Our little girl is such a celebrity. Everytime we go out people stare and point, and poke their friends so they look too. She gets her picture taken, her hand held, and cheeks pinched. And to say this happens everytime is not an exageration; this happens EVERY single time we leave the house.
This weekend was the flea market; YAY! Gemma got a fisher price dollhouse, and a fisher price firetruck, a jolly jumper, clothes, books, a box full of those hard rubber animals (for 3 dollars!). Most of the stuff for her we put away until next year. I got some little stuffed toys for 1 NT each for her to gum up. Everything goes in her mouth and so I am trying to keep some her nicer toys, well, nice. After the flea market I did something that needed to be done ages ago; I went through all of the clothes and sorted them again. Brenda did it once for me when she was here, but Baby has grown so much since then, and I don't want to miss anything. We've got all Shelen's stuff washed and packed and ready to go home (Lil Bean, don't be early!), stuff for Mikala's mystery baby (if you are a girl, you are so lucky!), a bag to take home to wear during the summer, a bag of summer clothes for after Canadian summer back in Taiwan, and then a box of winter clothes. We've been given so much great stuff, its awesome.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Walker update!
Tonight in the walker she went about 15 feet; all the way across the room! Backwards, of course, but she's getting it :)
Friday, April 20, 2007
update
Not a lot to report here...
We had our four month cehckup a few weeks ago and all is well with our little girl. She is 6kg, which is small compared to some of her little friends but the doctor kept saying how healthy she was and what a good body weight, and that Chris and I did a good job. Its nice gettiing compliments about our baby!
I let the mosquito plug in thing in her room run out and the poor girl has 11 bites on her face. What a rotten mother! I must get refills today.
She is almost sitting up. We can prop her up and she'll hold the pose for a while but then leans over and falls. She really enjoys sitting in her walker. She can't make it move yet, which is ok with mommy and daddy for a while, but she loves to push the toys around the tray. Everything goes in her mouth; this morning she was sucking on the blanket during tummy time. Little weirdo!
Her favorite things? Chewing mommy's fingers, looking in the mirror, when mommy and daddy sing... Her favorite somg is 'mm mm went the little green frog one day.' We've also been reading lots of books. I got a whole stack from the library that was being discarded. Either they had been replaced with newer, prettier ones or they were just too old. Its good beacuse then I let her put her mouth on the page and touch and grab without worry of wrecking them. She is not into the soother anymore, but actually drank from the bottle yesterday. Chris had such a good week with her, she didn't cry barely at all.
We are working on a 9-9:30 bedtime, and it is actually working. She goes to sleep for 20 minutes, wakes up and I comfort her back to sleep, she sleeps till 12:30, then 4ish, then 6;30. Today she went from 4am till 8 so that was good. We're definetly taking a more lax approach to the whole baby routine thing; when shes hungry we feed her, and when shes tired she naps and she is forming a routine.
Sorry for the lack of posts... Just too busy.
We had our four month cehckup a few weeks ago and all is well with our little girl. She is 6kg, which is small compared to some of her little friends but the doctor kept saying how healthy she was and what a good body weight, and that Chris and I did a good job. Its nice gettiing compliments about our baby!
I let the mosquito plug in thing in her room run out and the poor girl has 11 bites on her face. What a rotten mother! I must get refills today.
She is almost sitting up. We can prop her up and she'll hold the pose for a while but then leans over and falls. She really enjoys sitting in her walker. She can't make it move yet, which is ok with mommy and daddy for a while, but she loves to push the toys around the tray. Everything goes in her mouth; this morning she was sucking on the blanket during tummy time. Little weirdo!
Her favorite things? Chewing mommy's fingers, looking in the mirror, when mommy and daddy sing... Her favorite somg is 'mm mm went the little green frog one day.' We've also been reading lots of books. I got a whole stack from the library that was being discarded. Either they had been replaced with newer, prettier ones or they were just too old. Its good beacuse then I let her put her mouth on the page and touch and grab without worry of wrecking them. She is not into the soother anymore, but actually drank from the bottle yesterday. Chris had such a good week with her, she didn't cry barely at all.
We are working on a 9-9:30 bedtime, and it is actually working. She goes to sleep for 20 minutes, wakes up and I comfort her back to sleep, she sleeps till 12:30, then 4ish, then 6;30. Today she went from 4am till 8 so that was good. We're definetly taking a more lax approach to the whole baby routine thing; when shes hungry we feed her, and when shes tired she naps and she is forming a routine.
Sorry for the lack of posts... Just too busy.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Sunday, April 08, 2007
So comfortable
A kindergartener was just loving Gemma's head the other day, stroking it and petting it. "It's so comfortable!" he said, and then added, "I wish my bed was made of it!"
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Most embarrasing moment!
Ok, my most embarrasing Mommy moment to date.
I was home for lunch feeding Gemma and when she was done she barfed it back up, all over me! Not just a little spit up, the milk waterfall from her mouth all over my body. So, after changing my clothes I was running a little late (as a silly aside, it was a day that I actually matched my socks to my outfit, and then my new outfit didn't match my socks so I even needed to change them!) So, being almost late, I ran the whole block to school just in time to pick up the kids, and ushered them down the two flights of stairs to the music room. Well, as the last kids filed into music the science teacher (Adrienne) came up to me and whispered, 'Uh, are you missing one of these?" In her hand was a breast pad she saw on the stairs!!!! Her and the other two teachers with her were giggling, and doh, I felt foolish! I must have jogged it out in my hurry to get to school.
So the moral of the story is, Breast pads and jogging don't mix!
I was home for lunch feeding Gemma and when she was done she barfed it back up, all over me! Not just a little spit up, the milk waterfall from her mouth all over my body. So, after changing my clothes I was running a little late (as a silly aside, it was a day that I actually matched my socks to my outfit, and then my new outfit didn't match my socks so I even needed to change them!) So, being almost late, I ran the whole block to school just in time to pick up the kids, and ushered them down the two flights of stairs to the music room. Well, as the last kids filed into music the science teacher (Adrienne) came up to me and whispered, 'Uh, are you missing one of these?" In her hand was a breast pad she saw on the stairs!!!! Her and the other two teachers with her were giggling, and doh, I felt foolish! I must have jogged it out in my hurry to get to school.
So the moral of the story is, Breast pads and jogging don't mix!
Two Rude Things
In the words of 90's icon Michelle Tanner, 'How RUDE!'
1) Chester, Ashton, and Brennen had Gemma at Costco last week in the stroller. As Chester was looking at something and Ashton was pushing the stroller one of the demo ladies UNCLIPPED the straps and LIFTED GEMMA OUT of the stroller!!! Could you imagine if a complete stranger unhooked your baby ans picked her up??? Ashton was shocked and didn't know what to do, Chris was furious...It was so unreal.
2) I was with Gemma at Starbucks today picking up a coffee for Chris. So as I was trying to open the big door and finagle the stroller out, coffee in one hand, stroller in one hand, a lady came towards the entrance. 'Pheww', I thought, 'She's going to help me with the door'. Nope. The door is proped open with my body, and this lady sneaks around me and in through the open door. She didn't even grab it from the inside to let me finish getting out.
Things like that infuriate me!
On the plus side, I do have two positive events to add.
1) The canopy clip on the stroller was broken, and we were just dreading the potential trip it meant back to where they bought the stroller; WAYYYY across the city. Fortunately, when Chester asked at our local baby store they phoned the Combi dealer and then said 'No problem'. For 4 dollars it will be fixed in a week.
2) I sat on my glasses on Friday (note to self; the bed is not a safe place for glasses!) so I walked to a nearby glasses shop and the guy fixed it for me for free, right there. I LOVE good service, and Taiwan has excellent service.
1) Chester, Ashton, and Brennen had Gemma at Costco last week in the stroller. As Chester was looking at something and Ashton was pushing the stroller one of the demo ladies UNCLIPPED the straps and LIFTED GEMMA OUT of the stroller!!! Could you imagine if a complete stranger unhooked your baby ans picked her up??? Ashton was shocked and didn't know what to do, Chris was furious...It was so unreal.
2) I was with Gemma at Starbucks today picking up a coffee for Chris. So as I was trying to open the big door and finagle the stroller out, coffee in one hand, stroller in one hand, a lady came towards the entrance. 'Pheww', I thought, 'She's going to help me with the door'. Nope. The door is proped open with my body, and this lady sneaks around me and in through the open door. She didn't even grab it from the inside to let me finish getting out.
Things like that infuriate me!
On the plus side, I do have two positive events to add.
1) The canopy clip on the stroller was broken, and we were just dreading the potential trip it meant back to where they bought the stroller; WAYYYY across the city. Fortunately, when Chester asked at our local baby store they phoned the Combi dealer and then said 'No problem'. For 4 dollars it will be fixed in a week.
2) I sat on my glasses on Friday (note to self; the bed is not a safe place for glasses!) so I walked to a nearby glasses shop and the guy fixed it for me for free, right there. I LOVE good service, and Taiwan has excellent service.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Discovery
I was giving her a bath the other day, holding her sitting up, and she was looking at her toes and having so much fun. They kept splashing and kicking and she loved squeaking them along the bottom and sides of her plastic tub. And since she is into grabbing things she would reach down and try to grab them, but as soon as she'd get close they'd kick and jump out of the way. She probably tried for five minutes to grab those squirming appendages but no luck.
We are on day four of the medicine, and what a pain that is. I have to hold my finger in her mouth to try and squirl it around so she swallows it instead of spit it out. Even still, she gets so much on her chin and face. So my question of the day is, do doctors get how hard it is to medicate infants, and take that into consideration when they presecirbe it? Or should a mother keep trying to feed the baby until she thinks the reccomended dosage is reached? And what if they barf it out after 5 minutes? Either way, she seems to be getting better and the cold seems to be drying up.
We are on day four of the medicine, and what a pain that is. I have to hold my finger in her mouth to try and squirl it around so she swallows it instead of spit it out. Even still, she gets so much on her chin and face. So my question of the day is, do doctors get how hard it is to medicate infants, and take that into consideration when they presecirbe it? Or should a mother keep trying to feed the baby until she thinks the reccomended dosage is reached? And what if they barf it out after 5 minutes? Either way, she seems to be getting better and the cold seems to be drying up.
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