This month DD made breakthrough in her crawling. She could move one step forward with hand and leg at the same side. She could also sit up by herself against objects. We tried all kinds of strategies to break her bad habit of staying up late at night.

Baby's Growth | March 1, 2009 10:39 am | Comments (0)

Beginning today, I am starting a new series: Bilingual Baby. Irregularly, a new post will be published on how to read and pronounce Chinese.

This series begins with the simplest single Chinese word for daily usage, then phrases, sentences, grammars, colloquiums, historical and cultural backgrounds, stories and etc. Each Lesson is an individual entity with its own theme, but also connects with other lessons in content.

chinese for children, Chinese learning for babies, How to call family members in Chinese?, learn chinese for free, teaching young children chinese | February 25, 2009 1:33 pm | Comments (0)

From the first day I introduced solid food to DD, I decided to make my own baby food instead of using store bought. In this way I can guarantee there was no added saturated fat, sodium, sugars, artificial colors or other chemical additives. And I can guarantee it is made from fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat.

Baby solid food | February 17, 2009 6:34 pm | Comments (0)

Each baby is a unique individual and meets his/her milestone at his/her own pace.

During month 7, DD started to expand her attention-getting repertoire to include more than crying. She blew “raspberries” and babbled, sat and stood with support, objected when her favorite things were taken away, worked to get a toy that was beyond her reach, passed a toy from one hand to the other, and sometimes picked up tiny objects with her thumb and fingers. Her baby training in this month emphasized on more crawling, sipping, simple principle and language trainings.

Baby Training | February 10, 2009 1:04 pm | Comments (0)

This month I introduced solid food to DD. She enjoyed fruits, enjoyed sweet potato and spinach, was fine with rice cereal and oatmeal. She accepted steamed and grinded green beans. She began to have the idea of attention. She smiled when I interacted with her, and screeched when I ignored her. She learned to pass a toy from one hand to the other, bear some weight on her legs when held upright, and “blow raspberry”. She also formed a bad habit of staying up late at midnight.

Baby's Growth | February 4, 2009 11:44 am | Comments (0)

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).

Parenting is a hard job | 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.

Baby Training | 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.

Baby's Growth | 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.

Bringing up Baby Bilingual, chinese for children, chinese language for young children, Chinese learning for babies, teaching young children chinese | January 1, 2009 2:10 pm | Comments (0)

Today is the last day of 2008. What a year! This year, lot of things happened, worldwide and domestically. First, sharp fluctuation in oil prices had the world in jitters. The oil price reached a historical high of 147.27 dollars per barrel on July 11, while dropped dramatically in December. On Dec. 19, New York [...]

The year of 2008 | December 31, 2008 1:02 pm | Comments (0)