One of the first fresh fruits we introduced to Evan is the pear. Here he's munching on a very juice pear and loving it very much!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
04.05.2011 First impressions
The ipad2 was every bit as impressive as I had hoped, and a lot more. Not only was it extremely responsive, the graphics is simply stunning. After playing with it for just a few minutes, it was clear that this device was going to become the most-used object at home and beyond. The apps for ipads make use of the extra real estate and razor sharp graphics. I really don't have any more comments about the ipad beyond "Wow!"
Monday, April 4, 2011
04.04.2011 Finally
After trips to 6 or 7 (I've lost count) different Target's (after calling them first to confirm stock of ipad2), I finally picked up an ipad2 this morning. At first the clerk said it was the ipad2 16gb ATT 3G, and would be $629. I looked up the plan rates in case we would ever use the 3G, and decided to go ahead and get it even though it was unlikely that we would ever use the 3G. The register in the Electronics dept was offline so the clerk walked with me to the main checkout line. On the way there, he (Michael) looked at the back of the box and commented that "oh, this is the wifi-only version". To which, I commented that that was what I wanted anyway, and if the other box was also the same, then I'd like to get that one. He said each person can only buy one per visit. At the checkout, my credit card denied the charge and called my cell to say that there was a questionable charge and that I should call them immediately. I did and cleared that it was a valid charge. Then the clerk tried again and the charge finally went through. Let's see just how 'cool' it is later tonight...
04.04.2011 Crying to be held...
We have spoiled Evan too much ever since he got sick about a month ago, he has gotten used to being picked up and held whenever he made some crying sounds. In recent days he has been waking up at least 3 times at night from when he is first put to sleep at about 9pm. He would wake up around 1 am, 5 am, and then again at 6 or 7 am. With each of these instances, he would cry incessantly whether he was hungry or not, wet or not. And the only way to calm him down and put him back to sleep is by feeding him some milk. At his age (6.5 months), he should be sleeping through the night already. He was able to sleep for 6-7 hrs at a stretch before, but now, it's no more than 3-4, sometimes even less. Last night after his bath, he should've fallen asleep very quickly. Instead, he started crying and reaching out with his hands to be held. I carried him around the house a bit to calm him down. He rubbed his eyes again, clearly very sleepy. I put him in the crib again and for a few seconds, he sucked on his thumb and appeared on his way to dream world, but then just as quickly, he started crying and reaching out to be held.
I admit I got rather angry, not necessarily at Evan, but at the situation itself. We had mis-trained him and now are paying the heavy price. Neither he nor us are getting much sleep lately as he is waking up 3 times a night and we're obviously getting up with him in order to try to calm him down. Last night, I snapped and decided that we have to stop spoiling him and train him again to sleep through the night. Or more appropriately - train him to fall asleep by himself, without a feeding and without being picked up. The plan was to feed and change him at 1am, then when he wakes up again around 5am, make sure he's not lacking anything, then let him fall back asleep by himself, even if he starts crying and crying a lot.
He woke up just short of 1am and I changed and fed him about 5 oz of milk/formula mix. He then woke up at 3:30 am, well before the 5am that I initially expected. We let him know we were around, but did not pick him up. He started crying, obviously unused to not being picked up whenever he woke up. We let him continue to cry and his cries escalated louder and louder. It was very difficult to hear his cries and not pick him up, but if we didn't teach him to sleep by himself, we'll never get any sleep ourselves, and he'll always be dependent on us whenever he woke up. We had to stay strong.... His cries turned intermittent at about 4:00 am, half hour since he woke. But then by 4:10, he was again crying loudly even though his eyes were shut and he was clearly sleepy. I changed his diapers this time, he was not happy at all. After I changed him (only 25% wet) and put him back into the crib, I expected that he would again start crying nonstop. And for a few minutes, he did. He really wanted to be picked up and held despite being really sleepy. And I was determined not to keep that habit going, and so had to watch him cry... After a few minutes, he calmed down, or probably more likely just got too tired from all the crying, and finally started to fall asleep. He finally fell asleep just before 4:30 am, almost a full hour after waking up initially. It was hard for all of us. Now the question was when he was going to wake next and what we should do then.
He woke up at 6:15 am and started to cry, although not as loudly as earlier, probably because he was so tired from the earlier crying. He had gone about 5.25 hours without milk, about an hour longer than the last couple of weeks. It may not be much, and while this included an hour of crying, it is a necessary first step to getting back ontrack to overnight sleeping. From all our conversations with various pediatricians, it is absolutely ok to let the baby cry in order to train the baby to sleep longer. Of course one must first make sure that the baby isn't uncomfortable otherwise - i.e. tight or wet/dirty diapers, too warm/hot, etc. They warned that it would be harder on us than on the baby, as it would be difficult to hear the baby cry without wanting to pick him up. But if we didn't train him early, we would have a difficult baby to deal with, and we wont get much sleep. This has become reality, unfortunately, and I just hope it's not too late to re-train Evan in earnest again.
I fed him at about 6:25 am, about 4 oz. After the meal, I put him in the crib, thinking that he would almost immediately fall asleep. He did, and didn't. He did fall asleep almost rightaway, but then started crying softly again a few minutes later. I thought 'oh no... here we go again'... I went into his room and closed the shades and didn't pick him up, readying myself for another bout of crying. But he didn't continue to cry, he fell asleep almost rightaway. By the time I left at about 7:45, he was still asleep. But he woke up some 15 minutes later and was tired and grumpy. Sigh... I hope this will be ok... I hope he doesn't grow up thinking that I was so mean with him...
I admit I got rather angry, not necessarily at Evan, but at the situation itself. We had mis-trained him and now are paying the heavy price. Neither he nor us are getting much sleep lately as he is waking up 3 times a night and we're obviously getting up with him in order to try to calm him down. Last night, I snapped and decided that we have to stop spoiling him and train him again to sleep through the night. Or more appropriately - train him to fall asleep by himself, without a feeding and without being picked up. The plan was to feed and change him at 1am, then when he wakes up again around 5am, make sure he's not lacking anything, then let him fall back asleep by himself, even if he starts crying and crying a lot.
He woke up just short of 1am and I changed and fed him about 5 oz of milk/formula mix. He then woke up at 3:30 am, well before the 5am that I initially expected. We let him know we were around, but did not pick him up. He started crying, obviously unused to not being picked up whenever he woke up. We let him continue to cry and his cries escalated louder and louder. It was very difficult to hear his cries and not pick him up, but if we didn't teach him to sleep by himself, we'll never get any sleep ourselves, and he'll always be dependent on us whenever he woke up. We had to stay strong.... His cries turned intermittent at about 4:00 am, half hour since he woke. But then by 4:10, he was again crying loudly even though his eyes were shut and he was clearly sleepy. I changed his diapers this time, he was not happy at all. After I changed him (only 25% wet) and put him back into the crib, I expected that he would again start crying nonstop. And for a few minutes, he did. He really wanted to be picked up and held despite being really sleepy. And I was determined not to keep that habit going, and so had to watch him cry... After a few minutes, he calmed down, or probably more likely just got too tired from all the crying, and finally started to fall asleep. He finally fell asleep just before 4:30 am, almost a full hour after waking up initially. It was hard for all of us. Now the question was when he was going to wake next and what we should do then.
He woke up at 6:15 am and started to cry, although not as loudly as earlier, probably because he was so tired from the earlier crying. He had gone about 5.25 hours without milk, about an hour longer than the last couple of weeks. It may not be much, and while this included an hour of crying, it is a necessary first step to getting back ontrack to overnight sleeping. From all our conversations with various pediatricians, it is absolutely ok to let the baby cry in order to train the baby to sleep longer. Of course one must first make sure that the baby isn't uncomfortable otherwise - i.e. tight or wet/dirty diapers, too warm/hot, etc. They warned that it would be harder on us than on the baby, as it would be difficult to hear the baby cry without wanting to pick him up. But if we didn't train him early, we would have a difficult baby to deal with, and we wont get much sleep. This has become reality, unfortunately, and I just hope it's not too late to re-train Evan in earnest again.
I fed him at about 6:25 am, about 4 oz. After the meal, I put him in the crib, thinking that he would almost immediately fall asleep. He did, and didn't. He did fall asleep almost rightaway, but then started crying softly again a few minutes later. I thought 'oh no... here we go again'... I went into his room and closed the shades and didn't pick him up, readying myself for another bout of crying. But he didn't continue to cry, he fell asleep almost rightaway. By the time I left at about 7:45, he was still asleep. But he woke up some 15 minutes later and was tired and grumpy. Sigh... I hope this will be ok... I hope he doesn't grow up thinking that I was so mean with him...
Saturday, April 2, 2011
04.02.2011 - Day 195 Evan discovers his toes
In the last week, the weather finally dried and warmed up enough such that we dressed Evan one day in an outfit that doesn't cover the feet. He quickly discovered that he was pretty flexible and soon started to pull his feet towards his face more and more till one day he pull his toes right into his mouth. He had been teething and loved putting everything in his mouth, and now with the discovery of his feet, he was going to try those for sure. This may be the most flexible he'll ever be, so let's take a picture:
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