Discipline: 'Start As You Mean To Go On'
This has been something I have tried to practice with Meera (and now Misha) and I think it really helps to teach them to listen and follow instructions.
Sometimes it's challenging to implement especially at a younger age since they can't really understand but overall it has been my main mantra when it comes to discipline.
It pretty much works on the same line as prevention better than cure and you never miss what u never had. :)
Like I never let her touch something so she never tries. I never let her go to the wet kitchen.
Today, I let her watch "Your Baby Can Read'. Initially I put it on the TV console so she had to stand and watch but it's not really a good position. So I thought it would be better to put it on the floor and let her sit and watch. I was worried she might grab the I-Pad but I told her 'no touching' as I put it down and she was quite compliant :) She did test a few times but overall she was good.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Misha: 17 months
Talking
wet wipes - 'wuh waip' (she ony said it for a few days then no more)
lift - 'chif' not sure if its the lift or the buttons in the lift
finish - 'ish'
hold - 'hol' she will say this whenever she wants to hold the spoon/fork during feeding time
ball - 'bawh'
MUMMY! - finally she said it :)
Post holiday
After we came home I weighed her and she had lost like 300g. Sigh...Not surprising since she only nursed twice a days and solids were also not much.
Eating
She is no longer willing to eat porridge! Have to resort to all sorts of distractions to even get her to start eating let alone finish the porridge. Started giving her rice but she didn't seem to eat much. Initially I was giving her almost 5 oz. of solids but then I looked back at Meera's old photos and saw that at 20 months she was only taking 4oz of solids! For some reason I thought Misha should be eating more. Once I changed my expectations feeding Misha has been improving. I also make finger foods like banana pancakes which she loves eating.
Right now I try to feed her 4 times so a typical schedule is something like this:
7:30 am - wake up, nurse
8:45 am - breakfast 4.5 oz. usually 2.5 oz milk, 1 Weet-Bix, fruit (typically banana or avocado)
12:00pm - lunch 4 oz.
1:00 pm - nap (around 2 hours)
3:30 pm - nurse
4:00 pm - snack finger foods or yogurt with fruits
5:30 pm - dinner 4 oz.
6:30 pm - the rest of us has dinner so she'll usually get a few bites in
7:45 pm - nurse
8:00 pm - bed
Sick
Misha had her first case of vomiting (food poisoning?). Not sure what triggered it but I think it was a piece of 'Babybel' cheese I gave her before her nap time....not really sure though. She threw up a few times during her nap (she actually continued sleeping) but woke again to puke and I saw it on the video. When I went to get her the crib had quite a few areas with vomit :(
She vomited a few more times during the next 2 days and after that was fine. I gave her a lot of rice water and not much else. She nursed as normal but also puked after nursing (one time) She was also having a cough during that time so not sure if the cough was triggering the vomiting.
Hospital Visit
Had her follow up at Putrajaya (8/1/15) and got her measurements. Weight: 7.89kg! (she lost weight from the holiday and past 2 days she vomited her food and is having really low appetite) Height: 76.6 cm. Head circumference: 42 cm
I also asked the doctor about her yellow palm and feet but she didn't seem too concerned.
Good news on the neutrophil count! ANC is now at 2.89 so well withing the normal range. Doctor said I will only have to bring her in 6 months from now.
Although her weight seems to be low the doctor didn't seem too worried. Although her weight is low she looks healthy and plump (I guess she is also short so the weight evens out). But she did advise me to give her more high caloric foods....even said it's okay to add salt and give chips!
Teeth
Not sure when her teeth came out but she now has 12 teeth! It's quite hard for me to see when the molars came through. She doesn't like me poking around in the back :)
She is quite willing to let me brush her teeth. Recently started using tooth paste which she doesn't really like.
Personality
- whenever we carry her and try to do something she doesn't like (wipe her mouth, or feed her something) she will put her head down on our shoulder
- she will point to the TV when she wants us to turn it on. Then she'll pull herself up on the couch
- she points to her ear and says 'sh' or something to that effect when she wants to watch 'Your Baby Can Read' on You-Tube.
wet wipes - 'wuh waip' (she ony said it for a few days then no more)
lift - 'chif' not sure if its the lift or the buttons in the lift
finish - 'ish'
hold - 'hol' she will say this whenever she wants to hold the spoon/fork during feeding time
ball - 'bawh'
MUMMY! - finally she said it :)
Post holiday
After we came home I weighed her and she had lost like 300g. Sigh...Not surprising since she only nursed twice a days and solids were also not much.
Eating
She is no longer willing to eat porridge! Have to resort to all sorts of distractions to even get her to start eating let alone finish the porridge. Started giving her rice but she didn't seem to eat much. Initially I was giving her almost 5 oz. of solids but then I looked back at Meera's old photos and saw that at 20 months she was only taking 4oz of solids! For some reason I thought Misha should be eating more. Once I changed my expectations feeding Misha has been improving. I also make finger foods like banana pancakes which she loves eating.
Right now I try to feed her 4 times so a typical schedule is something like this:
7:30 am - wake up, nurse
8:45 am - breakfast 4.5 oz. usually 2.5 oz milk, 1 Weet-Bix, fruit (typically banana or avocado)
12:00pm - lunch 4 oz.
1:00 pm - nap (around 2 hours)
3:30 pm - nurse
4:00 pm - snack finger foods or yogurt with fruits
5:30 pm - dinner 4 oz.
6:30 pm - the rest of us has dinner so she'll usually get a few bites in
7:45 pm - nurse
8:00 pm - bed
Sick
Misha had her first case of vomiting (food poisoning?). Not sure what triggered it but I think it was a piece of 'Babybel' cheese I gave her before her nap time....not really sure though. She threw up a few times during her nap (she actually continued sleeping) but woke again to puke and I saw it on the video. When I went to get her the crib had quite a few areas with vomit :(
She vomited a few more times during the next 2 days and after that was fine. I gave her a lot of rice water and not much else. She nursed as normal but also puked after nursing (one time) She was also having a cough during that time so not sure if the cough was triggering the vomiting.
Hospital Visit
Had her follow up at Putrajaya (8/1/15) and got her measurements. Weight: 7.89kg! (she lost weight from the holiday and past 2 days she vomited her food and is having really low appetite) Height: 76.6 cm. Head circumference: 42 cm
I also asked the doctor about her yellow palm and feet but she didn't seem too concerned.
Good news on the neutrophil count! ANC is now at 2.89 so well withing the normal range. Doctor said I will only have to bring her in 6 months from now.
Although her weight seems to be low the doctor didn't seem too worried. Although her weight is low she looks healthy and plump (I guess she is also short so the weight evens out). But she did advise me to give her more high caloric foods....even said it's okay to add salt and give chips!
Teeth
Not sure when her teeth came out but she now has 12 teeth! It's quite hard for me to see when the molars came through. She doesn't like me poking around in the back :)
She is quite willing to let me brush her teeth. Recently started using tooth paste which she doesn't really like.
Personality
- whenever we carry her and try to do something she doesn't like (wipe her mouth, or feed her something) she will put her head down on our shoulder
- she will point to the TV when she wants us to turn it on. Then she'll pull herself up on the couch
- she points to her ear and says 'sh' or something to that effect when she wants to watch 'Your Baby Can Read' on You-Tube.
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