Tuesday, February 23, 2010
What is that?
Our girls became very curious about everything. They tried to grab anything is near them, such as each others bibs, sister's head and clothes, sister's feet, mama's legs, mama's toes, dada's pants, mama's hair specially. They also paid very strong interest in what WY and I ate. At first they would just stared at the food. We would explained to them what it was. When there was no sign that we were going to let them have a bite, they tried to escape our arms to attack the food with their own little hands. You could see the eager and determination in their eyes. They couldn't wait to eat the real food, I guess. Or, they just wanted to play with it. Who knows what?! It was just fun to see them stopping playing with their toy and turned to us and observed how we ate and tried to have a grab of it.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The New Toy - Soft book
The girls must be teething -- they have been biting on everything, toys, fingers (theirs and mine), pillows, blankets, stuff animals, books, whatever they could get a hold off. So, I bought them a new toy, a soft book.
I put it a bit further away from them so that they could not just reach out to it sitting where they were. Their attention immediately were captured by this new toy. While EY was attempting to reach the toy bending her body extremely flat, HY dived forth-ward and landed her cheek in front of the soft book. Quickly, she rolled onto her back and grabbed the soft book and started to play with it. EY could only watch since HY got the book. EY was sitting by HY's legs and looking at the book eagerly with her little mouth open, breathing heavily "hu, hu, hu", arms open in the air pointing at HY.
HY didn't quiet know how to handle the book. She flipped it around and around and all of a sudden the book felt out of her hand and landed by her toes. Wow, as soon as the soft book fell out of HY's hands, EY was ready to take process of it. She immediately grabbed the book and pressed onto the pages to make noises. She was so happy!
HY knew she lost the book. She turned around and looked at sister play and just sucked onto her fingers for comfort. She attempted a few times to reach out to the book but EY had a good grip on it. HY even tried pulling EY's arm but EY was stronger and brushed her hand off right away.
After EY played with the soft book for a while, poor HY was just watching. I told EY to share with HY and took the book from EY and put in front of them again, to give HY a chance to reach the book. Well, EY was fast! She got to it again! Well, I should have bought two of them, saying to myself :-P
I put it a bit further away from them so that they could not just reach out to it sitting where they were. Their attention immediately were captured by this new toy. While EY was attempting to reach the toy bending her body extremely flat, HY dived forth-ward and landed her cheek in front of the soft book. Quickly, she rolled onto her back and grabbed the soft book and started to play with it. EY could only watch since HY got the book. EY was sitting by HY's legs and looking at the book eagerly with her little mouth open, breathing heavily "hu, hu, hu", arms open in the air pointing at HY.
HY didn't quiet know how to handle the book. She flipped it around and around and all of a sudden the book felt out of her hand and landed by her toes. Wow, as soon as the soft book fell out of HY's hands, EY was ready to take process of it. She immediately grabbed the book and pressed onto the pages to make noises. She was so happy!
HY knew she lost the book. She turned around and looked at sister play and just sucked onto her fingers for comfort. She attempted a few times to reach out to the book but EY had a good grip on it. HY even tried pulling EY's arm but EY was stronger and brushed her hand off right away.
After EY played with the soft book for a while, poor HY was just watching. I told EY to share with HY and took the book from EY and put in front of them again, to give HY a chance to reach the book. Well, EY was fast! She got to it again! Well, I should have bought two of them, saying to myself :-P
rolling and pushing
I put the toys purposely further away from where the girls were sitting. For a whole day, they were just staring at them. HY attempted once to reach out to the toys by rolling her body. But, it seemed like she only did it by accident. Since she fell on her side and she took advantage of if and rolled to the toys. EY was in her safe position, sitting steadily and looking at the mirror and toys. She attempted to reach forwards to the toys but not any risky attempts.
EY all of a sudden became quite adventurous yesterday and today. She let go of her usual safe pose. Instead, she took a fall into the pillow behind her, then, rolled onto her tummy to get off the pillow. With another rolling over, she was on her back lying on the floor. Now the toys were just right at her finger tips. She enjoyed rolling so much that she actually ignored the toys and kept on rolling on the floor. She was practicing and perfecting her new skills. I laid down on the floor at the edge of the blanket so that she would not roll out of the blanket. She used me as a target and rolled into me from where she was. She certainly felt mission accomplished when her head landed into my face:-) Yes, you can tell, she got a big smile on her face, just 1 cm away from my glasses :-P
EY continued her adventure on her new abilities. She pushed her body up and her tummy was off the floor. Wow, she got stronger! She kicked her legs a few times and pushed -- backwards! She moved! She pushed herself to move backwards!
It will be just matter of time that they will start crawling! Ohh mine!
EY all of a sudden became quite adventurous yesterday and today. She let go of her usual safe pose. Instead, she took a fall into the pillow behind her, then, rolled onto her tummy to get off the pillow. With another rolling over, she was on her back lying on the floor. Now the toys were just right at her finger tips. She enjoyed rolling so much that she actually ignored the toys and kept on rolling on the floor. She was practicing and perfecting her new skills. I laid down on the floor at the edge of the blanket so that she would not roll out of the blanket. She used me as a target and rolled into me from where she was. She certainly felt mission accomplished when her head landed into my face:-) Yes, you can tell, she got a big smile on her face, just 1 cm away from my glasses :-P
EY continued her adventure on her new abilities. She pushed her body up and her tummy was off the floor. Wow, she got stronger! She kicked her legs a few times and pushed -- backwards! She moved! She pushed herself to move backwards!
It will be just matter of time that they will start crawling! Ohh mine!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Body massage
When we put the girls down in bed, they didn't want to sleep yet. They felt tired but they were enjoying being held by us after a long day of waiting (Other than Sunday, there was only one of us at home taking care of the girls. So, we couldn't hold them most of the time. They played on the exer-saucer or sat on the floor during the day. After work, WY and I finally could hold them in our arms and had played time after their meal.) But, their bedtime came soon after the fast feeding and there were tons of things to be done after they went to bed. So, we tried to get the girls to bed before 9pm.
To calm the girls down, we tried to give them a body massage. We opened our hands flat onto their shoulders and put slight pressure onto their shoulders, then, maintained the pressure as we moved our hands from their shoulders to toes, smoothing their legs; then, we started again from the shoulder down to the tips of their fingers. At first they didn't know what we were doing, rather quickly, they paused their cries and relaxed, and let their body to be straight, then, quiet down, smiled and enjoyed the massage! They certainly knew how to be pampered!
However, they loved it so much when we stopped the massage, they usually cried for some more :-P
To calm the girls down, we tried to give them a body massage. We opened our hands flat onto their shoulders and put slight pressure onto their shoulders, then, maintained the pressure as we moved our hands from their shoulders to toes, smoothing their legs; then, we started again from the shoulder down to the tips of their fingers. At first they didn't know what we were doing, rather quickly, they paused their cries and relaxed, and let their body to be straight, then, quiet down, smiled and enjoyed the massage! They certainly knew how to be pampered!
However, they loved it so much when we stopped the massage, they usually cried for some more :-P
Silly game time
Giggle time was me playing silly for the girls and they laughed and laughed.
They sat on the floor and got bored playing their toys. Here came mama. I laid down in front of them with my back towards them. Quickly, I turned around and made a silly face at them. They cracked up and laughed. Before they stopped laughing, I turned my back at them again and kept my body still and not to move a bit. One of them was anticipating me turning around and she stopped laughing and got ready for the next round of laugh. The other one still thought I was funny or something, couldn't stop laughing. Of course, when I turned around in a sudden, they broke out in laughter. They got so excited that they kicked their legs and sticking their little tongues out and arms in the air! Then, I started to laugh too because of their funny expressions and laughter.
We could play this game over and over again for 30 mins and they would keep on laughing! I loved those high pitch laughter they made. That was priceless!
They sat on the floor and got bored playing their toys. Here came mama. I laid down in front of them with my back towards them. Quickly, I turned around and made a silly face at them. They cracked up and laughed. Before they stopped laughing, I turned my back at them again and kept my body still and not to move a bit. One of them was anticipating me turning around and she stopped laughing and got ready for the next round of laugh. The other one still thought I was funny or something, couldn't stop laughing. Of course, when I turned around in a sudden, they broke out in laughter. They got so excited that they kicked their legs and sticking their little tongues out and arms in the air! Then, I started to laugh too because of their funny expressions and laughter.
We could play this game over and over again for 30 mins and they would keep on laughing! I loved those high pitch laughter they made. That was priceless!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sick time :-(
I didn't have time to blog at all in the past two weeks because both girls were sick. They caught a stomach bug at 2 months of age when they kept on throwing up, had a rash and green diarrhea. We didn't know if they were gassy and had their poo changed as they grew up until HY had broken out into a rash all over her body, then, we took them to the doctor. Well, not much the doctor could do. They eventually got better on their own in a few days. They were just more gassy and we had to burp them more otherwise they spit up a large amount of milk. We only fed them breatmilk then.
Two Saturdays ago, I was driving to work. WY kept on calling me. He usually would not call while I was at work unless something that he needed to tell me. Finally I parked my car and called him back. He said HY had a fever of 102. What?! I was worried. I noticed she had a stuffy nose last night sleeping but I thought it could also be her heavy breathing. It turned out they both caught RSV. Well, our sleepless nights began -- yes, all four of us.
It was hard for all of us. The girls had a lot of post nasal congestion and they kept on coughing if they laid down to sleep. It was not comfortable and difficult to breath if you were chocking by your postnasal drip and you needed to breath through your mouth. So, our girls were so fuzzy if we put them down to sleep. The first night, HY had such a high fever and she was so tired, she cried and slept and cried. She didn't want to eat, neither. I woke her up every 4 hours to give her Tylenol. By the next day, her fever was down below 100.
EY started later than HY but EY had more severe symptoms. EY's fever was up at 101 even though we gave her Tylenol. She had so much post nasal drip that she would not let me put her down at all. I ended up holding her up right all night, yes, all night! One of my arms would fall in asleep because of lack of movement and her heavy head. I had to switch her to the other side of my shoulder. Poor girl, every time I moved, she woke up and cried and coughed. She was tired, not comfortable and feeling ill and not able to sleep. I didn't know how I pulled it off. I remembered looking at the clock in the living room and counting down the hours to sunrise, then to 7am.
WY didn't get much sleep neither. He had to take care of HY in our bedroom who woke up on and off every 1-2 hours and he had to walk her back to sleep.
The second night, both of them couldn't sleep on their back. After holding them till 1am, both of us were exhausted. An idea popped up my head. Remembered WY's brother used to push a stroller around the house to get CaY to fall in asleep. Let's try that. I set up the double stroller and put both of them in it. It worked! 5 minutes into it, both of them stopped crying and dozing off. I slowed down the pace gradually. Finally, they sounded sleep, with loud snoring. I brought out my blanket and slept on the sofa in case of the girls woke up and I could get to the kitchen quickly to push the stroller.
It was good that finally I could lay down to rest a bit. I was hoping they would sleep at least 2-3 hours in the stroller. Well, one of them woke up after 1 hour and I got up to push the stroller. Quickly, 2 mins, she fell back in asleep. I went back to my sofa and felt in asleep right away. I thought I slept for 4 hours but when I was awaken by the next cry, looking at the clock, it was just one hour later. As time went on, the girls woke up more frequently probably because they needed to stretch their bodies and they couldn't in the stroller.
Finally, the morning come...
Two Saturdays ago, I was driving to work. WY kept on calling me. He usually would not call while I was at work unless something that he needed to tell me. Finally I parked my car and called him back. He said HY had a fever of 102. What?! I was worried. I noticed she had a stuffy nose last night sleeping but I thought it could also be her heavy breathing. It turned out they both caught RSV. Well, our sleepless nights began -- yes, all four of us.
It was hard for all of us. The girls had a lot of post nasal congestion and they kept on coughing if they laid down to sleep. It was not comfortable and difficult to breath if you were chocking by your postnasal drip and you needed to breath through your mouth. So, our girls were so fuzzy if we put them down to sleep. The first night, HY had such a high fever and she was so tired, she cried and slept and cried. She didn't want to eat, neither. I woke her up every 4 hours to give her Tylenol. By the next day, her fever was down below 100.
EY started later than HY but EY had more severe symptoms. EY's fever was up at 101 even though we gave her Tylenol. She had so much post nasal drip that she would not let me put her down at all. I ended up holding her up right all night, yes, all night! One of my arms would fall in asleep because of lack of movement and her heavy head. I had to switch her to the other side of my shoulder. Poor girl, every time I moved, she woke up and cried and coughed. She was tired, not comfortable and feeling ill and not able to sleep. I didn't know how I pulled it off. I remembered looking at the clock in the living room and counting down the hours to sunrise, then to 7am.
WY didn't get much sleep neither. He had to take care of HY in our bedroom who woke up on and off every 1-2 hours and he had to walk her back to sleep.
The second night, both of them couldn't sleep on their back. After holding them till 1am, both of us were exhausted. An idea popped up my head. Remembered WY's brother used to push a stroller around the house to get CaY to fall in asleep. Let's try that. I set up the double stroller and put both of them in it. It worked! 5 minutes into it, both of them stopped crying and dozing off. I slowed down the pace gradually. Finally, they sounded sleep, with loud snoring. I brought out my blanket and slept on the sofa in case of the girls woke up and I could get to the kitchen quickly to push the stroller.
It was good that finally I could lay down to rest a bit. I was hoping they would sleep at least 2-3 hours in the stroller. Well, one of them woke up after 1 hour and I got up to push the stroller. Quickly, 2 mins, she fell back in asleep. I went back to my sofa and felt in asleep right away. I thought I slept for 4 hours but when I was awaken by the next cry, looking at the clock, it was just one hour later. As time went on, the girls woke up more frequently probably because they needed to stretch their bodies and they couldn't in the stroller.
Finally, the morning come...
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