Monthly Archives: December 2010

BRAT diet

Day 289

BRAT = Bananas Rice Applesauce Toast (and add “TY” for Tea and Yogurt)
Simon really hasn’t had much of an appetite since yesterday and didn’t want to eat any breakfast with me this morning either. He actually also seemed to have vomited a little in bed, there was some sticky white stuff on his blanket and Winnie the Pooh plush. Ron also hadn’t been feeling well. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when nausea suddenly hit me at work. It was too overwhelming so that I had to go home sick. I’ve only ever done this one other time in almost 7 years on the job. I think this it the third or fourth time I’ve been sick with something this year but the first time it’s been bad enough for me to be home.

Luckily for me and Simon, Ron was feeling better so he took care of us. I went home and crawled into bed while Ron entertained Simon. Ron tried to teach Simon to share his toys.

Simon is also probably still sick and a bit tired since even though he wanted to play, he seemed like he wanted to lie down to play with his rattles.

After I finally was able to get up to eat some dinner, I also fed Simon some dinner. His first solid food meal all day. They are freeze dried bananas and Joe’s O’s. Simon doesn’t like rice and we didn’t have apple sauce so this is the closest I could find to bananas and toast.

“Hmm… sour”

“Yo mama!”

“Just playing!”

“Mama, are you ok?”

After this I had to go back to lie down again after having some porridge. I think it made me nauseated and tired again so Ron had to finish feeding Simon.

Furrowed brows

Day 288

Simon is really at the stage where he wants to put everything into his mouth. This is reason why we don’t let the cats in his play area or let Simon crawl around in the area where the cats hang out. I don’t want to imagine what sorts of things he’d pick up around the kitties.

Look at that innocent looking smile.

Simon and I had dinner at the mall and he gave me this look with furrowed brows.

He really does have expressive features sometimes. I think he just wasn’t sure of what I gave him to eat but eventually he figured out he liked it: roast turkey.

Cruising

Day 287

Look at my big yellow hands!

Simon’s gums must be really itchy as he has been gnawing on all his toys, including this golf ball.

Check out Simon cruising on the sofa in his play area. He even tries balancing on one foot.

Look how tall I’ve grown!

Day 286

When Simon was almost 5 months old, Ron won this Despicable Me toy from Santa Cruz.

Now at almost 9.5 months old, Simon seems to have grown quite a bit!

He can stand up pretty straight with his feet flat on the ground. He has been using this car to kind of get around but when he feels unsure, he’ll sit down right away. Also, the base of the car gets in the way of his feet so he almost trips over himself and the toy while trying to move with it.

Simon went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Chung since Grandma was just coming back from Taiwan. Here he is exploring his crib there, now he is able to stand up on it. Ron had to lower the mattress so that Simon wouldn’t try to crawl out.

But, nap time ended up being in his new padded play area since Simon needed to be cuddled to sleep for some reason, the first time in a long time. He’s been teething so probably quite uncomfortable.

I miss seeing Simon sleep like this: arms up!

Getting ready for Christmas

Day 285

Today we went to visit at Auntie Patsy’s and Uncle Will’s house. Patsy baked cookies (while I entertained Simon) and we had lunch. Simon had his first up close and personal experience with a Christmas tree. He crawled near it and shook some branches on the way so that some needles fell off. But he seemed more interested in the dust buster Patsy used to vacuum up the dropped needles.

We likely aren’t going to get to a tree this year since we don’t have anywhere to put it. Most of the extra space is taken up by Simon’s toys and strollers. But he’ll have lots of opportunity to take pictures with other people’s trees instead. Simon probably doesn’t understand what Christmas is right now but it’ll be fun to watch as he grows up and gets excited during the season. Right now he gets presents all the time so everyday is Christmas to him!