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Yeah that's right.. my baby girl is teaching herself to walk... now she can stand up from sitting down, and tries to walk 2-3 steps before falling :D And she is fearless. I imagine by the time we go back to our Texas home we will have a walking toddler. WOW.. a toddler and no more a baby... She is growing up WAY TOO FAST!!!


We went to Keng-Ting this week... and stayed at a very cool place ...洪柴水鄉... it's a tent setting, however, so-called a "5 star" tent because it's got 2 soft queen mattress, an A/C, and a TV... so it's quite comfortable. The boys were super excited because they got to sleep in a real tent, but at the same time, we still get some modern convenience. My dad was even able to watch his daily korean soap opera. haha

We got to swim in the pool right next to the ocean, so the view was fantastic... and not much people were there because it was during the weekday so it was nice. Still very hot though during the day. So we all got very tanned. 

We also went to 海森館, and saw TONS of cool fish... the boys were in heaven! Last time we came Philip was with us, so it made me miss him more. Thank you 公公 for taking us to all these places. .... I know he must have been very tired. 

傍晚一家子去散步，騎車， 看到一對大約15-6歲ㄉ年輕人在那裡摟摟抱抱，那小女生還是亞裔ㄉ。。看看爸爸背在身上ㄉ妹肝，我生氣ㄉ說： "這麼疼他有什麼用，過不了多久就變這樣... 如果是我家ㄉ，我上去就給他一掌（當然是給男ㄉ一掌）"....

爸爸突然冒出一句："我對空鳴槍"。我說："幹嘛？" 爸爸說："示警阿! "

好~~ 爸爸算你贏ㄌ~~ 果然是你捧在手上ㄉ珍珠阿！！不過...還得備槍...太辛苦ㄌ吧！！！＞＜

Last Thursday we went to see Dr. Beach, for Acacia's 9 month old checkup, and for Jacob's asthma progress. Acacia got 1 shot, but the worst part was the nurse poked her finger to get blood for lab works. She cried so madly and tried to push the nurse's hand away...my poor baby!!

Acacia: "大姐, 你可不可以不要再擠我ㄉ手指抽血....好痛阿..."

Her weight has not gained much (16lb 7 oz) and Dr. Beach said we need to feed her whatever we can, which is very hard becasue aside from mommy's milk Acacia is not interested in eating anything. I think Acacia doesn't gain much weight because she is such an active baby, when she is awake, she never stays still. Now she can crawl she is all over the place. But she seems to be happier now she is mobile. Her height is good. Still in the 90%, and head in the 75-90%. So only the weight is our concern right now.




I talked about Jacob's class having a child with chickenpox so Dr. Beach felt it's better we give both boys a booster shot of chickenpox.. now Timothy was really scared. He didn't go there for a shot!!! But the nurse did it so quickly both boys tolerated it just fine.
 
Jacob: "打針, 小 case!! " 
Timothy: "我不要打針,我不要打針,我不要打針,我不要打針,我不要打針,我不要打針..."
AFTERWARDS: "什麼? 可以去吃麥當勞?  好吧, 打針一點都不痛!!! "


Acacia also seemed to have a light ear infection on her right ear, Dr. Beach said her ears have wax so it was kind of hard to tell, but she prescribed 10 day antibotics anyway... hopefully Acacia will be free of any kind of sickness before we head to Taiwan in 2 weeks!!

 

是的,  我有一個後天ㄉ連體嬰, 還是我自己生出來ㄉ... 猜到了吧.... 沒錯，就是我ㄉ妹肝。
不知道為什麼， 妹妹很需要黏在媽媽身上，除了心情好可以自己坐幾分鐘玩一下下， 其他時間一定要和她ㄉ連體嬰 ---> 我，距離0公分.....




媽媽已經練就出一身功夫， 包括一隻手抱妹妹， 一隻手穿脫牛仔褲上廁所。。或是一隻手抱妹妹, 另一隻手炒出3道菜。。 妹妹喜歡像一隻小猴子一樣扒在媽媽身上，分享媽媽做ㄉ每一件事，媽媽不忍心拒絕妹妹對媽媽絕對ㄉ愛與需要，只好心甘情願ㄉ繼續扛著我ㄉ連體嬰..........她不重，她是我ㄉ寶貝妹肝！


P。S。  這張照片是妹妹在享受媽媽給她洗屁屁啦！


 

時間過ㄉ真快，我們ㄉ心肝已經9個月ㄌ。。。妹妹已經不再是小BABY，有他自己ㄉ個性，意見和感覺。。。媽媽越來越覺ㄉ養女生和男生真是大大ㄉ不同， 每天都充滿驚喜和感動。竟然還有人問我後不後悔生老三。。。有點想把他一腳踢到北極去， 切， 真是廢話，
當然不後悔！！


HAPPPY 9 MONTHS OLD, MY DEAR!!



《發展評估》
姿勢及粗動作發展~
8-9個月:自己坐至少可維持10分鐘--> yes.. 坐在餐廳餐椅或推車上時
8-9個月:坐時可以扶著東西站起來--> 非常愛扶著東西站起來!!
8-9個月:可以前後爬行--> 終於開始爬。。媽媽已經都準備放棄希望了

視覺及精細動作發展~
8-9個月:兩手抓物移到胸前把玩--> 會!
8-9個月:以食指來碰觸物體--> 手部動作非常細微，可以拿起一顆飯吃， 厲害吧
8-9個月:手指可隨意志放鬆物體--> 會!超故意拿起東西又丟掉

社會互動認知及行為情緒發展~
8-9個月:吃東西時有咀嚼的動作出現--> 很早就會了!
8-9個月:會認得鏡子中的自己--> 不確定。。很少給她照鏡子

8-9個月:會自己拿餅乾吃--> 會。。各種形狀ㄉ餅乾都可以

聽覺及語言功能發展~
8-9個月:會發出類似的聲音以模仿他人的聲音--> 會，聲音還不小
8-9個月:會喃喃自語發出一些彷如句子音串的聲調--> 會!
8-9個月:在手勢或聲調等環境提示下可以開始明白大人說話 -->媽媽說NO NO會眼眶紅， 還真是罵不得....

 

I've wanted to buy some new toys for Acacia for a while now... she has outgrown her baby baby toys and absolutely feels bored at home. Today I saw a cool toy on craiglist so I contacted the seller, and after we picked up Jacob after school I drove to North Plano to pick up the toy. It's pretty cool, even the boys enjoy playing with it with Acacia.  It costs me $43, it's in really good condition, like new almost. A new one in the store is about $60+ so it's a good deal. After she gets tired of it I will re-sell it.



No more babyfood
Acacia didn't eat her babyfood very well, and it really concerned me. But sometimes when we eat I would give her a little bitty food, and I found she really wants to eat tablefoods, and not mushy babyfoods. So yesterday I started to give her "real" foods, that has a little bit taste to it, and I chopped them up in very small pieces, and she absolutely loves it!! I gave her some baked chicken meat, and she was all smiley and kept opening her mouth for more. SO THATS WHY!!! She doesn't think she is a baby anymore I guess. I can't blame her, I couldn't stand those yucky baby foods either!!! Today she ate some macoroni + tiny bits of carrots, with a little ground turkey. I grinded it a little in the grinder, and she really enjoyed her food. So bye bye babyfoods!!!

 I thought Acacia was recovered from the cold finally.. then she started to have the symptoms again.. this time with a strange cough that sounded bad. Daddy insisted I take her to see the doctor, but I didn't want to... I figured she would recover on her own pretty soon. Then on Friday night, she started to have a little fever, now this concerned me because I know it could be ear infection. So we went to see Dr. Cole on Saturday morning.

Lo and behold she did have ear infection... worse in right ear and just a little swollen in left ear. Poor baby!!! No wonder the cold won't go away. She is on antibiotics now... and this time it's only 5 day course.. so hopefully by the time we finish medicine I will have a healthy baby again. She has been sick on and off for a few weeks now!!!

My baby girl is no longer a little baby. She turned 8 months old on Saturday 3/24.
She has grown so much and is doing lots of new things.

《發展評估》
姿勢及粗動作發展~
7-8個月:不用手支撐即可坐得很好 --> Yes!
7-8個月:扶著站或扶腋下會移步 --> Yes!
7-8個月:雙膝式爬行(肚子不貼地) --> Absolutely NOT even want to try to crawl .... I think we have a lazy baby. She wants to pull herself up to stand though.. I think she might even start walking before she ever crawls.

視覺及精細動作發展~
7-8個月:手像耙子一樣抓東西 --> Yes!
7-8個月:會追視3公尺外滾動的球(直徑約5公分) --> Yes!
7-8個月:開始以大拇指配合其他四指來撿物 --> Yes! Her fine motor skills are VERY good. She can pick up very small things.. like rice !!

社會互動認知及行為情緒發展~
7-8個月:玩具被毛巾遮蓋時,即使面前放有兩條相同的毛巾,仍會準確地注視著藏了玩具的毛巾 --> Yes!
7-8個月:會分辨陌生人並對陌生人逐漸採取排斥的態度 --> Yes! There is no way 陌生人 can pick her up...

7-8個月:會用至少4種方法來操弄玩具或物件,例如凝視、放入口中探索、搖動、拍打等 --> Yes!!

聽覺及語言功能發展~
7-8個月:在惱怒時會刺耳尖叫--> YES!

 因為要幫小朋友們辦台灣護照，取好妹妹ㄉ中文名字變ㄉ很緊迫，一直想不到很滿意ㄉ名字，今天和公公，姨婆商量ㄉ結果， 請他們翻字典，因為妹妹屬狗，聽說名字中要有寶蓋頭， 一方面小狗戀家，這樣很好。。。公公，姨婆翻字典找寶蓋頭ㄉ字， 經過國際電話幾番討論， 公公覺得 "甯" 這個字不錯， 和 "寧" 是相近字，相同念法。 但又顯ㄉ更特別，也更文藝味一些。

這個字拆開就是 : 家中特別用心。一方面因為妹妹是我們ㄉ手上明珠，一方面因為她是女生，更要花多一點心思照顧，這樣一想，就覺得這個字很有意思。 等爸爸待會聚會回家和他討論看看，也許就可以定案了ㄡ！

" 黃尚甯 ", 真好聽耶！！

 

這是什麼玩意讓我試試看


我自己可以拿



還蠻不錯吃ㄉ歐！！

---想娶我女兒──《 請你準備好那份聘禮》


我想，總有一天，你會帶著你的父母來提親，
因為我的女兒是如此美麗、可愛、有才氣、貼心，

簡直就像上帝派來凡間的天使。
你要跟我談聘金嗎？我想你是付不起的。

我們就來談談從小我在女兒身上花費的錢吧！

你知道為什麼她的英文如此流利，各國通行無阻，英 、日文難不倒她呢？

因為從小每一年花在上英文日文課的錢，一年超過十萬塊，

她少說學了十年，光是語言方面，就花掉一百多萬。

還有你最愛她彈著鋼琴的優美模樣，但是，這也是錢堆砌起來的，
十幾年來學鋼琴的費用，兩百萬是跑不掉的。

還有每一年的學費，私立高中、私立大學，幾年來也絕對不少於一百萬 。

更別提每天的三餐，留學的費用，

光是能夠拿到「收據」的費用，你可能付我五百萬都無法全部 cover 掉。

　

更何況，我不要把女兒「賣」給你，

所以，你是不可能用錢買到我女兒的，

因為我女兒的價值，還不僅僅於此。

　

The above was Acacia's measurement at yesterday's 6 month wellness checkup. I was a little surprised that she only weighs 16 lbs and 1 oz (about 7.3 KG), falls on 50%. But very happy to see that we have a tall baby. She is 28 inches high, the nurse said she is 100%+, out of the range!! so we have a tall and slim girl, which is great!!

In only 2 more days  妹肝 will be 6 months old.


小白衝出來ㄌ
although you still can't see it too clearly, but 妹肝's 2 bottom center teeth are out of the surface, they started to come out a few days ago, and now I can clearly feel them with my fingers... OUCH!! they are sharp!! I hope she won't practice them on mommy!!

Baby food
We have tried several vegetables: Avacado(妹肝 likes it), sweet potato(it's ok.. but she doesn't like it as much), butternut squash (ok... not too fond of it), sweet pea (sometimes she loves it, sometimes she doesn't). So so far only 4 kinds, always mixed with warm water and either organic rice cereal or oatmeal cereal.  I tried both Gerber organic baby food and organic baby food homemade. She seems to do ok with either, I finally bought a baby food grinder today on ebay, can't wait to receive it soon in the mail so it will be easier to make homemade baby food. It costs about $15(including shipping)



Rolled Over... Finally!!
I can't believe it takes Acacia so long to learn to roll over, because both her brothers at this age was doing much more... Jacob started to crawl when he was 6.5 months old.
OK. I promised myself NOT to compare the kids.   I guess boys and girls grow at a different rate. Yesterday while on the floor playing,  妹肝 rolled over 3 times one after another from tummy to back position. But when I called the boys to watch, she refused to do it again.

Crankiness
since she was teething, I expected she would be craky at night, but these 2 nights it started to get better. Daddy needs his sleep and mommy too. I am glad now her 2 teeth are out of the surface she is getting back to her routine.

Daddy's princess
Daddy seems to love his little girl more as the days go by. He is so proud of her because she looks like him(so she is cute)!! And now Acacia is more active and responsive, daddy loves to hold her and play with her. For me I don't feel a difference between loving her and my boys. But Acacia is like a pearl in daddy's palms, very prescious!

妹妹ㄉ副食體驗

是ㄉ, 妹妹自從12/16開始, 已經有好多次ㄉ副食體驗. I thought I was gonna wait until Acacia is 6 months old to start her on babyfoods, but Dr. Cole said we could start solid food at 5 months and she was showing signs that I felt she was ready.

At 1st, I gave Acacia organic rice cereal + breastmilk. After a while, I tried Avocado + rice cereal. And she really liked Avocado. According to my research, in some countries Avocodos are the very 1st food babies eat because it is VERY nutritious, and it's got omega3 fatty acid that is similar to mommy's milk. Then last week I introduced organic butternut squash. It's super sweet, and Acacia seems to like it ok. I found the frozen organic butternut squash cubes in Central market. It's great. It's super easy to make. I just boil a few cubes for a few minutes then mash it using 過濾網. Then add some filter water and rice cereal(or oatmeal cereal which smells SO good). Most of the time 妹妹 can eat about 1/4 bowl. And she is starting to drink some water from the baby cup. It's super cute!

I was very surprised to find out how well 妹妹 swallows. Even at the beginning of our feeding experiences, she was able to swallow cereal very well, and she can now swallow water even when the water comes out of the sprout fast. I guess it's because my milk flow has always been super fast and strong, so she got used to it.

I want to  try give her organic food as much as possible, to give her a good start and hopefully she will have a very healthy body.

小白在哪裡?

Still no sign of tooth yet. But I am sure 妹妹 is teething because she wants to chew on everything she gets a hold of. I hope the teeth come out soon so she doesn't have to suffer. So far she is doing ok though, not too fussy.

妹妹是個乖寶寶

It's true. Acacia is becoming such a good baby. I really can't complain. She still loves to be held by mommy but she also likes to sit/stand in her exersaucer and play with toys. She still doesn't like to lay on her tummy so I guess it will be a long time before we have a crawler. But that's ok. She WILL learn to crawl oneday. I am not worried about that.

In another 11 days Acacia will be 5 months old!!! She is growing up TOO FAST!!



姿勢及粗動作發展~
4~5個月:從仰臥拉起寶寶時她會有用力感  --> YES
4~5個月:從仰臥拉起頭不會向後仰 --> YES
4~5個月:俯臥時會用扭動方式往後移 --> no, she HATED tummy time and won't move anywhere!

視覺及精細動作發展~
4~5個月:兩手各可抓緊小物品 --> YES
4~5個月:手腕有旋轉的動作  --> Not sure
4~5個月:把玩玩具時會稍微協調手與眼睛,但做的不好 --> YES

社會互動認知及行為情緒發展~
4~5個月:對於熟悉的情境(如餵食,洗澡等活動時)會以微笑,低估聲與興奮
動作等表達認得之意  --> YES, LOVE to see mommy's boobs
4~5個月:喜歡洗澡以及其他日常生活例行照顧活動 --> YES, still loves her bath time!
4~5個月:看到玩具會顯得高興,變得活潑 --> YES

聽覺及語言功能發展
4~5個月:會自己發聲自娛(玩) --> YES, talks to her 2 big brothers!
4~5個月:會辨認熟悉的聲音並有激動的反應 --> YES

 

Child's Age

Mastered Skills (most kids can do)

Emerging Skills (half of kids can do)

Advanced Skills (a few kids can do)

4months

• Holds head up steadily  YES • Can bear weight on legs   YES • Coos when you talk to him  YES

• Can grasp a toy YES • Reaches out for objects YES • Can roll over NOT YET

• Imitates speech  sounds — baba, dadaNOT YET • May cut first tooth NOT YET • May be ready for solids NOT YET

Today was a busy morning. At 8:30 I took Timothy for his teeth cleaning, and he was extremely good(he asked to bring his own Thomas the Tank DVD so he watched the movie while his teeth were cleaned and checked out). Of course we had to buy donuts as reward.. I am glad he doesn't have cavity yet.. which is strange because he loves sweets.

Both yesterday and today Jacob stayed home because he's running a low grade fever which started on Sunday night. I hope this is a 72 hour thing and that it will pass by quickly without other symptoms.

We took Acacia for her 4 month old checkup and everything was great. We had to wait a LONG LONG LONG time for the doctor. And there were other sick children in the waiting room, I could only pray their germs didn't get to us. Acacia is 15 lbs 1 oz (80 %), she is very tall at 26 and 1/4 inches(100%), and her head circum. is 50% , same as last time. I was hoping to get combination shots, but she still got 4 seperate shots for 5 vaccines. I don't understand, but in Taiwan parents can request for 5合1 shots and we in the most developed country USA don't get the advanced shots? My poor little girl didn't like her shots at all, but as soon as I picked her up she was all smiles again. I hope she won't get any reaction to the shots this time. Fingers crossed!

 Today Acacia is 4 months old exactly. During the past few days we finally decided on her Chinese name : 黃尚婷. Now she has a Chinese name we can start calling her 尚婷. Daddy likes this name because it's hard to find a word that follows 尚 that still sounds like a girl name. The word "婷" means:

汉字	拼音	粤语	繁体	部首	姓名学笔画	笔画	五行
婷	tíng	ting4	婷	女	12	12	火

姓名学字义 :
温和贤淑，口快心直，多才清雅，中年隆昌，一生安详，福寿之字。

英文字义
1.[Formal] good-looking; graceful;graceful

        婷

        tíng

        〈形〉

            (1) (形声。从女,亭声。本义:美好的样子)

            (2) 颜色和悦 [(of color) pleasant]

                    婷,和色也。——《玉篇》

            (3) 优美、雅致 [graceful]。

            (4) 如:婷婷袅袅(形容女子体态柔美轻盈);婷娉(体态美好;又指美女)

In Conclusion, the word 婷 means graceful, and we sure hope she will live a graceful life.

發展評估:

姿勢及粗動作發展~
3~4個月:協助做起頭可以固定 --> Yes
3~4個月:手可移到胸 --> Yes
3~4個月:可維持側躺 --> Yes

視覺及精細動作發展~
3~4個月:俯臥時會有抓或刮的動作 --> Yes
3~4個月:將手抓到物體放入口中 --> Yes (Acacia can brush her toothless gum by holding the toothbrush! Haha!)
3~4個月:看見移近臉的東西,兩眼會有內向會聚動作(鬥雞眼) --> Yes

社會互動認知及行為情緒發展~
3~4個月:餵食時會不眨眼地注視媽媽並流露出滿意的眼神 --> Yes. Acacia would nurse and stop to smile at mommy!!
3~4個月:會將物件或手放入口中吸允 --> Yes
3~4個月:會注視自己鏡中的影像 --> Yes

聽覺及語言功能發展~
3~4個月:會將眼睛與頭轉向聲源所在 --> Yes
3~4個月:會無意中發出一些語音 --> Yes