The Eberhard Family

* 11months + *

Probably from 11 months on, or earlier, depends on what, Emma is getting better and better of making herself understood.

Already know how to indicate she wants you to pick her up, hold her by raising both arms. (Earler, at 7 months, she grabs your hands and put them under her armpit);
10 months, she started pointing at food and say “mum mum”; eventually evolves to having to check what’s coming out of the microwave as soon as it starts beeping!
She’d point at the hot water thingy we have (always have boiled water) and say “mum mum” for milky, as you need hot water to make milky!
If she wants to go out, she will drag you to the door and points at the door;
If she wants to see the birds, she say “birds” (or when she spots a bird outside)
If she wants you for something, she will cry for attention or drag you there…
for example, to play with her, read with her, open the lid, close the lid, turn on the music on her toys (as we turn it off when they aren’t being used- too noisy) etc
If she doesn’t want anything, she shakes her head, pushes your hand away, or whatever you give her away.

If she wants something and you don’t give it to her, she starts to cry and protest. She also checks if you are watching or not. If you ignore her, she cries louder…. keep ignoring her, eventually she will go play with something else, or find someone else who won’t ignore her.

When she’s playing, if you are sitting on the floor, she’d make herself very comfortable, wriggle her bums and sits on your legs.

There’s probably more…

It’s amazing how soon, she’s already not a baby anymore, she’s a little person with her own personalities!
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大概從11個多月起吧, 或是更早就要看什麼了. 妹妹越來越懂的怎樣表達自己要什麼.

很早就會兩手伸起來要抱抱了 (在更早一點 – 7個多月 – 是會來抓我的手, 放在他腋下);
10個月的時候就會指著食物說 “mum mum”; 後來進化到, 只要圍波爐嗶的一聲, 他就要你抱他去檢查看看有什麼好吃的….
會指著熱水壺說 “mum mum” 就是要喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ, 因為泡ㄋㄟㄋㄟ要熱水.
要出去玩, 出去看鳥就拖著你到門口指著門;
要看鳥就叫 “bird” (或是自己看到窗外的鳥也會叫 bird);
要你來做什麼, 就會發出抗議的叫聲或是把你拖來, 把東西拿給你
像是陪他玩啊, 看書啊, 幫他把蓋子蓋好打開啊, 玩具音樂被切掉的要打開啊… 等等
不要就搖頭把你手推開, 或是你拿給他的東西推開等等.
要什麼不給就”盧”, 就開始番起來哭啊叫啊, 還會一邊看你有沒有在看咧. 要是一直都不理他就哭大聲一點, 再不理他就乖乖自己去玩別的. 不然就是去吵別人.

他小姐還會自己很”酥”的就走過來屁股移好, 就坐在你腿上繼續玩呢!

還有其他想不起來了..

真的是想不到這麼快就已經不像個小貝比了, 已經是個有個性的小人兒了!

* 12+ months*

Emma started saying “ya ya” (duck in Chinese) a bit more. She was able to make that sound before, but now she knows duck and “ya ya” is the yellow rubber duckie.

Grandparents also said she knows how to say “dirty” in Chinese, very very unclear way but that’s what she meant. For me, it sounds just like “da da”, but she will be pointing at something dirty on the floor at the same time.

Today, it is the first time she said a very perfect “dog”, even with the “g” sound at the end. Of course that only happened that once. So I don’t know if she is saying that word or just fluke and made a noise that sounded like “dog”.

But she’s definitely making more and more new noises that I can’t understand. It’s all good I think it’d be fun once she can actually talk.

最近妹妹很常說”鴨鴨”, 以前就會發這個音, 不過最近知道說, duck, 跟鴨鴨都是那黃色的小鴨子.

阿公阿媽說, 他還會說很不標準的 “髒髒”, 我聽起來跟 “da da” 很像啊… 可是他會在地上指著髒髒的東西說… 所以有時侯我也搞不清楚他在說 da da 還是髒髒.

今天第一次很標準的說 “dog”, 連後面的 “g” 都發出來了. 不過就那麼一次而已 ^^”’ 所以也不知道是真的會還是誤打誤撞來著的.

不過是真的會發出越來越多種聲音了… 雖然聽不懂不過表示有慢慢在變化囉. 等他會講話一定很很玩囉!

* 1 yr + 2-3 weeks*

I don’t always have photos for these blog posts, and I’ve been quite busy and slack with posting. I’ve missed quite a few little things that Emma’s been doing. So I thought, short posts beats none! That way I won’t be thinking, oh when did she start doing that? I can’t remember now!

Emma’s been a little sick this week, often the throwing up started with some nasty coughs. We’ve been patting her back every time she coughs etc. Also when she has hiccups or drinks too fast etc. So now she’s started patting her own chest whenever she coughs a bit hard. Sometimes when grandma coughs, she goes and pats her as well. That is quite cute.

沒有很多照片囉… 而且, 媽媽最近比較忙也比較懶, 就很多事情沒有紀錄下來到, 想說還是上來寫一下, 短一點, 一次紀錄一點點, 才不會都忘記什麼是什麼時候發生的了.

話說妹妹最近生病, 都是先咳一咳才吐, 我們就幫他拍拍背. 以前打咯等等也都是幫他拍拍. 最近到是自己開始自己拍拍胸前. 有時阿媽咳咳, 他也會去拍拍他喔… 真可愛

* almost 12 months *

That evening got home, I was playing with Emma on the floor. She was holding my hands then I started clapping. She found it very very amusing and started giggling. Then she was the one holding onto my hands and clapping, as if she’s the one teaching me how to clap, like we how we taught her.

那天回到家, 跟妹妹在地上玩, 他抓著我的手, 我開始拍起手來, 他覺得很好玩就一直笑一直笑… 結果變成他抓的我的手來拍拍手, 很像以前我們教他怎麼拍手那樣… 嘿嘿..

* 11.5 months*

For a few weeks, Emma has been wanting to hold the bottle herself during the feed. If you are holding the bottle, she’d slowly take your fingers off one at a time. So we just give her the bottle and let her hold it herself. This is quite nice especially in the morning feed, while I’m changing her, it stops her from scrathing as well, although she learnt to hold the bottle with 1 hand only.

Here are a few photos

妹妹這陣子都要想要自己抱奶瓶自己喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ, 你要是不給他拿, 他就慢慢的把你的手指頭一指一指給扳開來… 所以後來我們就給他自己喝囉! 這樣也不錯, 尤其是早上的時候, 我一邊幫他換尿布, 給他自己喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ這樣他也比較不會去抓腳.

看照片吧!

I can do this in my sleep!
我閉著眼睛都可以喝喔!

Hehe… this is cool, eh!
嘿嘿 很厲害吧?

* 1 year & 3 weeks*

Today Emma has a Plunket appointment, originally for 1 year check, but it’s more like a 13 months check

Nurse said she’s developing well, can walk and climb etc. Also the nurse said she’s talking already because she can say a few words. I thought talking means “talking”. Well apparently most kids only start saying a few words around 15 months, so Emma is doing well. Over the next few months, she will be developing mainly her speech skills, by 2, there would be sentences.

I asked the nurse if it’s normal for her to be taking forever to teeth and still only have 6 teeth. She said that’s fine.

Took us a while to get some measurements off her, nurse said she’s very strong! Refused to lie down, so we had to stand her against the wall and try to measure her height that way. So figures are approx.

Weight: 11.06kg (I think she lost a little from not much food and no milk for 2 days)
Height: 79.5cm
Head: 46.5cm
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今天去 Plunket 護士那檢查. 護士說我們很厲害喔, 會走會爬也會往上爬, 還會說話喔. 因為他會說幾個字, 護士說這樣就是開始在說話囉. 我想說… 說話不就說話, 就會講幾個字也算喔 ^^;; 所以護士說妹妹很厲害喔! 之後幾個月就會慢慢會說更多話囉! 到了2歲才開始會一句一句說.

我問說長牙長的這麼慢正常嗎? 他說沒事.

接下來就是要量身高體重囉. 體重沒問題, 身高就搞了很久, 一直不肯躺下去, 護士說他很有力. 後來就靠牆站好量個大概.

體重: 11.06 公斤 (最近這兩天沒什麼吃有瘦一點)
身高: 79.5 公分
頭圍: 46.5 公分

* 1 year & 2-3 weeks *

Emma has been unwell for the last few nights. Started throwing up on Monday night, twice! Each time after the feed in the evening. So we stayed home with her on Tuesday. Again threw up that evening. (More washing for mum and dad to do) So we took her to the doctors today.
Got told that there’s not much they can do, it’d pass. Should be fine by Saturday. We do have to collect a sample of her poo to test, as there’s a tummy bug going around at the moment. Also been told that she can’t go back to daycare until next week. And worst of all, no milky for 24-48 hours! Because it’s the protein in the milk that’s making her throw up.

And so today, it was a bit a struggle to feed her rice water (basically porridge cooked with lots of water and then blended – done by grandma, much to mummy’s relief!)

I think she’s not used to drinking other than water and milk. So this was like… fun for a little while but not interested in finishing the whole lot.

So the poor little thing has been quite clingy, better today though. Last two days, refused to go back for her afternoon nap at first. On Tuesday, finally passed out and sleeping on mummy. This morning, was up since 4am… and only by about 6:20ish, fell asleep in my arms again. I think we wanted more cuddles.

Well and she threw up again tonight, all the rice she’s eaten at dinner time. So she’d be on liquid diet and small small amount of food at a time from now till she’s better! I hope she gets better soon! This is rather draining for the parents!
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妹妹最近生病了, 從週一晚上每次喝完ㄋㄟㄋㄟ就吐, 週二我們就留在家裡陪他.晚上又吐了. 乖乖的洗了一推衣服, 床單等等今天就帶他去看醫生.醫生說沒什麼大問題, 到週六左右慢慢會好不過因為最近有各腸病毒在流行,要驗大便

醫生又說他不可以回去學校, 會傳染其他小朋友又說24-48小時內,ㄋㄟㄋㄟ暫時不要給他喝
所以今天就只能喝水喝很淡很淡的粥, 還是阿媽把粥煮的很稀然後又打碎過… 加水給他喝. 不過好像喝不太習慣就是了. 平時就是喝水喝ㄋㄟㄋㄟ而已

可憐的妹妹這幾天很黏, 今天好一點點. 週一二下午不肯回去睡覺… 週二到後來是很累很累 躺在媽媽身上睡著的. 今天早上4點就起來了, 後來也是到6點20躺在媽媽懷裡睡著的… 生病了要人家抱抱吧. 小可憐.

今天晚上又吐… 晚上一次吃太多飯了… 在他好之前,就喝液體的吧, 食物就一次吃一點點一點點… 唉…希望他快一點好起來.

* 11 months 3-4 weeks*

Recently Emma has discover the fun of putting the lid back on things. She’d ask you for help to put the lid on when she can’t do it after a while; or if the lid is closed, she’d ask you to open it for her, so she can carry on trying out how to put the lid back on. Always with such concentration and focus, it’s very interesting!
But we don’t have other photos of her doing this, here’s one of her playing with my Wild Bean coffee mug!

最近妹妹很愛玩蓋蓋子, 蓋不起來也會叫我們幫忙, 蓋好了打不開也要叫人家幫他開… 這樣他就可以繼續玩 每次都是很認真很專心的樣子… 很好玩>
沒有幾張照片就是了, 這是他在玩我的咖啡杯…

* 11.5 months *

Emma loves books, which is a good news for mum and dad, even though we’ve been a bit slack in reading to her. Now she has even more books and loves to flip through the pages one by one, pointing at things and say “Bird”… and of course she also likes to chew on her books ^^;;

妹妹愛看書. 爸爸媽媽很慶幸, 因為我們也沒有很認真的在唸書給他聽. 現在又幫他多買了幾本書, 他很喜歡就這樣一頁一頁的翻書, 指著上面的圖案說.. “bird”. 也會把書拿起來吃啦!

Guess who’s here?! Emma’s been popping her head in between the two lazy boys to say hello! Finally got a photo of it!

猜猜我是誰啊! 妹妹最近都喜歡突然在沙發椅中間出現, 跟我們笑一笑 又跑掉.. 終於照到一張照片囉!

* 11 months *

Emma in a bag. Baby anyone?
Daddy got this nice free shopping bag from runningwarehouse.com and we tested out how strong it is on Emma.

那天妹妹被爸爸裝在袋子裡, 有人要買嗎?
爸爸在網上買運動鞋送了一個購物袋, 我們就拿妹妹來試試看…

Emma: Wooo where are we going?
妹妹: 我們要去哪玩啊?

Emma: Let me have a peek, are we there yet?
妹妹: 偷看一下… 到了沒?

Emma: This is boring, I don’t want to play anymore!
妹妹: 太無聊了, 我不玩了!