The Eberhard Family

* Monday, 25th Feb – 7 months & 3 weeks*

Photos first… read for the full story… if you want
先看照片,等一下慢慢讀吧…

* Saturday, 23rd Feb 2008 – 7 months 2-3weeks*

I’ve read somewhere that says we should put some pillows or cushions to let the baby learn to crawl around them.

我看書上說要在地上放一些枕頭等等, 讓小朋友練習爬, 他們可以練習從枕頭旁邊繞過去這樣爬…

I’ve tried it many times and here’s just some pictures taken on Saturday, of what usually happens:

我試了很多次, 每次都變成這樣…看看照片吧..

Straight onto it…
直接給他爬過去…

Hop…we are almost over it now..
快要爬過去囉!

Yah!

Hehe, those kind of obsticles are not going to stop me! (Very proud of herself)
這些障礙物是難不倒我的啦! (你看我很厲害吧!)

Sally

* Saturday, 23rd Feb 2008 – 7 months 2-3weeks*

Quite an eventful day, eh!

Emma does her usual standing up by the piano and play around… which happens more often than her feeds and nappy changes. But, she slipped a bit differently today… And bang her face on the leg of the piano… BIG BRUISE! And… CRY!

Oh the poor little thing… took a bit more cuddles and hugs to calm her down… then seeing the little named zipper friend on her napppy bag distracted her attention from crying.

Then mummy was worried about that big thing on the face, tried to put the ice pack on it for a while but she hated it and struggled so hard to get away. So I gave up.

Oh well, she’s been having a few more bums and knocks recently… all part of the process I guess.

(scroll down for pix)
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今天還真多事情喔!
妹妹平時就常常扶著鋼琴的腳就站起來玩了. 這是很稀鬆平常的事情. 結果今天往前滑倒的方向不太一樣… 就這樣臉去撞到… 馬上就腫起來, 淤青一塊! 好痛! 妹妹就哭啊…

可憐的小傻瓜… 這次要抱抱秀秀久一點… 然後他看到他尿布袋上的名牌 (一個綠色的小東西別在他的拉鍊上, 上面有他的名字 Emma), 終於忘記要哭了…

結果換媽媽擔心他不知道撞的怎樣, 臉上那塊還真是可憐… 要幫他冰敷也跟他鬥了好久, 他全身扭動一直躲… 只好算了..

他最近還真的是到處撞來撞去, 跌來跌去的… 都是成長過程的一部分吧.

Sally

* Saturday, 23rd Feb 2008 – 7 months 2-3weeks*

Because Emma has been standing around the coffee table, we’ve cleared out most of the things we can. But, given that we still use it everyday, there are still some stuff on it.

So, what we do is, if she’s on one side, we move the stuff to the other side, so she can’t reach.

She started off leaning over one side to try to reach it, but that doesn’t work. She also tried to move a little bit along the coffee table every now and then.

But today, it is very obvious, she was walking along the coffee table from one end to another… yes, still trying to get to some stuff that she’s not allowed! ^^;;

Oh dear ^^;; Have to start packing things off the coffee table now.

Also, I pushed the high chair over to feed her in the living room. Afterwards, she was pulling herself up using the high chair, then trying to hop over to come to the coffee table side… it’s about 30cm away… and guess what?! She landed on the floor instead! Hehehe… But good on her for trying
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因為現在妹妹都會站在茶几那邊抓東西玩, 所以我們東西也收的差不多了. 不過畢竟天天在用, 就還是有幾樣東西在茶几上..
妹妹站在一邊, 我們就把東西往另一邊移過去, 這樣他就抓不到了.
結果.. 他開始慢慢往一邊傾斜, 試著要伸過去拿…. 還是拿不到, 他就換慢慢移動一點點… 還是不行.

今天, 他乾脆給我慢慢從一邊扶著茶几邊緣,走過去另一邊… 還是要過去玩不給他玩的東西…
ㄟ…. 現在他站起來之後, 東西可能就要移到別的地方了… 傷腦筋…

今天要在客廳餵他吃飯, 所以把高腳椅搬過來, 結果他給我抓那個站起來… 這樣就算啦…他還從那邊試著要撲過來茶几這裡, 換過來這邊玩… 兩各距離應該有30公分吧… 結果呢…他當然是倒在地上啦… 哈哈哈….
不過他也是在嚐試新的方法移動囉…

Sally

* Saturday, 23rd Feb 2008 – 7 months 2-3weeks*

Today we went over to a family friend’s place to pick up some stuff for Emma. Mum has asked him to bring back a bag of clothes for Emma, his wife had also bought some clothes for Emma.

They’ve bought very nice winter clothes for her… tops and pants. Most of them are size 3 and 4. There’s a set of size 2. Obviously they are a little too big for Emma for now, especially the pants. But I’m sure she’d be able to wear them later, maybe next year! Some of the tops, well she can wear them now as a big “dress”.

Mum’s got Emma a few new clothes, one of the kimono style on that I’ve asked her to get. It is very cute! Then there are lots of cute clothes from my niece! Finally, I’ve been saying, it’s pity that we can’t get any 2nd hand clothing for Emma, so it’s quite expensive having to buy new clothes all the time. Of course I’ve been careful, so we don’t have to spend too much.

It’s obvious, if you see any cute clothes, most of them are given to us as a gift. We mainly by her body suits and stretch and grow. (easy access for nappy change for the lazy parents)

But recently it has been hard to buy those. Because they are more restricted by height. Emma is tall for her age, she’s 73.5cm at 7 months. That’s roughly the average height for girls at 1 year old according to WHO.
The size 0 cltohes goes up to 74 or 76cm depends on the brand. Size 1 goes up to 84cm. So one is just right but won’t last too long (might not last till winter!) One is too big. So, she has 1 each for stretch and grow.

So, to make things cheaper in the future, we have to start getting her top and pants. Because, she can still fit the size 00 tops fine. She’s not big, just tall/long. But it means we have to get her some shoes, too

Plus she’s standing up more, so stretch and grow unfortunately doesn’t work very well anymore Good for sleeping though.

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今天我們去范伯伯家拿東西, 他們幫妹妹買了些衣服, 媽媽也拖了一些過來.

他們買了很多可愛的新衣服給妹妹, 大多是3-4號的, 妹妹現在穿還太大件了, 尤其是褲子啦.. 嘿嘿.. 不過這些應該可以明年穿囉. 上衣可以當大洋裝穿穿看

我媽幫妹妹買了幾件新衣, 其中一件合式的是我要求的..超可愛的! 加上很多若玫姊姊的衣服… 真好! 還有名牌的咧… 我就一直說我們妹妹都沒有別人的衣服可以撿, 一直買新的很貴啊.. 所以媽媽都很小心的挑 盡量省錢… 可愛的衣服都是人家送的… 媽媽就買連身裝跟包臀裝…(換尿布方便 – 因為我們懶啊)

可是最近很難買衣服, 因為妹妹比較高, 所以這些有高度限制的衣服就… 妹妹7個月73.5公分, 那是人家1歲的平均身高… 啊 …0號的可穿到74-76公分; 1號的84公分, 所以一個剛好的穿不久 一個太大. 他現在就連身裝0號1號各一件.

所以,以後, 為了省錢還是要乖乖買上衣褲子… 因為他高他不胖, 00號的上衣都還可以穿. 只是就要買鞋鞋..

加上他現在都到處亂站起來… 連身裝不太合適了… 不過睡覺穿倒是不錯..

Sally

* 7 months 2-3 weeks *

Just in the last week or so, I’ve noticed something… Emma has stopped biting. She still likes to slobber on you and you will feel her teeth on you but no more biting.

There had been a few times that we screamed out of shock when she was biting unexpectedly…

Not too sure what happened but hey, that is a good thing for us!
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就大概這一個禮拜吧, 我發現妹妹不咬人了. 還是會張嘴含在你身上, 腳上手上, 也感覺的到他牙齒含在腳上手上… 但是不會咬人了.

有幾次被他突然咬下去… 嚇到大聲叫了幾次…

也不知道最近是怎樣了, 好像學會不可以咬人了… 真好!

Sally

* Friday, 22 Feb 2008 – 7 months + 2-3 weeks *

Just in the last week or so, it is becoming more and more clear that this little one is pulling herself up all the time and everywhere.
On top of that, she’s also trying to balance herself standing with very little holding on. She will let go of one hand and play..
And, she’s trying to move from point A to point B once she’s stood up. She’d try to grab on something else, then move towards the next point.

She also tries to climb over things, climb on people to get to higher places.

She has a few way of getting down, too… mainly landing on her bum!

We were told that she’s fearless! Keeps crawling everywhere and standing up everywhere…

Interesting… and a few friends and the teachers in daycare have all said.. she’s probably going to walk soon.
We hope that “soon” means a few more months Otherwise it’d be even harder keep an eye out on her!

Sally
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* 7個月 2-3週*

妹妹這一週來越來越常站起來, 隨便抓到什麼可以穩定的東西就站了起來!
而且他不需要靠抓東西抓的很牢的站, 他是用抓東西 (桌子牆壁等等) 來保持平衡. 之後就可以放一隻手在玩.
除此之外, 他還可以從一個定點到另一個, 站好之後 放一隻手去抓另一各地方, 然後慢慢移動腳步就可以移動到另一個定點.
還會從靠枕等等 媽媽的腿上爬過… 也會往我們身上往上爬…

我們會站也會下來喔… 大多是就一屁股給他坐下來.. 然後就可以爬起來繼續玩囉!

學校老師跟我們說, 這傢伙都不會怕.. 到處爬來爬去, 抓到什麼就要站起來…

其他朋友跟學校老師也都說, 他應該很快就會走路了… :-
爸爸媽媽希望這個很快… 還有幾個月啦…不然就越來越難顧了… ^^;;;

Sally

* Monday, 18th Feb – 7 months + 2 weeks *

Last 4 days we’ve been trying to 9-ish top up (basically a top up feed when she wakes after going to bed or before we go to bed). That (with 1 feed around 4-5 and another one around 6:30ish) successfully eliminated the nightfeeds. She lasts till after 7am for the next feed!

(Of course we were like, why didn’t we think of this earlier?!!!)

Anyways, last night we put her down around 7:15pm for the night; then she woke just before 9:30pm for another feed.

I went to bed around 10pm…

What do you know, I woke once in between for the bathroom, but I did not hear from her until 4:15am!! That’s a gap over 6.5 hours!!
Boy! I should have got up around that time… but I went back to bed and only got up around 6:30am…

The little madam…. woke up just before 7am.

Wow!

Now, I can get use to the 6.5 hour gap for sure!!
Tonight, I will try to go to bed after her “top up” feed!

Fingers crossed… hopefully we are closer to her sleeping through the night than I thought we would be?

Well, can’t blame me for being hopeful, right?

Sally

* Sunday, 17th Feb 2008 7 months & 2 weeks*

Plastic wrapping isn’t kid’s toy and that’s fine. I don’t give her that… except when I give her the teething rusks, sometimes she grabs the wrapping. I thought that’s small enough that she won’t be putting it over her head…etc.

Also I thought it might be good for her to learn how to get the rusk out of the wrapping…

So yesterday she was doing that and she eventually got the rusk out, but no… we were more interested in tasting the plastic wrapping.

A bit later, she’s doing this weird facial expression, as if she was chocking but she wasn’t. There was coughing as well… I was a bit worried, so I put my finger in her mouth to search….

What do you know, it was a small piece of plastic wrapping. She somehow managed to bite a piece off and probably tried to swallow it but couldn’t… hence all the weird facial expressions.

Oh well, no more wrappings for you to chew on then!

(I’m sure a lot of mums would be freaking out and think I’m crazy to let her play with it… well… I guess you live and learn.)

Sally

* Sunday, 17th Feb 2008 7 months & 2 weeks*

Today, I brought her little rocking horsie out and let her sit on it to play on the keyboard on the horsie…

She couldn’t quite stay on it properly… but, hey how about try to stand on it?? Well both legs were bent but at one point, she was standing (more like squating) on the horsie ^^;;;;

Why does it sound like we don’t play very lady like?? ^^;;;

Sally