2008/07/27

基因--真是個神奇的東西

基因---真的很神奇。不但在奕凱的長相上,也在他的習慣上一一出現我和小藍先生的基因。

從奕凱一出生,我們就常常在比較到底是東方人的基因強,還是西方人的基因強。
在外表上,好像是我的東方人的基因佔了優勢,但是一一細數的話,真的很難說。我覺得奕凱像小藍先生多一點。

在外表上,奕凱雖然看起來像東方人,可是其實祇有顏色像而已。他的額頭,嘴唇,下巴,都比較像小藍先生,只有鼻子像我。至於眼睛,不知道像誰,因為他的眼睛很大,我媽說他的眼睛好像"牛眼" ,到底像誰啊?我們兩個的眼睛都不大啊!

奕凱的手和手指和指甲的形狀像我,可是他有一雙像小藍先生的大腳丫和長長的腳趾,婆婆說奕凱的腳趾好像手指頭, 因為他們可以捲屈起來,好像我們在彎曲手指一樣。

說到習慣囉!長相是可以繼承的 ,可是習慣呢?我想也是的。
奕凱睡覺時喜歡把兩手往上抬,放在頭旁邊,那是我的習慣。我只要是仰躺著睡,我的手就是往上抬,放在頭的兩邊。看看下面的照片。


奕凱3星期大

奕凱3個月大

奕凱額頭皮膚可以往上移動,像小藍先生。奕凱個性溫和,也像小藍先生。但是最重要的一點是-----奕凱喜歡咬被被!奕凱從出生以來就喜歡被被,當他還是1,2個月大時,只要用被被包著他,他就開始昏昏欲睡。再來到大一點時,睡覺時就開始咬被被了,而且沒有他的被被就睡不著!這個怪孩子到底從哪裏遺傳來這個習慣呢!哈哈哈,原來小藍先生也是這樣的。真是有趣且神奇的遺傳基因。

Bedtime Routine 睡前儀式

奕凱在2個月大時就被我訓練可以睡過夜了,因為我要回去上班的緣故。但是在他3個多月的時候,突然的,每天晚上放他進他的小床去睡時,他嚎啕大哭,怎麼哄都哄不停,常常要抱他起來,搖他個30-45分鐘才終於不支倒地。這種情況持續了1個月左右。

後來,我和一個朋友在聊天,她有個大奕凱1個多月的小女生,她也有同樣的問題,有人給她一個建議,這解決了她的寶寶睡前哭鬧的問題,所以她也跟我分享這個好主意---就是睡前儀式。

睡前儀式是什麼呢?就是每天在寶寶睡覺前,固定做一些事,像是唸故事書,唱唱歌,洗澡啦...等等的事,讓寶寶習慣這些儀式之後就是要睡覺了。我覺得這個建議很好,所以就採用了,我們的睡前儀式是:

1. 唸故事書 (奕凱已經有一個書櫃的書了,不一定要唸多久,看情況,有時候奕凱不累的時候,我們就唸久一點,他累的話就唸幾頁就好。)

2. 唱歌 ( 通常是教會的兒童會歌曲,我會唱個幾首,但是,選一首當成晚安歌,每天晚上用那一首歌做結束。所以當他聽到那首歌時,也知道要睡覺了。)

3. 祈禱

自從我們開始用睡前儀式之後,奕凱就沒有哭鬧的情形了,真的很神奇為何睡前儀式行的通,嘿!反正行的通就行囉!到現在奕凱8個多月的,依然每晚做睡前儀式喔!

2008/07/18

超不對盤的爺爺

凱凱是個很乖的小孩,也不太怕生,幾乎所有人都可以抱他--幾乎--但是爺爺就是那個例外。

凱凱跟老藍先生真的是超不對盤的,不要說抱了,只要老藍先生看著他,不到3秒,他就開始扁嘴,接著就放聲大哭。屢試不爽!
老藍先生很努力的逗奕凱玩,可是他一點也不領情,哭的好像被揍的很慘一樣。

我婆婆開玩笑的說:
" 因為他的臉太凶惡了,即使是平常,也看起來像在生氣一樣。"

哈哈哈,真是形容的太妙了!真的是這樣的,老藍先生原本就是很嚴肅的人,不要說奕凱了,連我們都怕他。
而且,因為老藍先生不太常跟奕凱相處,所以當然會造成凱凱無法親近他。

看看這段影片,老藍先生和奕凱的相處。

2008/07/15

Ian and his Uncle John


When I was pregnant, my mom told me:

" It is said that if the first born was a boy, he will look more like his mother's brother. If the first born was a girl, she will look more like her father's sister."

This is funny because it works on me. I am the first born and look more like my father's sister. So my mom was worried if my baby looks like my brother-John.

" What's wrong with John? He is a handsome young man." I said.

When Ian was born, he looked like me--actually he looked exactly like John. When I saw him for the first time, I saw Jonn in him. As he grows older, he looks more like his daddy now. But there is one face that never change-- his #1 face--still looks like John. Because John has the same face even now. I love to see his # 1 face. It always makes me smile. He looks so cute with that face,too.
我懷孕時,媽媽跟我說:
" 人家說第一個孩子如果是女生,會長的像姑姑,如果是男生,會長的像舅舅!"
那時媽媽還擔心凱凱長的像我弟弟--冠捷,我說:
" 那有什麼不好,冠捷長的濃眉大眼的,很男生阿!"
結果,果然印證媽媽說的是事實!
凱凱越大越多人說他長得像爸爸,但是,他剛出生時,長得完全像我,正確的說,是像我弟弟---冠捷。我第一眼看到奕凱時,就覺得他很像冠捷,但是隨著他越長越大,也就漸漸的變了,雖然現在長得不太像舅舅,但是,奕凱有一種表情,一直沒變,而那也是他最像舅舅的表情----呆呆臉,一臉呆呆的樣子,最像冠捷了,如果我有冠捷的呆呆臉照片的話,我一定會PO上來,現在先看看奕凱的照片吧!上面那張是最經典的呆呆臉照片,每次看都會引我發出會心的一笑!

It's Summer Time! Go swimming!




Summer is earlier this year. It is really hot at the end of May. My goodness! It still has several months until the summer is over. What are we going to do? We decided to take Ian to go swimming!
This is Ian's first swimming experience. We don't know how is he going to react. But according to his bath experience, we think he is going to like it.

As we thought, Ian loves to swim. Just like the fish in the water. He is so excited to be in the water. SPLASH~SPLASH~SPLASH~
今年夏天很早就來臨了,5月底就好熱了,真不知道我們是怎麼度過每年的夏天,還好這裡是乾熱,所以不會覺得全身黏搭搭的,但是每次被太陽照到,皮膚都好像要燒起來一樣,唉,還有好幾個月要過呢!
所以我們決定帶著奕凱去游泳。這是奕凱第一次去游泳,所以不知道他的反應會是如何,不過,依照他那麼喜歡洗澡的經驗來看,他應該也會喜歡游泳吧!
果然沒錯,他阿,如魚得水呢!興奮的不得了,用力的拍水,玩到整個臉都是水,還不太想離開了呢!跟大家分享照片!

Like father like son有其父必有其子


Recently, Ian discovered a new toy--his daddy's keyboard.
Whenever Pat hold Ian to sit in front of his computer, his hands can't help but getting on the keyboard and started typing. He didn't like anything else but the keyboard. Look at the picture. He is very serious! It looked like he is very concentrating on that. He really is his daddy's boy! I won't be surprise if he like to play computer just like his daddy does.
最近,奕凱有了新的玩具---爸比的鍵盤。
每當小藍先生抱著奕凱坐在電腦桌前,凱凱的小手就會很興奮的抓住鍵盤,開始打鍵盤,他不喜歡玩其他的的東西喔,只有鍵盤,看起來還挺像一回事的。果然是有其父必有其子,以後應該會跟爸比一樣愛玩電腦吧!

2008/07/10

Da Da在哪裡?

今天,抱奕凱去午睡前,我跟他說:

" 凱凱乖乖去午睡喔!等你午睡起來,爸比就回來了,你再跟爸比玩喔!"

結果-----奕凱午睡起來後,我進去他房間,我問他:

" 你睡的好嗎?凱凱?"

他的回答是
" DaDaDa(那是爸比的意思)???" (他在問他的爸比在哪裏,媽咪不是說等我睡醒爸比就會在家嗎?)

哇!哇!他真的有在聽我說話耶!雖然我一直知道嬰兒廳的懂大人說的話,也一直堅信跟嬰兒用大人的方式說話,但是這是第一次奕凱給我這麼直接的回應呢!告訴我媽咪的教育方法是對的喔!

2008/07/09

Bumbo Chair!


We bought the Bumbo chair for Ian when he was about 5 month old. It is great! Ian loves his Bumbo chair. It can help support him to sit up.

When we first got it, it's a little too tight for Ian. His legs got stucked in the hole. It was really funny to see that. Furtunately, as Ian grows, his leg beccame skinnier. It's a wonderful substitute for high chair. We didn't have a high chair for Ian. We have the bumbo and the booster chair for his meal time. And they work great!

Bumbo Chair 是我們2個月前買給奕凱的,它的材質是優質無毒軟膠,Bumbo 之所以大受歡迎,皆因其好處比其他嬰兒座椅,如嬰兒高椅好得多,不佔空間輕便可攜性高。Bumbo可於任何地方使用,放在汽車後座或在嬰兒手推車的存放空格行李箱裡,出門就隨時幫寶寶帶了椅子。戲水、用餐、踏青等,以便於戶外任何平面地方使用;其座椅由軟性材料製造,質輕、無毒,持久耐用,而且還容易清理。Bumbo 的椅背能保持嬰孩的坐姿舒適挺直,還有以嬰孩自己重量來收窄其腿上空間的設計,可輕柔地把嬰孩維持在適當的姿勢。Bumbo 最常用於嬰孩餵哺時間,或是平時讓寶寶坐下觀看其他孩子遊戲的時候。

奕凱很喜歡坐在Bumbo上,但是他的大腿有點小粗,所以會卡住,所以不能坐太久,最近我們還買了Bumbo專用的餐盤,讓他可以坐在Bumbo上吃食物泥和米糊,就不用買high chair餐椅了,很好用喔!

I love my feet!


I don't know if every baby has the same habbit as Ian. But Ian loves to eat his feet.

Really, really loves them. He alsways puts his feet into his mouth and sucks on the toe. Just like sucking his binky. I laughed so hard when I saw him do that the first time. It's really funny! Such a wierd baby he is.

我不知道是所有的baby都有這個習慣,還是這是奕凱特有的嗜好----奕凱喜歡吃他的腳腳,很喜歡,很喜歡,沒事就好像作餘家一樣把腳腳拉到嘴巴,津津有味的吸吮起來,第一次看到時笑死我啦!怎麼有這麼奇怪的小baby,愛吃腳腳,好像把腳當成奶嘴一樣呢!



Starting the solid food


At the four month check, I ask Pediatricion when can I start the solid. Doctor said I can start to try some rice cereal from 4 month old. But don't force him to eat it if he doesn't like it. Try it some other time.

So I started the rice cereal. He like it. Just don't know how to swallow it. He is learning. I'm fine with that. I try to feed him every couple days.

At the 6 month check, Doctor said I can let him taste everything now. From 6-9 month is the time for baby to taste every kind of food. So we can see what are the food Ian likes and doesn't like. But as for the juice, Doctor told us to give him juice after he can drink water from a cup. So I guess the juice needs to wait. Sorry, Ian.
在四個月的回診時,我問小兒科醫生什麼時候可以開始餵奕凱吃其他食物,醫生說:
" 在滿四個月後就可以開始餵他吃米精(rice cereal), 但是,不要強迫他,如果他有意願吃就餵他,如果他不願意,就改天再試試。"
所以,我開始嘗試餵他米精(rice cereal),沒想到他還挺喜歡的,只是,不知道怎麼吞,所以還在學習。我也不強迫他,總之,幾天才餵他一次。6個月的回診時,醫生說可以開始餵他食物泥,6-9個月是寶寶嘗試所有的食物的時期,也可以開始餵他開水了,但是果汁要等到他可以自己從杯子喝水之後才能給他喝。所以,我們便開始餵食物泥的歷險了,看看哪些食物是奕凱喜歡的,哪些是他討厭的。
我們開始先從香蕉開始嘗試,凱凱很愛香蕉,吃了3-4天之後,再換梨子,好像梨子比較沒有味道,所以他沒香蕉那麼喜歡。之後換水蜜桃,這些他都還蠻喜歡的,吃的量也從一小杯變成一大碗。不過,我看了百歲醫生的書說,食物泥要以香蕉作底,再加入其他的食物,因為香蕉較甜,所以會混合其他的食物,讓其他的食物也甜甜的,比較好吃。所以水蜜桃裏我就加了香蕉,凱凱吃的不亦樂乎呢!

My little monkey!


This little monkey puppet is the first gift Patrick bought for Ian. He got thid the day Ian was born. Daddy said that Ian looked like a little monkey when he is born. So he bought him a friend. We put the little monkey to sleep with Ian in his crib. Look at the way little monkey hold Ian. It's so cute!
這隻小玩偶是奕凱出生那天,小藍先生買給奕凱的,而奕凱鋼出生的1個月也很像一隻小猴子,所以我們把他的小猴子引薦給奕凱,要他們認識認識,把小猴子放在奕凱身上,跟奕凱一起睡覺去囉!你看,小猴子抱著奕凱的樣子,超可愛的!

Take a nap with Daddy

After moving Ian to his room, we sometimes bring Ian to our room to take a nap together in order to enjoy the closer feeling. Sometimes just lay down with him after he wakes up from his nap. Look at this lovely picture and those sleepy eyes. How cute!

在把奕凱移到他自己的房間後,偶爾,小藍先生也會把奕凱抱來我們房間和我們一起睡,但是不是睡整夜,有時是早上奕凱睡醒後把他抱來,有時是一起睡個午覺。看著2個人都昏昏欲睡的模樣,真可愛


2008/07/07

愛說話的奕凱

早在奕凱出生前,我們就知道他一定會是個愛說話的寶寶,因為小藍先生和我都愛說話,看不出來小藍先生愛說話嗎?他對熟人說的話可多囉!所以,當奕凱開始會咿咿啊啊之後,就沒完沒了的說。每天放他去午睡時,會躺在小床上跟自己說個20分鐘的話才睡著。有時拉著他的腳說,有時抓住他的玩偶說。整天咿咿啊啊的,超有趣的。有時他不怎麼說話的時候,我們反而覺得怪怪的,都不像他呢!