Can't remember what a 30 week preemie looks like

I've just hit 30 weeks in this pregnancy. Initially 30 weeks wasmy goal but now that I looked at on my own blog what Emilia looked like around 30 weeks, I now realize that I do need to keep this pregnancy going as long as possible. I pictured a 30 week preemie was going to be a huge baby (compared to a 25 weeker like Emilia) but looking at the pictures from July 2011, I can see how small the baby is still.

Any way, this time around, I got into the third trimester, which I skipped entirely with Emilia. Each passing week since 25 weeks was something to celebrate.

So, does Emilia now know she will have a baby sister? I don't know. She rubs my belly and calls it "baby". She also kisses on my belly saying "hi baby". But still, I don't know if she really knows what's coming. Regardless, I am sure she will be very upset the first few days after the arrival of her sister.

Hand Foot and Mouth Disease is back!

Well, I don't know if there is an outbreak right now, but it looks like Emilia has it for sure. I do not know where she got it. Probably from her day care. But we also went to the splash pad, playground, and Yorkdale mall food court on the weekend so she's been touching a lot of different things "in public places".

Fortunately, so far, she has no fever but she has lots and lots of the red bumps/blisters. The blisters seem to bother me more than Emilia actually (does she even know she has all these rashes??). I feel bad that there is nothing I can help her with because there is no medication for HFMD. We were debating whether to take her to her pediatrician, but what for? I knew immediately it was HFMD when I saw the familiar rashes on her soles and her thighs/bum area. Just surprised that she didn't have any fever in the last few days. When she had virus last year around this time, I think she had a high fever and sores in her mouth, which prevented her from eating for a day or so. I am reluctant to send her back to the day care tomorrow. I don't want other kids to contract the disease but at the same time, she's not showing any fever so I want to tell myself that she's okay.

Coincidentally it was right around Canada Day last year too when she had HFMD. Hopefully she will get over it before the Canada Day long weekend is time. I was actually hoping to go camping before my baby bump gets too big and heavy.

Eating ice cream cone for the first time

We went to a splash pad with Gandparents and Marru on Saturday. Marru and Emilia each got treated to a nice ice cream cone by Grandparents. Here Emilia is eating her first ever ice cream cone... she enjoyed it so much that when I took a bite, she was screaming and crying.

what better way to spend Father's Day afternoon

...than enjoying time Emilia with at a splash pind.

Having some father-daughter time (that does not involve any diapers)

Emilia turned two on May 31!

First cake on May 31

Second cake on June 1 at Grandparents' place

(That's cousin Marru trying to blow the candles)

 

 

I wanted to post right after her birthday, but I've been just procrastinating, and then today I realized it's been a week since her birthday already.

Emilia is 84cm tall and weighs 13.4kg. She still is a good eater, and I am sure that is one of the reasons she has been able to stay relatively healthy.

Terrible Two is here. She's so stubborn and independent, but I think she's still a good baby compared to some other toddlers. She loves books, especially the ones with pictures of animals (farm, jungle, and ocean). She has a lot more words now but still does not use a sentence. But she started repeating after me when I tell her a word. Sometimes she says it all wrong but it's still a nice try. When I call her name, she repeats it: "Mia". When I tell her an owl says "hoot-hoot", she says "boot-boot". No matter how many times I tell her it's "hoot", she still says "boot-boot". She loves singing "happy birthday" - though her version has simplified lyrics: "happy happy...to yoooou"

Cheers to the last 2 years, and to all the good fun we will have together in the many years to come. Happy Happy To You, Mia!!