today, evangelina had her first chhoa-peng (ice & taro soup)! starting her early!

Yesterday (Sunday 11/27) Evangelina formally started learning how to read (a la 'How to Teach Your Baby to Read') with the words 'Jadon,' 'Mommy', 'Daddy,' 'piano,' & 'ball'!

first Cheerios today! (not sure how she chews them with only 2 central lower incisors but they disappear into her mouth without any gagging!)

Baby just now sat up all by herself from the prone (belly down) position! Woohoo!

Evangelina had carrots for the first time today, yum yum! Apparently she's taking the solids a lot better from Daddy, my guess simply because of my booblessness (ie: lack of alternatives)!

just fed baby her first baby food (rice cereal with probiotic) last night, & SHE WAS READY! i couldn't bring it to her mouth fast enough!

Fw: jadon & evangelina updates from Mommy

> Evangelina Updates at 5 months:
>
> -  Figured out how to play with the ball rolling down
> toy.  Will very
> deliberately push the lever to have the ball roll down so
> she can
> gather it to her and then push the lever for the next ball
> and gather
> it to her, and so forth.
> - Sitting very well on her own.  Can balance herself,
> bend over and
> sit back up without losing balance.
> -  Grabbing at everything she sees!  Tries to
> grab my bowl or plate
> during dinner.  Likes to grab paper, too, and shred
> it.  Very
> accurately reaches for things.  Really good hand-eye
> coordination.
> Turns objects in her hand to examine it.
> -  Very curious at everything going around her. 
> She I am standing
> right behind her getting stuff from the cabinet, she likes
> to look
> back behind her and she what I am doing.  This is the
> case with most
> thing that Jadon, Sid, or I am doing that is behind
> her.  She looks
> back to see what we are doing.
> -  Great stomach muscles and control!  If I put
> in her half reclined
> position, she will use her own stomach muscle to sit all
> the way up on
> her own.
> -  Babbling starting to sound like distinct words
> -  Making bee-bop sounds with her mouth
> -  Teething!!  Front lower teeth peeking out
> through the gum!  Trying
> to eat at everything...even my arm and Sid's shaved head.
> -  Great at imitating my sounds and actions (sniffling
> & wrinkling her
> nose, etc...)
> - Very vocal about her likes and dislikes.  Vocal and
> gets upset if
> she loses her toy or it falls away from her and she can't
> reach it
> (though she will try to get reach for it first).  Also
> very vocal in
> getting our attention
> -  Potty training going very well!  Evangelina
> likes to go poo poo
> first thing when she wakes up in the morning.  She has
> lots of poo
> poo.  She will hold her pee and poo until we get her
> on the toilet.
> The minute she sits down on the toilet, she immediately
> poops and
> pees.
> -  Starting to get up on her hands and knees in the
> crawling position.
> -  Crawling army style and swimmer style now. 
> Stronger with her right
> arm and leg.  Definitely right handed.
> - Tries to stand when I am trying to put her in the sitting
> position.
> She puts out her two legs straight so that I can't sit her
> down.
>
> Developments that have become second nature for her:
> -  sitting
> -  raising her chest with her arms while lying on her
> stomach
> -  holding her head steady
>

baby cut her first tooth today! (right lower central incisor) no wonder it hurts when she bites!

2days ago Mommy noted Baby playing with gumball machine toy, with a very intentional sequence of pulling the lever, leaning the toy back in order to watch the ball twirl down, putting the toy straight, examining the ball closely, then pulling the lever again for the next ball. smart baby!

started army crawling (vs previous 'vacuum crawl' when she powered herself with her feet, butt up, face down!). much more purposeful movement!

Fwd: Evangelina's development from Mommy

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mommy Date: Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 2:25 AM Subject: evangelina update Sunday, September 4, 2011 I have been starting Evangelina on potty training since yesterday. I've noticed that Evangelina grunts when she is about to go potty which makes it easy to potty train her.  She'd done this ever since she was about 2 months old (beginning of 2 months).  I've wanted to potty train her for a while so it seemed like a good time since she can sit on her own now and her bottom is big enough that she won't fall through the toilet seat. I put Evangelina on Jadon's old potty seat Saturday morning right when she woke up and she immediately peed and went poo poo.  She did really well!  We even took pictures of her sitting on her own holding onto the handle of the potty seat.  However, I missed putting her on the potty twice so she pooped in her diaper twice.  But she did poop in the toilet twice on Saturday.  Today, Evangelina did really, really well.  She pooped in the toilet and did not poop in her diaper at all!  :)  She pooped once when she first woke up, once before she went down for a nap in the afternoon, once around 6:30pm (before we left for shaved ice in Temple City), and once around 10:30pm (after we got home from Temple City).  She grunted once while we were at the Shau Mai restaurant but did not poop.  I don't know if she was grunting to let us know that she needed to poop but did not poop because we didn't put her on the toilet...Or maybe she just grunted but not ready to poop. Each time she sat on the little toilet seat to poop today, she immediately pooped & peed.  It was great!  And Jadon kept her company by being her pooping buddy.  We're so proud of Evangelina. Other Milestones: Within beginning of 1st month: -  life her head/ hold her own head up At 2nd month: -  Sleeping on her front (sleeping better!) -  Focus her eyes on objects - Visually follow object and turn her head to follow movement, people, and sounds -  Grip my finger when I stroke her palm -  making lots of babbling/talking sounds -  Raise her head and chest using her arms for support while lying on her tummy - Consciously unfold her tight firsts -  Suck on her fingers to comfort herself -  Start to bring hands together to reach for objects in front of her -  crawl with her feet in walking motion and her head against ground (or bed) - roll over from front to back -  laugh out loud (when Jadon is trying to make her laugh) and laugh out loud in delight (when I let her ride on my stomach) -  complains when she has poopy diaper -  Showed her how to grab her feed and hold them as she's sitting in her bumbo or lying on her back on the bed (showed her 1-2 times) and she immediately picked it up and started doing them on her own. At 3rd month: -  Definitely can follow people's movements and sounds... Looks for mommy, daddy, and Jadon -  Raise her head and chest high off using her arms for support while lying on her tummy (do very well) -  Consciously unfold her tight fists for me -  Starting to relax and enjoy bath -  Loves sucking her fingers and drooling a lot! -  crawling around really fast -  roll not only from front to back but back to front very easily -  great audience for Jadon (laughs out loud at his antics that he does for her sake) -  Responds to me -  Grasp objects in front of her really well -  Expresses unhappiness when a toy or object is taken away or fallen off from her.  Example:  Likes trying and playing with pacifer.  Cries for me to pick up pacifer for her when it falls to the floor and she can't get it. -  Sleeping on her front and back.  Sleeping through night and only waking up every 3 -4 hours to feed -  Distracted by Jadon... Stops eating to watch him when she hears him around At 4 months: -  Copies me...Examples:  copied me wrinkling & sniffing with my nose; copied me smacking my lips together; copied Jadon pursing her lips together; copied Jadon in making certain sounds -  Looks for Jadon... Smiles when she sees mommy, daddy, & Jadon. -  Has separation anxiety...Recognizes family... cries when strangers try to play with her.  Gets anxious when she doesn't see me and starts crying.  Stops when I show her I am still there. -  Plays with Jadon!  She laughs and moves her legs & arms to in excitment when Jadon's playing with her.  Definitel squeals and laughs with delight! -  Grabbing things very accurate and well now... tries to grab mommy's food when she's sitting at the table -   Potty training...doing well!  Poops & pees in toilet with no problem and not much prompting.  Does it all on her own -   Experimenting with her lips making sounds.  Starting to make deep gruntle noises for fun -   Likes coping things around her.  Example:  whenever Jadon's playing piano and singing, Evangelina sits on the bumbo and starts loudly babbling and making noises.  When Jadon stops, she stops.  When Jadon sings, she starts babbling.  Mimic sounds & gestures -  Sleeping through most of the night.  Only waking ever 4-5 hours to feed -  Very curious...likes to see what people are doing.  Constantly watching what I'm doing or what Jadon or daddy's doing. -  Can sit unsupported by herself -  Babbles to get attention.  Shows her discomfort, her upset, or her complaints. -  Can distinguish between different expressions & sounds.  React to them.  Example:  when Jadon is playing well with her and trying to make her laugh, she squeals in delight and laughs.  When Jadon is being mean and grunts at her with a mean face or boos her to scare her, she cries and hides her face or turn her face away from him as she's crying -  Knows how to please people...  For example:  Jadon was making her laugh and so she watched him and laughed as he did funny things.  Then she saw Jadon's toys and became interested in them and started playing with them.  Even though she is playing with Jadon's toys and no longer looking at Jadon, whenever she hears Jadon making the funny noise to which she is supposed to laugh, she laughs for his sake as she continues focusing on other things. -  Examines different objects in her hand very intently.  Turns objects around in her hand as she examines them. -  Exploring her surroundings by putting everything in her mouth -  Gets upset if something is taken away from her.  Also, tries to push herself off the carseat when she doesn't want to sit in it any longer.  Literally almost ejected her body from the carseat several times.

Fw: evangelina

let me add that I just learned from my colleague Dr. Soo Kim that babies have been found to be able to smell their mothers (presumably the breastmilk) within 7 feet (something around there anyway)... From:Mommy, Subject: evangelina Date: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 2:04 AM saturday, august 27, 2011 evangelina was sitting in the bumbo and playing with her toy in the kitchen while sid & i were in the family room. sid looked over at evangelina and said, "I like it when she's busy." i looked over to see evangelina busily and very intently playing with her toy. i walked quietly behind her (without her seeing me) and watched her from a little distance away. evangelina suddenly stopped playing with her toy and sat there for a little bit and then turned to look behind her to see me. sid laughed and said, "she can smell you (my breastmilk)".

ever since abt 2wks ago, evangelina's been sitting (in tripod position) by herself! ptl!

While Evangelina is a happy baby herself, we note that Jadon had a much easier laugh when he was a baby. On the other hand, while Jadon was a very wiggly baby, Evangelina is far MORE wiggly, wiggling as she tries to fall asleep, wiggling across the bed, wiggling in her sleep. Interestingly the person who makes Evangelina laugh the most is none other than Big Brother Jadon.

baby rolled for the first time from back to front yesterday! woohoo! (&watch out!)

yesterday we saw evangelina crawl a few steps on her knees & elbows!

evangelina's been consistently 'singing' with jadon's piano/singing practice... pretty fun to watch!

Earlier today when Evangelina had just woken up & was crying, Jadon came over & kissed her, saying, "Ge-Ge is here."  Mom took Evangelina aside to feed her & Jadon went across the room to play as he said aloud matter-of-factly, "Do you know what Ge-ge is doing, Evangelina?   Ge-ge is playing... all by himself."   Later as he was playing, he said, "Do you know what Evangelina?  Ge-ge would like to play with you too."   - Mommy

baby karate

from big brother Jadon: "Daddy, is Baby doing karate?" (chuckling to himself) "It looks like she's doing karate, a baby class karate!"

eructation education?

from big brother Jadon: "Evangelina is good at burping because I'm a good teacher!"