Toddling 自由行

Angela has been practicing walking since few weeks ago. Like most children, little Anglea took those early strides on tiptoe with her feet turned outward. Recently, she has made a lot of progress and been able to take more and more steps alone! As you can see, she is really happy to toddle around.

Zhuazhou 抓週趣

In Chinese culture, when a baby is about a full year old, the rite of Zhuazhou (grasping things, a custom of telling a child's fortune by placing various emblems before the baby and letting the baby choose one) is conducted to predict his/her destiny.
寶寶滿周歲時的成長禮俗--抓周 (度晬)
準備用品：米篩、書、印章、筆墨、算盤（計算機）、錢幣、雞腿、豬肉、尺、 蔥、芹菜、蒜、稻草、刀劍、聽筒等。

A rice sieve contained 14 items was placed before Angela so that she may pick whatever she fancies. These stuffs emblem various occupations and fortune, including book (scholar, researcher, teacher.), pen(writer, artist), stamp(governor, power, or influential person), abacus(business, accountant, banker), coin(wealthy), drumstick (blessing), ruler(designer, architect), microphone(singer, actor), green onion(smart), peanut(longevity), garlic(planer, strategist), celery(diligence),straw(agriculture), sword(justice, soldier,police), and stethoscope(doctor, medical care).

麗嬰房寶寶爬行大賽 Crawing contest(part II) -Angela's first prize

今天麗嬰房舉辦第五屆兒童運動會，運動會現場人山人海，Mommy為小恩恩報名寶寶爬行比賽的項目。有了上回失敗的經驗，今天Mommy特地請出外婆來為小恩恩加油，以免小恩恩又像上回一樣坐在原地不動，錯失比賽時間。

比賽前每個參賽選手都要穿上大會規定的運動服，比賽時間一樣是一分半鐘，每組10名，優勝者必須在最短時間內爬完5公尺。小恩恩著裝後，頗有運動選手的架勢，不過神情似乎若有所思，好像在思考待會要如何爬行才能完成比賽。
一開始，當裁判吹哨後，只見小恩恩又坐在原地觀望，不論外婆如何催促，就是不動，還在原地打轉，時間一點一滴溜走，Mommy在終點線也只能乾著急，眼見隔壁的小寶寶都快到終點了，小恩恩還是不動。

終於，過了快40秒後，小恩恩開始動了，可是爬到了中間又停下來觀望，似乎在找尋目標。這時，外婆也從起點跑到終線這邊來為小恩恩加油，外婆拿出小恩恩經常玩耍的藍色小湯匙，要吸引小恩恩的目光，但小恩恩卻不為所動。最後，小恩恩終於看到的目標了─Mommy的相機，Mommy的相機後就放在終點線上，就這樣小恩恩只花了5秒鐘就很快的爬到了終點，而贏得H組的分區比賽冠軍。至於隔壁的小寶寶雖然比小恩恩爬得快，但因為距離終點線約10公分處就停下來張望，直到裁判吹哨時都沒有再前進，因此沒有完成爬行，成績不予計分，十分可惜。

小恩恩是同組參賽選手中唯一爬完全程的小寶寶，讓Mommy和外婆相當欣慰。Daddy雖然沒有親自到場為小寶貝加油，但得知小恩恩的運動成果也相當高興。
這次比賽，小恩恩為自己贏得了一包尿布和玩具，相當不錯。雖然小恩恩長大後可能都不記得這些事，但對Mommy來說卻是很難忘的經驗ㄋ。
後記：在Mommy上載這次爬行比賽的文章後，小恩恩另外還收到了麗嬰房贈送的一件小狗狗連身裝作為紀念品，雖然有點大，不過等到冬天應該可以派上用場了。



1年半後，Angela終於可以穿上這件小狗狗連身裝了，Mommy感謝上帝的祝福，讓Angela成長了許多，也更加活潑可愛。

First time cold 第一次感冒

Some statistic report indicates that children under two generally get 10-12 colds a year, especially if they are in daycare. Older children and young adults get about 6 colds per year. After the age of 30 the number starts to decrease to about two per year.

Angela caught a cold the other day. She had a slight fever around 37.5°C (99.5°F) and all symptoms-coughs, sneezing, running nose, and low appetite. Although Angela showed a bit tiredness and sleepiness in last two days, she still was very active and played most of the time when she was awake.

Because it is a mild cold, instead of taking Angela to see a pediatrician, Grandma and Mommy applied physical treatments, such as giving plenty of fluids, warm water bathing, and taking Chinese herbal medicine, to help reduce symptoms . During the cold, Angela stayed at home to take rest and did not went to daycare house. Grandma was busy looking after Angela and hopefully, Angela get well soon.

Gifts from aunts and ChangHua grandma 奶奶與姑姑的禮物

Angela is so blessed and beloved of all near relatives, especially both Taipei and Changhua grandmas.
This mid-autumn festival, Angela received new clothing from Changhua grandma again. Mommy can image that Angela become a charming little lady after dressing up.


Aunt Vicky also has given Angela many gifts since she was born. On mid-autumn festival, Vicky brought a lovely red infant clothing for Angela.



Currnely, Angela is during the period of learning standing and walking. This lovely pair of shoes, given by Aunt Vicky, is just the right dressing for little Angela. It is also the first pair of shoes for Angela.
Angela received gift from Aunt Kuomay on Oct. 9. Of course, the first thing Angela did when she saw the toy was to taste it.

Cousin reunion 中秋團圓

Angela went back to ChangHua visiting Grandparents and relatives on mid-autumn moon festival. It was almost fourth months since Angela met up with her little cousin, Kuan. Kuan is younger than Angela by 4 mos, but now his weight is more than Angela. Mommy is very envy Kuan's bright chubby face, looks so cute.

Naughty! Naughty! 頑皮小恩恩

Since Angela discovered the stereo player on Mommy's desk, crawling onto the dest and playing the CD player has became her favorite pastime.