We brought our little girl to have her 2nd doses of the 6-in-1 and Pneumoccocal vaccines today. We were glad that she did not cry, and had no fever.
Her stats:
- Weight = 6.35kg
- Height = 64.5cm
- Head circumference = 41.5cm
Her weight gain was on good track, about 1kg gain from a month ago. Now, her weight and height were around the 75th percentile. We were glad because her weight had been a worry for us since she was admitted to the hospital during her full month.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Isabelle's First Flip - Tummy to Back
Our little girl was having her tummy time as usual, and to my surprise, she put down her head on the mat, turned the body sideways, and appeared to be struggling to turn over to her back. I quickly called out to Hubby to watch Isabelle, as she was about to perform her first tummy-to-back flip. With great luck, both of us witnessed her first flip (some parents did not get the privilege if it happened while they were away at work)!
It would probably take a while before she would do it again, but still, it was an unassisted flip!
It would probably take a while before she would do it again, but still, it was an unassisted flip!
Monday, October 3, 2011
Isabelle Lifts Her Head
After the session from GD, we decided to work harder on Isabelle, and to give her more tummy time. Her neck was still not strong enough and as of 3 months, she still could not flip.
Yesterday evening, since our girl was wide awake, Hubby put her down on the playmat to let her have her tummy time. Her two arms were "stuck" at the side, arms straight and she did not know what to do with them. So we had to help her bend her arms and put them near to her body, so that she could use them to prop herself up. We had some success getting her to lift up the head, but as usual, she was frustrated after a while.
This afternoon, since she refused to go back to sleep, I put her on the mat again to let her have her tummy time. To my joy, she propped herself up, and lifted her head higher than yesterday. She lasted in that position for at least 10 seconds. She also demonstrated lesser frustration in this position.
We would continue to work on our girl more diligently!
Yesterday evening, since our girl was wide awake, Hubby put her down on the playmat to let her have her tummy time. Her two arms were "stuck" at the side, arms straight and she did not know what to do with them. So we had to help her bend her arms and put them near to her body, so that she could use them to prop herself up. We had some success getting her to lift up the head, but as usual, she was frustrated after a while.
This afternoon, since she refused to go back to sleep, I put her on the mat again to let her have her tummy time. To my joy, she propped herself up, and lifted her head higher than yesterday. She lasted in that position for at least 10 seconds. She also demonstrated lesser frustration in this position.
We would continue to work on our girl more diligently!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Activity Books Completed by 3.5 Years Old
After a long break, I tried to get back on track with the activity books with Ian. We finally managed to complete another 2.
Kumon Let's Fold - We had started working on this book since the beginning, but progress had been slow because Ian was not able to follow the fold lines well. I had alternate the exercises in this book with More Let's Fold, hoping that the repetitive exercises would reinforce his skills. After what seemed to be more than a year, we finally completed the first of this series. As of now, Ian still could not fold neatly along the lines, and I wondered whether he simply had no patience for this or???
Chinese sticker book - Matching oddly shaped stickers to the scene. I was not sure how this helped in CQ, but Ian had a lot of fun playing this.
Kumon Let's Fold - We had started working on this book since the beginning, but progress had been slow because Ian was not able to follow the fold lines well. I had alternate the exercises in this book with More Let's Fold, hoping that the repetitive exercises would reinforce his skills. After what seemed to be more than a year, we finally completed the first of this series. As of now, Ian still could not fold neatly along the lines, and I wondered whether he simply had no patience for this or???
Chinese sticker book - Matching oddly shaped stickers to the scene. I was not sure how this helped in CQ, but Ian had a lot of fun playing this.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Ian Is Reading!
We finally paid a visit to GDBaby for a refresher course, after procrastinating for so long. I attended the advanced class first, because I wanted to see how to get back on track with the GD program with Ian.
Since Ian already knew quite a number of words, I was given a simple book to "test" Ian's proficiency in reading. To my surprise, he could read most of the book. When he came across a new word, he would try to sound out by looking at the beginning letters, though he might not get the pronounciation correct eventually. Hubby said he was looking at the picture and second-guessing the words though. So, Ian was asked to participate in the demonstration on how to do word-play. And the instructor concluded that Ian was already reading.
He did not have to continue with the GD method any more, but we just had to expose him to a big variety of books, and to try to get him to read books with more words and less pictures. Since Ian already knew the numerals, we did not have to do the Math program with him too, but just to expose him to all the concepts that we ourselves knew. The world is the limit now.
Before leaving, I had a brief refresher on the method for a newborn. I hope that with Isabelle, I would get more use out of the cards.
Since Ian already knew quite a number of words, I was given a simple book to "test" Ian's proficiency in reading. To my surprise, he could read most of the book. When he came across a new word, he would try to sound out by looking at the beginning letters, though he might not get the pronounciation correct eventually. Hubby said he was looking at the picture and second-guessing the words though. So, Ian was asked to participate in the demonstration on how to do word-play. And the instructor concluded that Ian was already reading.
He did not have to continue with the GD method any more, but we just had to expose him to a big variety of books, and to try to get him to read books with more words and less pictures. Since Ian already knew the numerals, we did not have to do the Math program with him too, but just to expose him to all the concepts that we ourselves knew. The world is the limit now.
Before leaving, I had a brief refresher on the method for a newborn. I hope that with Isabelle, I would get more use out of the cards.
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