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| 2 month check up We just got back from Nahyun's 2 month check up...and it's been confirmed, we've got a piggy chunky monkey (chunky monkey went better with the picture...hahaha) in our home.  She weighs 13 pounds 14 ounces (97th percentile) and is 24 inches (93rd percentile). wowzers! She also had to get 3 shots and this one medicine they gave her orally. We caught it all on video..but I'm not sure it's a memory Nahyun would like to re-live =) I was dreading taking her in for her shots all morning. Thankfully, it wasn't AS bad as I thought (for me..hehe)...she cried hard but only for a few seconds after each shot. As for her sleep schedule, the doctor gave us some great advice and encouragement. Stephen and I realized we have no will-power...and we brought her back to the bed the past two nights (oops!). But starting this Sunday...we're going to give it another shot...and this time, we're going to be strong!!!!
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| My 'flower' representing the Longhorns
 Stephen and I decided we should come up with a code word for 'fatty' so we came up with 'flower'. Now I look at her and say, "herrro there my rittle flower!" and don't have to worry about her developing a complex...hahaha. No no, I kid....I'm so grateful that she's been such a healthy eater and her temperament has been very easy thus far.
My cousin sent Nahyun some UT shirts, and I decided to have her wear one for Stephens birthday party this past Saturday...needless to say, everyone here hated it! Go horns! Nahyun and I will represent! =) The bow was a gift from a friend..and according to HaeJong it's a great way to cover up her 'receding' hairline...hahaha.
What else...
Stephen is away on a business trip to Chicago...so far, he's been having to go away for either school or work on a weekly basis. The first time he was gone overnight, it was a bit hard, but it's definitely a lot better now. I wonder if a couple years from now we'll look back to these days and think 'wow, how did we handle that?" or if these are the easier days. But we have a tremendous amount of moral and physical support and I can take Nahyun out more and she's starting to develop some sort of sleeping pattern.
oh yes, on that note...getting her to sleep in her crib and establishing a sleeping schedule has been the toughest part so far. The first 6 weeks felt like a breeze compared to this past week. I did have my moments of weakness when I brought her to our bed in the morning...but in general I tried to be tough! She has her good days and her bad days, but thankfully, once she finally falls asleep for the night, she just wakes up every 4 hours, eats and falls right back to sleep. We'll see how it goes this week. I think I just didn't expect this part to be so difficult. I heard soo many other stories, but not very many people told me about how rough it is to train them in this area. But it's true what they say...in more ways, it's the parents who need to be trained, not the kids. So, I'm training myself to let her cry and keeping in mind that this will benefit us all later.
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| It's going to be a painful two weeksHere's how its been so far: (sorry if this is too much TMI for some people..but hey, this is the way it is =)
-Nahyun has slept in our bed
-We both lay down and she falls asleep sucking which allows me to get plenty of rest. Whenever she stirs or cries..I just pop them out and she falls right back to sleep. It's been like this for naps and at night.
The problem?
-She's become soooooo boob dependent. She will only sleep when I'm next to her and now she's rejecting the bottle. And while I love that time I have with her, I recently started feeling like I need to get her to start falling asleep alone and not using the boob as a pacifier or else it'll only get harder later.
The solution?
-After talking to several people and after much thought, I decided to use these next two weeks to break her of total boob/mommy dependency. I debated alot whether I should wait until the 8 week mark, but each day she only gets more and more set in her ways...so I decided to start today. Just after one attempt, I can already tell this is going to be very very difficult.
I breastfed her and even though she had fallen asleep, I woke her up and gave her some tummy time and read to her (using the advice Kimi gave me E.A.S.Y. (eat, awake, sleep and your time). This way she doesn't associate only eating with sleeping. When she yarned two times, I put her in her crib (advice from Eugenie). After a minute or so she started to cry, and I let her cry it out for about 5 minutes...and I don't mean cute crying..she was sweating beads, was bright red and screaming. Then I went over and picked her and and soothed her. Already, I wanted to give up..and just lay on the bed with her and pop out the boob. I tried again but as soon as I set her back down, she started crying again. I let her cry for another 5 minutes and this time she was shaking crying. So I went over picked her and soothed her. And by the fourth time, she slowly fell asleep with occasional whimpers here and there. Even after this once, I'm not sure if it'll get better...but I trust that it will..and that it'll get easier. I know this will mean less sleep for me until she's able to establish this sleeping habit, but hopefully after two weeks, when I reevaluate how things are progressing, I'll be happy and relieved.
In other news:
We had a great time at Pebble Beach...well, at least I did! On our last night there, Stephen watched Nahyun and I got to go to their spa for three hours! I thought I was in heaven!...the facilities were amazing and the facial was very relaxing. The best part...it was free, thanks for Stephen's work.
I have tremendous respect for single moms. I do not know how they do it! It's such a relief to have Stephen around..and it becomes painful when he's gone. At church, Stephen watches Nahyun practically the whole time so that I can go downstairs for Sunday School. Yesterday, someone asked me if he was this helpful at home or if he's just like this at church. I thought that was hilarious! More and more, I feel like Stephen's a more natural and better parent than I am. He has to take care of Nahyun and also me by giving me my time to go out etc. Anyways...props to single moms and props to dads!
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| Memorial Weekend: Lots of firsts for NahyunNahyun is now 5.5 weeks, but it feels like she's been around for a lot longer. It's true what people say...it takes practice to take your baby out in public. There's so much anxiety at first...trying to make sure you're not forgetting anything, and hoping that the baby will behave. This week Nahyun had a lot of things happening. From Monday till Wednesday we went to the city with Stephen as he started his MBA program. I was really hesitant at first to stay at a hotel since it was the first time Nahyun would sleep away from home, but she did so well that I definitely started to gain some confidence in taking her out more.
Then on Wednesday Nahyun and I said bye to Stephen, who had to stay at school until Saturday and went straight to the airport to pick up my mom. It had only been 10 days since she was here, but she was shocked at how much bigger Nahyun became. But that's been the reaction from everyone, and I agree...Nahyun is HUGE for being 5 weeks. She sometimes drinks 6 ounces in an hour!!! She's working on a triple chin, and rolls galore. It's getting harder to figure out what/who she looks like, and she looks so different at different times of the day too.
Then on Saturday my dad, brother in law and sister came in town and my dad finally got to meet his first grand daughter! They bonded quite well...it must have been their similar hairstyles =)
  Then on Sunday, we took Nahyun to church for the first time. Because it was Memorial Day Weekend, a lot of people weren't there...but it felt great to be back. Everyone seemed pretty shock at how big she was, but based on how fat Stephen and I were as infants, I think she's only going to get fatter and fatter. Here's our piggy on the way to church:
  The rest of the Memorial Day weekend was awesome. We went to pick cherries/peaches and went into the city and took Nahyun to Golden Gate Park. This morning, my parents and sis/bro-in-law left, and I can't help wishing that we all lived closer. I'll post some pictures later...I'm having difficulties posting pictures on xanga right =( | | |
| Yes, I know xanga is very much dead...and I never wanted to become one of those moms that post every last detail about their kid on the web..but today I decided that this girl is going to grow so fast...and I would really like to document her growth so I can look back and read it a year or two from now...and I would like to share it with my family and friends who live far away. So regardless of everything I thought before...I will use this xanga as my own Nahyun blog. So to all my family and friends...check here whenever you're bored or want a quick update. And to anyone else to doesn't really care to know..please don't check this otherwise you will be bored with all this baby talk =) | | |
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