I love our conversations anak. When you gurgle some and then flash me a wide smile that extends to your eyes – Oh, how my heart melts. I hope you’ll flash the same to Daddy, soon. I’m sure he’ll cry with happiness.
I especially love it when we have our conversations with you in my arms. But you lying on your bed is no less heart-melting.
Grow well and healthy our dear Yui.
Yui has this very cute Snoopy thermometer.
It has a bendable tip for hyper kids.
But that’s the thing. It’s for kids. Kids who can be told or coaxed to stay put. Not for babies. Whenever I try to measure Yui’s temperature and put it on her underarm, she would squirm and fuss and try to taste the thermometer by moving her mouth against the thermometer. And one other thing, it often takes more than one minute – forever for babies – for the beep to be on, indicating that measuring is done. And oh, she’s wearing layers now because of the cold season so at times it’s quite a challenge to try and insert the tip in Yui’s armpit.
Hence we finally bought this thermometer that could take a baby’s temperature within 1 second.
Since you’ll be putting the nozzle on your baby’s ear, it may, after a couple or so of use become dirty. Hence nozzle covers are also included in the package.
If the nozzle cover runs out, you can buy a set of nozzle covers in Akachan Honpo or in drug stores.
As for the price, we bought the Snoopy one at ~¥1700 whilst Omron one is more than ¥3000.
For now, Snoopy will have to wait till Yui gets older or, us older people can use it. 😀
This is why I love Kidfolio. Not only do I get to read daily know how on baby care but I can also have some memento on Yui’s firsts. Love the little badges too!
One advise to Kidfolio though: it’d be good if several badges can be assigned to one photo as there may be days when several milestones were achieved.
I so hope we’d get to dine in and visit this mansion on one of our Manila trips!
Click here to start that La Cocina de Tita Moning experience.
Tuesday last week, a couple of the baby care apps I refer to talked about the development of baby’s sense of touch.
Babycenter:
Kidfolio:
And true enough, late the other week, Yui seems to have finally realised that those flailing things she see beside her are hers. She started grabbing things and (yikes!) even tasting how those flailing things are – which prompts me to make sure her hands are always clean.
And then last Monday, I was able to capture a first – her hands finally are together for the first time!
November 5 had been pretty eventful because it was also the first time she slept for 7 hours straight at night! Mommy wasn’t able to sleep well though because I kept checking in on her – wondering how she is haha.
I’ve read that from when they’re 6 weeks to 6 months, babies start to sleep longer at night. And we’re so thankful that Yui belongs in the 6 weeks category.
November 5 found us with visitors from the ward office as well – a midwife and her interpreter for a routine check on Yui. Everything is fine thankfully. And something beautiful happened for the first time: Yui directly fed from me for five minutes. While in the hospital, Yui wasn’t able to learn to latch properly hence I’ve been pumping breast milk since then and that since then my milk has dwindled. But the midwife taught us how to do it. And Yui did suck despite the fact that she’s already used to feeding from the bottle. That night, Yui again fed directly on me for almost ten minutes. But not again after that. I wish I could say that Yui directly breastfed since then. But after those two miraculous and beautiful occasions, Yui wouldn’t do it again. Nevertheless, at least I had those beautiful fifteen minutes to remember. Thankful still.
For the lucky moms who can breastfeed their babies, enjoy your beautiful moments.
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November 13 update: Yui breastfed on me again for 15 minutes!! A beautiful experience. Happy and thankful.
Lola. I have always admired your strength of character. And as I have always held you in high esteem, it is highly obvious I am not alone in this – everyone can see how well respected you are not only by our family and relatives but also by the countless lives you have touched.
You have lived a rich life Lola. And I believe towards the last of your days you have been in terrible pain and is already very weary. Rest now Lola. I know you are with our Creator and also with the ones you love who have gone ahead of you.
I am sorry we cannot visit you and send you on your final earthly home. But I am very glad that when Atsushi and I visited Davao last May, we were able to see you. And I think you would agree with me, that it’s best that we remember you that way – smiling and happy.
Rest in peace Lola. You are well loved and respected.