Smiley

Sihuai loves it if you're there smiling at her when she just wakes up. She enjoys having us making cooing noise at her. She's fascinated by colorful toys we dangle in front of her.

It doesn't take a lot to elicit a smile. Just by been there and smiling at her would get her laughing back at you. Lovely :)

She's about 2 month-old now.

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Coffee

Am now at the two cups of coffee a day, and yet still feeling tired and sleepy stage. But at least i can drink coffee and also get about 6 hours nite sleepthrough if I'm lucky. Lux doesn't have that luxury.
Also note to self: do not buy coffee at starbucks on way to work. they just don't pack what's needed.

Twist and Turn

How do babies fart? By twist and turn. Waking Sihuai up at nite to feed means u have to give her an extra five minutes to twist and turn to get her farts out. Then she would be able to feed more comfortably. O/w she would be doing rock and roll while feeding or else be crying a fuss.

So far, her stomach issues have been milder than Siyuan. We suspect it's becos she has better "milk management" as the maternal nurse in Australia called it. ie, she doesn't overfeed, whereas Siyuan would even store milk in his mouth. Her twist and turn also seems more effective in getting the fart out, although this bit could be wrong as my memories of Siyuan's early days have already faded away, leaving only the nice bits.
Lux says my memory has been sanitized.


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Siyuan and No

Supposedly toddler learn to say no quickly, which then becomes their fav word. Siyuan learned the word MORE first and preferred that. Yes, he's a glutton.
Now however, at 2.5 years old, the word no is creeping into his vocab more and more. Even to the extent that if I use Putonghua to describe something, he would say no, preferring in in English.


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