Grabbing Mommy's glasses and putting them on her head
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Photo shoot on September 8 - the day she turned 1 year old corrected
What lovely babies!
Halloween photo shoot at home, with her cousin Marru.
Emilia was born on May 31, 2011, at 25 weeks and 5 days in gestational age. She came home on October 21, 2011 after spending 143 days in the hospital. Today she's a thriving, happy baby who continues to amaze us every single day. This blog records the journey of our miracle baby.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Update (that is long overdue)
I have been too tired and too lazy to post on this blog since September. Not that I have nothing to talk about Emilia but it was so hard to make myself sit in front of the computer.
Emilia's bed time is around 7 pm, which gives me only about a 2 hour window to get out of the office and pick her up, make dinner, play with her, bathe her, read stories, and put her down in the crib. The good thing about early bedtime is I get to have some quiet, free time to myself after 7:30pm.
She really enjoys the day care. I can see that she likes the care provider and the other kids. These days, even after we get ready to leave the day care centre, she often goes back to play with the toys or other babies.
She does not walk yet, although she cruises and stands unsupported. She is now 14 months corrected so I try not to be concerned but I often wish she could walk so that I don't need to carry her when we are outside. She weighs over 25 pounds and is getting too heavy for me. She walks well when I hold her hands.
These days she does not spend much time playing with her toys. Her biggest interest is observing what grown-ups do and imitating the actions. For example, she like combing her hair in the morning while I blow dry my hair. When I put on make-up, she also picks up a body lotion tube and pretends she squeezes cream out of it and rub it on her face. She likes to open drawers and take everything out just to put it back in the drawer and close it. It is amazing how fast babies pick up and mimic. Also watch this video of her playing in the kitchen.
Since starting the day care, she's been having a runny nose, almost non-stop for two and a half months. I am really tired of seeing her with a constant runny nose (yellow, gooey stuff0. Her upper respiratory system is a little bit congested as well. We took her to her doctor but he was not half concerned. He said it's a very typical story of a baby who just started day care. We are visiting again next Thursday for immunization, so I will ask him to listen to her chest. I cannot understand how she can be sick coninuously for over 2 months - shouldn't her immune system start working by now?
Emilia's bed time is around 7 pm, which gives me only about a 2 hour window to get out of the office and pick her up, make dinner, play with her, bathe her, read stories, and put her down in the crib. The good thing about early bedtime is I get to have some quiet, free time to myself after 7:30pm.
She really enjoys the day care. I can see that she likes the care provider and the other kids. These days, even after we get ready to leave the day care centre, she often goes back to play with the toys or other babies.
She does not walk yet, although she cruises and stands unsupported. She is now 14 months corrected so I try not to be concerned but I often wish she could walk so that I don't need to carry her when we are outside. She weighs over 25 pounds and is getting too heavy for me. She walks well when I hold her hands.
These days she does not spend much time playing with her toys. Her biggest interest is observing what grown-ups do and imitating the actions. For example, she like combing her hair in the morning while I blow dry my hair. When I put on make-up, she also picks up a body lotion tube and pretends she squeezes cream out of it and rub it on her face. She likes to open drawers and take everything out just to put it back in the drawer and close it. It is amazing how fast babies pick up and mimic. Also watch this video of her playing in the kitchen.
Since starting the day care, she's been having a runny nose, almost non-stop for two and a half months. I am really tired of seeing her with a constant runny nose (yellow, gooey stuff0. Her upper respiratory system is a little bit congested as well. We took her to her doctor but he was not half concerned. He said it's a very typical story of a baby who just started day care. We are visiting again next Thursday for immunization, so I will ask him to listen to her chest. I cannot understand how she can be sick coninuously for over 2 months - shouldn't her immune system start working by now?
Saturday, September 29, 2012
BONUS: Funny poses
Captures of Emilia in funny poses while sleeping. We have an IP camera installed above her crib (in place of a baby video monitor) and anytime I see something funny, I capture the video. Well, the recurring theme is: she loves sleeping with one leg up sticking out.
Almost 13 months: Update
Emilia is doing great at the day care. I wish I had more pictures and videos of her but now that I get to play with her only 1-2 hours a day, I don't have stories to even post on this blog. How SAD!
Whatever the reason, she is able to take only 1 nap at the day care and that makes her extremely tired by the time I pick her up (around 5:20pm). As soon as we arrive home, I start cooking dinner for her (again, no time to play with her) and as soon as her dinner is done, I need to bathe her and by 7:15pm, she's zonked out. I decided to cook batches of food and freeze, so that I can have more quality time with her during the week. I don't want to spend the evening in the kitchen while she clings on my legs and wants to play with me.
She does not walk yet. In fact, it seems to have regressed. About a month ago, she was walking assisted. Now when I hold her hands and try to walk her, she just sits down right away. Doesn't even want to take a step with me. However she loves standing up (holding on something), cruising, and doing a downward dog pose. She LOVES crawling on the stairs, up and down. She does it so flawlessly. She literally spends the whole day climbing up and down the staircase. All of these, but not walking. Why...? It beats me.
She seems to have grown taller, although every time we measure her thinking she has grown, her height is exactly the same as the last. Her weight has been stuck at 10.8-10.9kg. Just above 24 lb. but does not go over that mark. She has 3 molars breaking in now, so that makes a total of 9 teeth. We didn't even know her molars were coming in. She has always been quite easy with teething.
The day care takes some pictures of her for me (I leave a digital camera with them for the day).
Here are a few from last few weeks.
Whatever the reason, she is able to take only 1 nap at the day care and that makes her extremely tired by the time I pick her up (around 5:20pm). As soon as we arrive home, I start cooking dinner for her (again, no time to play with her) and as soon as her dinner is done, I need to bathe her and by 7:15pm, she's zonked out. I decided to cook batches of food and freeze, so that I can have more quality time with her during the week. I don't want to spend the evening in the kitchen while she clings on my legs and wants to play with me.
She does not walk yet. In fact, it seems to have regressed. About a month ago, she was walking assisted. Now when I hold her hands and try to walk her, she just sits down right away. Doesn't even want to take a step with me. However she loves standing up (holding on something), cruising, and doing a downward dog pose. She LOVES crawling on the stairs, up and down. She does it so flawlessly. She literally spends the whole day climbing up and down the staircase. All of these, but not walking. Why...? It beats me.
She seems to have grown taller, although every time we measure her thinking she has grown, her height is exactly the same as the last. Her weight has been stuck at 10.8-10.9kg. Just above 24 lb. but does not go over that mark. She has 3 molars breaking in now, so that makes a total of 9 teeth. We didn't even know her molars were coming in. She has always been quite easy with teething.
The day care takes some pictures of her for me (I leave a digital camera with them for the day).
Here are a few from last few weeks.
(She loves riding these cars. So good at it now)
(Finger painting with chocolate pudding)
Friday, September 14, 2012
Emilia is now 1 year old corrected
She is finally 1 year old corrected (Sep 8). She is not yet walking unsupported but she stands and walks holding on to things. She loves crawling up the stairs. She loves standing up and reaching for things that used to be completely out of her reach before. She can put toys back into the bins and drawers. She likes pointing at pictures in the book. She can do the actions when we sing some songs.
Check out how she crawls up stairs (taken a while ago,so she does it much faster now)
Check out how she crawls up stairs (taken a while ago,so she does it much faster now)
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