Well I'm not a regular blogger, I'm easily bored. I know. But sometimes I should write something. Yes, the title shows it. Tep is already 2 since yesterday. I'm at my 23rd week of pregnancy, my second child, a boy, Tom.
When Tep moved to toddler class in the kinderhaus, summer came, she got on well with the kinderhaus, less sick and happy. Things seemed to settle down. I was thinking to look for a job. Job application was sent and two weeks later I found out that I was pregnant. That is! Things always happened for a reason. We planned to have another child soon, but not this soon. However you'll never know your destiny :) You have to fulfil some milestones in your life sooner or later. It is a surprise but we are both happy it happens.
By the time baby arrives, Tep will be 28 month old. Both of us have sibling but not that close gap in age (mine is 10 year younger and my husband's brother is 14 year younger). Both families are very excited. Our parents don't want us to repeat their mistake in raising children. Long story but very common (I'll write about it sometime).
Tep reached the age of two with some tantrums but not very serious. I guess it's normal to have tantrums. In general she is easy-going. She may want something badly but not desperate. I weaned her at 19 month old. It only took about 3 nights of crying at bed time. After that she never wants my boobs again. She just looks at them and smiles. It made me a bit sad but she wasn't. At 20-21th month, her vocabulary broke out. She started talking both Vietnamese and German. Of course we only speak Vietnamese to her and she almost never mistakes between two languages at home or at kinderhaus. She speaks Vietnamese to us and German to her teachers and friends. At 24th month she can make short sentences (3 words) though she knows a lots of words, we guess around 150++. She talks like a parrot, repeats what we said with same tone. It's so hilarious. She acts like a monkey, copies exactly what we did. It's so funny to see our miniature. Since she can walk and talk, our home is full of fun and laugh. She's the most funny girl in the world. (Every single parent thinks so about their children, I know). She cares for us too. She kisses her daddy and calms him when he (pretends) to be sick or hurt. She loves daddy, loves to play with him all day. When I'm tired she plays by herself, not disturbs me. She always wants me to go to bed with her. I love it too.
We also tell her about the coming baby. She loves the books about new baby, she loves her doll. Sometimes she kisses my belly and calls her brother. I think it's better to well prepare her about the baby. I don't want my sweet girl to turn to upset and shocked when baby arrives. She is one member of the family, she has the right to know and be ready too. I want her to love her little brother and be a good sister. We hope they will be good siblings and friends to each other.
My pregnancy so far is good. I had terrible morning sickness, worse than last time. Luckily it's over. I'm tired here and there but nothing's serious. Now I'm very anxious toward week 27th and further. Last time things suddenly happened at 27w4d. Tep was born at 34w4d, after 7 weeks of hospital bed rest. I hope baby Tom will bake longer and I don't have to go to hospital at all.
My mother in law is coming for 6 weeks and brother in law is visiting for 3 weeks during the holiday. I don't know it's good or bad, let's see.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Tep, please don't grow too fast
Tomorrow Tep will be 18 month old. How can it be? I can't believe it.
This week has been a very tough week. We were informed she would move to toddler group just by the end of last week. I was shocked. I thought she would have been staying with the baby group at least until mid of June. But due to some conflict in the teachers' plan, they made it earlier. Tep is the eldest child in the baby group. Her Daddy told me how she walked around very proudly in class and how she looked like a leader because most of her class mates cannot walk yet. I found it very amusing when she repeated some things she did from the class with her baby doll. She held the baby, tapped her back, put her in the stroller, sometimes talked with her. So cute. But the toddler group. Euh, I even didn't think about it. She is still small. How can she follow the older children? If some bigger child hits her, what will happen? My little baby, she is still nursing, how can she handle everything by herself? So so many questions, so so many worries.
On Wednesday, I had a meeting with the teacher in baby group. She informed me how Tep was doing in the group, her developing in gross motor, fine motor, eating, sleeping, talking, playing... everything. Tep is always happy, easy going, she likes to learn new things, observes and copies everything from the teachers. Though she only went to class 3 days per week, she was very delightful and enjoyed the class. She is self confident and knows what she wants. Everything is great. She can sleep without nursing, she can eat by herself (with little help from the teacher), she plays well. She understand German, she can't talk but her verbal is abundant. She is very active. I am so happy to hear and very proud of her. When Tep left the group, the teachers sent us a surprise package. It contains pictures of Tep in class, her art works. I was almost crying when looking at it. I saw her time without me. So grown up, not a baby anymore. It was very adorable. I'll keep them very carefully so that later she'll see how she was growing.
Thursday was the big day. We both took her to the new class. I was so excited the night before that I couldn't sleep. I was afraid she would cry a lots because she saw no frequent faces. Yes, she did cry. I tried to walk away very fast because I didn't want to cry with her. But just 10 minutes. Then she played, ate, slept... When the teacher told us about how the other children came to comfort her, give her the toys my eyes were full of tears. I was so emotional. I could imagine how small she was in the middle of strange children, how lonely she was. I wondered what she thought at that moment. Did she miss me and her Daddy? I don't know. I just know she wants me when I am near, she hugs me and nurses when she gets home from class. I just want her to be baby for a little longer. Not longer later she will be in preschool, school, high school, college, she will not need me anymore. I don't want that happening very soon. I still remember holding my tiny baby, nursing her, looking at her while she's sleeping... I miss everything...
At least, she was doing great the first day.
So 18 month old, she understands Vietnamese and German. She can talk some words. She follows what we ask her to do most of the time, otherwise she doesn't response but we know she hears. She sleeps about 13 hours a day. This includes 2 1-hour naps (sometimes 1 long nap), and about 10-11 hour night sleep. She can walk quite stably, fast. Climbing the stairs is her favorite. She likes walking every where. She eats well most of the days, some days she eats nothing. She can use spoon with soft foods but at home we still give her the loaded spoon and she uses her hands. She can show the finish sign when she is enough. She nods when she agrees. She points to the things she wants until we get them for her. She copies how to clean her ears, how to wear clothes, shoes, how to cut with the knife, how to open with the keys, how to telephone, how to... everything she likes. She loves the kitchen. She has tantrum, but I guess it's not very terrible.
Recently she's got bronchitis easily several times. We thought it is because she gets some allergy from the pollen but doctors said no allergy before 2. She was treated with bronchitis coughing syrup and nose drop. Other things are normal.
Weight: don't know
Height: not sure
Happy 18 months, my baby Tep.
This week has been a very tough week. We were informed she would move to toddler group just by the end of last week. I was shocked. I thought she would have been staying with the baby group at least until mid of June. But due to some conflict in the teachers' plan, they made it earlier. Tep is the eldest child in the baby group. Her Daddy told me how she walked around very proudly in class and how she looked like a leader because most of her class mates cannot walk yet. I found it very amusing when she repeated some things she did from the class with her baby doll. She held the baby, tapped her back, put her in the stroller, sometimes talked with her. So cute. But the toddler group. Euh, I even didn't think about it. She is still small. How can she follow the older children? If some bigger child hits her, what will happen? My little baby, she is still nursing, how can she handle everything by herself? So so many questions, so so many worries.
On Wednesday, I had a meeting with the teacher in baby group. She informed me how Tep was doing in the group, her developing in gross motor, fine motor, eating, sleeping, talking, playing... everything. Tep is always happy, easy going, she likes to learn new things, observes and copies everything from the teachers. Though she only went to class 3 days per week, she was very delightful and enjoyed the class. She is self confident and knows what she wants. Everything is great. She can sleep without nursing, she can eat by herself (with little help from the teacher), she plays well. She understand German, she can't talk but her verbal is abundant. She is very active. I am so happy to hear and very proud of her. When Tep left the group, the teachers sent us a surprise package. It contains pictures of Tep in class, her art works. I was almost crying when looking at it. I saw her time without me. So grown up, not a baby anymore. It was very adorable. I'll keep them very carefully so that later she'll see how she was growing.
Thursday was the big day. We both took her to the new class. I was so excited the night before that I couldn't sleep. I was afraid she would cry a lots because she saw no frequent faces. Yes, she did cry. I tried to walk away very fast because I didn't want to cry with her. But just 10 minutes. Then she played, ate, slept... When the teacher told us about how the other children came to comfort her, give her the toys my eyes were full of tears. I was so emotional. I could imagine how small she was in the middle of strange children, how lonely she was. I wondered what she thought at that moment. Did she miss me and her Daddy? I don't know. I just know she wants me when I am near, she hugs me and nurses when she gets home from class. I just want her to be baby for a little longer. Not longer later she will be in preschool, school, high school, college, she will not need me anymore. I don't want that happening very soon. I still remember holding my tiny baby, nursing her, looking at her while she's sleeping... I miss everything...
At least, she was doing great the first day.
So 18 month old, she understands Vietnamese and German. She can talk some words. She follows what we ask her to do most of the time, otherwise she doesn't response but we know she hears. She sleeps about 13 hours a day. This includes 2 1-hour naps (sometimes 1 long nap), and about 10-11 hour night sleep. She can walk quite stably, fast. Climbing the stairs is her favorite. She likes walking every where. She eats well most of the days, some days she eats nothing. She can use spoon with soft foods but at home we still give her the loaded spoon and she uses her hands. She can show the finish sign when she is enough. She nods when she agrees. She points to the things she wants until we get them for her. She copies how to clean her ears, how to wear clothes, shoes, how to cut with the knife, how to open with the keys, how to telephone, how to... everything she likes. She loves the kitchen. She has tantrum, but I guess it's not very terrible.
Recently she's got bronchitis easily several times. We thought it is because she gets some allergy from the pollen but doctors said no allergy before 2. She was treated with bronchitis coughing syrup and nose drop. Other things are normal.
Weight: don't know
Height: not sure
Happy 18 months, my baby Tep.
Friday, May 4, 2012
17 month old and sick
Tép is 17 month 1 week old now. Since 1 year old, she has been sick 5 times with antibiotic. Every time she was sick she lost some weight, and then gained later. Last week at 17 month old, she weighted 8.3 kg, and yesterday she was 8.8kg. My hubby said she is like a balloon. The weather is getting better. I hope no more sick and she can gain some weight.
She keeps talking all day though no one understand. One bad thing is now she has more tantrum. It is because she is unable to explain in words. We cant understand and response correctly to her. She is happy at kindergarden. She eats well, plays well and now she can sleep by herself. So lovely.
She keeps talking all day though no one understand. One bad thing is now she has more tantrum. It is because she is unable to explain in words. We cant understand and response correctly to her. She is happy at kindergarden. She eats well, plays well and now she can sleep by herself. So lovely.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
She can walk
It was very surprised that on Wednesday last week she suddenly stood up and walked around. We were a bit worried because she cruised and walked with support for almost 6 months but had no intention to walk by her own. Her feet are still very small (her shoes are on size 18 ~ 6 month old). But she did. And very stablely. She walks around, stands up by herself, rarely falls. Of course sometimes she crawls because it's faster.
We are so relieved. To be honest, I was not very worried. I know she is small and she needs sometime to catch up with others. And every kid grows at their own speed. But grandmas, grandpas kept asking every week. It is very annoying sometimes.
It is more fun with her walking. On Sunday, we came to our friends' home to have lunch. While everyone was sitting on the floor, eating, she stood up, walked around people with a very pround face. We found it so funny and cute.
And she speaks a lots. Nobody understands. I told her to say: Gấu (Bear in Vietnamese). And now everything she says is starting with G. Yesterday morning she said: Bố Huy (Papi Huy) very clearly. While we were still sleeping on her mat, she came to her papi and called: Bố Huy, bố Huy. It's so cute. Strange, she didn't say Mama, Bà... but Gấu and Bố Huy, which are more difficult.
Hope she can talk soon.
We are so relieved. To be honest, I was not very worried. I know she is small and she needs sometime to catch up with others. And every kid grows at their own speed. But grandmas, grandpas kept asking every week. It is very annoying sometimes.
It is more fun with her walking. On Sunday, we came to our friends' home to have lunch. While everyone was sitting on the floor, eating, she stood up, walked around people with a very pround face. We found it so funny and cute.
And she speaks a lots. Nobody understands. I told her to say: Gấu (Bear in Vietnamese). And now everything she says is starting with G. Yesterday morning she said: Bố Huy (Papi Huy) very clearly. While we were still sleeping on her mat, she came to her papi and called: Bố Huy, bố Huy. It's so cute. Strange, she didn't say Mama, Bà... but Gấu and Bố Huy, which are more difficult.
Hope she can talk soon.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Back
It's been a while since my last post. Yeah, there have been a lot of things happened to Tep so far. She's into the weaning but has not graduated yet. Still we are practising with the ultensils. Sadly Tep has been through sickness quite often after her 1st birthday. That's why the progress is quite slow and her weight is slowing down too. We have to force her eat at some point (spoon feed) when her weight is dropped out of the curve. But honestly, I don't want to do that and I try to do it as little as possible.
She has 8 teeth now and is trying to walk. She has been cruising for almost 6 months. 6 months, yes, we thought she was cruising forever. Anyway things have changed. She started standing without support and taking some steps. Her feet are still tiny (size 18, like a normal 6 month old). What can I say. She is a preemie.
I will modify this blog a little bit, to write about her (not only with the weaning), my experience from birth, everything about baby. Usually I write her a diary. But from now on I will use computer more so why not with the blog. In English.
She has 8 teeth now and is trying to walk. She has been cruising for almost 6 months. 6 months, yes, we thought she was cruising forever. Anyway things have changed. She started standing without support and taking some steps. Her feet are still tiny (size 18, like a normal 6 month old). What can I say. She is a preemie.
I will modify this blog a little bit, to write about her (not only with the weaning), my experience from birth, everything about baby. Usually I write her a diary. But from now on I will use computer more so why not with the blog. In English.
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