I forgot to blog about the baby's 7th week check-up on the October 23, 2007. She weighed 13 pounds and 4 ounces.
She is now wearing 3-6 month sized clothing.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Lotus' First Halloween
Lotus was a very cute pea pod. We didn't really get that much trick-or-treating done as Daphne was being very temperamental. We had to take her out of her costume and just hold her in the middle of trick-or-treating because I think she was getting uncomfortable.
SHE WAS SOOOOOOOOOOO ADORABLE, THOUGH! She just looked so chubby and cute in her costume!
Daphne's 2nd Year Trick-or-Treating
So my parents got Daphne this adorable monkey costume. Really, really cute. However, Daphne has been adamantly refusing to wear it, so it was no surprise when she freaked out tonight refusing to even have it near her. So we ended up trick-or-treating without a costume. Which made me really, really sad. Maybe it will still fit by next year? Last year, she was a pumpkin and she LOVED her costume. I brought it out again this year, but she was freaked out about the pumpkin costume, too!
Well, anyway, tonight, after a brief walk around our neighborhood, we were sitting around in our living room talking and eating chocolates. Daphne was snacking with us and had just finished a piece of chocolate. I noticed her looking at her chocolate-stained fingers. She then started to look around her for something to wipe off the chocolate. After a brief pause, which I suspect she took to quickly think about her problem, she reached up to the top of her head AND WIPED HER HAND ON HER HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I told her that she should use a paper towel to wipe her hands, and she ran off towards her dad asking for a "ta-el perper".
It was hilarious.
Well, anyway, tonight, after a brief walk around our neighborhood, we were sitting around in our living room talking and eating chocolates. Daphne was snacking with us and had just finished a piece of chocolate. I noticed her looking at her chocolate-stained fingers. She then started to look around her for something to wipe off the chocolate. After a brief pause, which I suspect she took to quickly think about her problem, she reached up to the top of her head AND WIPED HER HAND ON HER HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I told her that she should use a paper towel to wipe her hands, and she ran off towards her dad asking for a "ta-el perper".
It was hilarious.
Monday, October 29, 2007
New Activities
Yesterday, I bought Daphne Play-Doh, a 48-pack of Crayola Crayons and safety scissors. She really enjoys playing with her Play-Doh. I've taught her how to make spheres and snakes with the Play-Doh. I've also shown her how to roll out the Play-Doh with a rolling pin. She seems to really get a kick from it.
She loves to color. She is starting to color within the lines. She's also learning her colors.
Along with teaching her how play with her new toys, I've also shown her how to properly put her things away. She knows that she has to put away the Play-Doh she is playing with before she can open up another color. She knows she has to return a crayon into the box before she takes out another one. When she's done coloring and cutting, she returns her crayons and her scissors to her pencil box that I also purchased for her.
Daphne threw a book in anger two days ago. I realized that we should start disciplining her. Emmanuel and I have agreed on putting her in the corner for 2 minutes whenever she expresses herself inappropriately, i.e. hitting people or throwing items. We're going to reserve the corner for very serious offenses so that it doesn't lose it's effectiveness. It's proven to be quite effective. For other infractions, we've decided to take away privileges. For example, if Daphne doesn't want to clean up her toys after she's done playing, that's fine, we'll clean them up--BUT, she won't be able to go into her playroom for a few hours or perhaps even a day. We want her to know that she has choices, but her choices have consequences. I don't want to bully her into cleaning up after herself, but I want her to learn that she can choose not clean up after herself, but, just like in real life, that choice has a logical sequence of action that follows.
When we put her into the corner two days ago, and it was so sad! She stayed put, but she cried and cried. I think she thinks she's invisible because she yells out, "I'm here! I'm here! Help me! I'm here!"
I'm looking for really good toddler books to read to Daphne that will show her how to appropriately express her emotions without throwing stuff or hitting people.
Oh, yeah, I also bought her alphabet flashcards that have both uppercase and lowercase letters, so she can learn her lowercase letters. I plan on using them to teach her the sound of each letter, too.
I also got her Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends. She really, really likes it. She likes to recite the poetry with me, and she even helps me act it out. In fact, she fell asleep last night while Emmanuel read some poems to her.
She loves to color. She is starting to color within the lines. She's also learning her colors.
Along with teaching her how play with her new toys, I've also shown her how to properly put her things away. She knows that she has to put away the Play-Doh she is playing with before she can open up another color. She knows she has to return a crayon into the box before she takes out another one. When she's done coloring and cutting, she returns her crayons and her scissors to her pencil box that I also purchased for her.
Daphne threw a book in anger two days ago. I realized that we should start disciplining her. Emmanuel and I have agreed on putting her in the corner for 2 minutes whenever she expresses herself inappropriately, i.e. hitting people or throwing items. We're going to reserve the corner for very serious offenses so that it doesn't lose it's effectiveness. It's proven to be quite effective. For other infractions, we've decided to take away privileges. For example, if Daphne doesn't want to clean up her toys after she's done playing, that's fine, we'll clean them up--BUT, she won't be able to go into her playroom for a few hours or perhaps even a day. We want her to know that she has choices, but her choices have consequences. I don't want to bully her into cleaning up after herself, but I want her to learn that she can choose not clean up after herself, but, just like in real life, that choice has a logical sequence of action that follows.
When we put her into the corner two days ago, and it was so sad! She stayed put, but she cried and cried. I think she thinks she's invisible because she yells out, "I'm here! I'm here! Help me! I'm here!"
I'm looking for really good toddler books to read to Daphne that will show her how to appropriately express her emotions without throwing stuff or hitting people.
Oh, yeah, I also bought her alphabet flashcards that have both uppercase and lowercase letters, so she can learn her lowercase letters. I plan on using them to teach her the sound of each letter, too.
I also got her Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends. She really, really likes it. She likes to recite the poetry with me, and she even helps me act it out. In fact, she fell asleep last night while Emmanuel read some poems to her.
Lotus Loves Carly
Lotus likes to sing along with me. She particularly likes Carly Simon's "You're So Vain."
Friday, October 26, 2007
Differences between Lotus and Daphne
Lotus smiles much more than Daphne did at her age. Lotus smiles mostly when I interact with her. She likes it when I sing to her and blow into her face.
Lotus can also, at 2 1/2 months, already lift up her head when she's lying on her tummy.
I can't wait until I hear Lotus' first giggle!
Lotus can also, at 2 1/2 months, already lift up her head when she's lying on her tummy.
I can't wait until I hear Lotus' first giggle!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Lotus Cinnamon-Estelle
Lotus Cinnamon-Estelle was born on September 6, 2007 after about 7 hours of labor via natural water birth. She was 9 pounds & 13 ounces at birth.
A more detailed narration of the labor & birth to come later--check back again soon!
A more detailed narration of the labor & birth to come later--check back again soon!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Daphne knows her letters! She also refers to herself as "her".
I feel so horrible that I haven't blogged in so long! I can't believe I haven't posted in a year!
Daphne has learned her letters. She knows how to identify all of them! We don't know exactly how she learned them all--odd, huh!?! One day, I noticed she spent most of her time playing with her frog telephone toy. The telephone frog toy has buttons on which are each individual letter of the alphabet. When one letter is pressed, an animal whose name and species corresponds with the letter that is pressed. For example "K" would be "Kerry the Kangeroo." Emmanuel accidentally noticed that Daphne had memorized the animal that corresponded with each letter. So he would quiz her every so often.
So now, she's able to identify letters when we point to them and ask her what it is. Or we will say a letter and ask her to point it out for us.
She also refers to herself as "her." When she is talking on the phone with people, she will greet them and tell them that she is "her." Whenever I point to pictures of her and ask her to identify herself, she refers to herself as "her." Really odd!
She knows so many words now! Here is a brief list--it isn't very comprehensive:
meat
donut
pants
shirt
socks
shoes
sneakers
sandals
glasses
bath
soap
pillow
cup
plate
spoon
fork
hair tie
comb
T.V.
paper
pen
marker
crayon
messy
dirt
dirty
paper towel
toilet paper
diaper
fall down
help me
please
thank you
more
don't want
Where are you?
Daddy's work!
flying
eating
pretty (she usually uses this word to describe clothing--her own and other people's)
dress
Oops!
Ow!
Stop it! (she uses this when we wash her hair)
Go away! (she uses this whenever we're trying to take her back home from the park)
drawing
walking
park
You okay?
sorry
Help me!
stuck
sleep
goodnight
baby
sister
Lotus (although it sounds as if she's saying "otis")
water
drink
grape juice
banana
apple
orange
There is more, but that is all I can think of right now. She strings these different words together to convey what she wants.
She also knows how to count to 13! When we go for walks, she likes to count the trees. When she sees the moon, she greets it ("Hi, moon! Where is moon? Bye, moon!").
She likes to draw. She primarily like to draw with crayons and markers. She will show us her drawings so we can "ooh" and "ahh" at them!
She's very helpful with the baby. She will retrieve wipes and diapers when I ask her. She really likes this one show on PBS called Super Why! I think it also helped her to learn her alphabet!
Jeez, I really do regret not posting more often. I look back on my last post nearly a year ago, and she has grown so much! She's practically using sentences! I will try my hardest to keep this updated! I really do need to be more consistent when documenting her development!
The following are videos where Daphne refers to herself as "her" and where she is identifying letters. She's only 2 years and 8 months old. I wonder when she'll start reading!
Daphne has learned her letters. She knows how to identify all of them! We don't know exactly how she learned them all--odd, huh!?! One day, I noticed she spent most of her time playing with her frog telephone toy. The telephone frog toy has buttons on which are each individual letter of the alphabet. When one letter is pressed, an animal whose name and species corresponds with the letter that is pressed. For example "K" would be "Kerry the Kangeroo." Emmanuel accidentally noticed that Daphne had memorized the animal that corresponded with each letter. So he would quiz her every so often.
So now, she's able to identify letters when we point to them and ask her what it is. Or we will say a letter and ask her to point it out for us.
She also refers to herself as "her." When she is talking on the phone with people, she will greet them and tell them that she is "her." Whenever I point to pictures of her and ask her to identify herself, she refers to herself as "her." Really odd!
She knows so many words now! Here is a brief list--it isn't very comprehensive:
meat
donut
pants
shirt
socks
shoes
sneakers
sandals
glasses
bath
soap
pillow
cup
plate
spoon
fork
hair tie
comb
T.V.
paper
pen
marker
crayon
messy
dirt
dirty
paper towel
toilet paper
diaper
fall down
help me
please
thank you
more
don't want
Where are you?
Daddy's work!
flying
eating
pretty (she usually uses this word to describe clothing--her own and other people's)
dress
Oops!
Ow!
Stop it! (she uses this when we wash her hair)
Go away! (she uses this whenever we're trying to take her back home from the park)
drawing
walking
park
You okay?
sorry
Help me!
stuck
sleep
goodnight
baby
sister
Lotus (although it sounds as if she's saying "otis")
water
drink
grape juice
banana
apple
orange
There is more, but that is all I can think of right now. She strings these different words together to convey what she wants.
She also knows how to count to 13! When we go for walks, she likes to count the trees. When she sees the moon, she greets it ("Hi, moon! Where is moon? Bye, moon!").
She likes to draw. She primarily like to draw with crayons and markers. She will show us her drawings so we can "ooh" and "ahh" at them!
She's very helpful with the baby. She will retrieve wipes and diapers when I ask her. She really likes this one show on PBS called Super Why! I think it also helped her to learn her alphabet!
Jeez, I really do regret not posting more often. I look back on my last post nearly a year ago, and she has grown so much! She's practically using sentences! I will try my hardest to keep this updated! I really do need to be more consistent when documenting her development!
The following are videos where Daphne refers to herself as "her" and where she is identifying letters. She's only 2 years and 8 months old. I wonder when she'll start reading!
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Fetching her own diapers, pointing at body parts, and saying hiiiiiiiiiiii
Daphne is now 20 months old. I feel horrible for not updating this more.
She can now get her own diapers. When we wake up in the morning, I say to her, "Diaper, Daphne, go get a diapie!" She runs to the closet where I keep them, grabs one, and returns to me.
When prompted, she can point out her head, her nose, her feet, and her belly.
She can also feign sleep and snoring.
We play this game where she pretends she's sleeping, and I'm trying to wake her up. She gets a REALLY big kick out of it. Her eyes are clamped shut, but she has this big grin on her face. She pretends that my efforts to awaken her are futile. It's sooooooooooo hilarious.
When we were at the drug store the other day, there was this young woman walking around with her cell phone. Daphne kept following her around, and when the woman would briefly pause, Daphne would stop and stand RIGHT next to her leg, look up at her, smile and say, "HiiiiiiiiiiIIiiiIII." She did this over and over again.
The lady looked really annoyed. Hahaha, it was really hilarious. She looked like a freshman at the University.
She can now get her own diapers. When we wake up in the morning, I say to her, "Diaper, Daphne, go get a diapie!" She runs to the closet where I keep them, grabs one, and returns to me.
When prompted, she can point out her head, her nose, her feet, and her belly.
She can also feign sleep and snoring.
We play this game where she pretends she's sleeping, and I'm trying to wake her up. She gets a REALLY big kick out of it. Her eyes are clamped shut, but she has this big grin on her face. She pretends that my efforts to awaken her are futile. It's sooooooooooo hilarious.
When we were at the drug store the other day, there was this young woman walking around with her cell phone. Daphne kept following her around, and when the woman would briefly pause, Daphne would stop and stand RIGHT next to her leg, look up at her, smile and say, "HiiiiiiiiiiIIiiiIII." She did this over and over again.
The lady looked really annoyed. Hahaha, it was really hilarious. She looked like a freshman at the University.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Daphne scoffs at crawling, her first time at the Getty & a playground
Only after a little more than a month, Daphne is already a full-fledged walker. She refused to crawl unless when she's rushing at something (like the bathroom, for example, when the door is ajar and she spots us going towards it with the intent to close it from the corner of her eye) and she knows she won't be able to reach it even if she walked her fastest.
I took her to the park for the first time. And I totally forgot to bring along the camera (jeez, you'd think that will all the time I took researching to find the perfect videorecorder and the money I spent on it, I'd use it more often, huh). How was I supposed to know who excited she'd be? How was I supposed to know how cute she'd look walking towards other children, trying to engage them with her limited vocabulary of grunts and squeals? How would I know that she would learn how to take her first step UP during her first park visit? I should have known. Jeez. Well, yes, she did all that and more. She loves walking. I love that she loves walking. She's amazing. It was actually after this first playground visit that she decided to never crawl again (except when lunging towards an open bathroom).
This past weekend, Emmanuel, Daphne, Grace, Genevieve (Emmanuel's sister), and I went to the Getty. They had an exhibition on Courbet which none of us really had any interest in, except, maybe Grace. Emmanuel indulged his love of impressionist and baroque paintings, while I just ate everything up. I was really touched when observing Emmanuel explain things to his sister. He's so patient and thorough and kind. He explained about every single thing we saw to her--from ancient manuscipts to Rococo furniture. It was endearing. I could imagine him doing the same things with Daphne one day. Grace kept whispering, "There are naked people," whenever we happened upon a nude painting and sculpture. It was pretty funny.
Daphne is very friendly and good-natured. She hardly ever cries or whines. She has actually begun to sort of whining, especially for things that she really shouldn't be playing with or eating, but I am firm. After about 3 seconds of her faux crying, her attention is usually diverted elsewhere. I don't know the cause of her good-naturedness. It could be in her genes. Who knows. I'd like to think it's the way I've raised her thus far. I've tried to make sure to stop everything I'm doing, within reason, to fulfill her necessary baby-needs. If she wants to breastfeed, I will quickly comply. If she wants to be held, I will hold her. I made sure that I held her as much as could when she was an infant. For about 3 months, it seemed to be the only thing I was doing. I'd wake up, put her in the NoJo and sway. Either that or plop her on a pillow on my lap and let her nurse. It's really hard those first couple of months. Just all a blur. Especially difficult when one does not know what to expect. I feel like now that I know what to expect, I could do it all with my eyes closed and my hands tied behind my back. It's really hard. I do remember telling myself when I felt like I couldn't take anymore baby-slinging or breastfeeding that I'd thank myself for it one day. For some reason, I knew deep-down inside, Daphne needed to be held nonstop. To not hold her, to not keep her close to me as much as I did would have been unnatural. She was encapsulated in my womb for 9 months, how could she immediately go from that to sleeping alone, being allowed to lay by heself for hours at a time or being fed through a hard, inanimate plastic nipple with milk meant for a calf?
So this is all. Forgive me, readers. I've been very delinquent in my posting. Forgive me, future adult Daphne--I have been very busy trying to engage you.
'Til next post.
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Daphne's first steps!!!
Daphne took her first, independent steps today!!!!!!! She saw Lucie walking towards her, and so Daphne tried and successfully took two steps towards Lucie!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
KDJFAOWIERJOAWIJEKFAOWJROAWEJKFDKLJAOIERKJFOJWOIER! How exciting!!! I wish I could have videotaped it.
KDJFAOWIERJOAWIJEKFAOWJROAWEJKFDKLJAOIERKJFOJWOIER! How exciting!!! I wish I could have videotaped it.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
She knows how to dance now!!!
I've taught Daphne how to dance! I had been noticing that she goes up and down on her tippy toes when music is playing and had been wondering if it was because she was trying to move to the music. So I decided to show her how to move her hips and torso around by having her stand up and moving them for her. I did this while chanting, "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance." We took a break and a little while later, I started to chant "dance" again, and lo and behold!!!! She started to shake her little baby booty!!!!!!!!!! HEhehehehe, she is soooooooooooo adorable!!!
Also, today while Emmanuel and I were playing with her, she figured out that allowing herself to fall back onto pillows is much fun!! So she kept doing this over and over and over again. She'd roll over after she allowed herself to fall back, and repeat. She thought it was HILARIOUS. I was going to video tape it, but everytime I bring out the camcorder she want to play with it.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Almost a Year Old--Can Clap and "Close-Open"
Daphne is 11 months old now! Wow! She is such a communicator! She has learned to clap her hands. It started when I took her arms in my hands and clapped them for her, and ever since then, she's been doing it independently. I was very surprised when she started to do it herself after I had let go. She started to independently opening and closing her fists repeatedly after only a few times I demonstrated for her, too. She points to things, and when she's angry, she vehemently says, "Da da da da!!!," as if she were trying to scold us! She's beautiful! Here's a picture of her and her daddy on her Baptism.
Monday, January 9, 2006
Latest Update--Baptism, Four Teeth, and More
Daphne was baptized on Saturday, January 7, 2005. My dad cooked for it. There was Mechado, Bopis, Chicken Curry, and Beef Stew. The Mechado was gone by the end of the baptism and the Beef Stew was practically gone (only one piece of meat and some veggies left)!! He also made lime dessert. My mom helped set up everything and basically took care of everything in the morning. Emmanuel's Grandma Lucille baked white chocolate cookies and coconut cookies. Very delicious! Emmanuel's Grandma Estrella brought a Tres Leches cake with mocha with walnut filling. It was extremely good. Grandpa Steve made barbecue chicken which was gobbled up, too.
Daphne received many great gifts!! Thanks to everyone who came! I will be posting pictures as soon as Eman gets the server working! Ahh! When will that be?!
Daphne Jade now has four teeth--two teeth on the bottom and her two front teeth on the top. She's always smiling and laughing! She's interested in everything and can even stand up by herself, unsupported, for a substatial amount of time! No walking yet, though! More updates later. Sorry it took so long!
Oh yeah, I will be planning her first birthday, soon!! I'll keep everyone updated!
Daphne received many great gifts!! Thanks to everyone who came! I will be posting pictures as soon as Eman gets the server working! Ahh! When will that be?!
Daphne Jade now has four teeth--two teeth on the bottom and her two front teeth on the top. She's always smiling and laughing! She's interested in everything and can even stand up by herself, unsupported, for a substatial amount of time! No walking yet, though! More updates later. Sorry it took so long!
Oh yeah, I will be planning her first birthday, soon!! I'll keep everyone updated!
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
She plays so well...
As I type, Daphne is sitting down in the living room playing all by herself. It's so cute to watch her amuse herself! For some reason, I find it remarkable. She looks so, so, so, so, soooo cute, I could just gobble her up!
I have absolutely no idea why it's so funny to watch her. She just looks so intent and focused...like she had serious work to do! Hehehe.
She has a rash on her knees; it looks like eczema. She had a slight fever this morning about 101.4 degrees. I found this odd because she had been exhibiting cold symptoms for the past week, and it seemed to be clearing up. All of a sudden, though, she had colored mucus! How odd. It had been clear and runny before. But it got substantially better, no fever now and we're back to the runny nose again.
I have absolutely no idea why it's so funny to watch her. She just looks so intent and focused...like she had serious work to do! Hehehe.
She has a rash on her knees; it looks like eczema. She had a slight fever this morning about 101.4 degrees. I found this odd because she had been exhibiting cold symptoms for the past week, and it seemed to be clearing up. All of a sudden, though, she had colored mucus! How odd. It had been clear and runny before. But it got substantially better, no fever now and we're back to the runny nose again.
Thursday, December 1, 2005
Monday, November 21, 2005
Oh yeah, one last thing.
I forgot to mention that Daphne does not like eating with her baby spoons. She will only eat if fed with a fork for some reason. At first, I thought it was that she didn't like baby food anymore because she was refusing to eat it, but oddly would gladly accept food we fed her at restaurants (like broccoli or Indian food). Today, I tried to give baby food one last try. She would feed it to herself with her hands, but wouldn't take it from her baby spoon. I was eating at the same time, so decided to scoop up some of her baby food with my fork, and she gladly took it.
Heh, she doesn't like eating with her baby spoon, but she just loves carrying it around. Eman made this observation today. He commented on how she just wouldn't let it go and was crawling around with it everywhere.
Heh, she doesn't like eating with her baby spoon, but she just loves carrying it around. Eman made this observation today. He commented on how she just wouldn't let it go and was crawling around with it everywhere.
Oh yeah, I remembered.
Daphne rapidly flaps her arms up and down when she is excitedly happy or upset. It's really funny. She knows now that raising her arms conveys that she wants to be held.
And probably the most endearing thing of all:
When we walk around the condo, she follows us. One time, I went into the bedroom to quickly grab something, and behind me I hear this really fast breathing and slapping noises. I turn around, and lo and behold: I see Daphne grinning at me, trying to crawl as quickly as she can (which is pretty fast) to catch up.
Eman told me that when he's taking care of her, she loves chasing him around. However, apparently, after one lap, she'll give up, sit down, stare at the carpet, and sigh despondently. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW, how funny is that.
Daphne is just wayyyy tooooo adorably expressive.
And probably the most endearing thing of all:
When we walk around the condo, she follows us. One time, I went into the bedroom to quickly grab something, and behind me I hear this really fast breathing and slapping noises. I turn around, and lo and behold: I see Daphne grinning at me, trying to crawl as quickly as she can (which is pretty fast) to catch up.
Eman told me that when he's taking care of her, she loves chasing him around. However, apparently, after one lap, she'll give up, sit down, stare at the carpet, and sigh despondently. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW, how funny is that.
Daphne is just wayyyy tooooo adorably expressive.
Lots of things, so little time.
Ahhhh, I haven't updated in forever!
We were all sick for quite a while in October. I guess because I hadn't updated, I sort of lost my groove. So allow me to get all of you updated:
Daphne and I were sick for about two weeks in October. It was really weird. First, she was feverish for three days. I got here these BeKoool head things, and they worked like a charm. I only had her wear it while sleeping because body temperature rises as one sleeps, and hers was just becoming unacceptably high (up to 103.6, but only as she slept). I was sort of worried about her brain swelling and causing brain damage. I know they say this only happens if the brain reaches a temperature of 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit, but everyone is different. So she had the fever, but displayed no cold symptoms. She also wanted to be held, so this meant that she was not achy which could have meant the flu (AHHHHHHHHHHHH)! So the fever went away in about 2.5 days and half a day later, she starts to display cold symptoms. Near the end of her fever, I felt like I had the beginnings of a sore throat (which, yes, became a full blown sore throat within a day or so). So I assumed she, too, had a sore throat when she started to become congested. I gave her Pediacare Decongestant. We went to the doctor (two different ones because I didn't trust that the first one evaluated her throughly enough). This sickness was sort of difficult to deal with because she was waking up hourly. It was so sad to see her so uncomfortable. We bought a humidifier, and it took forever to pick one out because it was difficult for me to choose between the cool mist humidifier and the warm one. Also picked up some Baby Vicks Vapor Rub. Poor kid.
Then Emmanuel got sick or at least claimed he did. He had congested sinuses, but I never know if it's because he's really sick or because of his allergies. So I went ahead and gave him Tylenol Allergy Sinus. My sickness was pretty gnarly. I always get sinus headaches. I hate sinus headache meds because of the dry mouth and lightheadedness. What a worrrld, what a world.
Daphne is now 2 and a half feet tall! Today, she learned to pass toys between me and her daddy. She was playing with a toy and I was watching her as I remembered an article I read about baby milestones. This woman had written about how her daughter and learned how to pass toys to her, and I wanted to see if I'd be able to show Daphne. I went down to her, outstretched my hand and said, "Please give." She looked at it and started to slap it with the toy. I wanted for her to hold it still and then I took hold of it and gently tugged. She held on to it, but I slipped it out of her hand. I thanked her. I then pressed it against my chest to sort of emphasize that I had it. After a second or two, I held it out and said, "Here."
I repeated this. She caught on quickly. She giggled (I've read that they giggle when they learn), and it wasn't long after that that she started to outstretch her arm towards me while vocally motioning for me to take what she was offering. She'd do this by making a staccato "unh" sound.
It was soooooooooo exciting! I quickly called Emmanuel who then came to play with us. I wanted to show Daphne that she could also pass things to other people so we set up this little triangle where I would hand it to Emmanuel while saying, "here." He would then thank me, hold it against his chest and hand it to Daphne. Daphne would turn to him and take it, then turn to me offer it to me and say, "Unh." It very, every exciting. Hahaha, so exciting we didn't stop doing this until about 10 minutes later. It was, of course, Daphne who decided to stop. We probably would have been able to do it 10 more minutes, we were just that amazed.
Hmm, there have been other moments where I've mentally made a note to blog about, but now, they slip my mind.
I'll post those things as soon as I remember (gosh, I hope I remember). It's sort of difficult to update because it's not like I can just drop everything the moment something memorable has happened. It's extremely important for me to do this, though. I was reading this snippet a woman wrote about finding a journal she kept while raising her baby, and in it, she had written a list of things about her daughter. One of the things on the list was that her daughter's hair was like marshmallow in the morning right after she woke up. She remembered and was amazed because without that journal to remind her, she would have forgotten (up until that moment, I guess she hadn't thought about it).
Oh yeah, as soon as Eman fixes the server, I'll be able to post pictures and VIDEOS of Daphne! So stay tuned, readers!
We were all sick for quite a while in October. I guess because I hadn't updated, I sort of lost my groove. So allow me to get all of you updated:
Daphne and I were sick for about two weeks in October. It was really weird. First, she was feverish for three days. I got here these BeKoool head things, and they worked like a charm. I only had her wear it while sleeping because body temperature rises as one sleeps, and hers was just becoming unacceptably high (up to 103.6, but only as she slept). I was sort of worried about her brain swelling and causing brain damage. I know they say this only happens if the brain reaches a temperature of 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit, but everyone is different. So she had the fever, but displayed no cold symptoms. She also wanted to be held, so this meant that she was not achy which could have meant the flu (AHHHHHHHHHHHH)! So the fever went away in about 2.5 days and half a day later, she starts to display cold symptoms. Near the end of her fever, I felt like I had the beginnings of a sore throat (which, yes, became a full blown sore throat within a day or so). So I assumed she, too, had a sore throat when she started to become congested. I gave her Pediacare Decongestant. We went to the doctor (two different ones because I didn't trust that the first one evaluated her throughly enough). This sickness was sort of difficult to deal with because she was waking up hourly. It was so sad to see her so uncomfortable. We bought a humidifier, and it took forever to pick one out because it was difficult for me to choose between the cool mist humidifier and the warm one. Also picked up some Baby Vicks Vapor Rub. Poor kid.
Then Emmanuel got sick or at least claimed he did. He had congested sinuses, but I never know if it's because he's really sick or because of his allergies. So I went ahead and gave him Tylenol Allergy Sinus. My sickness was pretty gnarly. I always get sinus headaches. I hate sinus headache meds because of the dry mouth and lightheadedness. What a worrrld, what a world.
Daphne is now 2 and a half feet tall! Today, she learned to pass toys between me and her daddy. She was playing with a toy and I was watching her as I remembered an article I read about baby milestones. This woman had written about how her daughter and learned how to pass toys to her, and I wanted to see if I'd be able to show Daphne. I went down to her, outstretched my hand and said, "Please give." She looked at it and started to slap it with the toy. I wanted for her to hold it still and then I took hold of it and gently tugged. She held on to it, but I slipped it out of her hand. I thanked her. I then pressed it against my chest to sort of emphasize that I had it. After a second or two, I held it out and said, "Here."
I repeated this. She caught on quickly. She giggled (I've read that they giggle when they learn), and it wasn't long after that that she started to outstretch her arm towards me while vocally motioning for me to take what she was offering. She'd do this by making a staccato "unh" sound.
It was soooooooooo exciting! I quickly called Emmanuel who then came to play with us. I wanted to show Daphne that she could also pass things to other people so we set up this little triangle where I would hand it to Emmanuel while saying, "here." He would then thank me, hold it against his chest and hand it to Daphne. Daphne would turn to him and take it, then turn to me offer it to me and say, "Unh." It very, every exciting. Hahaha, so exciting we didn't stop doing this until about 10 minutes later. It was, of course, Daphne who decided to stop. We probably would have been able to do it 10 more minutes, we were just that amazed.
Hmm, there have been other moments where I've mentally made a note to blog about, but now, they slip my mind.
I'll post those things as soon as I remember (gosh, I hope I remember). It's sort of difficult to update because it's not like I can just drop everything the moment something memorable has happened. It's extremely important for me to do this, though. I was reading this snippet a woman wrote about finding a journal she kept while raising her baby, and in it, she had written a list of things about her daughter. One of the things on the list was that her daughter's hair was like marshmallow in the morning right after she woke up. She remembered and was amazed because without that journal to remind her, she would have forgotten (up until that moment, I guess she hadn't thought about it).
Oh yeah, as soon as Eman fixes the server, I'll be able to post pictures and VIDEOS of Daphne! So stay tuned, readers!
Friday, September 9, 2005
Eats solids amazingly well and stands!
I cannot believe I have not been posting! So many new things are happening! Daphne can now sit up straight and well-balanced. She can pull herself up and support herself on something while standing! I could not believe it the first time I saw it. Even the second time, the third, the fourth, or even the fifth. I probably will still not be able to believe it if she did it right now! She is not even seven months, yet. I suspect she will start walking by nine months. She already crawls like a pro! One minute, she is on one side of the room, the next minute she is on the other. Amazing.
I really cannot wait until she starts talking and walking. We will be able to walk, go places, and then talk about what we see! Very cool, indeed.
In case anyone is wondering why I am writing so oddly--without contractions and all--it is because Emmanuel put this weird setting with the keyboard so he could use macrons when typing in Latin.
I really cannot wait until she starts talking and walking. We will be able to walk, go places, and then talk about what we see! Very cool, indeed.
In case anyone is wondering why I am writing so oddly--without contractions and all--it is because Emmanuel put this weird setting with the keyboard so he could use macrons when typing in Latin.
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