Yes, parenting is one of the hardest jobs. It lasts for decades, with zero pay. The hours are long, no breaks or holidays off. It requires tremendous physical energy, enthusiasm, patience, friendliness, affection, and the willingness to sacrifice (your career). [......]

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Tags: Being a parent is hard, Parenting is a hard job, parenting is hard | First Year, From Mommy | mommy | January 14, 2009 12:46 pm | Comments (0)

At month 6, DD was using all her senses to explore and learn about this world. I encouraged her doing so by giving her opportunities to see, listen, smell, and touch in various and different ways. Her body also grew stronger in preparation for crawling. Her baby training this month emphasized on hand cooperation, new experience exploring and crawling. [......]

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Tags: baby training, month 6 | Baby Training, First Year, From Mommy | mommy | January 10, 2009 12:59 pm | Comments (0)

This month DD had a little bit of a problem with her bowl movements, especially after we introduced solid food. Her stools changed color and odor as soon as she started eating solids. She didn’t poop for several days. Finally, her bowl movements returned to be normal. She also began to practice crawling, another milestone in her development. [......]

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Tags: Baby's Growth, month 6 | Baby's Growth, First Year, From Mommy | mommy | January 5, 2009 1:09 pm | Comments (0)

Beginning 2009, I am going to teach my daughter DD Chinese. And I am going to post the Chinese lessons online, therefore people in the world who want to learn Chinese can benefit from it. [......]

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Tags: baby learns Chinese, Bringing up Baby Bilingual, learning Chinese with baby, learns Chinese with DD, new year new plan | First Year, From Mommy | mommy | January 1, 2009 2:10 pm | Comments (0)