Baby doesn't like solid very much

She's 10 months and 2 weeks now and still doesn't fancy the solids i give her. I think it's about time to try something else. Daddy made her food and put them in seperate containers for different flavors but sometimes granny went and mix them up altogether. So, as usual, she didn't like the food. She has been eating mix purees since 8 months old and everyday.

i think i'll buy more fruits to mix with her food. So stressful having to think and think ways to make her love her food. :'(

Pointing with her fingers & loves to walk - 10 months

She knows where is clock, television, fan, lights, mirror, bear bear, birds, moon, airplane and doggie. She'll point to the things whenever I ask her. Sometimes she'll tell me stories using her baby language. For instance, she told me ta gu ( sis in law) fed her. I held her and she pointed at ta gu while baby-talk to me with expression on her face and ta gu was on her way up to her room that time.

 

I also taught her how to get down from the bed as I don't want her to fall off the bed anymore.I told her becareful, u can do it, slowly. I twisted her buttock and pulled her leg towards the floor few times. Now she's able to do it by herself and she always smile when her feet touches the floor. Sometimes she is scared and wants me to help. But i'll just encourage her by saying u can do it yourself clever girl and i'll clap my hands to show support. Then she'll face down on the mattress and cry as if i don't want her. So funny. Then she'll look up to me again and show me her pity face which really makes me laugh even more.

 

Her favourite cartoon is Jojo, Dibo and Mickey. I think it's because these shows have alot of songs and colours. It's good time to feed her when any of these shows is on.

 

Her appetite is fairly good. She opens her mouth but she gets bored sitting at one place for too long. She doesn't eat very fast. So, I always need to get another bowl to take out half of the food to feed her, and the rest i'll feed her later after a short break. She's not too bad actually, she just need a short break in between. I love her so much.

 

I love her fine baby hair, her fat fingers, thighs, toes, feet, cheeks, tummy, tiny mouth, teethless gums and laughes (it's contagious). I love to smell her. I love to hug her. I love to play hide & seek with her. I love to bath her. I love to spend time with her. I love her love her love her so much. I'm poisoned. Hahaha!!!

 

She used to wave bye bye whenever I told her to but now she doesn't do it anymore. I miss her bye bye wave. It's super cute and funny.

 

She'll let strangers carry her if they tell her they'd show her doggie. :S She loves animals.

 

She loves to walk. Last week, the first time, we had to let her walk holding both her hands when we're at Putri MArt's kedai Ubat.She was twisting all over as if she wants to get down. So, i told hubby "aiya, let her come down la. it's o.k. At least she's wearing her socks."So, we let her walk around for awhile and she was so excited and kept smiling. Mom said she'll probably be able to walk by herself when she's 11 months old.

 

She loves to climb the staircase and all the way up to ah yi's room cos ah yi's room has a big mirror. SHe'd turn the mirror back and look whats' at the back, turn it front again to see what's infront. Haha!  

 

Lately, she loves to pull up her shirt and let us tickle. Then she laughs madly. Hahaha!!!

Holiday in Redang 25-27July08

Zhi Ying is 9 months already.

 

Every morning, we wake up around 6:30am. Breakfast started at 7am. I'd give Zhi Ying her Gerber food or bread along with some water from her favourite trainer cup.

 

One funny thing she did during this holiday was she'd stand up to poo and the expression on her face was very funny. Her face will turn red for few seconds and then she'd want you to carry her as she didn't want to sit back down with her poo in her nappy. So, every time she requests to get out from the baby chair, i'll check her nappy. True enough, I'd see her poo in there. Hahaha!!!

 

Another funny incident was, when i washed her back side in the man's toilet with daddy. First of all, like any other times, i took off her nappy, this time i saw there were stools coming out half way. I didn't have time to put some toilet paper on the sink. Quickly, i helped her to force out the stools by pressing the side of her anus repeatedly. Her face was red cos she use alot of energy too. Her stools were quite hard. Gross right? But i had to go on for her to read when she grows up. So, as u can imagine, the stools were in the sink - so smelly, but what can i do but to hang in there and pack up as fast as possible. After I washed her buttock, I'd to pick up those stools in the sink and throw them into the bin. I nearly puke. She saw that and laughed so loud.

 

Zhi Ying enjoyed herself and that makes the holiday super duper wonderful.

 

She didn't cry when the Berjaya plane took off or landed. She always falls asleep when grandad holds her - during her sleeping time. If either daddy or me hold her to put her to sleep, she'll toss and turn to make sure she doesn't fall asleep.

 

Daddy and I managed to go Scuba diving. Initially, I didn't want to go due to the hot sun cos I've sensitive skin. But daddy said we haven't dive together before. Wow, then i thought, how sweet would that be, to hold hands and play with fish in the water. So, I agreed. Hahaha!! Who knows, i ended up diving with the dive master. Daddy was about 5 feet away from me. Why? cos initially I was panic as i havent dive for a long time.I've forgotten what to do to sink into the water and not use to the gears. Hahahah!! With the dive masters help, i manage to sink in and slowly tried to enjoy the dive. But after awhile, i had headache. I didn't want to disappoint others especially Siew Yien cos she has been missing her dive badly and i want her to dive longer. So, i tried to do Qi Gong breathing thru the mouth.Hahaha!!! But still, after that, situation didn't improve. So, i signal the dive master to go up (thums up). He looked shocked cos i guess it was just a shore dive and to the divers, it's like going into the swimming pool. He insisted that we swim back instead of going up. Which i hated so much at first but at the end realised that it was better than going up to the surface. Fuhlamak....pengsan aku. Anyway, we manage to see 2 sharks and 1 big garoupa fish. Very scary.TO be continue at home....wait for my details...

 

30th July 08 Diary - Baby claps & 1st 2 steps

Zhi Ying kept saying “cho cho” lately i.e. smelly in mandarin. She’ll point at the fan when we say fan or fong san. She also knows how to clap clap. She’s having 3 meals a day and drinks lots of plain water from her cheap trainer cup. I chose a cheap one cos I didn’t know if she would like the cup. Turn out she likes the cup and she likes to hold it and bites it all over. I’ve bought the same one for Magdelene and Sue Yin last night at Sunway Jusco. I can’t get the red colour one. But I got a yellow colour one with Big Bird fr Sesame street picture on it. Zhi Ying's has the picture of Elmo and a hen. So, I always show her which is Elmo and which is chicken together with the chic chic sound. 

 

Zhi Ying still has no teeth. Sue Yin already got 2 teeth. Magdelene has 4 teeth.

 

Zhi Ying likes to stand up lately. She managed to make 2 step forward by herselft on the 24th July. Mom was very happy so she called to tell me the good news. But actually. It was just that. She doesn't really know how to walk yet. Hahaha. Mom always say she's very daring. There was once when mom left her alone in the living hall to get something from the kitchen, she climbed the stairs up to the 3^rd stair case. So scarry!!

 

This week we're staying in 33. Every morning, around 7:30, Pin will send baby and I back up the hill. Then I’ll heat up her food, mop the floor, change the sterilizer water and put the clothes to wash. Then if I’ve time, I’ll feed her and show her flash cards to get her attention. Besides that, I’ll have channel 613 on as well.

 

This morning, grandpa yeh yeh brought zhi ying to the park to play on the swing, seesaw and the toy horse. Later when daddy sent us home, granny put her in the stroller and went for a walk. What a great start of the day! So, after granny fed her (solids- that daddy made last night) and gave her some water, she fell asleep without much fuss.

 

These 2 days, she cried more than usual. She cried every time she wakes up. Yesterday mom let her cry on the floor and watched her. She crawled and cried and put her face down on the floor repeatedly. She doesn’t cry that much normally. I guess she really misses Pin & I badly. She's been with us for the last 3 days in Redang. This is the side effect of a great holiday. Hahaha. Think she’ll get use to her normal routine soon.

 

Yesterday Pin, mom, baby & I went to Sunway Jusco to replenish baby’s food. They have an organic section there. We bought potatoes, pumpkin, baby corn, Japanese sweet potatoes, and broccoli. We still have pork and fish and lots of baby carrot, so we didn’t buy those. Baby fell asleep while we were choosing the trainer cups in the childrens department and she was still sleeping when we reached home. Her sleeping time is 9:30pm. While I wiped and changed her into her sleeping clothes, Pin made prepared her food and put them in the freezer.

18th July 08 - Baby's walker toppled!! said "che", new byebye style & her poo

Zhi ying knocked her forhead, just above the right eye the other day at 33.She was in the walker and she flew into the toilet in the kitchen. The walker toppled over cos the toilet floor is a step lower than the kitchen floor. So her whole body was up side down in the walker and she fell on her right forehead. I quickly picked her up and checked if her eyes and head were alright. She cried and cried and before she cried too long, I brought her out to the car porch and immediately she stopped crying, which probably means, it wasn't that painful after all. She probably got a shocked, that's all.

Nowadays, mom helps me to feed zhi ying 3 meals a day. I don't have to feed her before I go to work. However, sometimes I still try to feed her before I go to work so that mom can relax abit. I just have to mop the floor for her to crawl about and to make sure no ants on the floor. Sometimes Pin will help to mop the floor and prepare zhi ying's food and freeze them before he goes to bed. Sometimes, mom will help us to prepare her food when she's not too tired during the day.

There was a monkey that lingered around our neighborhood last week. It was a small little monkey. I guess it came from the reserved forest nearby. Mom was very scared and worried that the monkey will make its way into the house thru our thin grill. But I think it has gone back to the forest now. Didn't hear mom talking about it already. Maybe can't find anything to eat here.

Think I heard zhi ying saying "che" = car while pointing her finger to a car last night. Hahaha. Now, she changed her bye bye style already i.e. she'll hold up her arm and just moving her wrist up and down. I shall try to take a video of her doing that when I've chance. About her potty and her poo, everytime she doesn't want to poo anymore, she'll make noise like telling mom she has done her work already and wants to get up now. But everytime, if mom is not satisfied of the amount, she'll get her to sit longer to poo. Hahaha, so funny lah. Her poo is really smelly. But quite cute. About 5cm long and thin, brown in colour.

11th July 08 Diary - Baby tripping and clumsy

Zhi Ying kept tripping and falls down these days. She's very clumsy. Hmm...luckily she still has some fats on her. She already lost a lot of fats due to lots of crawling. I'm trying to feed her more. I'm feeding her 2-3 times a day, each time half cup of mix potatos, carrot, broccoli, pork & fish. Then she'll have about 8 -10oz of milk hopefully. Sometimes if she sleeps too much during the day, then she can barely finish up the 8oz. Before I go to work, I'll try to feed her solid. Then in evening when I'm home, I'll feed her another solid. During the day, I told mom only if she's not too tired, then she can give her 1 meal of solid.

3rd July 08 Diary - Baby and a scratch on her face

Zhi Ying fell and got a scratch on her face. She hit the sharp edge in the baby cot - that part where you can pull half way down. It happened in split second. I was standing just next to the baby cot. She was standing up holding on the grill. She was very stable at first and she could even walk side way while holding onto the grill. All of a sudden her right hand slipped off while she released her left hand from the grill, then she fell on her face onto the sharp edge. I quickly picked her up and cuddled her. I was very scared at that moment cos she cried till almost loosing her voice and gripped me very tightly. That means it's extremely painful.I could see a red cut into her skin next to her left eye. Quickly, I held her head up to see her face and massaged the left side of her face which was red. I don't know where she actually hit until i saw a red cut next to her left eyes. I could see some red veins in her eyes. I was so worried that she'll loose her eye sight. Mom wasn't around, only Hwa. I monitored her few days. Mom said she seems normal and no unusual behavior.