I am so sad that Lotus is growing up! She's on the verge of mobility! She's already so big and so aware of the world, I just can't believe it!!!! Here is a compilation of photos and a few clips to commemorate her "little-ness" which is fading way too quickly for me!!!
She is such a good-natured baby! I know I've written about this a million times, but I just can't get over how lovely she is! All you do is give her a little, quick smile or a little hug or cuddle and she reciprocates with the most dazzling, brilliant grin or the most lush laugh you've probably ever heard!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Daphne Knows Her Animals, Shapes & Colors
New video, everyone! Check it out, and check back later because I still have a ton more clips to edit and upload! Don't forget to check out Lotus' blog for her new video!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Snobby Snobster, Jeeves and Wooster, Going to the Library, Poo in Potty
The same day Daphne peed in her potty, she also pooped in her potty. After she made her poop, she stood up and started to call for me to help her. When she saw the poop she had made, it was so massive and ugly, she freaked out and cried! She was weeping and saying, "Oh no, oh no" while staring at her poop in horror. She has not used the potty since. She has been very defiant and has been actively avoiding the potty. Very sad. I wonder when she'll start using it again! I can't believe she got freaked out by the sight of her own poop!
A week or so ago when Emmanuel was at the park with Daphne, he told me that a five-year-old boy was blocking her way down the slide. He was yelling, "No girls allowed, no girls allowed" while waving a stick, I think. Daphne, in response, apparently turned around, crossed her arms, and TURNED UP HER NOSE at him. Emmanuel told me that all the adults laughed, he was very proud, and that the little boy looked annoyed. My cousin Catherine, a week before this incident, had said that she imagined Daphne growing up to be a sort of snobby elitist, and I suppose (thanks to Emmanuel, of course, not me) Catherine will end up being correct.
Daphne has been doing this hilarious thing where she performs a faux-curtsy and says either, "I want to wear a coat" or "I want to wear clothes." Then she sticks up her two pointer fingers, and wiggles them while saying, "dinky-dinky." It is the cutest, most oddest thing. We don't know how/where she learned it. I will post a video of this soon, so check back.
Emmanuel and I have been watching this old (from the early 90s) English comedy series called "Jeeves and Wooster". It stars a mid-20s Hugh Laurie (Dr. House on House, MD) as Wooster, a man of the English leisure class, and his brilliant, clever valet, Jeeves. Daphne ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT. She will watch entire 1-hour episodes over and over again. She actually asks us, "Want to watch 'eeves and 'ooster?" When Daphne was younger, she used to LOVE watching "Seinfeld". She must have a thing for comedies, I guess?
Daphne also loves the library. The other day, we entered the library and she YELLS, "OOH, LIBRARY" and I had to shush her. She has been asking me to take her back again, so we are returning today. She has been saying, "Want to go to wibrary, mommy. I want to go wibrary." Hilarious.
Daphne is such a big help with Lotus. She likes to baby-talk with Lotus. When Lotus wakes up from naps, she will tell me, "Baby wake-up, mommy." She loves to sit with Lotus and amuse her with funny faces.
I also got Daphne this cooking utensils set and now she sits on the floor for hours pretending to cook. Ikea was selling kid-sized cooking and baking sets that can actually be used to cook/bake, so I think I will buy her that so she can cook with me! How fun!
I got Daphne the cutest leggings. I will post pictures of this soon, so check back.
A week or so ago when Emmanuel was at the park with Daphne, he told me that a five-year-old boy was blocking her way down the slide. He was yelling, "No girls allowed, no girls allowed" while waving a stick, I think. Daphne, in response, apparently turned around, crossed her arms, and TURNED UP HER NOSE at him. Emmanuel told me that all the adults laughed, he was very proud, and that the little boy looked annoyed. My cousin Catherine, a week before this incident, had said that she imagined Daphne growing up to be a sort of snobby elitist, and I suppose (thanks to Emmanuel, of course, not me) Catherine will end up being correct.
Daphne has been doing this hilarious thing where she performs a faux-curtsy and says either, "I want to wear a coat" or "I want to wear clothes." Then she sticks up her two pointer fingers, and wiggles them while saying, "dinky-dinky." It is the cutest, most oddest thing. We don't know how/where she learned it. I will post a video of this soon, so check back.
Emmanuel and I have been watching this old (from the early 90s) English comedy series called "Jeeves and Wooster". It stars a mid-20s Hugh Laurie (Dr. House on House, MD) as Wooster, a man of the English leisure class, and his brilliant, clever valet, Jeeves. Daphne ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT. She will watch entire 1-hour episodes over and over again. She actually asks us, "Want to watch 'eeves and 'ooster?" When Daphne was younger, she used to LOVE watching "Seinfeld". She must have a thing for comedies, I guess?
Daphne also loves the library. The other day, we entered the library and she YELLS, "OOH, LIBRARY" and I had to shush her. She has been asking me to take her back again, so we are returning today. She has been saying, "Want to go to wibrary, mommy. I want to go wibrary." Hilarious.
Daphne is such a big help with Lotus. She likes to baby-talk with Lotus. When Lotus wakes up from naps, she will tell me, "Baby wake-up, mommy." She loves to sit with Lotus and amuse her with funny faces.
I also got Daphne this cooking utensils set and now she sits on the floor for hours pretending to cook. Ikea was selling kid-sized cooking and baking sets that can actually be used to cook/bake, so I think I will buy her that so she can cook with me! How fun!
I got Daphne the cutest leggings. I will post pictures of this soon, so check back.
Almost Crawling
Lotus has been lifting herself up on her hands and knees lately, but she always slides down on her belly before she ever gets anywhere. I'm pretty sure she's going to start crawling soon.
She grabs at anything in sight! She grabs our plates when we're holding her in our laps while eating. She basically will grab anything you wave near her. My midwife had advised me to take fish oil because of the high amounts of omega-3s and DHA, which are reported to help brain and eye development. From the looks of it, she can see quite far (babies her age are reported to only see 1-3 feet in front of them). She can spot her daddy from halfway across the room.
She's a very calm baby, and she loves people. Daphne only liked seeing Emmanuel and me. Lotus will smile at everyone. She's very content just sitting in her Bumbo while watching me perform various tasks. She seldom cries--only when she is tired. Another way she differs from Daphne is that Daphne always had to be breastfed or rocked to sleep. Lotus cannot stand to be rocked or breastfed to sleep. She needs to be put down and left alone. I did not think it was going to be this easy.
She giggles now, too. Her giggles are very soft. She loves it when Emmanuel "eats" her belly.
Sorry if my posts are not very cohesive. I do not have lots of time to post, so I try to think of everything I can, and it just sort of pours out in no particular order.
She grabs at anything in sight! She grabs our plates when we're holding her in our laps while eating. She basically will grab anything you wave near her. My midwife had advised me to take fish oil because of the high amounts of omega-3s and DHA, which are reported to help brain and eye development. From the looks of it, she can see quite far (babies her age are reported to only see 1-3 feet in front of them). She can spot her daddy from halfway across the room.
She's a very calm baby, and she loves people. Daphne only liked seeing Emmanuel and me. Lotus will smile at everyone. She's very content just sitting in her Bumbo while watching me perform various tasks. She seldom cries--only when she is tired. Another way she differs from Daphne is that Daphne always had to be breastfed or rocked to sleep. Lotus cannot stand to be rocked or breastfed to sleep. She needs to be put down and left alone. I did not think it was going to be this easy.
She giggles now, too. Her giggles are very soft. She loves it when Emmanuel "eats" her belly.
Sorry if my posts are not very cohesive. I do not have lots of time to post, so I try to think of everything I can, and it just sort of pours out in no particular order.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Daphne Used the Potty!!!
So, Emmanuel and I have been trying to get her to use the toilet, and after many accidents and washer cycles later--SHE FINALLY DID IT ALL BY HERSELF TODAY!
Emmanuel was actually the one to initiate our potty training efforts. She was running low on diapers, and I had ordered late from Amazon.com, so he decided to put a pair of panties on her to see how she would fare. We even rented a toilet training DVD from the library! She watched that DVD over and over again, but to no avail. We were still having to mop up and disinfect our floor every couple of hours.
At one point, we gave her a cup full of soy milk and sat her down on her potty with the DVD in her portable DVD player. But she demanded to get up during the third viewing of the DVD, only to soil herself 15 minutes later!!!!!!!!!!!
Daphne actually witnessed Lotus take a wee-wee on her potty. Emmanuel believes witnessing Lotus successfully use Daphne's potty stunned and amazed Daphne. He believed that it would drive Daphne to want to use the potty, too.
I'm not sure if her achievement today was spurred on by being one-upped by her younger sister, but I'm glad, regardless.
Here is a quick summary of how it happened:
I was sitting at my computer, paying bills online, with Lotus next to me in her Bumbo. Daphne came and started chattering, and I was absentmindedly agreeing to whatever it was she was babbling about (she was probably trying to tell me she needed to use the potty--I know, I know--how horrible of me). She walked away and came back with her potty. She set it on the ground and started babbling again. I noticed it, asked her if she was going to pee. She replied in the affirmative. I wasn't really excited because she has told me in the past that she needed to pee (usually right after she had peed), and then she'd sit on the potty for a few minutes, then get up when she got bored (no pee or poo in the potty). So I told her to take off her panties and sit on her toilet, and turned back to my bill-paying. She calls for my attention half a minute later, and there she stands; her panties still on, but her potty is full of urine!!! I wish I had seen it! Her panties where all wet, but most of her pee was in the potty. I don't know if she just couldn't get her panties off in time, she just wanted to pee in them, or what. Hopefully, she will do it again!
Emmanuel was actually the one to initiate our potty training efforts. She was running low on diapers, and I had ordered late from Amazon.com, so he decided to put a pair of panties on her to see how she would fare. We even rented a toilet training DVD from the library! She watched that DVD over and over again, but to no avail. We were still having to mop up and disinfect our floor every couple of hours.
At one point, we gave her a cup full of soy milk and sat her down on her potty with the DVD in her portable DVD player. But she demanded to get up during the third viewing of the DVD, only to soil herself 15 minutes later!!!!!!!!!!!
Daphne actually witnessed Lotus take a wee-wee on her potty. Emmanuel believes witnessing Lotus successfully use Daphne's potty stunned and amazed Daphne. He believed that it would drive Daphne to want to use the potty, too.
I'm not sure if her achievement today was spurred on by being one-upped by her younger sister, but I'm glad, regardless.
Here is a quick summary of how it happened:
I was sitting at my computer, paying bills online, with Lotus next to me in her Bumbo. Daphne came and started chattering, and I was absentmindedly agreeing to whatever it was she was babbling about (she was probably trying to tell me she needed to use the potty--I know, I know--how horrible of me). She walked away and came back with her potty. She set it on the ground and started babbling again. I noticed it, asked her if she was going to pee. She replied in the affirmative. I wasn't really excited because she has told me in the past that she needed to pee (usually right after she had peed), and then she'd sit on the potty for a few minutes, then get up when she got bored (no pee or poo in the potty). So I told her to take off her panties and sit on her toilet, and turned back to my bill-paying. She calls for my attention half a minute later, and there she stands; her panties still on, but her potty is full of urine!!! I wish I had seen it! Her panties where all wet, but most of her pee was in the potty. I don't know if she just couldn't get her panties off in time, she just wanted to pee in them, or what. Hopefully, she will do it again!
Independent Sitter and Elimantion Communication...
Last night, Lotus sat up all by herself!
On Sunday night, Lotus peed in the potty! I know, I know!
I had researched about Elimination Communication (EC) and wanted to try it out. However, I never really got around to it. We have been desperately trying to get Daphne to use the toilet, and I think Emmanuel felt disillusioned by toddler toilet training and wanted to give EC a try. So, I gave him a brief run-down on what I knew about it, and lo and behold--by that night, he was able to help Lotus use the potty! I know I should built upon his effort and work, but it's more difficult to be receptive to the signals of an infant when you've got two kids to worry about.
Lotus was sick during the holiday season (along with the rest of us--my excuse for the lack of updates), but she wasn't too bad. She's all better now!
Hopefully, I will find more time to update!
On Sunday night, Lotus peed in the potty! I know, I know!
I had researched about Elimination Communication (EC) and wanted to try it out. However, I never really got around to it. We have been desperately trying to get Daphne to use the toilet, and I think Emmanuel felt disillusioned by toddler toilet training and wanted to give EC a try. So, I gave him a brief run-down on what I knew about it, and lo and behold--by that night, he was able to help Lotus use the potty! I know I should built upon his effort and work, but it's more difficult to be receptive to the signals of an infant when you've got two kids to worry about.
Lotus was sick during the holiday season (along with the rest of us--my excuse for the lack of updates), but she wasn't too bad. She's all better now!
Hopefully, I will find more time to update!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
"Have a berf-day, family-mommy."
Just right now, Daphne approached me with a sticker in her hand and said to me, "Happy berf-day, family-mommy." She then tried to stick it onto my face while telling me to "put it on!"
She is growing so quickly. It makes me very, very sad. Recently, she got a hold of baby pictures of herself, and it struck me how big she has gotten.
When we were at the store the other day, I walked about five feet away from her (she was sitting in a cart), and she yelled, "Mommy, come back! Play with me! Come back!"
She also likes to open up her mouth to show me the food she has been chewing--she beams with pride when she does this.
She has been sick lately, and I can tell she has trouble falling asleep because of her congested nose. I gave her decongestant, and she says to me, "No, poo-poo." I told her that it was good and that she should drink it, and she responded, "No, you drink it, a-mommy. YOU DRINK IT, it's poo-poo!" Lol, now, as I type, she is pretending the little measuring cup is a car. She's pushing it along my desk, making "beep-beep" noises. Gosh, she's so funny.
She is growing so quickly. It makes me very, very sad. Recently, she got a hold of baby pictures of herself, and it struck me how big she has gotten.
When we were at the store the other day, I walked about five feet away from her (she was sitting in a cart), and she yelled, "Mommy, come back! Play with me! Come back!"
She also likes to open up her mouth to show me the food she has been chewing--she beams with pride when she does this.
She has been sick lately, and I can tell she has trouble falling asleep because of her congested nose. I gave her decongestant, and she says to me, "No, poo-poo." I told her that it was good and that she should drink it, and she responded, "No, you drink it, a-mommy. YOU DRINK IT, it's poo-poo!" Lol, now, as I type, she is pretending the little measuring cup is a car. She's pushing it along my desk, making "beep-beep" noises. Gosh, she's so funny.
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