I can now officially say he can roll over from tummy to back. I think he's done it both ways today, but I can't be certain. He doesn't do it very often like he does from back to tummy, but he's got it down now.
Yesterday, I was suspicious of something he was doing, and today, I confirmed it. He loves to fake cough. I didn't even know babies could do so. It's really hilarious (to us, anyway).
Another thing he currently loves is "feeding" us his hands. We open our mouths and say, "Ah!" and he shares his hands with us as we "munch" on them.
There are certainly never any dull moments here. ♥
Monday, March 22, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Milestones (of sorts)
Food
Tuesday was day four of adventures in baby food, and it was definitely more encouraging than other days. I had purchased a buttercup (yes, not butternut) squash to try preparing for us as practice preparing it for Nehemiah, and it was so easy and delicious. Before cooking it for us, I gave a little bite to Nehemiah, and I think it will be one of his favorites. It was only 1,750 won, so I will definitely be going back for more. I can't believe I never tried to prepare squash before!
Yesterday was a good feeding day as well. I decided to also try giving him some avocado, and he took it pretty well. For some reason, though, He's chewing motions are so much better. In fact, while he was sleeping last night, I saw him sleep-practicing eating rather than sucking. It was too cute!
Me preparing avocado was surprisingly and ridiculously messy. If Swamp Thing came to our kitchen and pooped all over it, it would have been cleaner than me preparing the avocado. I don't understand why it was so difficult for me.
Today, I cannot believe how much that boy ate. He might as well have licked the bowl clean. Yay for homemade rice cereal and avocado!
Rollie Polie
Two nights ago, Nehemiah rolled from back to belly to the right for the first time, and he's been doing it more today. Well, it was at least the first time we noticed, which I am pretty sure is the first time because I always try to check which way he goes (not hard, even after the fact). Yesterday morning at whatever wee hour of the morning, he was having a bit of a temper tantrum and wound up rolling from belly to back. It doesn't seem he understands just how to do it yet, but it's progress!
Support
This child was born with really strong legs and has been able to bear weight on them for quite some time. Sometime last week, though, he realized that when I am pulling him up to a sitting position (we like to pull him up by his arms while he is lying down for extra neck muscle practice since he's been able to hold his head level with his body for a few weeks now and because he enjoys it), he can go from sitting to standing no problem. He loves this. His huge grin says it all after he stands. We hardly have to support him while he's standing (though we do exercise caution, of course). I can't believe how strong he is.
Yesterday, he showed that he's starting to get the hang of sitting. He doesn't have beautiful posture yet or anything, but he's getting the basics down. I was pretty surprised at how he has started to support himself. It all seems to happen in the blink of an eye. I practiced again with him today, and he's already improved so much. Where is my baby??
Doctor
We went to our public health office to get his second round of Polio and DPT done, and he cried more than usual initially, but he stopped right as soon as I picked him up. What a good boy.
We went to our regular doctor today, and he weighed in at 8.1kg (17.82 lbs) and measured in at 67.6cm (26.6in). This is 5mm shorter than last time, but obviously no big problem.
Anyway, I had best be off. We are incredibly grateful for how amazingly we have been blessed.
Tuesday was day four of adventures in baby food, and it was definitely more encouraging than other days. I had purchased a buttercup (yes, not butternut) squash to try preparing for us as practice preparing it for Nehemiah, and it was so easy and delicious. Before cooking it for us, I gave a little bite to Nehemiah, and I think it will be one of his favorites. It was only 1,750 won, so I will definitely be going back for more. I can't believe I never tried to prepare squash before!
Yesterday was a good feeding day as well. I decided to also try giving him some avocado, and he took it pretty well. For some reason, though, He's chewing motions are so much better. In fact, while he was sleeping last night, I saw him sleep-practicing eating rather than sucking. It was too cute!
Me preparing avocado was surprisingly and ridiculously messy. If Swamp Thing came to our kitchen and pooped all over it, it would have been cleaner than me preparing the avocado. I don't understand why it was so difficult for me.
Today, I cannot believe how much that boy ate. He might as well have licked the bowl clean. Yay for homemade rice cereal and avocado!
Rollie Polie
Two nights ago, Nehemiah rolled from back to belly to the right for the first time, and he's been doing it more today. Well, it was at least the first time we noticed, which I am pretty sure is the first time because I always try to check which way he goes (not hard, even after the fact). Yesterday morning at whatever wee hour of the morning, he was having a bit of a temper tantrum and wound up rolling from belly to back. It doesn't seem he understands just how to do it yet, but it's progress!
Support
This child was born with really strong legs and has been able to bear weight on them for quite some time. Sometime last week, though, he realized that when I am pulling him up to a sitting position (we like to pull him up by his arms while he is lying down for extra neck muscle practice since he's been able to hold his head level with his body for a few weeks now and because he enjoys it), he can go from sitting to standing no problem. He loves this. His huge grin says it all after he stands. We hardly have to support him while he's standing (though we do exercise caution, of course). I can't believe how strong he is.
Yesterday, he showed that he's starting to get the hang of sitting. He doesn't have beautiful posture yet or anything, but he's getting the basics down. I was pretty surprised at how he has started to support himself. It all seems to happen in the blink of an eye. I practiced again with him today, and he's already improved so much. Where is my baby??
Doctor
We went to our public health office to get his second round of Polio and DPT done, and he cried more than usual initially, but he stopped right as soon as I picked him up. What a good boy.
We went to our regular doctor today, and he weighed in at 8.1kg (17.82 lbs) and measured in at 67.6cm (26.6in). This is 5mm shorter than last time, but obviously no big problem.
Anyway, I had best be off. We are incredibly grateful for how amazingly we have been blessed.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Rice Cereal
I made rice cereal for Nehemiah on Thursday. We had rice in our rice cooker already, so I decided to try out grinding the rice into a fine powder and cooking it on the stove. (I was following a recipe, of course.) I think the image above and video below (which is actually of our second try after feeding him some milk) say it all.
We of course tried again on Sunday, and he just does not like it. He doesn't get unruly or anything, but again, the look says it all. I am fairly certain it's the consistency he doesn't like. Most likely, the powder was not fine enough, so it's making an unenjoyable texture for him. His rice is now cooking in the rice cooker for me to try to puree later, so we'll see how that goes.
I tested out my consistency theory in a way I probably shouldn't have, but it worked. Making sure he wasn't objecting to food as a whole made sense to me, so after day two of the Rice Cereal of Apparent Doom, I grabbed my bread which had a pumpkin filling that was pretty much the consistency babies need scooped out a little and popped it in his mouth. He definitely responded to that much better (well, duh), so that made me feel better. I'm probably not going to wait two weeks until I introduce anything else to him like I had originally planned, but we'll see. I am dying to go back to Home Plus and buy the avocado I saw there. It is so rare here, and it's full of goodness for babies (and everyone, really).
Anyway, it's off to class for me, then round two of rice cereal goodness.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
4 Months Old
Our little bonbon is 4 months old today! Now I can really say that I can't believe how the time has flown and how much he has changed in such a short amount of time. He is 1/3 of the way to being one year old.
On Sunday, I had to be away all day. That morning, I had a feeling that Nehemiah would roll over while I wasn't there. Sure enough, I get a call around 8:30am letting me know that my premonition was right. Hee Suk made a few videos, but they are on the DSLR and are thus quite large. Here's a video from his antics on Monday:
(Hee Suk was doing something that caught his attention.) Nehemiah often is just so proud of himself after he has rolled, squealing in delight. However, the boy is all business and is now focusing on trying to roll from tummy to back. He knows how to push off of whatever surface he is on with his feet, and he can get pretty far that way. It looks as though he's doing push-ups sometimes, too. I imagine the boy is already stronger than I am.
On Monday, I noticed that his first tooth finally cut through. I was worried because he had what looked like a sort of skin tag where it was growing in, but Hee Suk looked it up and found that that sometimes happen because of strong sucking power. It seems to have just fallen off and have been swallowed once the chomper finally made its appearance.
That day, I knew I wanted to make a video of him rolling over, so I put on one of his new onesies from Grandma, which is size 9 months. Footed sleepers are still a little long yet, but the onesies and pants are definitely a much better fit. It is so hard to believe. (At our last visit to the doctor about a week ago, he was about 27 inches and over 17 pounds, about 8 kilograms.)
Nothing is out of reach for him now. He seriously pulls stuff out of thin air. He loves this little three pack of books the super nanny gave to him, and it seems that one rattle we have is sort of a favorite now. Watching him shake it is just so much fun.
The boy does have a temper at times. I say it's the Busan Baby in him. Hee Suk kindly reminds me of some of the childhood stories I have told him, from fork fights to using my Pillow Person as a punching bag. It's funny how much a baby's voice changes and how they can so clearly show their personality. We'll see how that one develops. For the most part, though, he is a very happy and content little boy. Definitely no complaints here!
Today, I bought some organic brown rice for him so that we can start trying out rice cereal for him this weekend. We'll be going to the Baby Fair tomorrow and hope to get a good deal on some spoons and bowls and whatever other frills and thrills go along with eating (as well as an exersaucer!). He sits in his bouncer alongside us while we are eating, and I've been sort of prepping him by showing him food and having him watch me put it in my mouth and chew. It seems like it's working a bit, but we'll see.
On a somewhat related note, today was the last day for his antibiotic. I'm actually kind of sad because he loved it so much. He tried to take it as if it were a bottle. Soon enough, though, he'll be getting more tasty treats.
Going into parenthood, you know that the time will just fly by, that there are so many milestones to look forward to. If you didn't know that yourself, someone will surely have repeatedly reminded you of this while pregnant. You don't realize just how true this is until you've been through it, though. I cannot believe how much he has grown and changed in just four months. He is amazing. God has very, very greatly blessed us.
Dear Lord, there are no words, no actions great enough to express the gratitude we have for the Godsend we hold daily in our arms. He is more amazing than we could have imagined and we find ourselves blessed far beyond anything we could have even hoped for. Please continue to hold him in your hands, to help him develop and grow according to Your will, and let us support him in the way that he needs us. Thank You so much, O King. Thank You.
On Sunday, I had to be away all day. That morning, I had a feeling that Nehemiah would roll over while I wasn't there. Sure enough, I get a call around 8:30am letting me know that my premonition was right. Hee Suk made a few videos, but they are on the DSLR and are thus quite large. Here's a video from his antics on Monday:
(Hee Suk was doing something that caught his attention.) Nehemiah often is just so proud of himself after he has rolled, squealing in delight. However, the boy is all business and is now focusing on trying to roll from tummy to back. He knows how to push off of whatever surface he is on with his feet, and he can get pretty far that way. It looks as though he's doing push-ups sometimes, too. I imagine the boy is already stronger than I am.
On Monday, I noticed that his first tooth finally cut through. I was worried because he had what looked like a sort of skin tag where it was growing in, but Hee Suk looked it up and found that that sometimes happen because of strong sucking power. It seems to have just fallen off and have been swallowed once the chomper finally made its appearance.
That day, I knew I wanted to make a video of him rolling over, so I put on one of his new onesies from Grandma, which is size 9 months. Footed sleepers are still a little long yet, but the onesies and pants are definitely a much better fit. It is so hard to believe. (At our last visit to the doctor about a week ago, he was about 27 inches and over 17 pounds, about 8 kilograms.)
Nothing is out of reach for him now. He seriously pulls stuff out of thin air. He loves this little three pack of books the super nanny gave to him, and it seems that one rattle we have is sort of a favorite now. Watching him shake it is just so much fun.
The boy does have a temper at times. I say it's the Busan Baby in him. Hee Suk kindly reminds me of some of the childhood stories I have told him, from fork fights to using my Pillow Person as a punching bag. It's funny how much a baby's voice changes and how they can so clearly show their personality. We'll see how that one develops. For the most part, though, he is a very happy and content little boy. Definitely no complaints here!
Today, I bought some organic brown rice for him so that we can start trying out rice cereal for him this weekend. We'll be going to the Baby Fair tomorrow and hope to get a good deal on some spoons and bowls and whatever other frills and thrills go along with eating (as well as an exersaucer!). He sits in his bouncer alongside us while we are eating, and I've been sort of prepping him by showing him food and having him watch me put it in my mouth and chew. It seems like it's working a bit, but we'll see.
On a somewhat related note, today was the last day for his antibiotic. I'm actually kind of sad because he loved it so much. He tried to take it as if it were a bottle. Soon enough, though, he'll be getting more tasty treats.
Going into parenthood, you know that the time will just fly by, that there are so many milestones to look forward to. If you didn't know that yourself, someone will surely have repeatedly reminded you of this while pregnant. You don't realize just how true this is until you've been through it, though. I cannot believe how much he has grown and changed in just four months. He is amazing. God has very, very greatly blessed us.
Dear Lord, there are no words, no actions great enough to express the gratitude we have for the Godsend we hold daily in our arms. He is more amazing than we could have imagined and we find ourselves blessed far beyond anything we could have even hoped for. Please continue to hold him in your hands, to help him develop and grow according to Your will, and let us support him in the way that he needs us. Thank You so much, O King. Thank You.
100 Days - February 17th
We got 3rd place in another photo contest with this and will receive a 11x14 print with frame!
Taken At Igloo.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Fun with E.Coli
Two weeks ago, I was down and out because of some nasty flu that rendered me practically useless. I felt slightly better on Wednesday (the 17th), which was Nehemiah's 100th day of life, so we went over to Igloo to take some photos. I'll have those up eventually. I want to edit them before posting. The bug still hasn't completely cleared up, but all is well.
That weekend, we noticed Nehemiah was running a pretty high fever. He was acting out of character, so I felt his head and took his temperature. When it read close to 39ºC, I immediately said to Hee Suk, "Honey, open the window right away." This was Saturday, if I am not mistaken. On Sunday, he was still feverish, so I started giving him some baby Tylenol. We went out that night with my brother-in-law's family to have dinner to celebrate his 100 Days, and he did just fine.
His fever was much better on Monday but still not gone. With him still a little out of character, we decided to head to the doctor. When we left, it looked like just a simple fever, so instead of waiting around for the urinalysis results, I went home and Hee Suk dashed off to an appointment. When some phone number I didn't recognize called me on my phone several times, I finally answered. It turned out that an over-abundance of something or other was in his urine, showing that he had a urinary tract infection. My jaw pretty much hit the ground. I didn't even know it was possible for babies to catch them. His doctor wanted to admit him and told me to talk it over with my husband.
After Hee Suk finished his appointment, he went back to the hospital to talk to the doctor and wound up getting him to just give us a prescription. With me questioning the prescription and Hee Suk's overall concern, we decided it would be best to just get him admitted to the hospital and cared for there since it's how they handle it best.
We were admitted Monday night, and I think I cried more than Nehemiah. I wanted to be with him while they inserted the IV, but the nurses felt it would be better if I weren't there. They instead called me right after they got it in and were wrapping it up. They did it so quickly that I had to compose myself in a flash to follow the nurse who came to get us. He didn't even shed a tear! He was just very loudly complaining. He is his father's son for sure.
We were there from Monday night until Thursday morning, and it was pretty uneventful. He was almost too thoroughly examined, but it was definitely a good thing to know we caught the infection early so that no damage occurred to his kidneys.
There was a mother there with her 6-month old son in our same room, and we felt so bad for her. She had been to Severance Hospital because her son's fever was even higher than Nehemiah's, and they sent her home with just some fever medication. When the fever didn't go away, she went to another small hospital where they were able to diagnose him with a UTI and refer her to our hospital for care. He is probably still at the hospital, as his urine was backing up into his system. She hardly got a wink of sleep because her son was just crying all of the time. For some reason, the nurses weren't able to get the IV into his foot like they did for Nehemiah, so he had to have it in his arm/hand (I'm not sure which.)
As briefly mentioned above, we stayed in a non-private room. I'm actually thankful no private rooms were available, as it wasn't that bad. We started out with four people, then one family left the next day, so we were down to three. Another family came later, though, and a fifth family came on Wednesday who wound up right next to us. (Everything is sectioned off by curtains, of course.) It was fine until that fifth family got there. The mother was very...strange. She seemed to be Korean and spoke Korean most of the time, but she read stories to her daughter in English and randomly spoke to herself in some language that sounded similar to Russian but didn't seem like Russian (unless hers is just that bad).
That woman would not get off of her phone doing whatever business she had to do. She wore a hospital gown, even though it was her daughter who was admitted. And her English. Oh, her English. She is referred to by us as the witch from Snow White, and it was Hee Suk who came up with the nickname! She sounded positively evil, as if with every sentence, she was offering her daughter a poison apple. Hilarious stuff. We could not stop mocking her and still do on occassion.
Her daughter is definitely her little princess, though. On Wednesday night, Hee Suk was entertaining Nehemiah with a monkey toy that has three thick plastic keys attached that his grandmother bought for him. It is not noisy in the least. Even with the keys clicking together, the sound is quite muted because they are thick. We put up with her witch-voice, and incessant phone chatter and her daughter's whininess all day, but she just couldn't have us playing with the monkey because her princess was in a coma from the poison apple, I mean, sleeping. I was not there when this happened, and it's probably a good thing I wasn't.
Anyway, I am derailing my train of thoughts. In the end, Nehemiah's case was mild because we caught it so early, so we were able to leave on Thursday morning with a prescription for some antibiotics. The cause of his UTI was E.Coli. I said to the doctor, "How? Isn't that from raw chicken and the likes?" "Yes, but it is also very common in, well, poo poo." I almost died trying to contain my laughter. He didn't say poop: it was "poo poo."
I was very concerned about the antibiotic and braced myself when we gave it to him the first time, but he pretty much enjoys it. We call it his orange juice. He needs to take it twice a day, so that is very manageable.
At any rate, this is getting choppy because he is getting fussy. I hope to get my act together to finish editing the photos soon.
Definitely giving thanks and praise to God for keeping our little guy safe and sound!
That weekend, we noticed Nehemiah was running a pretty high fever. He was acting out of character, so I felt his head and took his temperature. When it read close to 39ºC, I immediately said to Hee Suk, "Honey, open the window right away." This was Saturday, if I am not mistaken. On Sunday, he was still feverish, so I started giving him some baby Tylenol. We went out that night with my brother-in-law's family to have dinner to celebrate his 100 Days, and he did just fine.
His fever was much better on Monday but still not gone. With him still a little out of character, we decided to head to the doctor. When we left, it looked like just a simple fever, so instead of waiting around for the urinalysis results, I went home and Hee Suk dashed off to an appointment. When some phone number I didn't recognize called me on my phone several times, I finally answered. It turned out that an over-abundance of something or other was in his urine, showing that he had a urinary tract infection. My jaw pretty much hit the ground. I didn't even know it was possible for babies to catch them. His doctor wanted to admit him and told me to talk it over with my husband.
After Hee Suk finished his appointment, he went back to the hospital to talk to the doctor and wound up getting him to just give us a prescription. With me questioning the prescription and Hee Suk's overall concern, we decided it would be best to just get him admitted to the hospital and cared for there since it's how they handle it best.
We were admitted Monday night, and I think I cried more than Nehemiah. I wanted to be with him while they inserted the IV, but the nurses felt it would be better if I weren't there. They instead called me right after they got it in and were wrapping it up. They did it so quickly that I had to compose myself in a flash to follow the nurse who came to get us. He didn't even shed a tear! He was just very loudly complaining. He is his father's son for sure.
We were there from Monday night until Thursday morning, and it was pretty uneventful. He was almost too thoroughly examined, but it was definitely a good thing to know we caught the infection early so that no damage occurred to his kidneys.
There was a mother there with her 6-month old son in our same room, and we felt so bad for her. She had been to Severance Hospital because her son's fever was even higher than Nehemiah's, and they sent her home with just some fever medication. When the fever didn't go away, she went to another small hospital where they were able to diagnose him with a UTI and refer her to our hospital for care. He is probably still at the hospital, as his urine was backing up into his system. She hardly got a wink of sleep because her son was just crying all of the time. For some reason, the nurses weren't able to get the IV into his foot like they did for Nehemiah, so he had to have it in his arm/hand (I'm not sure which.)
As briefly mentioned above, we stayed in a non-private room. I'm actually thankful no private rooms were available, as it wasn't that bad. We started out with four people, then one family left the next day, so we were down to three. Another family came later, though, and a fifth family came on Wednesday who wound up right next to us. (Everything is sectioned off by curtains, of course.) It was fine until that fifth family got there. The mother was very...strange. She seemed to be Korean and spoke Korean most of the time, but she read stories to her daughter in English and randomly spoke to herself in some language that sounded similar to Russian but didn't seem like Russian (unless hers is just that bad).
That woman would not get off of her phone doing whatever business she had to do. She wore a hospital gown, even though it was her daughter who was admitted. And her English. Oh, her English. She is referred to by us as the witch from Snow White, and it was Hee Suk who came up with the nickname! She sounded positively evil, as if with every sentence, she was offering her daughter a poison apple. Hilarious stuff. We could not stop mocking her and still do on occassion.
Her daughter is definitely her little princess, though. On Wednesday night, Hee Suk was entertaining Nehemiah with a monkey toy that has three thick plastic keys attached that his grandmother bought for him. It is not noisy in the least. Even with the keys clicking together, the sound is quite muted because they are thick. We put up with her witch-voice, and incessant phone chatter and her daughter's whininess all day, but she just couldn't have us playing with the monkey because her princess was in a coma from the poison apple, I mean, sleeping. I was not there when this happened, and it's probably a good thing I wasn't.
Anyway, I am derailing my train of thoughts. In the end, Nehemiah's case was mild because we caught it so early, so we were able to leave on Thursday morning with a prescription for some antibiotics. The cause of his UTI was E.Coli. I said to the doctor, "How? Isn't that from raw chicken and the likes?" "Yes, but it is also very common in, well, poo poo." I almost died trying to contain my laughter. He didn't say poop: it was "poo poo."
I was very concerned about the antibiotic and braced myself when we gave it to him the first time, but he pretty much enjoys it. We call it his orange juice. He needs to take it twice a day, so that is very manageable.
At any rate, this is getting choppy because he is getting fussy. I hope to get my act together to finish editing the photos soon.
Definitely giving thanks and praise to God for keeping our little guy safe and sound!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Pre- and Post-Bath Antics
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