Lack of Posts
For our beloved blog readers, sorry for the lack of posts lately. Its been 9 days since we wrote anything down. Not that nothing uneventful has happened...its just that Mummy and Daddy are literally exhausted! So let's do a recap of what's going on for those who are sending me "IM reminders" to write (you know who you guys are!) LOL!
Molars Are Coming Out
We thought teething was bad but when the molars are coming out...its even worse. The progress is at a snail pace! So basically for us and Erik, every 2 nights, he'd wake up in the middle of the night every single hour...crying! :o( Our poor little baby! For Mummy and Daddy, it means trying to comfort him as much as possible...rocking, holding...and yes, even night time nursing! Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. But still the every hour of waking up really is wearing our old bodies out!! Daddy and Mummy are barely functioning in the morning. Really, I haven't needed caffeinated coffee for quite a while and have been surviving on DECAF ever since pregnancy...but these past 2 weeks....I've had to get coffee every morning..fully loaded!
Family Is Visiting
Well, our house is in a major disarray with the above event going on. Literally, our house is so messy that Mommy can't stand it any more. At the same time, Grandma Katy and Grandpa Tom are making their way back to the States from Bhutan! Erik will be major happy to see some friendly familiar faces! There stay will be an extended one, at least think so but who knows! At the same time, we are going to have two surprise visitors, Erik's GrandAunt Mary and GrandAunt Ellie from Bhutan are also visiting (only for 2 weeks though). So Mummy and Daddy are trying to figure out we are going to accommodate 4 additional adults plus our own little family of 3 in our tiny house! Hahaha! I guess it'll be a bit "cozy" for 2 weeks!
Swimming
We've enrolled Erik at the local swim school for a Parent-Tot class. Daddy and Erik LOVED every moment of it last week! Well, Erik really wasn't too keen on seeing so many strangers in his huge "bathtub" with him and he didn't like the guy instructor too much. However, he really warmed up to the blonde cutie-pie instructor that came after LOL! He even let her hold him to help him sway in the pool! Daddy had a lot of fun just dipping and swaying Erik...he said it gave him a pretty good work out! Erik was able to dip his head underneath the water...which Mommy was holding her breath seeing that!! They had an awesome time and we'll go again this coming Friday! This really makes Mummy and Daddy think to have a pool install in our backyard!!! ...keyword is "THNK" here :o) hee hee. We'll probably just end up using our friends' instead...YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!
Eating/Drinking
Mummy and Daddy had a bit of a rough time these past few weeks. Erik transitioned from the infant room to the toddler room. It was a major change for Mummy and Daddy as well. We were very much used to our infant teachers and had great chemistry with them. We knew that Erik was taken care of on his basic needs of drinking breastmilk (yes, I'm still doing nursing) and eating (okay, Erik's a light eater). However, once Erik has transitioned into the toddler room with a stricter schedule, his eating and drinking (milk) habits have changed drastically.
Thus, there were some emotional breakdown from Mummy and Daddy's part! We worry about Erik and his health. It literally took Erik's doctor's to give us a sanity talk to wake us up! Erik is no longer in the 75-90% percentile in weight...but it doesn't mean anything! Doctor asks, is Erik active and thriving?! Then he's OKAY! Doctor wasn't even concerned and told us to just really look for ONE solid meal a day...that's the goal. Is Erik eating one good meal a day and is he still nursing from me. If so...Good! So simple yet Daddy and Mummy freaks out when the toddler teachers call and says "Erik hasn't finished all of his breastmilk today, about 6oz out of 12oz are left but ate more food instead". We just got to breathe and relax! Easier said than done.
Now that you are all up to date in our lives....leave us alone :o) just joking! We may or may not update our blog for a bit due to the chaos going in our house with the visitors and the molars coming out. So bear with us. Plus Mummy is going back to school and taking on summer classes to continue on her MBA. Thus our hectic life will get a bit crazier now! Support is needed here...so drop us a friendly line or email whenever possible. That's always appreciated!
Molars Are Coming Out
We thought teething was bad but when the molars are coming out...its even worse. The progress is at a snail pace! So basically for us and Erik, every 2 nights, he'd wake up in the middle of the night every single hour...crying! :o( Our poor little baby! For Mummy and Daddy, it means trying to comfort him as much as possible...rocking, holding...and yes, even night time nursing! Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. But still the every hour of waking up really is wearing our old bodies out!! Daddy and Mummy are barely functioning in the morning. Really, I haven't needed caffeinated coffee for quite a while and have been surviving on DECAF ever since pregnancy...but these past 2 weeks....I've had to get coffee every morning..fully loaded!
Family Is Visiting
Well, our house is in a major disarray with the above event going on. Literally, our house is so messy that Mommy can't stand it any more. At the same time, Grandma Katy and Grandpa Tom are making their way back to the States from Bhutan! Erik will be major happy to see some friendly familiar faces! There stay will be an extended one, at least think so but who knows! At the same time, we are going to have two surprise visitors, Erik's GrandAunt Mary and GrandAunt Ellie from Bhutan are also visiting (only for 2 weeks though). So Mummy and Daddy are trying to figure out we are going to accommodate 4 additional adults plus our own little family of 3 in our tiny house! Hahaha! I guess it'll be a bit "cozy" for 2 weeks!
Swimming
We've enrolled Erik at the local swim school for a Parent-Tot class. Daddy and Erik LOVED every moment of it last week! Well, Erik really wasn't too keen on seeing so many strangers in his huge "bathtub" with him and he didn't like the guy instructor too much. However, he really warmed up to the blonde cutie-pie instructor that came after LOL! He even let her hold him to help him sway in the pool! Daddy had a lot of fun just dipping and swaying Erik...he said it gave him a pretty good work out! Erik was able to dip his head underneath the water...which Mommy was holding her breath seeing that!! They had an awesome time and we'll go again this coming Friday! This really makes Mummy and Daddy think to have a pool install in our backyard!!! ...keyword is "THNK" here :o) hee hee. We'll probably just end up using our friends' instead...YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!
Eating/Drinking
Mummy and Daddy had a bit of a rough time these past few weeks. Erik transitioned from the infant room to the toddler room. It was a major change for Mummy and Daddy as well. We were very much used to our infant teachers and had great chemistry with them. We knew that Erik was taken care of on his basic needs of drinking breastmilk (yes, I'm still doing nursing) and eating (okay, Erik's a light eater). However, once Erik has transitioned into the toddler room with a stricter schedule, his eating and drinking (milk) habits have changed drastically.
Thus, there were some emotional breakdown from Mummy and Daddy's part! We worry about Erik and his health. It literally took Erik's doctor's to give us a sanity talk to wake us up! Erik is no longer in the 75-90% percentile in weight...but it doesn't mean anything! Doctor asks, is Erik active and thriving?! Then he's OKAY! Doctor wasn't even concerned and told us to just really look for ONE solid meal a day...that's the goal. Is Erik eating one good meal a day and is he still nursing from me. If so...Good! So simple yet Daddy and Mummy freaks out when the toddler teachers call and says "Erik hasn't finished all of his breastmilk today, about 6oz out of 12oz are left but ate more food instead". We just got to breathe and relax! Easier said than done.
Now that you are all up to date in our lives....leave us alone :o) just joking! We may or may not update our blog for a bit due to the chaos going in our house with the visitors and the molars coming out. So bear with us. Plus Mummy is going back to school and taking on summer classes to continue on her MBA. Thus our hectic life will get a bit crazier now! Support is needed here...so drop us a friendly line or email whenever possible. That's always appreciated!
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