Emma

Scrap Credits
Happy Birthday Mini QP from Delicious Scraps
Beauty Sleep Alphas from Laurie’s Scraps

Weight

Actually I think she weighs only about 7.2-7.5kilos, based on our roughly accurate measurement of carrying her on the scale.  A little below the average weight but I’m sure she’ll catch up soon.

Height/Length

Not measured.

Teeth

4 teeth: 2 bottom incisors and 2 upper incisors.  Other incisors (top and bottom) coming out soon too.

Motor Skills

• Emma can sometimes stand unsupported for a few seconds before sitting or squatting down.  Sometimes it is accompanied by w cute “sigh”.
• Continues with cruising around especially at the couch area.  She tries to walk but is a little hindered by her sleep-n-plays, which she has to wear due to her eczema.
• Quite a strong and advanced grip and pincer’s grip, and she is very good at grabbing stuff (cups we hold, food we hold, straws), and also, lately she has been dubbed “The Ant Killer”, because of her ability to “hunt down” ants on the floor and press and kill them.  Which means we have to wash her hands every so often too!
• Loves to wave her hands around.

Communication and Social Skills

• Says “Baba” and waves her hand usually when we say “Buh bye”.
• Calls “Dedeh” sometimes.
• Understands the meaning of “Stop”.  When I say “Stop”, she will stop whatever she is doing, e.g. crawling, touching something, splashing water.
• Getting more accustomed to Daddy being around her. 🙂

Others

• Not sleeping through yet.  SIGH. I suspect it could be due to the heat!  Her sleeping time is sometimes out of sync with mine too, resulting in Mommy the Zombie days.
• Her skin is still pretty dry, so there is still some scratching, but hopefully it will get better soon.

Food and Feeding

Her diet is mostly 100% on Mommy’s milk, and she does drink some water (either from a regular cup or from a sippy cup), owing to her slight intake in solids.  She’s not taken a keen interest in drinking from a straw yet though.

We’ve noticed that Emma seems to prefer fruits and veggies to meats; could this be a vegan in the making?

Some of the foods she has tried this month:

• Spinach
• Buckwheat
• Oats
• Egg Yolk (which she absolutely loves)
• Garlic (mixed in to flavor her food)
• A leetle bit of olive oil
• Carrot noodles (She loves this too, and eats it with her hands)

Scrap Credits
Spring Is In QP freebie from Delicious Scraps
Blue Valentine element from Lisete Scrap

Weight

Probably around 9 kilos

Height/Length

Not measured.

Teeth

4 teeth: 2 bottom incisors and 2 upper incisors.

Motor Skills

• Emma loves to stand with support, especially with her hands on the couch or chair.  She loves banging her hands on the surface of the couch.
• Cruising a little.
• Can stand unsupported for like 3 seconds.
• Emma can clap her hands upon request, for example when we say, “Clap your hands”
• Sometimes she will open and close her hands when we say “Bye bye”
• Can manipulate objects better now with her hands and fingers (but everything still goes into the mouth)
• Very quick in grabbing stuff we are holding, especially drinks and food items.

Communication and Social Skills

• Calls me “Mama..” or “Mameh” quite often now.  We’ve also heard he saying “Baba” and blowing raspberries too.
• Loves the remote control.

Others

• Not sleeping through yet.  SIGH. Wakes up like once a night but stays up for 2-3 hours!! :O
• Working hard to cure her eczema once and for all.

Food and Feeding

Her diet is mostly 100% on Mommy’s milk, and she eats mostly fruits at other times.  Her favorites are papaya and banana.  We’ve introduced the following to her thus far, not a lot but she does seem to be curious with new foods, which is a good sign:

• Beef – she’s not too keen on this though
• Pumpkin

I intend to introduce wheat grains to her sometime this week, so that if she’s ok with it, I can give her teething rusks.

Emma’s getting more and more adventurous with her eating.  She loves to grab the spoon and attempts to feed herself with it.  She also loves to grab my cup and drink from it.  Of course I only allow water 🙂

Scrap Credits
One Perfect Day QP freebie from Blagovesta Gosheva

Weight

8 point something kilos.

Height/Length

Not measured.

Teeth

2 bottom incisors, and 2 upper incisors growing too.

Motor Skills

• Emma loves to crawl around now, and will usually target her siblings’ toys especially their Legos.  Ethan and Hannah will dramatically announce, “Oh NO!!!  The giant baby is coming!  Hurry, run!!!”
• Opens and closes her palms often, sometimes playing with her fingers.
• Likes patting our hands when offered to her.
• Learning how to stand for longer periods.
• Tries to squat with support.

Communication and Social Skills

• Calls me “Mama..” quite often now.  At other times, she just cries in a pitiful manner.
• Can play for longer periods on her own with some of her toys, sometimes buying me some time to do work, like cleaning and cooking.
• Loves to move her body to music as if dancing.

Others

• Not sleeping through yet.  SIGH.

Food and Feeding

Her diet is mostly 100% on Mommy’s milk, and she eats mostly fruits at other times.  Her favorites are papaya and banana.  We’ve introduced the following to her thus far, not a lot but she does seem to be curious with new foods, which is a good sign:

• Chicken
• Pork
• Garoupa fish (she didn’t like this)
• Salmon (so far, she only liked playing with it)

Scrap Credits
Joyeux Noel QP from Fancy Bird Design

Weight

About 8 kilos.

Height/Length

Not measured.

Teeth

2 bottom incisors.

Motor Skills

• Emma crawls pretty comfortably now.  She can move from sitting to crawling and back to sitting position easily.  She can sometimes spend a little longer on the floor playing with her baby toys.
• She love pulling herself up to standing position and is showing signs of cruising soon.  She absolutely loves it when we praise her for doing a good job standing up.
• Everything goes into the mouth.

Communication and Social Skills

• Still waiting for that first “Mommy”…although we hear a lot of “Mamamama……”
• She loves it when I involve her to clap her hands.
• Very interested in her siblings’ Lego pieces.  She makes a conscious attempt to crawl to those pieces but she is always stopped by us.  Ethan and Hannah will say, “No Emma…when you are 18 months, you can play with the Lego Duplo.  This is not for you!”

Others

• Constant moisturizing of her skin is essential, at least 4-5 times a day, in the process of healing her eczema.
• We’re hoping our new place (with less dust) will be key to curing her eczema.

Food and Feeding

Her diet is mostly 100% on Mommy’s milk, and she eats mostly fruits at other times.  I will be starting her off on some protein soon.

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Dried Roses QP from Marie

Weight

7.5 kilos as at last well-child checkup on 8/15. Slightly below the 50 percentile on the weight-for-age chart.

Height/Length

66cm as at last well-child checkup on 8/15.  Slightly below the 50 percentile on the height-for-age chart.  However, her head circumference of 44cm is above the 50 percentile.

Teeth

2 bottom incisors.

Motor Skills

• Emma can crawl forward slowly now.  It helps when we place a little toy in front of her so she has a goal to reach.  We find that it is easier for her to crawl when her legs are not covered in her sleep-n-plays.  She sometimes does commando-crawl on her tummy, but sometimes she is slowly trying to crawl on her hands and knees too.
• Emma can sit unsupported for longer periods of time now.  She loves to splash at water in the bathtub during bath times.
• She can pull herself up to standing and sometimes half-standing position, either in her crib (using the railings) or when we hold her hands.
• Her pincer’s grip is getting stronger and steadier.
• She loves to balance herself on her side with both legs extended sideways.

Communication and Social Skills

• Emma is beginning to make the sound “Mmmm” or sometimes she will just say the letter “M” when she wants me.  Lately I think I have heard her say “Mama…” 🙂
• She loves it when we sing and clap our hands.
• Continues to be a very smiley happy baby.

Others

• Constant moisturizing of her skin is essential, at least 4-5 times a day, in the process of healing her eczema.

Food and Feeding

Her diet is mostly 100% on Mommy’s milk, although she has tried several types of food thus far, albeit in small quantities.  Some of the new food that she has tried are:

• Papaya
• Plums
• Dragonfruit slices
• Grapes (just sucking on the juice)

Her pediatrician has also recommended that we start Emma on a daily dose of 1ml multivitamin.  In addition to supplementing her diet, it would hopefully also help to heal her skin more quickly.