Wednesday, December 21, 2011

happy holidays!


アカリの初クリスマスはサンタクロースより一足早く、風邪が遊びに来てしまう。しかも家族もインフルエンザと格闘中とか?!折角のクリスマスなのに、自宅待機とかになっちゃうなのかな… うーん (´Д` )

(アメリカのクリスマスは日本の正月みたいなもので、家族や親戚同士で集まるイベントだよ~)

みんなも風邪には気をつけて素敵なクリスマスを!

Akari's very first Christmas might be "stay@home" one since cold came knocking on our door before Santa. Akari has been coughing and having a slight fever :( I'm hoping that she gets better by tomorrow, but if not, we might have to pull out our tree and decorate it (since Akari is crawling everywhere we didn't pull out the tre this year, knowing that she will go there to play with pretty lights and cords.)

Don't get sick and wish you merry Christmas!!

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Friday, December 16, 2011

まとめて近状報告 lately... In summary


育児、家事、仕事に追われ、独りでマッタリする時間もないまま気がつけば師走。今年もあと僅か!オマケに全然更新出来ていないこのブログ... (-。-; 一体時間はいつの間に経ってしまっていたのだろう… 

さてさて、アカリももうすぐ8ヶ月。話には聞いていたものの、成長が早く、嬉しいやら寂しいやら。今フニャフニャせず、かといって幼児でもないこの時期が一番好きかも♡ アカリは7ヶ月になったとたん、いろいろな事ができるようになった。お座り、つかまり立ち、いないないばぁ、ハイハイ、バイバイと大忙し。おまけ一日だけの 人見知りをよりによってサンクスギビングデーに。親戚大勢に注目されて、ビックリしたのか、私、旦那、私の実母以外に抱っこされようものなら、顔を皺く ちゃにして大泣きヽ(´o`;

Juggling parenting, house chores, and work has been keeping me super busy. I almost didn't realize the year 2012 is almost over! Top of that late realization of how fast time has gone, the blog has been put on the back burner... Where did time go!?

Well, Akari is almost 8 mo. and growing really fast. Within the past month, she managed to sit by herself, stand by holding on to something, do peek a-boos, crawling, and waving her hand (bye-bye)! She doesn't shy away from unfamiliar people, but on the Thanksgiving day, she didn't want to be held by anybody. If someone else other than her mommy, daddy and grandma, would hold her, she started to cry furiously... hahaha but luckily, it was only one day deal...



相変わらず離乳食は難航中。食べる事に対する興味がないらしく、すぐ気が散る。(↑ハイチェアの上でご飯を食べるよりも、下で紐を食べる方がいいらしい…)離乳食の時はいつも根気比べ。自分で 言うのも何だけど、随分辛抱強くなったよ、私... 唯一パクパク食べてくれるのはバナナ。トマトと玉ねぎは嫌いみたい。乳製品はお腹に合わないのか粉ミルクに引き続き、ヨーグルトをちょっとあげただけなの に、吐いちゃった (´Д` ) 母乳は平気だからアレルギーとかではないらしいんだけど... うーん

She rather wants to play than eating food. So feeding her has been such a struggle and least favorite things to do for me and her. As the photo shows, she rater eat the belt of the high chair than food... But She loves banana, but hates onion and tomatoes, and do not do well with dairy product. When she had one small bite of yogurt, she ended up throwing up, just like when I gave her formula. Makes me a little concerened...


発する喃語も増え、おしゃべりしているように聞こえるから不思議。先日もランチの時にそばの テーブルにいた1歳くらいの子と一生懸命コミュニケーションをとっていた。一体誰に似たのかおしゃべりな子になりそうな気がするぞ~ ♪( ´▽`) ダダダやパパパと連発し、旦那が帰宅すると歩行器で旦那に向かってダッシュして行くので、旦那はメロメロ \(//∇//)\

She also started to babble a lot. Other day at Panera, she was busy "talking" to other baby near by. I wonder where she picked up this talkativeness? I have a feeling that she will be a talker. She says "dadada" and "papapa" a lot which makes hubby grins all ear to ear. Other day, she literally ran to him in a walker when he got home from work. Surely she knows how to make his happy!!

6ヶ月健診で言われたスリープトレーニング (要するに授乳拒否する事で最終的に諦めさせ、夜の授乳をなくすことで、夜起きなくなるらしい。アメリカでは結構当たり前かな?) は...全然出来てない、というかしてないので、夜中数回起きて授乳。だって眠いのに泣くアカリを一時間以上あやして寝かしつけつける気力なんてないよ~ オッパイ挙げればスグ寝てくれるのわかっているから特にね...(。-_-。) モノグサなのさ。そのうちね・・・

As for me, I am still suffering from the lack of sleep. Well, it's the result of not doing the sleep training as Dr. told me to do at her 6 months check up. I haven't had energy to put her back to sleep by spending hours, when she goes right back to sleep if I feed her. Yes, probably I am just being lazy. But I don't think I can do cry it out neither... well, maybe one day, I will get to sleep train her... maybe....

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I really ♡ this!! That cute look surely will bring a smile every time you see it at home...

Hello Little Printer, available 2012 from BERG on Vimeo.