Baby's upgraded from an indoor helper to an outdoor helper.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
For the summer
AN got a new pair of sun goggles for the coming summer.
The sun's always been glaring in Tucson, except for the couple of months in Winter. The glare's back and can only get worse as it gets hotter.
Each time the car turns and the sun gets in, AN will shun and start complaining "oops...so bright!".
She's excited to have her own sunglasses but can't understand why hers is so unlike ours. She can use hers as a hair band too.
The sun's always been glaring in Tucson, except for the couple of months in Winter. The glare's back and can only get worse as it gets hotter.
Each time the car turns and the sun gets in, AN will shun and start complaining "oops...so bright!".
She's excited to have her own sunglasses but can't understand why hers is so unlike ours. She can use hers as a hair band too.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Praise the Lord
..for her 1st mushy stools in 4 months today!
I made a mistake and bought her Plum juice instead of the intended Prune juice. She didn't like Plum juice when she first tasted it. Took her a couple of days before she decided to take a sip and decided it wasn't too bad afterall. We soon ran out of Plum juice, coz I couldn't help keeping myself from drinking it.
So, this time round, I made sure I bought PRUNE juice (I don't understand why it has to be PRUNE juice although both contained as much fibre - 3g for 8 oz serving. My mum just kept insisting it was 'better' without being able to explain why.)
It tasted quite yucky and I was worried AN might turn her nose away from it but she didn't! In fact she seemed to like this better than the Plum juice.
After not having passed stools for 5 straight days, she cried again (heartache) when she had to go yesterday. Those were gigantic, dry and hard stools that exited her, but I was glad at the amount that came out. She must have emptied her bowels.
So I thought, till she started sobbing this morning like she does each time she's straining to get her poop out.
Before I could bring her anywhere near the toilet bowl, I caught the fragrance of her stools! I checked her diaper and true enough, she did it and her stools were mushy!
Mum got worried and asked if it was diarrhea -_________-"
That was her usual type of stool and I was so happy to see that after 4 months!
She did cry, either out of fear (like whenever she felt like pooping, she would feel terrible pain at her anus), or out of the disgust that she had something stuck to her butt.
If she can pass motion as effortlessly like she did this morning, I pray she will sooner than expected, get over her fear of feeling the urge to go.
Thank God for the wonders of Prune juice that worked for AN.
I made a mistake and bought her Plum juice instead of the intended Prune juice. She didn't like Plum juice when she first tasted it. Took her a couple of days before she decided to take a sip and decided it wasn't too bad afterall. We soon ran out of Plum juice, coz I couldn't help keeping myself from drinking it.
So, this time round, I made sure I bought PRUNE juice (I don't understand why it has to be PRUNE juice although both contained as much fibre - 3g for 8 oz serving. My mum just kept insisting it was 'better' without being able to explain why.)
It tasted quite yucky and I was worried AN might turn her nose away from it but she didn't! In fact she seemed to like this better than the Plum juice.
After not having passed stools for 5 straight days, she cried again (heartache) when she had to go yesterday. Those were gigantic, dry and hard stools that exited her, but I was glad at the amount that came out. She must have emptied her bowels.
So I thought, till she started sobbing this morning like she does each time she's straining to get her poop out.
Before I could bring her anywhere near the toilet bowl, I caught the fragrance of her stools! I checked her diaper and true enough, she did it and her stools were mushy!
Mum got worried and asked if it was diarrhea -_________-"
That was her usual type of stool and I was so happy to see that after 4 months!
She did cry, either out of fear (like whenever she felt like pooping, she would feel terrible pain at her anus), or out of the disgust that she had something stuck to her butt.
If she can pass motion as effortlessly like she did this morning, I pray she will sooner than expected, get over her fear of feeling the urge to go.
Thank God for the wonders of Prune juice that worked for AN.
AN (About going in, and about going out)
Going in
We had our (I mean, AN's) 2nd art class yesterday and thankfully there were more kids this time. Having been through the 1st session, AN was a little more participative than she was previously and had more opportunities to watch and imitate other kids paint and paste this time round.
She was more interested in the container filled with soapy water still.
With every opportunity she had, she would pay the soapy water a visit (she had to have those teeny bit of paint, glue or sand on her fingers washed away..hmm..)
Music class on the other hand needed less efforts to get her more participative.
She would jump and dance at every opportunity and chose instruments from the boxes that Ms Erin brought out.
It makes me happy to see her enjoying herself.
Going out
What goes in must come out, right? Baby walks in, baby has to walk out (hopefully willingly instead of be carried out and struggling)
She wasn't really cooperative when we left yesterday. She appeared ready to go, till she noticed the slides and tunnels at the main area for play. That was when she wanted to go in to play and we started struggling. I could understand her anger at me for tearing her away from what she wanted to do. I tried to explain that we had to leave but she couldn't hear me. We then left with AN screaming.
Nowadays, before we go anywhere and before I take her out from the car seat, I'd ask that she be a good girl and not refuse to leave or return to her car seat when we had to go home. She would tell me "ok" or "yes" and keep her word, till last Thurs). I thought she has learnt to accept going home as as part of going out prior to that.
She was perfectly cheerful last Friday and Saturday when we had to leave (after music and play classes). And she would willingly allow us to strap her in the car seat after going out each time for about a month now.
I suspected if she didn't notice the play area, she might be more willing to leave with me.
So, I tried to bring her out of the door as soon as I could this morning, before she laid eyes on the play area and she was good all the way.
*phew*
She'll finally get her turn to play tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed that she will not refuse to leave with me again.
Updated:
AN's 2nd art piece. It's a lesson on the colour red this time. Pardon the one-eyed lady bug.
She was more interested in the container filled with soapy water still.
With every opportunity she had, she would pay the soapy water a visit (she had to have those teeny bit of paint, glue or sand on her fingers washed away..hmm..)
Music class on the other hand needed less efforts to get her more participative.
She would jump and dance at every opportunity and chose instruments from the boxes that Ms Erin brought out.
It makes me happy to see her enjoying herself.
Going out
What goes in must come out, right? Baby walks in, baby has to walk out (hopefully willingly instead of be carried out and struggling)
She wasn't really cooperative when we left yesterday. She appeared ready to go, till she noticed the slides and tunnels at the main area for play. That was when she wanted to go in to play and we started struggling. I could understand her anger at me for tearing her away from what she wanted to do. I tried to explain that we had to leave but she couldn't hear me. We then left with AN screaming.
Nowadays, before we go anywhere and before I take her out from the car seat, I'd ask that she be a good girl and not refuse to leave or return to her car seat when we had to go home. She would tell me "ok" or "yes" and keep her word, till last Thurs). I thought she has learnt to accept going home as as part of going out prior to that.
She was perfectly cheerful last Friday and Saturday when we had to leave (after music and play classes). And she would willingly allow us to strap her in the car seat after going out each time for about a month now.
I suspected if she didn't notice the play area, she might be more willing to leave with me.
So, I tried to bring her out of the door as soon as I could this morning, before she laid eyes on the play area and she was good all the way.
*phew*
She'll finally get her turn to play tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed that she will not refuse to leave with me again.
Updated:
AN's 2nd art piece. It's a lesson on the colour red this time. Pardon the one-eyed lady bug.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
KS Mum
The more I read on forums about babies' developments (not milestones set by the experts but what other mummies say their kids can do), the more worried I get.
Some toddlers can count 1-20 at 20 mths (some 16mths!) and up to 40 by 22mths. Some toddlers are even smarter! AN at 23 months can only count 1-3 and backwards. A mummy asked if the standard of the nursery her son's attending now is too low if they only teach him to count from 1-10. At the rate other kids are picking things up, AN's going to remain at the bottom of her class every year when she starts schooling.
And then some kids at 23 months can already read aloud words from flash cards while AN still baby talks and doesn't stay still for flash cards (she wants to play with them).
It just gets more and more depressing the more I read about what other mummies say their kids can do.
I better stop going into threads that do not concern AN, focus on getting her eating and pooping habits back on track before I start worrying about everything else.
Proverbs 12:25 - An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.
How true that is when my anxieties rubs off AN each time she doesn't eat enough, doesn't poop, doesn't whatever-else. You'll see AN frowning and behaving wierd.
The Lord will take care of her academically. I just have to do the sowing and planting. The harvesting will come later.
Some toddlers can count 1-20 at 20 mths (some 16mths!) and up to 40 by 22mths. Some toddlers are even smarter! AN at 23 months can only count 1-3 and backwards. A mummy asked if the standard of the nursery her son's attending now is too low if they only teach him to count from 1-10. At the rate other kids are picking things up, AN's going to remain at the bottom of her class every year when she starts schooling.
And then some kids at 23 months can already read aloud words from flash cards while AN still baby talks and doesn't stay still for flash cards (she wants to play with them).
It just gets more and more depressing the more I read about what other mummies say their kids can do.
I better stop going into threads that do not concern AN, focus on getting her eating and pooping habits back on track before I start worrying about everything else.
Proverbs 12:25 - An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.
How true that is when my anxieties rubs off AN each time she doesn't eat enough, doesn't poop, doesn't whatever-else. You'll see AN frowning and behaving wierd.
The Lord will take care of her academically. I just have to do the sowing and planting. The harvesting will come later.
C is for constipation, again
It's been a 3 months long battle against hard stools that AN's been passing, along with blood from her torn anus.
Some information that I do not already know from searching the Net includes (I miss Dr Terrance Tan every time I think of bringing AN for professional help):
- If your child develops small tears near the rectum from trying to have a bowel movement, let him or her sit in warm salt water three times daily (your doctor will tell you how much salt to add to the tub water). Do not leave your child alone in the bathroom. After the bath you can rub 1/2 percent hydrocortisone cream on the area. This cream can be bought over-the-counter at a drug store. (I miss buying drugs and creams at clinics after consultations...that way I know chances of giving AN the wrong medications and amounts are much lower)
- If your child is one year or older, he or she should eat fruits and vegetables three times daily. Encourage the child to eat raw unpeeled fruits and vegetables. Cut the food into small pieces to prevent choking. Avoid food that can't be chewed easily. (Her PD also mentioned raw. It's time I stop behaving paranoid over Salmonella.)
- Some foods can make your child's constipation worse. Limit the amount of milk, ice cream, cheese, white rice, bananas, cooked carrots, and applesauce in your child's diet. (white rice - staple diet, bananas & cooked carrots - baby's first foods from 6 months till now. Carrots are her recent favorites/ must-haves)
Taken from: http://www.healthsquare.com/mc/fgmc0302.htm
It's AN's diet that causing her all the pain, yet these food are either her favourites, or exceptionally crucial for growth.
*Scratch head*
Not easy...sigh...
Some information that I do not already know from searching the Net includes (I miss Dr Terrance Tan every time I think of bringing AN for professional help):
- If your child develops small tears near the rectum from trying to have a bowel movement, let him or her sit in warm salt water three times daily (your doctor will tell you how much salt to add to the tub water). Do not leave your child alone in the bathroom. After the bath you can rub 1/2 percent hydrocortisone cream on the area. This cream can be bought over-the-counter at a drug store. (I miss buying drugs and creams at clinics after consultations...that way I know chances of giving AN the wrong medications and amounts are much lower)
- If your child is one year or older, he or she should eat fruits and vegetables three times daily. Encourage the child to eat raw unpeeled fruits and vegetables. Cut the food into small pieces to prevent choking. Avoid food that can't be chewed easily. (Her PD also mentioned raw. It's time I stop behaving paranoid over Salmonella.)
- Some foods can make your child's constipation worse. Limit the amount of milk, ice cream, cheese, white rice, bananas, cooked carrots, and applesauce in your child's diet. (white rice - staple diet, bananas & cooked carrots - baby's first foods from 6 months till now. Carrots are her recent favorites/ must-haves)
Taken from: http://www.healthsquare.com/mc/fgmc0302.htm
It's AN's diet that causing her all the pain, yet these food are either her favourites, or exceptionally crucial for growth.
*Scratch head*
Not easy...sigh...
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