June 24

Vincent has his first tooth for a few days. He's smacking his lips and we just heard him say da da.

Only Child Vincent

Vincent was bouncing on his bouncy when I spun a ball that makes sounds, and he would stop me at every try as if to say it's mine!

Work oh work

I returned to work this week.  I managed to keep up my ritual of eating breakfast and jogging.  I jog a mile a day and wake up an extra hour to eat and jog.  I feel healthy.  I haven't given up.  Yep, this lazy ass has not given up.  I'm surprising myself!

It's been nice not to be jailed at home but I return home so cranky and tired.  Wen I'm not tired, vincent won't sleep unless I hug him to sleep.  If he doesn't sleep at night, someone would have to hold him.  So, I'm forced to sleep early.  

Every other person I meet at work has been welcoming me back.  Never have I felt so popular.  Lol.  It'll be so hard to do my phone interview with BofA next week.  Anything for more money!  I doubt they will give me more though 

Cradle cap

The condition is no joke.  Vincent is rubbing his face because of eczema and he is scratching his head and pulling his hair because of severe cradle cap.

I'm avoiding overloading on hydrocortisone but poor thing!  Rob and I always joked that our kid would be hyper sensitive but I was hoping that vincent would be unaffected.  Come to think about it - maybe we should get a puppy asap!  I'm not ready for the commitment but Vincent will most likely have the craziest allergies.

Don't frown at Vincent

The funniest thing happened a few days ago.  Vincent was frowning at Rob and Rob did the same. When vincent saw how unhappy Rob was, he cried.  Hehe.

Vincent got tricked!

We've had lots of festivities this week.  It's Lunar New Year.  Vincent's godparents came to visit from Vancouver and New York.  We even had a BBQ.  No wonder Vincent was awake for a 12 hour stretch and refused to sleep.  This cute little one wasn't fussing; he was simply too excited and wanted to play all night long.  I even tried to nurse so he is comatose, but nope, nothing worked!  If you try to rock him to sleep, he will yell.  

Finally, I gave up and laid him on his bedside sleeper.  He didn't make a sound so I proceeded to make our lights dimmer and dimmer.  When I walked to the last light switch , avoiding all squeaks on our new hardwood floor, his eyes followed me.  And swoosh, the last light was out.  I was observing in the dark for about a minute and he was kicking in his bed.  Finally, I was so sleepy that I fell asleep, thinking that I'll get a power nap before he cries... But nope!! 2 hours later, I woke up and learned that he fell asleep too!

100th Day

We've had many milestones to celebrate.  Vincent has been my jumping in his jumperoo with two feet.  He's practicing his hand eye coordination with the dangling toys on his 3-in-1 rockeroo.  As a matter of fact, every little move he makes rocks it.  He stomps his fist on his bedside sleeper when he's going to sleep.  More importantly, there are times that he had so much fun or was overstimulated that he is too hyper to sleep.  He has gone through long stretches without sleep because he wants to play.  When he is eating, I would sometimes see his tongue sticks out.

His skin condition is poor.  Nursing rash, sweat rash.. There are times we let him sleep with us in our bed especially when he won't in his sleep.

Sleep training

I decided to put him down even though he was awake.  I proceeded to sleeping as he did not cry.

He was clearing his throat in his bed for an hour quietly while we were sleeping.  By the time I decided to wake up, he looked at me, screamed with joy, and kicked his legs up.  

Did he really know to be quiet during bedtime?

Super Bowl commercial

My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch and there were bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away

And he was talking 'fore I knew it and as he grew
He'd say, "I'm gonna be like you, dad
You know, I'm gonna be like you"

Ambitious Da Da

When I first met dada, he told me that his standard is to make a minimum, a minimum of $250k.  I thought he was foolish because I've met so many professions who do not even make that.  I'd be happy to make just $100k combined.

A few days ago, he said it'd be sad if he's not more successful than his boss at his age.  It reminded me of our first conversation as mentioned above I'm stony brook.

I used to think that he just doesn't understand reality and numbers.  Now, I truly believe that he'll be more successful than I can imagine.  Dada can't sit still.  He has such great ambitions.  He's bothered if his life slows down.  He will consider changing professions if things aren't panning out at his speed.  

I suppose that's the difference between his ambitions and mine, the difference between his upbringing and mine.

It bothers me that the first thing that my father  responded to rob's plan to purchase a practice is for him to slow down.  Did I grow up in a culture to fail?

2m2w

I want to remember that this is when vincent starts to get fun.  He likes to play, abs he doesn't cry randomly.  He used to want to be rocked, walked, and held a certain way.  He only gets mad when we put him to sleep when he doesn't want to and when he is hungry.

Vincent is mad at grandma?

Grandmahas been waking up every night for every diaper change.  Two nights ago, before her dmv hearing, she skipped out on all of them but one.  I also managed to get Vincent to stay quiet.  The entire night went undetected.

The next day, however, Vincent disapproved at everything grandma does.  He cried after his shower, when held by grandma, when his diaper was changed by grandma, etc.

It was all a joke but my mom believes it.  Haha.

Random things that Rob says

"I'm really bad at math but it was pretty easy for others to calculate triple net (expense)."

Things to remember before next pregnancy

1. Don't gain 40 lbs.  It's impossible to lose.

2. Eat oysters and sashimi.

3. Exercise

4. Lotion up

5. Contraction is a bitch.

6. Epidural is your best friend. Get on it quickly.

7. Deductibles and coinsurance.

8. Take pictures.

Boo boo's

New parent injury counter!  I'm glad newborns are meant to survive new parents.  Watching the episode on Modern Family about Lily's accidental head bump makes me feel better.  I've been worrying about Rob this entire time; who would've know that it's myself that I need to worry about.

When Vincent was just a few weeks old, I dropped my cell phone on him while pointing it to the TV to control the channel.  Ouch!  He cried, it looked a little red but he healed quickly.  

Just a few days ago, I clipped his left thumb while trying to flip his nails half asleep, without glasses and in the dimmer light.  I remember clipping it hard thinking it was a stubborn nail until he shrieked in pain.  It bled and bled.  Two days later it is still red!  Rob says thankfully it's his left hand to make me feel better but that only made me feel worse thinking that it can tie into his motor skills.

Of course, this list continues.  My mom clipped his left index in an attempt to clip his nails while he sleeps.  *sigh* I can't even be mad.

2 months

Vince is two months old just a few days ago.  Rob has found a new way to bond with Vincent through reading.  Vincent's attention span is strong and sat through a story, a song, and abc flash cards lasting 15 minutes each.

We were all amazed.  It can be argued that it is the bright backlit iPad but his attention is undeniable.  I'm so thankful that I caught this on video.  The interactive ebook we used was Pookie and Tushka.  Of course, Rob mispronounced it as Tsuka.  Oh Rob.

Reading Vincent

Just when you think that you understand all the coos and ahs, we miss the simplest cues from hunger to reflux.