Zoey's been saying "ba ba ba" lately, her first word! I'm so happy, that's Chinese for "Daddy"!
I've started feeding her Gerber Puffs cereal snack. It's for infants to learn fine motor skills and learn how to start eating solids. I tried a few of course before I let her have any and they pretty much dissolve in the mouth immediately (no choking hazard).
Zoey doesn't have any teeth yet. I'm a bit surprised. I'm not going to worry about it, but her big brother did start getting teeth at 6 months. In the meantime, she's perfectly happy to "gum" away at the Gerber Puffs cereal. At least she's learning chewing motion with the jaw, even though she doesn't have any teeth yet.
It's funny, she really does like to eat. After I put a few of the Gerber Puffs cereal in her mouth, when I held out one piece for her to see if she could pick it up with her fingers, she made a 2 armed hugging grab motion to try to get it and pitched forward.
She does stare enviously at all the grownups and her big brother whenever we're eating anything.
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
Favorite lullaby ... 12 days of Christmas
12 Days of Christmas. For some reason that puts her to sleep faster than anything else I sing to her.
So I tend to sing that to her more than any other song, which I think reinforces it as a comforting song. I always end the song (the first day of Christmas) with ...
♪and a baby in a tummy♪
(instead of a partridge in a pear tree)
I just got Zoey to fall asleep singing that to her. We made it through the 6th day of Christmas and she was fast asleep.
Note: I am aware that it's July. However, I pretty much sing Christmas carols to the kids year-round as lullabies.
So I tend to sing that to her more than any other song, which I think reinforces it as a comforting song. I always end the song (the first day of Christmas) with ...
♪and a baby in a tummy♪
(instead of a partridge in a pear tree)
I just got Zoey to fall asleep singing that to her. We made it through the 6th day of Christmas and she was fast asleep.
Note: I am aware that it's July. However, I pretty much sing Christmas carols to the kids year-round as lullabies.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Specific missing parental skill
There is this very specific parental skill that I seem to be missing:
The ability to transfer a sleeping baby from my arms to the bed without waking up baby.
This is a very important skill that I have watched Mommy and Grandma do. However, does not seem to work for me. This morning, Zoey woke up around 5 AM. I held her and sung 12 days of Christmas until she fell asleep. However, 10 minutes after I put her down, she was awake.
Same thing just happened this evening. I rocked her to sleep in my arms, then tried to put her down in bed. She fussed immediately, so I held her until she fell asleep and then handed her off to Grandma and asked Grandma to put her in bed.
Don't know what it is. When I put the baby down, my arm is still underneath. When I try to get my arm out of cradling her neck, it wakes her up. Always happened with big brother when he was a baby as well.
It's not a good feeling, working hard to get a baby to fall asleep, and finally being ready to put them down in bed, only to have them crying a minute later.
The ability to transfer a sleeping baby from my arms to the bed without waking up baby.
This is a very important skill that I have watched Mommy and Grandma do. However, does not seem to work for me. This morning, Zoey woke up around 5 AM. I held her and sung 12 days of Christmas until she fell asleep. However, 10 minutes after I put her down, she was awake.
Same thing just happened this evening. I rocked her to sleep in my arms, then tried to put her down in bed. She fussed immediately, so I held her until she fell asleep and then handed her off to Grandma and asked Grandma to put her in bed.
Don't know what it is. When I put the baby down, my arm is still underneath. When I try to get my arm out of cradling her neck, it wakes her up. Always happened with big brother when he was a baby as well.
It's not a good feeling, working hard to get a baby to fall asleep, and finally being ready to put them down in bed, only to have them crying a minute later.
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Super hearing abilities
When Zoey first came home from the hospital, she could sleep through anything. For example, big brother came through the bedroom when she was asleep and sat fairly close to her bassinet and banged on pots and pans. Did not wake her up. He would crank the electronic keyboard to maximum volume and bang on the keys and put on the sample songs. Did not wake her up. Occasionally he would do something loud enough to get her to stir, but then go back to sleep.
During Christmastime, when family came over, we turned on the bedroom lights and everyone took a peek at baby. She did not even blink. She slept completely through Christmas, with everyone oohing and ahhing at the precious little thing.
I had figured that she was an amazingly sound sleeper. It was great. When she took a nap (which was constant, she pretty much slept 20 hours a day in the beginning), we would just go about our business. Turn on lights, vacuum the house, play games, it did not matter. Nothing would wake her up.
I'll admit there was a time or two when I was worried about her hearing.
Over the past few months, however, she's developed this super Spiderman spider-sense like hearing ability. If I even clear my throat in the room when she's asleep, she'll stir, and cry for a second or two (and sometimes that will be enough to wake her up). I feel like I'm walking on eggshells when she's asleep, and I practically have a panic attack if she's asleep in our bed in the middle of the day for a nap and Michael opens the door to go in the room. She can practically sense when someone comes into the bedroom, and she'll stir.
During Christmastime, when family came over, we turned on the bedroom lights and everyone took a peek at baby. She did not even blink. She slept completely through Christmas, with everyone oohing and ahhing at the precious little thing.
I had figured that she was an amazingly sound sleeper. It was great. When she took a nap (which was constant, she pretty much slept 20 hours a day in the beginning), we would just go about our business. Turn on lights, vacuum the house, play games, it did not matter. Nothing would wake her up.
I'll admit there was a time or two when I was worried about her hearing.
Over the past few months, however, she's developed this super Spiderman spider-sense like hearing ability. If I even clear my throat in the room when she's asleep, she'll stir, and cry for a second or two (and sometimes that will be enough to wake her up). I feel like I'm walking on eggshells when she's asleep, and I practically have a panic attack if she's asleep in our bed in the middle of the day for a nap and Michael opens the door to go in the room. She can practically sense when someone comes into the bedroom, and she'll stir.
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