Finally broke 10 kg mark

It took such a looooong time to step up from the 9 kg to 10 kg. I know at this stage, growth starts to taper off but I feel like she was in the 9 kg range forever. Yesterday she finally weighed 22lb (10 kg). It might drop back by few hundred grams today because she didn't poop yestrday but had a big one this morning. : )

She still loves eating but since she started crawling, she's moving constantly so she might even slim down a bit next few months!

(picture: she is trying to eat the plate after she finished 1/2 of a banana)

Falling asleep while eating

Emilia falling asleep while eating corn.

She wanted to continue eating even as her eye lids were too heavy to keep up.
By the way she has only one tooth but still loves biting/eating corn on cob. She actually manages to eat some off of it.

Rash has almost disappeared

Well... Finally the rash on Emilia's face and body has almost disappeared. I can still see faint marks on her face but I am sure they are not permanent.
Nobody I have spoken with has experienced this type of reaction to the MMR vaccine. I guess it is one more thing to add to the list of unusual things Emilia decided to do, including the neonatal tooth.

Fever and rash after MMR shot

Emilia had a moderate to high fever last 4 days. It started 6 days after her 12 month immunization. Her doctor had told me about 10-15% of babies experience a fever or rashes after the MMR shot but I didn't expect to see  39.5degrees on the thermometer. Emilia was  feeling really miserable (and irritable). She didn't sleep well either and that made all three of us sleep deprived over the weekend. Fortunately this morning the fever is gone and she is happily babbling "mamamama bambamba." but now she has developed rashes on her face and body!! So much for a vaccine...

Emilia finally learns to crawl

On Sunday morning, all of a sudden, Emilia started to crawl - but like a little worm. She would put her hands forward and lift her tummy and bum and then fall, moving inches at a time. That was the first time she really crawled forward, besides a few occasions when she was "belly-crawling". In the evening of the same day, after her birthday party, she did something more advanced. She lifted up her torso, got on her knees and then rocked back and forth a bit then moved forward. I don't know what suddenly made her realize that she had to get on her knees and move her hands forward. I know she is not yet able to coordinate her left & right hands and legs but doing this much is already very impressive, to my standards at least! She's 9 months old corrected so I really don't think she is too far behind in terms of her motor skills.