Two-month follow-up checkup 第二次體檢

Angela is getting stronger as she continues to grow. In her two month follow-up checkup, Angela is about 23 inches height and 11 lbs, in the 50th percentile in growth chart, up from the previous 25th percentile. During the checkup, Angela also had vaccines. She was brave and did not cry much when the nurse gave her two shots. Thereafter, the doctor came to exam Angela's condition; he told Mommy and Daddy that Angela is healthy and growing well. This made Daddy and Mommy much relieved with the way for caring little Angela.

First trip 第一次旅行

Angela's first trip was to New Orlean, Louisiana where Daddy went for business trip frequently last year. Daddy drove about six hours from Houston to New Orlean with Angela, Mommy, Grandma and Uncle Lichin.

The family spent a night at the city and visited Franch Quarter, Bourbon Street and Franch market. Before leaving, Daddy bought a pink baby hat for Angela.

Angela的第一次短程旅行是到路易斯安納州的紐奧爾良市。旅行中Angela很合作，大部分時間都在睡， 不過到了Franch Quarter與Franch Market時，就醒來看看，感覺起來這個小寶貝很有玩的天份。

Reunion 舅舅來訪

This week Uncle Lichin flew to Houston and visited Grandma, Daddy, Mommy and Angela. Uncle was happy to see little Angela and enjoyed family reunion.

Birth Certificate 出生證明

Angela's birth certificate from State government was received this evening.

The first toy from Mom and Dad 第一個玩具

這個音樂玩具是Mommy和Daddy在Walmart特地買給Angela的，希望Angela聽到這玩具的音樂後，就可以很快的入眠了。

This is the first musical toy that Angela got from Mommy and Daddy. Mommy and Daddy tried to establish regular bedtime for Angela and hoped that Angela could get sleep when the music was played.

I am growing- one-month followup checkup 滿月後的第一次體檢

Angela 滿月後，Daddy和Mommy帶著Angela去作體檢，Daddy和Mommy很高興知道Angela的成長比初生時進步，體重明顯增加了1.43公斤，身長與頭圍也增加了，醫生鼓勵Mommy要持續哺乳，好讓Angela有足夠的營養，健康成長。

Angela's one-month follow up check-up was scheduled on Jan 6 at 8:45. It was cold with beautiful sunshine on that day. Daddy drove Mommy and Angela to the hospital in the morning . At the hospital, a nurse first measured Angela's weight, height and head circumference. Later, the pediatrician Dr. Wei came and gave Angela a detailed physical examination. He was pleased with that Angela's overall growth was in the 25th percentile, up from the 10th percentile a month ago. Mommy and Daddy were so happy to hear that Angela is growing normally. At last, Dr. Wei encouraged Mommy to continue breastfeeding and feel free to give him a call whenever there is a question about caring for Angela.

Poo and pee 終於排便了

今天1月3日Angela終於排便了。距離上一次排便的時間是去年12月22日，共計12天。前幾天Daddy和Mommy實在很擔心Angela是不是有便袐的問題，還頻頻打電話回彰化問婆婆及姑姑應該如何處理。Daddy前兩三天還要Mommy用Vaseline幫小寶貝刺激肛門，好幫助排便，可惜，好像沒什麼效果。Mommy也打電話問小兒科醫生Dr. Wei，但Dr. Wei說沒關係，新生兒排便的時間都不固定，只說要Mommy再觀察一、二天看看，還好和Dr. Wei聯絡後沒幾天，Angela就poo了一堆出來，poo得尿布衣服大腿都是，雖然讓Mommy清理了好一陣，但也總算讓Daddy和Mommy放心了。