We've been here for a week and Sherrie is sleeping a little earlier than her normal sleep time, but i guess she will go back to sleeping normally soon. She has just gone to bed at 6.45pm US Eastern Time.. last nite around the same time, and she woke up at 5am this morning. Looks like that will be the time I have to get up too.
Moving was tough for her; the plane journey was long and she didn't have space to crawl . She also had to contend with the flight take off and landing. But she was very good. She hardly complained and in the end, we all surprisingly got quite a bit of sleep. So was quite relieved when we finally reached Philly. Of course she was dead tired after the 26 hour journey and crashed out for the night. She didn't even move; which frightened us a little..
Oh, one sad thing happened though. On the 3rd night, somehow, while I was sleeping and V was ont he computer, she woke up very quietly and crawled off the hotel bed, landing right on her jaw. She cried so loudly and there was blood, because her tooth had cut into her lip. I was so worried and felt so bad. We were so tired and jet lagged and poor her had to suffer. Thankfully after much cajoling and sayanging, she fell asleep. My heart hurt so badly when I saw the blood and listened to her wails.
Anyway, re her developments.. She can stand up quite confidently for a few seconds, just holding on the littlest piece of clothing or jus barely holding the bar. She will let go slowly and stand there, smilng to herself for the achievement. In the hotel, she kept doing that and used our knees as the prop. I think she might be able to stand up more solidly by the end of January. And probably by the time it's her birthday she can take her first step. Now, she crawls around the entire apartment and stands up whenever she can and when there is something to help her up. She is particularly attracted to all the dangerous things like wires, plugs etc.. i wonder why babies seem to like these things!! It makes it so hard to follow her around...... i have to keep stopping her from doing what she wants and she ends up crying.... boo.
Words wise, she has a wider repertoire of sounds like 'kotokoto', 'da' and others which are incredibly cute. The kotokoto is repetitive and sounds like Cantonese 'kor tou' meaning 'there'. Haha... Very funny. Although she is not really saying words, she listens intently when i hold something and repeat the word very slowly. I'm a strong believer that babies know more than we think.
Mom and Dad think she has lost weight; I think in the period when we were at the hotel, we gave her more milk than anything else, so i guess she has indeed grown slimmer. But then, having to carry her around alot, she is still heavy to me. Especially now she actively seeks me out to carry her - raising her hands up in the air.
I cooked chicken soup with carrots and potatoes and she loves it! She had two portions of it today and kept wanting more. In the end, i think she ate almost the same amount as I did! haha.. I thinks he will be eating more potatoes here because rice is so expensive and potatoes are cheap. I want to give her pasta but judging from the last time when I did so, I think i might have to wait. Cheese is also not a favourite for her at the moment. I've got one true Chinese baby! haha..
I think she is teething again.. not sure how many teeth or where they are but she has been drooling alot and keeps crying. She puts her fingers in her mouth and bites down on them, which makes me deduce that it's the teething pain. However, trying to put the gel on her gums is difficult because she refuses to let me do so! Oh yes, today i tried brushing her teeth and she lets me if i imitate the action myself... and while brushing, i took out a piece of carrot behind the teeth! Yay! the toothbrush works well.
I've stopped pumping, more or less. Not that i chose it, but the flight and the long journey effectively led to the supply reduction. Now i just use my hand to pump because there is really little milk - like 60 ml for the whole day. Soon, i guess, i won't be pumping much. Anyway, the formula here is similar to the one at home and she doesn't mind it, so thank goodness! I need the time to cook and do housework anyway! And soon, i might go out and meet people too!
