying to balance herself standing with very little holding on. She will let go of one hand and play..
And, she's trying to move from point A to point B once she's stood up. She'd try to grab on something else, then move towards the next point.

She also tries to climb over things, climb on people to get to higher places.

She has a few way of getting down, too... mainly landing on her bum! :D

We were told that she's fearless! Keeps crawling everywhere and standing up everywhere...

Interesting... and a few friends and the teachers in daycare have all said.. she's probably going to walk soon.
We hope that "soon" means a few more months :P Otherwise it'd be even harder keep an eye out on her!

Sally
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* 7個月 2-3週*

妹妹這一週來越來越常站起來, 隨便抓到什麼可以穩定的東西就站了起來!
而且他不需要靠抓東西抓的很牢的站, 他是用抓東西 (桌子牆壁等等) 來保持平衡. 之後就可以放一隻手在玩.
除此之外, 他還可以從一個定點到另一個, 站好之後放一隻手去抓另一各地方, 然後慢慢移動腳步就可以移動到另一個定點.
還會從靠枕等等媽媽的腿上爬過... 也會往我們身上往上爬...

我們會站也會下來喔... 大多是就一屁股給他坐下來.. 然後就可以爬起來繼續玩囉!

學校老師跟我們說, 這傢伙都不會怕.. 到處爬來爬去, 抓到什麼就要站起來...

其他朋友跟學校老師也都說, 他應該很快就會走路了... :-
爸爸媽媽希望這個很快... 還有幾個月啦...不然就越來越難顧了... ^^;;;

Sally

A loooong stretch of sleep last night!!

2008-02-18T07:05:00.002+13:00

* Monday, 18th Feb - 7 months + 2 weeks *

Last 4 days we've been trying to 9-ish top up (basically a top up feed when she wakes after going to bed or before we go to bed). That (with 1 feed around 4-5 and another one around 6:30ish) successfully eliminated the nightfeeds. She lasts till after 7am for the next feed!

(Of course we were like, why didn't we think of this earlier?!!!)

Anyways, last night we put her down around 7:15pm for the night; then she woke just before 9:30pm for another feed.

I went to bed around 10pm...

What do you know, I woke once in between for the bathroom, but I did not hear from her until 4:15am!! That's a gap over 6.5 hours!!
Boy! I should have got up around that time... but I went back to bed and only got up around 6:30am...

The little madam.... woke up just before 7am.

Wow!

Now, I can get use to the 6.5 hour gap for sure!!
Tonight, I will try to go to bed after her "top up" feed!

Fingers crossed... hopefully we are closer to her sleeping through the night than I thought we would be?

Well, can't blame me for being hopeful, right? :P

Sally

Plastic wrapping...

2008-02-17T21:59:00.003+13:00

* Sunday, 17th Feb 2008 7 months & 2 weeks*

Plastic wrapping isn't kid's toy and that's fine. I don't give her that... except when I give her the teething rusks, sometimes she grabs the wrapping. I thought that's small enough that she won't be putting it over her head...etc.

Also I thought it might be good for her to learn how to get the rusk out of the wrapping...

So yesterday she was doing that and she eventually got the rusk out, but no... we were more interested in tasting the plastic wrapping.

A bit later, she's doing this weird facial expression, as if she was chocking but she wasn't. There was coughing as well... I was a bit worried, so I put my finger in her mouth to search....

What do you know, it was a small piece of plastic wrapping. She somehow managed to bite a piece off and probably tried to swallow it but couldn't... hence all the weird facial expressions.

Oh well, no more wrappings for you to chew on then! :P

(I'm sure a lot of mums would be freaking out and think I'm crazy to let her play with it... well... I guess you live and learn.)

Sally

Standing on the horsie

2008-02-17T21:16:00.002+13:00

* Sunday, 17th Feb 2008 7 months & 2 weeks*

Today, I brought her little rocking horsie out and let her sit on it to play on the keyboard on the horsie...

She couldn't quite stay on it properly... but, hey how about try to stand on it?? Well both legs were bent but at one point, she was standing (more like squating) on the horsie ^^;;;;

Why does it sound like we don't play very lady like?? ^^;;;

Sally

Crawl, crawl crawl... follow that remote controller!

2008-02-17T21:03:00.002+13:00

* Saturday, 16th Feb 2008 - 7 months & almost 2 weeks*

Lately, Emma's been trying to stand a lot! Now it only takes her a few seconds to stand up in the cot and playpen.

So I thought I'd make her crawl a little more... (well more like mummy's having fun :P)

While daddy's off to put the bath on for Emma, I picked up the remote controller that she was playing and eating... and started leading her with it.

I put it out of her reach and waited for her to crawl towards it, then move it further away, then a little more... and a little more....eventually, I lead her crawl from the living room all the day to the bathroom :D

What a mean mummy! Although, she was smiling and enjoying it all the day! Thought I was playing with her, well I was!! :P

Sally

Pick me up!

2008-02-17T19:30:00.002+13:00

* Sunday, 17th Feb 2008 7 months & 2 weeks*

Today, twice she did this.. indicating for me to pick her up by pulling my hands towards her armpits, which is where I reach for her to pick her up.

First time, after her solid feed, she was mucking around for a bit, then she had enough... wanted to get out. I was there playing with her and she pulled both of my hands over to her armpit under each arm, and lift her arms, signalling... "pick me up".

Shortly after, she was playing on the floor or something... again she did that. Daddy was watching, too and he was amazed.

Now that I think about it, she is learning faster and changing quite a bit lately...

I've noticed she does similar things last night as I had her on my lap while I was typing. She kept trying to get to the keyboard but I was in the way. So she pulled my hand away so I can't stop her. Again when she was trying to get to the mouse. My hand was on it, she pulled it away, so she can get to it.

Yesterday, earlier in the afternoon, she was trying to get to the remote controller on the couch. She couldn't reach it standing next to the couch, then she was pulling the couch throw (coz it's there), then accidentally discovered that if she keeps pulling, the remote controller gets closer. So she kept on doing that until she gets it!

Hmm.... what a smart little girl!!

I wonder what else she'd be up to next?

Sally

Biting!

2008-02-15T20:14:00.003+13:00

* 7 months *

Just a quick note... little Emma is now quite a nipper, as daddy describes her.

If you feel slobbering on your legs, arms, hands... etc, used to be okay. It'd just be slobbers... but now... it usually comes with a bite, too!

And it HURTS!

Chomp chomp....

I don't think she knows it hurts.... she's been trying to chew a lot of stuff, other than the usual exploring type... ^^;;;

So watch out!

Sally

The new trick to feed Emma

2008-02-15T19:46:00.002+13:00

* Thursday, 14th Feb - 7 months + 1 week *

Lately, she's been very easily distracted.
This morning, we gave Emma a bottle before we left home.

When I gave her the bottle before we were leaving, she had a mighty.... 70mls. Then she's off to play instead... (*sigh*), but then we gave her a few minutes, then daddy took her to the bedroom, where it's still dark and not much things to look at or play... they came back with an empty bottle!

So we told daycare this is the trick... and we start seeing more almost finished bottle instead of this 100ml, or 60ml ones ^^;;

Sally

No night feed last night!!

2008-02-15T19:43:00.002+13:00

* Friday, 15th Feb - 7 months + 1 week *

Yesterday, we picked her up from daycare... I looked on the borad and was a little puzzled and surprised!

What? Only had 1 bottle of 180ml?!?! After learning the new trick?

There's also a full bottle that still feels warm. Obviously they tried to feed her but she wasn't interested. Oh well... so we gave the bottle after we got home and let her played for a bit...

So 5pm, she had the 200ml bottle.

After shower and just before bed at 6:30, much to our surprise, she finished a 180ml bottle.

After the night before's 2 night feed, we decided we will give her a dream feed before we go to bed...
So when she woke and cried just before 9, daddy gave her a 150ml bottle and she finished it!!

Mummy still had a bit of sleep problem because she couldn't sleep till after 11pm, but Emma woke around 11:40 and took about 5-10 mins to calm and then went back to sleep....

Then I think I went check on her around 4 something coz she sounded really weird... but it was just her being a little blocked up :P So yeah... then of course I woke her when I put blankets on her...

but otherwise she slept a little better than 3 nights before...

Most importantly.. no night feeds!! We only fed her again at 7 this morning!!

So, that's like 9 to 7! 10 hour gap!!

So... tonight... cluster feed it is! :P And she seems so much happier today, maybe she doesn't like night feeds more than we do? Who likes to be woken up by an empty tummy anyway? :P

Sally

Result of the sleepy day??

2008-02-15T19:33:00.004+13:00

* Monday, 11th Feb - 7 months + 1 week *

After 2 days of sleepy naps, first day the sleep overnight was not too bad either..

But, Monday night, she got so stirred for some reason, was screaming for a while... nothing could calm her down quickly... not feed, not cuddle, not dummy... got both of us quite a fright.

Later, it took about 30 mins of daddy holding her in his arms and gentle rocking..... before she drifted back to sleep again.

Throughout the night, she kept waking up, very stirred...

Of course... very sleepy parents in the morning...

Then... Tuesday night, also very stirred.....

Wednesday night, not too much better and woke up for 2 night feeds!!

*sigh* I really hope it's teething or whatever... and it will be over and done with soon!

Sleepy Sally

Sleepy day 2

2008-02-15T18:44:00.003+13:00

* Monday, 11th Feb - 7 months + 1 week *

Today, Emma had another round of sleepy day...
In the morning, she had a little bit more than 3 hour nap and we had to go gently wake her up by talking in her room and opening the curtain slowly...

In the afternoon, she slept for about 2 hours and 15mins before we thought we better go wake her up....

It's interesting, she must just needed those sleep for some reason. Normally doesn't sleep that long for the naps!

(more to come... see the next post...)

Sally

Standing up

2008-02-11T21:01:00.000+13:00

* Monday, 11th Feb - 7 months + 1 week *

We've been pulling ourselves up quite a bit more in the last few days.
So now she's standing in the cot, in the playpen...

Or whenever there's somewhere she can grab hold of...

Or grabing us to try and stand up...

Even tried to stand in the bath today ^^;;

What's interesting was, she's not just trying to pull herself up, she's trying to stand up without holding onto things! She's trying to stand!
She'd get herself up, then let go of one hand then slowly let go of the other one... then have to grab hold again....

Wow... hmm... are they supposed to be doing all these??

With very little support, she can actually stand herself up and stay steady for a little bit... so I think her legs are getting stronger... hmm... but we don't really want her to be walking too soon though ^^;;;;;

We will see...

Sally

Poking our tounges

2008-02-11T20:25:00.000+13:00

* Monday, 11th Feb - 7 months + 1 week *

Recently Emma has been chewing on a lot of things, as babies do...
Every now and then she will lick instead.

Then today, we've noticed that she's been poking her tounge out a lot more than before...

Looks like we've found our tongue! :P

She's been very happy today, which was really nice! :)

I've got a few nice pictures, will put them on later! :D

Sally

Sleepy day...?

2008-02-10T10:58:00.000+13:00

* Sunday, 10th Feb 2008 - 7 months + 6d *

(I thini it's time to stop counting the weeks, eh? :P)

Last night we fed Emma around 6:30pm-ish and she went down straight after that. Only cried once for dummy before we go to bed. Then again at 11, that's when daddy gave her a bottle, she finished it all!

Then there was peace... until 3am! That's nice! 4 hour gap! I can live with this :P

Well she was woken up by a wet and poo nappy. so I changed her. A little later, she decided she's hungry, too. So she had another bottle at 3:30 and back to sleep.

She started to wake up around 7:30 and finally was up just before 8.

I thought that was a good sleep, 13 hours and almost 30 mins.

8:45am, another feed (110ml this time) and down for a nap around 8:50am. It's 11:15am... she's still sleeping. (daddy just went checked on her... still fast asleep)

I can get used to this :P

I think she really needs this nice sleep. She's a little sick and needs more rest to recover.

:)

Sally

Finger food

2008-02-09T19:01:00.000+13:00

* Saturday, 9th Feb 2008 - 7 months+5d (31weeks+3d) *

Today, I was cooking up another batch of solids for Emma...
The usual... potatoes, carrots and courgettes.
Also cooked up one kumura for her, hopefully she would like it.
She didn't seem to like the peas...

Still got the brocolli to cook up for later but the ice tray is all full anyway.

I cut some of the carrots and potatoes into strips for her as finger foods.

After it's been steamed up in the rice cooker, Andrew gave her some.
Boy she loves her potatoes (just like her father!!), there was about 6-7 pieces of potatoes and only 1 left... she also had 2-3 carrots.

I tell ya, finger food is definitely a faster way to feed Emma than with spoons! Maybe I should try the peas as finger food when she's older... maybe she'd like it then??

Sally

Growth updates - 7 months+5d (31weeks+3d)

2008-02-09T18:56:00.000+13:00

* Saturday, 9th Feb 2008 - 7 months+5d (31weeks+3d) *

Today we took Emma to the Pakuranga Plunket again to do some DIY measurements.

Weight: 8.97kg
(even though daddy was so convinced that she's over 9kg :P)

Height: 73.5cm

(the nice Plunket nurse who was there, she didn't have any appointments at that time we went, so she measured Emma for us. Her measuring tool is easier than the one outside...)

The Plunket nurse really likes her, was talking to her and playing with her. Said she's very smily. Then she was asking us how old Emma is... and she said this must be a 9 monther. 7 months? Wow... she's a big girl!

That is 620g and 3.5cm in 4 weeks time.

So the weight growth is slowing down a bit, but the height seems to be going up...

:)

Sally

A photo with our two little teeth

2008-02-07T21:25:00.000+13:00

photo taken on 03.02.2008

Very rarely we get a photo where you can see Emma's two little teeth...

So here, if you look hard... you will find them...and you may also notice tht she's slobbered quite a bit...

Sally

Chinese New Year Eve

2008-02-07T20:27:00.000+13:00

* Wednesday, 6th Feb - 7 months + 2d*

Today is Chinese New Year Eve, we went over to my aunty's to have dinner. Meg (cousin Stephen's wife) cooked up the feast for everyone!

Before the feast begins, Stephen's god mother was happily playing with Emma. Both seem very happy :D

There's my aunty (Eliza) helping to get everything ready...

Uncle Tony having a turn, taking Emma out to the garden to show her around...

Woooo.... I'm hungry again now... yummmmmmm......

Emma is having her small feast.... well a teething rusk :P

Eventually after some screaming and a bottle... Emma passed out on daddy's laps

Then we live happily ever after...... err... not :P

Well she woke up eventually... had bit more playing and grizzling... we got her home... about 15-20 mins of on and off complaining in her cot.. eventually she felt asleep.

:)

Sally

Rediscovering bath

2008-02-07T20:12:00.001+13:00

* Tuesday, 5th Feb 2008 * - 7 months + 1 day

Today, we went into the doctors to get Emma a check up. Because the night before, she was having a very hard time and wasn't sleeping well after 11:30pm. She kept waking up and couldn't breath... so she couldn't have her dummy because her nose are so blocked up.

The doctor said she has a little infection on her right ear.

Talking to a friend, she said it's better that Emma doesn't get water in her ears. We usually shower with her so that's probably not the best idea. So we decided to give the hated bath another chance.

And.... well... SCREEEEEAAAAAAAAAM.... as soon as we put her into the bath!

Took a while to calm her down.... and she's slowly feeling a bit better....

And nothing like a few duckies in the bath helps distract her...

Let's eat the small duckie...

What about this other one? I wonder if it tastes different...

Oh what about this other big one...

What are you looking at?

*phew* So at the end of the day, it wasn't that bad...

We bathed her again today and took a little less time to calm her screaming... :P Hopefully soon she will enjoy it... well she started to discover, trying to grab toys floating on the water is different than those on the floor...

Also learnt to splash the water.... (guess who was the victim sitting next to her? :P)

Sally

Crawling - proper crawling

2008-02-07T19:59:00.001+13:00

* Monday, 4th Feb 2008 * - 7 months

Today, I've noticed that every now and then, Emma started doing this proper crawling. That is, the body is up and pushing forward with her knees and hands proper...

But she would only crawl for 2-3 steps, then sits up, find something to eat or play with... then a few more crawls...

I guess it's only the matter of time before she's crawling everywhere! I think she's still quite happy with the newly learnt sitting up skill, so still practicing a lot with it :D

Sally

Making an escape??

2008-02-04T08:41:00.000+13:00

* Monday, 4th Feb 2008 *

[photos added]

Today is the first time we worked from home to look after Emma. I was sitting there working away then I hear this funny noise... I looked over, she's sitting in the playpen and shaking the bars... and looking at the bits where you lock the playpen together... trying to touch it... and holding on the the bar... shaking it... I've got a few photos of that :P Almost looks like she's trying to escape out of it!! :P

Hopefully she doesn't figure out how to escape too soon

Sally

Sitting up more and more

2008-02-04T08:37:00.000+13:00

* Monday 4th Feb - 7 months *

Just in the last week, after Emma started being able to sit up on her own, she started doing that more and more.

Now it seems so easy for her. She'd be on the floor on tummy time, then the next thing you know, her bum is up high... sit the bum down, and she's sitting up. Then she's off again.... then sitting up again.

Even in bed, she'd be sitting up for a while after she wakes up.

We had to lower her cot the other day after her starting to pull up and stand up.

She's been quite happily playing on her own most of the time. So it is quite nice :D

It is quite amazing watching them grow and change so quickly. A week and half ago, she definitely couldn't go from tummy time to sitting up all by herself! Now, it's like she's been doing it for ages!

Sally

Helping grandma pack?

2008-02-01T20:02:00.001+13:00

** Tuesday, 29th Jan 2008 - 29weeks +6/7days * 6 months 4th week **

Well, maybe not quite helping :P More like mummy having fun. But hey, before I sat her up and took photos, she was lying in the suitcase... I think we could fit her in there just fine... well :P

Of course, later we all have to leave, so grandma can actually pack :P

Sally

Old post with photos added

2008-02-01T20:00:00.001+13:00

Earlier, there was a post about Emma eating the duckie...I've added photos to it now :)

Pulling ourselves up

2008-02-01T19:26:00.000+13:00

* 1st Feb 2008 - almost 7 months *

Tonight, the little one seemed so tired quite early on in the evening. After finishing the full 210ml bottle (which she doesn't always do, especially in the last few days or a 1week or so!), and a bit more playing, still showing very tired signs. We put her to bed.

Then comes the crying... which stopped after 2-3 mins, I thought, wow that's good. But it started again.... so we waited.

After 15 mins, we went into check, she had the blanket over her face. Poor little thing, so that's why she's been screaming for ages!
So we picked her up, cuddles and more cuddles, finally calmed her down, stayed in there with her for a long time, waiting for her to go back to sleep. Instead, she crawl around the cot and keep checking if we are still there.

Eventually, she was pulling herself up and holding onto the side of the cot, and holding onto one of my arm... then both hands on the cot... standing on an angle for about a min or so, until she tried to stand up straighter and lean towards the side, didn't stand properly and fell back to the cot... started crying again.

^^;;; After some cuddle and put back to bed. We left her.

Then the crying begins again. *sigh* One of those nights... last night she was extra grizzly as well, not sure if it is because of her blocked nose (now runny nose)...

10 mins later, we wondered... maybe she's hungry again? Even though she just had 210ml less than 1.5 hours ago. So we made her another 100ml.... (Well was 50 but too hot, so we made it into 100 with more powder). She finished all that and then seem hungry still. So... another bottle was made, which took a bit of an effort to get her to start drinking, even though she was crying still. So another 30 mls... seemed okay and went to bed.

Boy... then she started crying again but this time, settled down very quickly.

30-40 mins later, woke up again. We gave her some pamol at that point. Because she seems to be more grizzly than normal, wonder if she's in pain somehow? Oh well... we will see.

I don't know, each day that goes by, the day she will sleep through seems further and further away... *sigh*

Sally

Sleep sleep sleep....

2008-01-31T20:14:00.000+13:00

People always say.... sleeping like a baby... not too sure why, because babies don't actually sleep all that well. Adults or kids can sleep 8-10 hours without waking up in between, babies.... don't. If you think they have, I've been told, most likely they woke up, then put themselves back to sleep.

So... when they are sleeping... ahhh... it's like heaven!

So I love taking photos of her sleeping...
Now, I don't have all the photos of Emma, but here's a selection of what's on my computer... (I used to take a lot more in the first month I think, but I don't have the photos, will add them on later)

1 Month old...
the surrender style sleeping

sleeping next to daddy, holding his finger

Sleeping in the capsule (almost 3 months)

Almost 4 months - this is on the mattress of the portable cot on the floor

sleeping with daddy
in the capsule... dummy fell out.

Almost 5 months - finally not being wrapped up... stretched out

In the carseat (5 months old)

sleeping on daddy (almost 6 months)

This is 5 months, in the sling (frontpack) while daddy is carrying her... well he's sitting down.... (in Bunnings)

Now we get into funnier sleeping positions:

First time sleeping on the back, one leg outside the bar.. a little stuck

sleeping on the back again

6 months

sleeping on the side...holding onto the cot

sleeping with the legs up!

See the leg outside the cot??

Well we've since put some bumpers around :P

But hey, hope this makes up for the lack of photos in other posts :P

Sally

Climbing....and crawling

2008-01-28T10:16:00.000+13:00

* 6 months 3 weeks *

Last few days, we've noticed that Emma likes to try and crawl over things... I guess maybe she doesn't have the concept of crawl around it???

So she's been trying to crawl over both of my legs.... or just my thigh and she persists until she gets through. You can watch her to it, she will have both arms over, then push the legs, eventually getting the top half of the body over, then a few more pushes to get her tummy over and often you see this little frog leap action... she's climbed over you.

Or what she likes to do is, while you are sitting up with your legs folded on the floor... she likes to crawl towards you, then eventually crawling or climbing onto you as if she's climbing over a little hill??

Not too sure what she's trying to do, but sure seems fun to her :P

Sally

Wow! We've sit up on our own!!

2008-01-28T10:13:00.001+13:00

Sunday, 27th Jan - 6 months & 3 weeks (29 weeks +4 days)

Today, I was playing with her and then watch her crawl all over the place and starting to come into the kitchen more... she'd also roll over back and forth... as long as she's moving around, she's happy.

Then I saw her from tummy time position then to her side, half sitting .... then sat up to the up right position all on her own!!

So I quickly brought out the video camera.... then of course, she's too curious by it and crawling towards me filming, trying to grab it instead ^^;;;;;

It's really amazing how quickly they change in the matter of days!! I think soon she will be sitting up a lot more by herself, which also means, daddy will have to take the cot apart and lower it to the proper cot level :P

:P

Sally

Sitting up longer..

2008-01-28T10:10:00.000+13:00

Saturday, 26th Jan - 6 months & 3 weeks (29weeks + 3 days)

Today we took Emma to visit baby Taylor from our coffee group and to drop off something.

We were just telling Martine how Emma won't sit still, Taylor is really nice and gentle, sitting up very well and would sit quietly... Then we sat Emma up to show her.... and of course, she had to prove us wrong. She sat there for over a minute I think, without wabbling off or launching off after some toys... ^^;;;; I guess it's a good thing :P

Later that day, granddad also noticed that Emma can sit herself back up when she's sitting up right but falling to the back... she can slowly pull herself up again back to the upright position.

Wow.... so she is getting stronger!

I think she's waking up now :P

One more post to come...

Sally

Signs of sitting up by herself?

2008-01-28T10:05:00.000+13:00

Friday, 25th Jan - 6 months & 3 weeks (29weeks + 2days)

I remember I've been saying that Emma can't sit up by herself and yet is learning to crawl first..

Slowly, we've been sitting her up a bit more and she can stay sitting up unsupported for just under a minute I think...

Friday afternoon, after work, we were playing with her and then I noticed that she went from tummy time position to on the side but half sitting in a way...

I thought, wooo looks like she's learning to sit up by herself... finally! :P

Also noticed that she can sit herself up right when you put her down sitting up. Normally she will lean forward and go for her toes.... then can't get up. But lately she can sit up from there. It's a good sign! :P

Sally

The Eberhard Family

Blog has been moved - 部落格搬家囉

Sucking finger - 吃手指

A few things happened today - 7th tooth, "flower", arm hurting, rabbit, humpty dumpty

Cuteness

Emma loves to "talk" - 妹妹愛"說話"

Making ourselves understood - 我要這個...

Saying a few more words - 又會多說幾個字

Patting our chest - 自己拍拍

Clap clap clap - 拍拍手

Holding the bottle by ourselves - 自己喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ

Plunket 13 months check - 13 個月檢查

Sick Emma: Where's my milky! 生病的妹妹: 我的ㄋㄟㄋㄟ呢?

Putting the lid on - 蓋蓋子

11.5 mths 2 photos

Emma in a bag - 妹妹被裝在袋子裡

Playing with a box - 玩箱子

Coffee Group Birthday Party

Napier Trip #2

Happy Birthday Emma! 生日快樂!

Making naughty face - 嘟嘴巴 做鬼臉

Bird? Book? Duck? Making more noises that sound like words!

Let's go for a walk! 走走走 我們散步去!

Xmas Gift from Uncle Phil - 叔叔送的耶誕禮物玩具

Stroking her own head - 自己摸摸頭

No scratching - 不抓癢了

Sleeping with Emma - 陪睡

Point - Uh! - 用手指東西

Mum mum mum... Ma ma ma - 叫媽媽

Singing - 唱歌

Musical Mat - 音樂毯

Napier Trip

Playing with the dumbell - 玩啞玲

Playing with other kids

Emma in daycare - 在學校

Exploring and playing - 到處去玩

Teasing mummy with rice bikky - 給你吃餅乾... 才怪

Walking... 會走路了

Cough cough - 咳咳...

Teething - 長牙

Riding on daddy's shoulders - 騎在爸爸肩上

Using the toilet! 上廁所!

Great greedy guts

2 steps today - 踏出兩步

Popular Emma! 人氣很旺!

We are a big bully - 我們是小惡霸

First step! 踏出第一歩

Emma's first wedding - 妹妹第一次去參加婚禮

Christchurch Visit - 基督城之旅

I want to feed myself - 我要自己吃飯啦!

More steady on our feet! 越站越好囉

Plunket 9 months check - 9 個月檢查

Being sick part 2

Poor little Emma - first time throwing up - 可憐的妹妹, 第一次吐了

New Toy... 新玩具

38 weeks old - 滿 38 週

You can't eat my food! 你不可以吃我的飯!

Standing up...hands free - 空手站起來

Better sleeps - 睡好覺

Slept through the night!! 一覺到天亮喔

Yummy rice cracker - 好吃的米餅

Standing and play... 到處站著玩...

Rice porridge... yum! 好吃的蔬菜粥

First Haircut - 剪頭髮囉

Climbing up the stairs... 爬樓梯...

Poor little Emma - first fever - 可憐的妹妹第一次發燒..

Crawl over the pillows

Big bruise on the face! 臉上黑一塊啦!

walking along the coffee table - 抓著茶几走

Lots of new clothes! 好多新衣服喔!

Biting... no more (不咬人了)

Standing up.... moving...

A loooong stretch of sleep last night!!

Plastic wrapping...

Standing on the horsie

Crawl, crawl crawl... follow that remote controller!

Pick me up!

Biting!

The new trick to feed Emma

No night feed last night!!

Making naughty face - 嘟嘴巴做鬼臉

Let's go for a walk! 走走走我們散步去!