Up and down and all around

Today every one was feeling a little better and the weather was nice, and Daddy had some time off during the day, so we got into the car and drove to Brooklyn. We to COSTCO and got diapers and some new baby books. They always have different books, and this time they had Dr. Seuss board which are great, and also baby einstein bath book. The bath book is good because it is all plastic so Hana can crew on it with out it getting all mushy. Plus it is a cute story about a little monkey baby taking a bath. Perfect for our little monkey baby.

After shopping we went for a visit at Uncle Joey's house in Park Slope. He lives in a really cool old house with a big garden, and a big dog. Hana didn't seem to mind the dog, but Mommy was overwhelmed by him so he had to stay outside while we were visiting.

After our visit, we stopped at home and picked up Baby Cat and went off to the Vet for her check up. Hana enjoyed herself at the vet. The big cat that lives there was very friendly. The doctor gave us a kit so we can collect a stool sample from the cat to be tested for parasites. Since Hana lives here now we have to be extra careful that our cat is very healthy so she does not pass on anything nasty.

We finally got home at 5:30pm and Hana was exhausted. She ate and went to sleep. Woke up an hour late, ate, slept another hour, ate, and then went down for the night. It was a big day.

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This morning Mommy woke up with the runs, body ache, chills, head ache and fever.
Misery all day.
Sometimes it would be better if Hana did not share with Mommy.

Feeling a little better

Yesterday Hana's fever broke about 6:30pm when she woke up from her nap. I could tell right away because her cheeks were back to their normal color, and her head was not burning hot. Plus, she smiled for the first time all day, so that was a sure sign she was feeling better.

She went to bed at 7, and besides a little crying slept through the night, which she hasn't done for months. Then woke up at 7am, ate, played for 10 minutes, then back to bed, and slept until 10:30am. Very good.

She took it slow all day, she had one giant messy, horrible smelling BM, followed by a little one of the same smell, and then later a few farts of the same smell, and one big spit up which she aimed at Aunty, but other than that her symptoms seem to have passed. Hurray.

a little sick

Hana has a bug.
Saturday night she was sneezing a little, and by morning Sunday she had a drippy nose. Later in the day she had a BM followed by a diarrhea, and This morning she woke up screaming with a fever and more diarrhea. I gave her tylenol and talked to the nurse from her doctor's office. Since the weather was so bad today we decided not to bring her in, especially since there is not much they could do for her. The nurse said the stomach flu is going around, so we must have picked it up from one of those kids at the Purim parties we went to. We also had to get Pedialite to make sure Hana doesn't get dehydrated from the diarrhea, but she doesn't really want to drink it. And she only had diarrhea a few times, and is still peeing, so she is ok. At 6:30pm when she woke up from her latest nap her fever was down a little, so hopefully we are over the worst. Her cheeks were also not as red as earlier in the day. Poor little sweety. She was very unhappy today. Mostly naps and cuddling. Now she is starting to cough from the phlegm in her throat.

Having a sick baby is very hard. I feel terrible looking at her suffer and not being able to help more than offering a cuddle and some tylenol. I just want the doctor to have some magical pill that will make it all go away. It is very stressful for the mommy to not be able to provide for all her baby's needs.

Snot nosed kid

Well it has finally Happened. I looked over at Hana and she had snot running down her face. I had noticed her sneezing last night, and I had tried to suction her nose early this morning when I heard she was a little stuffed up, but this was the real proof of snot. My little bugger baby. I think she got her cold from her Daddy, but he claims to only have allergies and not a cold. Otherwise, it could have been from Paige who had a bit of congestion the other day. Either way, she is now a snot nosed kid.

BIG Hana and the little 14 month old.

Hana eats her first challah! 

More Purim

After the big night out at the Purim party, Hana went to bed late, but still woke up at 5am, and then at 7:30am, and 9:30am. And then with out her nap, we had to go to Rabbi Bleich's Purim Seudah. Now usually this would take place at the very end of Purim in the evening, but because it was almost Shabbos, the party was at 11:30am. So all tired out and with out her 11am nap, Hana went to another party. She did pretty well considering. The Rabbi's Purim Seudah takes place in his home which is set up as a dinner party. We sat at the Rabbi's table and Hana sat on my lap facing me. Rabbi Bleich tried to hold her, but she was not in the mood for that and cried as soon as she left my arms. So I held her, and played with her as I tried to eat my lunch. As the time went on Hana realized that the table was more interesting than my face, and she turned herself around and picked something off the table to eat. As it turned out, she chose a piece of challah, which she liked very much. It was her first challah, or any wheat for that matter, and she enjoyed it very much. Most of it ended up on the floor, or gummed up into slobbery balls that rolled onto my lap, but i think she got some of it into her system. She took it well, and has showed no signs of the wheat intolerance that some babies have. As we sat the other two little ones at the party came over to visit with Hana. They were both 1 year olds, but neither one looked any bigger than Hana. One of the Mommies asked how much Hana weighed, and when I told her about 22 pounds, she was amazed and said that her daughter was only 20 pounds and was 14 months old. This little baby was very cute and dresses up as a lady bug, and when I was carrying Hana around she wanted to be picked up too, so I scooped her up and with one babe on each hip I felt all together like a Mommy. Finally we went home and I go to rush to get ready for Shabbos.

Hana and Paige up late at the Purim Party. 

Hanh? 

PURIM!

This year Purim fell out on a Thursday night, so it ran into Shabbos, which made it a rush job, but still fun. Hana dressed up in her hapi coat and went to the big party at KJ. The place was jam packed, and we ended up hanging out in the corner with Paige and the Rabbi's kids to avoid the throng of grown-ups shoving to the food tables. This was the first time since Hana learned to crawl that she has been at a shul event, and I was worried about her being on the dirty floor, but once we got there I was more worried about her getting stepped on, so it all worked out. Hana had a great time, she is a social beast, and she loves kids and babies especially, but this time she got more than she asked for. Since she was on the floor and out of the protection of Mommy, the Rabbi's kids who are 1 and 4 felt that she had finally grown to their stage and got right up in her face and started their crazed little kid talking and screaming and jumping all over the place and sweet little Hana very quickly got overwhelmed and started crying. Immediately Mommy swooped in and saved the day, chasing the giant kids away and cuddling little Hana, the tiny baby. Well, that's how I saw it anyway. In reality the two big kids kept after Hana even after I had picked her up. They were so excited to see her and play with her that it took several people to distract them and get them away. After that Hana spent some time playing with little Paige who is much less aggressive, and then we went home. It was a long night, and poor Hana didn't get to bed until very late.

Super Cute! 

Super Cute

Hana is super cute. Not just regular cute, or very cute, but super cute. Today I put little clips in her hair to try to keep her ever growing bangs back, and I was just overcome with how cute she is. Absolutely amazing. So of course I took pictures. And tonight is purim. We are going to the KJ megillah reading and party. Hana is going to wear the little hapi coat that Aunty got for her. It's not a full on costume because she would get annoyed and tear off any hats or decorations that were on her so the costume has to be more like regular clothes. Besides, if people ask what she is dressed up as, I can just say, "super cute".

Hana loves mango. 

A Sunny Day

Today it was sunny and nice out so Hana and Mommy decided to go out for a walk. We went and did all of Mommy's errands, and then stopped by Paige's house for a little visit. Paige was sleeping when we got there, so we just hung out in the living room playing with her toys. She has a very nice big yellow block that Hana really liked. And she has a very nice high chair, so Hana decided to have some lunch while we were there. We tried a new food, Mango Dessert. Hurray for Beechnut baby foods and cool flavors. Hana officially likes mango. What a huge surprise, considering she comes from a mango farming family. After we ate, Paige woke up and her Mommy went and brought her out. Hana was so excited to see her, she screamed and waved her arms up and down and almost jumped out of my arms. Paige looked at her and burst into tears. I guess she was overwhelmed by the fantastic show of love. Luckily she calmed right down and we had a nice visit, and then we came home, had a bath and went to bed.

Is it bath time yet Mommy? 

Brave Little Hunter

On Sunday mornings I wake up and clean the kitchen of the mess left from Shabbos. I usually do this while Hana is taking her first nap of the day, but today she was up, so I let her come play on the floor while I worked. Now she plays in the kitchen all the time while I cook, but early mornings are usually time for Mommy and cat to spend some time together in the kitchen, so Baby Cat was also in on the floor tying to get my attention. Hana loves the cat. She goes crazy when she sees her up close and she just can't resist the urge to grab her tail. Well, poor Baby Cat does her best to dart past Hana when ever she needs to get around her, but today Hana sat right in the middle of the doorway and as the cat tried to dodge, Hana pinned the cat. That's right, my little 22 pound babe hunted and pounced, and caught herself a 10 pound cat.

Playing in the kitchen

FIVE TIMES

Friday Night
8pm.............. go to bed
9pm................wake up crying, change diaper, back to sleep
11:30pm.......cry, cry, nurse, sleep
2:30am..........cry, cry, cry, nurse, sleep
6am..............cry, refuse to nurse, play 20 minutes, fuss, sleep
8am................cry, play 20 minutes, fusss, sleep
9am...............up,

Time to play mommy!

Hm?

Waaaaaaaah!

Yesterday we went out for a walk with Paige and her Mommy. We met at the post office on 91st and Third Avenue, and then decided to walk northward into Spanish Harlem. The sun was out, and it was a nice walk. Plus we didn't have to fight for space on the sidewalk since not very many other Upper East Side moms were walking around in that area. We passed a big playground that had baby swings and once again I must say that I can't wait until it is warmer so Hana can go on the swings. There were lots of older kids playing at the playground, but the baby swings were all empty. No babies out playing in the cold.

Then later Aunty and Uncle came over to have a pint of Guinness in celebration of Irish American Heritage Day. Hana woke up to visit with them for a little while around 9pm, and then went back to bed. She slept until 2:30am, woke up a little, then slept until 5:15am when she woke up screaming and screaming and wouldn't even calm down to nurse, she just wanted to sit up but she was so tired she could barely do that. Crying and Crying, waking up Daddy by screaming DA DA DA DA DA DAAAAH and hitting him in the face. It was a crazy waking nightmare. She finally went back to sleep in her bed at 6:30am and slept until 8am. She has been up and down for naps ever since then. She is obviously exhausted. My theory is that she is defiantly in the stage where babies try to sit up and crawl in their sleep. According to the baby books this is the age when they are so intent on learning their new skills that they do it in their sleep and then can't figure out how to stop, or how to relax and sleep so they just cry inconsolably. Hopefully she will master her new skills soon. Mommy and Daddy are very tired.

Can I help you? 

Little Hana in her play yard. 

Corral

Today we went shopping for baby gates. I decided that I didn't really want gates on the kitchen and bath room at this point, mainly because our poor old cat would not be able to get over them, and she needs access to those rooms for her food and bathroom facilities. So we had to find another way of keeping the wee babe out of mischief. We got locks for the cabinets where we keep things she definitely should not have, which of course are not the right ones. I wonder if any parent ever buys the right cabinet locks the first time. Anyway, so we got locks, and we also got Hana a play yard. 18.5 square feet of play space for our little monkey where she cannot get a hold of any thing she is not supposed to be playing with. I figured that when I can watch her closely she can run free, and when I know that I will need to turn my back, like when I am on the computer or folding laundry, then she can sit in her play yard and enjoy her toys. And so, we have a corral in the middle of our living room.

Who invented headbands for babies? 

Big girl

Hana is growing up very fast. She can now scoot around very well. Her two arms are crawling, and one leg is behaving, and the other leg is crossed and she sort of drags it along with out extending it so that she can be sure to be able to sit back up. She still can't get into a sitting position on her own so she is careful not to flop onto her tummy unless she really has to. But she does go from sitting to crawl and then back up very easily. And she can get across the floor in a manner of seconds so it is all together a new experience in house cleaning for Mommy. I caught her eating the kitchen throw rug the other day. Very yucky. And I have never swiffered so often in my life. It is amazing how she will find the littlest piece of dust on the floor and stick it in her mouth.......Wait, update, I just saw her do what I said she couldn't do. She was sitting up and she saw something she wanted and reached forward for it all the way onto her belly, and then she slowly pushed her self back into sitting position! And then she called me to make sure that I had seen too. It is amazing how she knows when she has done something new and she wants to tell me about it. I am so proud of her. Also, she has started tugging on her clothes and calling out to me when she has made a poopie and wants to be changed. Which is very helpful. And since she enjoys playing peek-a-boo where the other person hides and then pops out, she now likes to hide too. When she is in bed she lifts the covers over her head very slowly and then pulls them down fast with a big smile and I yell peek-a-boo! and she laughs and then does it again and again. It is fantastic to play games with little Hana.

Hanging out on the couch. 

Tofu

Many time during Shabbos lunch Hana wants to be held or fed or played with instead of playing by her self, or napping, so this Shabbos I thought we would try something else. First before we started eating Daddy fed her some squash so she wouldn't be hungry, and then when we were having our meal, we gave her some tofu pieces on her tray. This is the first time she has had any finger food. She has not really developed the ability to pick things up with two fingers, and is still using the mitten grasp that little babies have so it was very hard for her to manipulate the little pieces of tofu and get them into her mouth but she really enjoyed trying. Mostly she smashed them up and made a mess, but she did get the idea of what she was supposed to do with the tofu, and she got to work on her motor skills, and try a new food, and she kept herself busy and quiet for a good 20 minutes. All together it was a very successful try of a new food.

two teeth 

Time to Play

Little Sleeper 

Hungry and sleepy

After not eating much yesterday, Hana woke up at the usual 5am this morning and ate. She also woke up at 6am and ate, and at 7am and ate. She got up at 8am, napped from 9am to 10am, ate at 10:30am and back to sleep at 10:45am.

Also, Hana has a freckle on her cheek. It wasn't there before. But it is very cute. It is her first little freckle. I will try to get a picture of it when she wakes up.

Snow

Today it snowed again. Hana woke up at 4:30am, ate and went to sleep in my bed. She woke again when Daddy was getting up for work around 6am, and then woke again at 8:30am. I fed her and put her back in her bed and then she slept until 10:20am. She woke up and played, and I fed her the rest of her green beans from yesterday, and then at 11am she took a nap for an hour and a half. She got up and played until 1pm and then wanted another nap. This time it was only for 45 minutes, and she got up and played again. By 3:30pm she wanted another nap, and she slept for an hour. From 4:30pm to 6:30pm she was behaving strangely in that she was not really interested in having her milk even though she hadn't really nursed much since 8:30am. I kept offering when she acted hungry, but she would not really eat very much. By 6:30pm she was very tired, but didn't want to sleep at all. I put her in her bed and she yelled and kicked and wiggled up to the top of her bed. So I took her out to play, but she was too tired and just cried when I put her on the floor. She only quieted when I held her. I think maybe her teeth were bothering her, or maybe her tummy. She had three little firm poopies yesterday, and one larger but still pretty solid one today, so that may have been bothering her. I don't know. Maybe she just wanted to be held. Anyway, I finally got her into her bed at 9:30pm, and she cried a little and then went to sleep. And it is 17 degrees outside. I can't wait for warm weather.

A Nice Day

Yesterday Hana slept all day so we never got out for a walk. As soon as she woke up she would eat, and then yawn and rub her eyes and want to go back for another nap. It was all together odd. But today, I knew the weather was going to be nice so as soon as she was up and fed we headed out for a nice long walk. We walked to 68th street and visited with the folks at Hunter College. Every one said Hana was very cute and so nice and looked just like her Daddy. And I bought Hana a banana and squished it up in the peel and then let her suck on it whole. She really liked it. And it was funny watching her figure out how to eat it. At first she sucked on it like she was nursing, and then she looked at it confused, and then she tried biting it and that seemed to work better. She made a big mess, but really enjoyed her first whole banana. And since it was 63 degrees today, we walked around some more, and Hana slept on the way home, and it was a very nice day.

Two Teeth!

Hana has another tooth.
Two teeth.
Both on the bottom.
Both very sharp.
She can bite you now.
Two Teeth!

Little face 

Updates

Hana is working very hard at trying to do sit-ups. She wants to be able to get into the sitting position on her own, so every time you lay her down she does what amounts to a very cute little crunch/sit-up. Red face and grunting included. It is very cute. And she is scooting around the floor very well now. And we still do not have baby gates or locks on the cabinets. BAD Mommy and Daddy. And the tooth is coming in very well, it is about a quarter of the way in now, although it is hard to get a look at it since as soon as you try to see it the tongue hides it, or the mouth clenches shut. Your only chance is during a smile, and even then, if you get too close she will clam up and hide the tooth. I think she knows that I want to see it and is keeping it to herself. It is her little treasure. And, we have some new foods. Hana now eats pears, peaches, apricots, prunes, apples & oatmeal, apples and cherries, along with the old carrots, peas, bananas and rice cereal.
.....Oh dear, she has scooted her self away again. She is trying to eat my scarf. I better go save it.

Shopping

Yesterday we went to Brooklyn. We went to COSTCO for diapers and then over to the kosher supermarket for all the fine kosher food at fantastic Brooklyn prices. Hana really enjoys COSTCO. She sits in the cart and looks around and smiles at everyone. It seems to be her favorite store (this seems to run in the family). Hana had eaten at 11:30am right before we left the house, and so was feeling fine when we were at COSTCO having slept in the car on the way, but as it was only about 30 minutes, and not the full hour nap, the good feelings only went so far. By the time we got to the kosher market she was pretty tired and fussy and poor Daddy had hold her while mommy shopped and even then she was not at all happy. We found lots of nice things at the market including Hana's Beech Nut brand baby food. So it was a very successful trip. And then we got back in the car and drove home and got stuck in traffic so Hana got a nice long nap on the way home. She is such a good baby.

Sleep Hana

Well, It has been a long couple of weeks as far as sleep. Hana has taken to waking up at night starting around the time when she was teething. And lately it has reached a high point. Tuesday night she went to bed at 7pm, woke at 9pm to eat, then again at 1am, 4am, 7am, and then woke up for the day at 9am. So really, I have been just too tired to think of anything to say on the blog. She hasn't waken this much since she was two weeks old so I am just not used to it. But, luckily last night sweet little Hana went to bed at 10pm, and slept until 5am, when she moved into my bed, ate, and then slept until 9am. Hurray. I actually feel like a person this morning.

Hana's dolly

Girls Day

Today is girls day.
Hana got a beautiful little doll from Obachan.
She is little girl doll in a sitting position. She has a round face like Hana's, and black yarn hair with a big red bow. She is wearing a pink kimono with red obi and a gold cord, and little black ghettas. She has a little music box inside, and dances when she plays. Hana loves her little dolly.

More Food

I think Hana needs to eat more food. When she was very little and started to sleep though the night the nurse said it was because she was getting enough calories during the day and so she could sleep 11 hours at night. So, now she goes to bed at 9pm, wakes at 11pm to eat, and then at 4 am and then at 7am, and then gets up at 9am. So clearly she now needs to eat at night and is not getting enough calories during the day. So, I am going to start giving her solid food twice a day instead of just once and we'll see if that makes a difference. She is not acting hungry during the day, but Mommy would like to get some uninterrupted sleep once in a while.