“She is off the chart”, after examining numbers on her chart, the doctor told us. At week 18, DD was 15.5 pounds and 27 inches long, falling into the 90th percentile in weight and 100th percentile in height. She is a big girl! “We need to buy another car seat for her”, I told M, [...]

Baby car seat | November 5, 2008 5:10 pm | Comments (0)

During month four, DD’s fingers were getting more and more dextrose. She began to reach for an object and grasp things. She could hold her head well enough and needed no support. She had no problem raising her upper body on her arms.

Baby's Growth | November 1, 2008 12:25 pm | Comments (0)

I am not that kind of person who is thrilled by Halloween. A lot of years I simply forgot this holiday. But this year’s Halloween means different to me, because I have DD. This morning I dressed DD with the cute Halloween costume with a lovely pumpkin and “my first Halloween” on the front. Today [...]

The year of 2008 | October 31, 2008 1:04 pm | Comments (0)

I always think health is the biggest wealth a mother can give to her baby (see Health vs wealth). I never realized my own health actually is also critically important to my baby until I read a story online about a single mother. This mother used to work as a secretary for a real estate [...]

healthy living for baby | October 24, 2008 11:47 am | Comments (0)

Generally speaking, most babies begin to follow an object in a full 180-degree arc, from one side to the other, by three months. I noticed DD could follow a rattle by the end of her second month. She discovered her own hands as the most fascinating tools she could use. Her body also became stronger [...]

Baby Training | October 14, 2008 11:30 am | Comments (0)

Healthiness, both in physics and mentality, is the biggest wealth parents can give to their child. It determines whether the child’s future will be poor, average, or optimal. It lays the foundation for the child’s education. Think about a student who always gets sick or is mentally retarded, his quality of studying will surely be [...]

Healthy eating for baby | October 7, 2008 1:54 pm | Comments (0)

During month three, DD discovered her own hands as the most fascinating tools she could use. She began to pick up things with her fingers and tried to put them close to her mouth and licked them. She began to explore this world with her little cute mouth.

Baby's Growth | October 1, 2008 1:17 pm | Comments (0)

Hearing is one of the earliest senses awaken even before birth. Therefore, any practice of fetal/prenatal education, such as reading to the fetus or playing music to it, is actually not a waste of time (see Fetal education in 4th month). This practice continued after birth. When DD first came to this world, her version [...]

Baby Training | September 30, 2008 10:44 am | Comments (0)

It is a common sense that parents are a child’s first teachers. They teach child the basic skills (walk, talk, self-control) and knowledge they need to survive in this world. But do you know parents are also child’s life-time teahers? The way parents treat their baby during the early stage of his life influces the [...]

Parents: child’s life-time teachers | September 24, 2008 6:06 pm | Comments (0)

I practiced fetal/prenatal education to DD since she was four month in my womb. I will continue the perinatal education after she arrived.

I believe the importance of pre- and perinatal education cannot be underestimated. They give a head start of parent-child bonding, organize the baby’s brain, and possibly shape a baby’s future personality and psychological, mental and behavioral developments.

Fetal/prenatal education series | September 20, 2008 9:09 am | Comments (0)