Pictures from this week

Pictures of Emilia in Reading and Gym Class and Snack Time

Reading

(엄마도 참, 공부하는 걸 뭘 또 찍고 그래요)

Time to rumble on the mat!

Snack Time!

Happy New Year; Emilia's 4 months old.

So, finally 2011 is gone. It was an eventful year for our family for many reasons. We went through a lot of difficult times with Emilia's unexpected birth and hospitalization but in the end, the year left us with lots of happiness and hope, all because Emilia is with us at home now, she's a thriving 4 month old baby.

Emilia's sleep problem persists. It's very difficult to put her down for sleep. Past few days I have been able to put her down for night time sleeping between 7 and 8 pm, but in order to do that I had to soothe her for 2 hours. She seems to love falling asleep on my breast. She doesn't even want her pacifier any more. She sucks on my nipple as if it was her soother now. This is causing us lots of problems. First, she's not self-soothing and I...and only I am able to soothe her. Her Daddy used to put her to sleep when he came home from work but now she just wants my breast!! Second, the amount of time she takes to fall asleep is becoming ridiculously long and I cannot do anything but hold her and breastfeed (or rather soothe her with my nipple) for hours at a time. Third, because she's constantly suckling before napping and nighttime sleeping, my nipples are becoming sore now. The only thing I am grateful for is once she goes to sleep, she doesn't wake up until 6:30-7am the next day.

Other than that, she's doing well... she's a chubby happy little baby girl. Playing with both hands now and being able to sit in her Bumbo chair for about 10 minutes.

Emilia is 3.5 months old

Emilia has been sucking in her lower lip and biting it. I tried looking in her mouth and checking her gum but I don't think she is teething yet. Maybe she now found a substitute for a soother which keeps dropping from her mouth when she cries?



And now she brings her both hands together and loves putting her fist in her mouth.

She has been giving us a lot of problems with sleeping. She resists naps and sleep and we spend a lot of time soothing her in trying to make her fall asleep. Last several days, we have been taking her out for a car ride because she couldn't fall asleep despite being sleepy and tired. She was such a good sleeper so I don't know if this is temporary 3 month old baby thing or she really has a sleep problem. I hope it doesn't get any worse than this.

Merry Christmas from Baby Lee

Merry Christmas everyone! This is my 1st Christmas and I will certainly appreciate lots of presents from mommy, daddy, and of course, SANTA!!

We took her first Christmas photos at home... yeah, we didn't want to go to a professional photographer for various reasons (with colds going around and other things) and we tought we could easily shoot some X-mas photos of Emilia. Well, we were WRONG. It is so hard to take baby pictures, especially because Emilia does not yet have a full head control and sitting upright with a steady head for more than 3 minutes is too tiring at her stage. In the end, we got some nice ones but I am too lazy to touch up the photos (things like our living room window shutters in the background).

Emilia's 100th day party

Despite being anxious about catching a cold, I invited our immediate family members to celebrate Emilia's 100th day in adjusted age. She's been through a lot and I think she deserves a nice party, pretty cakes, a beautiful white dress, and lots of photos.