Anak, Cermin Kita

Dylan sekarang punya kebiasaan kalo lagi frustasi suka mukul2 kepalanya sendiri. Duh, .. sedih deh. Biasanya aku langsung pegang tangannya terus aku bilang,

"Jangan dipukul sayang, ... ini kepalanya dielus2 ya"

sambil kubimbing tangannya.

Memang aku pernah baca di Babycenter kalo anak seusia dia mulai suka pukul2 diri sendiri kalo lagi frustasi. Kasihan aja liatnya.
Mungkin juga dia niruin aku. Kalo lagi nursing, dia kadang suka gigit, .. ya ampun Tuhan sakiiiitnya ... ya otomatis aku akan teriak sambil pencet hidung dia, atau kadang sambil aku dorong kepalanya menjauh.

Anak itu ya, ... ternyata sangat mudah meniru tingkah laku kita. Dari hal kecil seperti itu, sampai ke hal2 lain.

Kadang dia suka ngeliatin aku telpon, terus kalo udah kutaruh, dia ambil itu telpon, terus dipencet-pencet. Dan dia paling demen banget kalo ringernya bunyi. Ketawa-ketawa ambil mukanya bangga, ... Look mama, I can make the phone ring! :)

Terus dia akan taruh telpon di telinganya ... (kebalik biasanya hehehe) terus dia bilang, paaa .. paaapaaa ... papaaa .. (since I usually said to him, .. ni nak, talk to papa, papa lagi kerja) of course ditambahin juga dengan baby bablingnya dia.


Kalo liat remote TV, dia juga tahu, diacung2in di depan TV .. sooookkk deh loe.... hehehe.
Kalo nemuin sisir, diusap-usapin di kepalanya .... ceilaaaahh ...
Kalo nemu dompet, waaaa ... paling seneng ... diobrak-abrik semua. Duit dikrues2.

Pernah aku nemuin duit sedollar dimasukin tempat sampah sama dia, gara2 dia liat aku pas bersih2 buangin junk mail. Nak, nak ... duit kok ikutan dibuang.


Terus urusan makan pun, dia sudah mau untuk lebih mandiri. Nggak mau disuapin pake sendok/garpu. Maunya megang sendiri ... Ya udah, .. tenyata anakku udah pengen mandiri, bereksplor untuk meniru orang dewasa. Geesh, and I thought you're still a baby. Memang belepotan sih kemana-mana, but I think I want to give him a little bit of freedom that he's capable of doing it. I don't want him to limit his curiousity for the sake of convenience.

Baru berasa, kalo baby kecil yang dulu nggak berdaya itu sekarang udah mulai "jadi manusia" yang punya keinginan dan perasaan sendiri. Jangan bandel-bandel ya nak ...

FIRST HAIR CUT

Rambut Dy udah panjang dan kruel2 ... sebenernya lucu sih, jadi tambah bandel tampangnya. Dan kalo bangun tidur gitu jadi awut2an .. tapi kayaknya dia gerah juga.
Besides, he has to maintain his image as a boy (hehehe ..).

We went to Formosa Hair Salon, recommendation from Matt's Mama. Matt got a haircut there and it looked good, and it was only $8. I know if I do the job, he'll end up bald .. hehe, so I try to minimize the damage.

So off we go, .. I have Dy in my lap and he actually sits still for the first 5 min, until he looks in the mirror and realize what the lady has done to his hair.

Snip snip ... clip clip ... rrreoorrrr .. rrrroorrr ...
Oh, NO, she cuts my hair!!!

Then of course, he's mad! :)

It was a good cut though ... and I also learn how to cut baby's hair. Maybe next time I can do it myself (with the right tool and nerve of course). I manage to keep some of his wavy hair, I put in the papertowel, fold it, and keep it in my pocket.

I'm going to keep that in a locket or a box. My baby's first hair ...

The Final Result (2/24/2005):
Yes, it was a while ago

Picky Eater

Today Dylan had his 15mo well-baby visit. As I am concern, he doesn't gain much weight. He's active and healthy but he needs to gain more weight before falling off the chart. He's been in the 5th percentile range and in each visit the progress curve is declining. I'm sad with this and somehow I blame myself for not putting more effort on feeding him.


He's a picky eater and very moody on his choice of food. I stress myself out in almost each meal time since he usually shakes his head (for the sign of: NO, I don't want to eat that!!) or tightly closes his lips, smacks the plate and throws everything in it to the wall and floor. (Just another reason to feel insane).

The doctor told me to give him Formula Next Step (for infant over 1 yo) or Pediasure which contain a lot of calories and vitamins. The problem is ..

HOW DO I GET HIM TO DRINK IT?

He doesn't like formula or cow milk. He worships my boobies, they both are his bestfriends, a place to share laugh and tears. nough said.

I have to go back in 1 month so the doctor can check on his progress. If he's falling of the chart, he'd have to be admitted to the hospital. I suppose there's no skinny infants here in US under this rule.

Well, I'll try to keep updating the blog in my spare time (if I have one). I'm trying to focus on keeping his diet balance and nutritious.

Any tips from mommies out there to make my lil one eager to eat more?