2m4w

May-29-2011 (Sunday)

found ian's one leg and feet outside his crib when i woke up at 5.30 a.m. this morning. (his head bumped on the rail yesterday morning too) That was cute. but also a bit scary if we didn't pay close attention and put the rail down. I guess it's time for washing the crib pads for protection.

also he slept on his tummy (close to the outside rail) when i was ready to bed last night. i guess don put him into bed on his back, and he turned on his own. (even in swaddle!? he has got one arm out though) I turned him back anyway, just to be safe, as he hasn't been very skillful for turns yet.

May-31-2011

He sometimes paused and turned to look at me while having his milk, and he would talk to me! He wasn't just making some noises because he was trying to make "a" sound. For example, I asked him if he would like some more milk 好不好? He stared at me, paused, and said (有點用力）好~ I said you're amazing! Then he would laugh, seem really happy!

I notice that he starts looking at me sometimes during nursing. :) Cute! I also like him looking at me when his sitting in his car seat, like I am the person he loves forever. *^^* I hope it's true no matter how tall/ old he grows.

Ian slept 7.5 hours in a row at night. (he goes to bed around 11 p.m. and then he wakes up at 6.30a.m.)

June-1-2011

I said yes to a baby-mom study. A Mac student will come for a home visit and type our interaction to study how new moms process information and how it influences the way infants process information. kind of cool.

Ian wanted to sleep on this tummy in the afternoon... He was kind of fussy around 2:30 and I took him to our bed. After he had some milk, he tried to turn his face down (tried really hard). Surprisingly, he wanted to sleep on his tummy. (Once I helped him turn over, he seemed relieved and fell asleep right away!)

Jun-2-2011
went to toronto island with don's friend Johnny Wu. Ian has been very well-behaved since yesterday evening (we went to Boston Pizza for dinner) he was very cooperated. even for today's trip to toronto island. He drank milk at beach! lots of sea birds around.

But... after Johnny left for his hotel, ian woke up on 403 during rash hour. Damn traffic jam... we were stuck on the highway with an extremely hungry baby. He cried so loud and tearful. With his watery eyes, he finally got his milk after perhaps 20 minutes? poor little thing. then he pooped, so we had to stop somewhere again to change his diaper. He then became a happy cute baby afterward!

2m3w

may-23-2011

前一天發現ian尿布裡的便便有血點跟血絲。今天我不喝牛奶豆漿蛋肉，早上跟下午的就正常了。看來可能是過敏造成直腸有點發炎 （delicious tag: baby.care.blood, baby.symptons)。只是...對什麼過敏呢?

may-24-2011

不跟青蛙猴子說話了? 前兩個禮拜ian可愛的跟猴子青蛙談笑，這幾天只是看著他們安靜的抿嘴或是不轉的時候哎哎叫，當說，難道是ian發現他說再多他朋友都不會說話嗎?

may-25-2011

中午餵完奶拍嗝 讓ian在我肩上趴了一陣子。之後放到crib跟前一次一樣，又揮手抓頭恩恩阿阿快要醒來，於是，我讓他頭向左趴著，掙扎了一下子安靜的睡著。雖然ian已經可以抬頭，我煎蛋的過程不停的出來check他，最後一次check他已經自己轉頭面向右邊。嚇了我一跳。

may-26-2011
因為三天沒有喝牛奶了，清晨左小腿抽筋痛得醒來:( 早上喝了一小杯鮮奶，等等來吃一個維他命。希望ian不會過敏了。

may-27-2011

晚上牙齒超痛! 吃了兩個ibp止痛，整個太陽穴還是很痛，不過在鐺鐺的提議下，用力against pillow慢慢睡著了。好後悔沒有早點去看牙醫。不過看牙醫（要找到值得信任的...)真的很麻煩...。

may-28-2011

這幾天飲食正常，只是奶蛋不過量，也不喝豆漿吃豬肉。ian沒有出現血絲or血點。

今天大費周章拍了一些ian大頭照，用photoshop element 8編輯了正確大小的照片之後，仔細看canadian passport photo規定，一定要taken by commercial photographer 還要有photographer住址日期的stamp. 真是令人:( 明天去costco看看他們會幫小嬰兒拍照嗎

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weekend to do: edit ian's passport photo

蒜味牛奶番茄義大利麵

奶油大蒜醬 （奶油，蒜末，parsley leaves, 咖哩塊，糖，少許鹽）
炒杏鮑菇 煮好的白菜 加上自製dried番茄 in olive oil (醃兩個禮拜以上好吃）
可加ham & onion

加入煮好的天使麵（細）
倒入鮮奶，加黑胡椒與少許鹽
快收乾時，加入cheese (這次是用切小塊的feta cheese)

好吃:))))

2m2w, 5/16-22/2011

May-16-2011
ian is much taller now. i can definitely tell when i feed him. he likes to talk a lot. when i was on the phone with my mami, he just kept talking too...

we started to have him practice his neck muscles. need to catch up... (we didn't take tummy time seriously or do much exercise for his neck...) 3rd time in the evening, he could lift his head much better than the first time in the evening. proud of him :))))

irobot worked for us for the first time in the evening. don was amazed by irobot's good job. we were talking about how to bring it back to taiwan since it is heavy. i said we should bring irobot's "home" back to taiwan, ... don continued, and then irobot will arrive in 2 years. or maybe all irobots nearby will align outside our door... that's cool.

May-19-2011
ian can lift his head up for seconds now :)

May-20-2011
Rolled from face up to face right on his own several times this morning :D

May-21-2011

slept for 6.5 hours (11p-5:30a) and then 4 hours at night!

這兩天晚上baby醒來很安靜，看到我就笑，然後手伸過去他嘴巴會張好開。真可愛。

may-22-2011
- 血便。8pm左右幫baby洗澡發現尿布上大便有鮮紅色點點 （兩三點）。10:30pm左右大便裡有兩三血絲。baby喝奶正常 也沒有異常哭鬧。體溫正常。

2m1w 5/9~5/15/2011

Mon, 5/9

在沙發上拍嗝時，吐奶。大約60c.c.? 還好後來好些了。

don came back from work late this evening. ian didn't poop until his daddy came back.

Tue, 5/10

turned in my proposal revisions. i guess i could have turned in the revisions within two weeks if i did not have to deliver the baby. but i am glad that i chose 5/10 as the due date because the last thing i need at this point is pressure. it is the perfect time. i hope he likes the changes i made.

brought a used nursing pillow- my brest friend. i tried it this evening once. my back was supported and i could just put my arms around ian (didn't have to use one hand to support his head/ neck and one hand to hold his body. magic. will wash it and use its pocket for holding some towels.

purchased a box of huggies. we are not big fans of huggies. but pumpers is much expensive... because costco doesn't carry the brand...

as i hoped, we put ian in his crib in the living room tonight. and i am going to stay with him tonight. ian can sleep for 5 hours in a row for most nights. i am wondering if he will sleep even better if we are not sharing the same bed (less movements around him). plus, his daddy has installed a very nice a/c. i guess he will like it. let's keep fingers crossed.

(update: slept quite well. 10p-3a, 3:30-7:30a, 9 hours in total. only looked around before slept for the 2nd round. swaddled him and he fell asleep quickly.)

Wed, 5/11

next time, get white toast from metro. when i made lunch for don this morning, toast has become 'stiff'... so i guess if we don't eat any toast right away or within two days, we shouldn't buy from t&t. get from metro next time. just make thin slices.

Thr, 5/12

ian "semi-rolled" on his own for the first time. facing (body too) right to facing down on his tommy, and then turned his head to the right. (i missed it... after feeding him, i went to kitchen, and don saw it all.)

white nose daddy. 當當晚上洗完澡之後用了妙鼻貼。我笑牧牧會不認得他，他不信。當把ian抱到大腿上，他一開始眼睛一直轉到別的地方avoid eye contact, 當把他頭轉正，強迫他看，他一看眼睛瞪超大，扁嘴要哭。當當跟他說是爸爸阿，聽聲音阿，我是爸爸...（重複n次）。ian眼睛瞪超大好幾次（嚇到的樣子），爸爸一直逗他，終於笑了。哈哈 好可愛阿。可惜沒有錄下來...。

made a video today, 2m-2m1w

Fri, 5/13 (10wks)

11:00p-3:30a (4.5hr), 4:00-8:00a (4hr)

2-month check up with a nurse practitioner, Jane (because our doctor zazulak is away). the nurse was pretty good at checking babies and ian even gave her a lovely smile (before he got needles.) As to the vaccines, he was pretty brave :) We got a bottle of baby tylenol. I hope he won't have fever at all. we'll see!

measurements:

weight: 5.78kg (50 percentile)

height: 61.5 cm (higher than 50 percentile)

head: 40.5 cm (85 percentile)

Jane said, ian's skin is dry because... the longer babies stay during pregnancy, the drier babies' skin would be.

video is here:

Sat 5/14

Baby was really warm around 4 a.m. in the morning because of the vaccines. But became cooler after an hour. Much cooler in the morning (around 9 a.m.) So he did pretty well for the first set of needles :)

Sun 5/15

Went to mississauga to buy a used graco 3-in-1 pack n play. it was definitely the wrong thing to do. baby cried when we placed him into the bassinet. the teddy bears neither sing, nor move in a circle. ian was really upset and he cried in tears. when i picked him up and brought him to his daddy, he even cried with his loudest voice. Of course, his daddy's rock heart melted. don said ian should get used to it (although it's mommy's mistake...) and soon changed his mind to let the stuff go right away...

Lesson learned:

1. should check what we'd like to buy together (we 3 should see it together)

2. should check if the stuff has been stored for a long time (a storage smell) . and check if "mobile" can really move...

3. perhaps just buy it from once upon a child next time if not sure baby will like it or not. at least we can refund within 7 days.

we finally decided to place ian in his crib all the time. just move the crib from living room to bedroom and from bedroom to living room everyday, so that he can see his friends all the time. He seemed really happy to see his friends again and talked to them for a long time (while I was organizing clothes in the same room).

I got rid of the shoe racks in the bedroom. we did a lot of work to reorganize the storage and some furniture. don installed the a/c... tomorrow, roomba will start to work for us too.

First mother's day.

Had a good time yesterday for my first mother’s day. Of course, ian doesn’t understand mother’s day yet, but he is healthy and happy - my best gift for the first mother’s day. and thank god for giving me a customized-made son. the best.

Don took us to blockbuster to rent a movie, the joneses, and boston pizza to get chicken wings and a pasta. delicious. (thank you dear) we had to stop several times during the movie to check ian when he wanted our attention. But most of the time, he sat in his papasan and watched the movie with us.

Sometimes, I feel frustrated or dissatisfied with my ‘new’ life, especially when I can’t do what I used to do or I don’t feel what I used to feel - not able to colour my hair, having dry hair, losing some hair(?) recently, caring extra weight, not able to drink coffee, tea, wine, beer, …, not able to take medication, worried about seeing a dentist, not able to find a good time to write/ or write in a library…, not able to wear my favourite tops…, not able to spend 'private' time with don... I know I should be grateful because i have the most important people around me, don and ian. (Of course, i still miss my mami and daddy…) I know I will get what I ‘can’t do’ back when ian grows up, and I somehow look forward to the day, but I know I will miss ian’s tiny hands, feet, and cute face during breastfeeding/ burping badly from that day on.

Life is full of contradictions!

Happy Mother's day 2011

今天就是那偉大的母親節
從小開始大家都會在這一天跟媽媽說母親節快樂
特別是國小時候還記得還會跟學校買康乃馨送給媽媽～～
今年的我們一樣寄卡片打電話跟”媽媽們“問好
更加不同的感覺是 自己也是父母了

自從ＩＡＮ加入我們家庭之後
很多事情都隨著改變
生活也變得更加忙碌 疲憊
但是這一切卻是甘之如飴
ＢＡＢＹ帶給我們的歡樂遠遠大於這些辛苦
看著ＢＡＢＹ一天天長大一天天進步
當爸媽的莫非就是要這些而已

今天的節日 我們去買了雞翅 義大利麵 回家吃
邊吃邊看著電影 （感覺有好一陣子沒有看電影了）
ＩＡＮ就坐在旁邊陪著我們
看著ＩＡＮ可愛的模樣
可以想像當他第一次說媽媽爸爸時候
我們會有多開心～～


當然囉 要跟咪咪說聲母親節快樂
辛苦你了 有你真好 ～～～

5/2~8/2011

ian的進步:
- 聽聲音會轉頭 :)
- 有時候會看著拳頭，有點餓得時候會吃拳頭，偶而也會吃食指


ian's health:
- 大腿，小腿外側皮膚很粗，手肘到手腕之間外側也乾乾的，有些地方還脫皮。擦嬰兒油沒用，歐蘇丹baby mami balm沒用，擦之前mima買給我的cetaphil （網路也推薦）好像有用，但我只敢擦很薄，因為不是for babies/也沒說babies不能用。星期五去walmart買aveeno 最保溼的 連有eczema 所以乾乾的也可以用。don連沐浴乳都換成超保溼（因為懷疑是天天洗澡才越來越乾），eczema也可用的。左大腿變得光滑了。

Breastfeeding:

- right breast 又塞住了，同一個地方。這次是連續吃兩餐牛肉咖哩。太油了:( 看來以後咖哩列為黑名單。

sleep:

- 晚上first round 4-5.5 小時, 2nd/3rd round 3小時左右。

- 規律的大約10-10:30p之間想睡覺，包起來之後，抱著一下，大約10分鐘以內放下去就睡著了。

- 大約前兩個禮拜或上個禮拜開始，睡覺醒來會旋轉了45- 90度都有。

- 是不是可以讓他睡小床/ seperate room了呢? 還在想。

關於哭聲
- don 發現ian哭聲從 連續的哇哇哇 變成有間歇的 媽 ...媽... 而且我覺得他的“最大聲”變得...無敵大聲
- 好像有比較少哭。
- 會扁嘴，撒嬌成份比較多 :) 扁嘴沒有變成哭過，但是太可愛又可憐了，讓人看了都忍不住要秀秀。有時候他馬上就會笑了，又扁嘴，又笑 XD 扁嘴原因，forest mobile又卡住，don拍mobile說打打打...，ian就扁嘴了... 真是個愛好和平的小孩阿。


關於尿布
- 這禮拜有兩三次包好奇寶寶(2號 for5~8kg. ian is about 5.7 now)，黃金漏到整個背都是 快要到脖子了。連衣服都變成金黃色，小臉盆也洗不了，擦得也不行，最後幫baby快快洗了個澡，再慢慢搓那些衣服跟布...。還好Huggies整箱快用完了。don寫email complained, they are going to send coupons... I wonder how coupons can solve the issue. using money to buy our time??


關於baby carrier
- mima帶來的disney baby carrier 也不錯，只是baby再長大就不知道怎麼調整大小，背起來背也滿痠的。另一個缺點就是，每次怕baby頭吹到風就只得穿有帽子的外套，但穿外套就比較難放進carrier裡面。
- 買ergo baby carrier (90)雖然baby還有點太小，在屁股墊摺起來的receiving blanket 脖子墊la阿媽車的大紗布巾，小心點也可以背。carrier的帽子很棒，下雨出太陽或是像don害怕鳥屎都可以用。另一個很棒的優點就是要把寶寶放進拿出，幾乎可以一個人做到。

其他:
- 存TD。姑婆跟LA阿公阿媽帶來的現金/支票。細目記載google docs。
- 打電話到LA，ian跟阿媽 唷，help，阿屋，mi's ma就好開心。

- 還在尋找最佳的（固定）writing time。本週試過早上5-7 a.m., 6-8 a.m., 8-10 a.m.。若是起得來，早上大家都還沒醒是最佳時間，但是... 通常都很累... 。今天傍晚don顧一小時，給我戴耳塞寫了一小時，也還可以。慢慢是不是可以練成像修行那樣，不受外界干擾?? 也不用咖啡??

- 我的記憶力好差窩。

- this week開始明顯得掉比較多頭髮。