Mirei LOVES food and now even drink. Whenever either is around, she wants some. It doesn't matter who has it either - mom, dad, brother, stranger... and even, as seen in the following, furry friends. If she sees something that looks like a bowl/plate, or your mouth is moving, she wants to know what she's missing.
She's a happy and smiley baby, just like Taisei was early on. Both make people (and especially their parents) happy with their liberal smiles. Mirei hasn't decided to turn shy yet, like Taisei did around 8 or 9 months. Mirei's now 10 days from hitting the 10 month mark and she's still as happy and go-lucky as before. Now, she definitely recognizes her family. She beams when I come home from work and immediately crawls to my feet so I can pick her up. Ah, pure bliss for a father. It's funny to see her chase me around in the mornings when I'm trying to get ready for work. If I walk away too quickly or fail to pick her up in a timely manner when she's at my feel, she'll fuss and scream.
Sleep has been going well for both kids. Taisei just needs a book and a prayer, and sometimes Hiro. Once he's satisfied, he'll just lie down in the dark and go to bed. And about two weeks ago, he started sleeping in the same room as Mirei. Somehow, he sleeps through Mirei's fussing once or twice a night. It's been so great for the entire main floor to open back up for Wami and I again. It was a pain tiptoeing around both upstairs and downstairs. Something we've figured out how to do with Mirei that we couldn't do with Taisei is have someone other than mama put her to sleep. She's definitely not as dependent on the human pacifier (mama's tatas) as Taisei was. Maybe that's partially because she likes food so much that she actually fills up on solids (not smooth baby food, which she detests). All this really opens up the possibility for Wami and I to get babysitters and go on dates again.
Since the last time I mentioned it, we haven't seen another tantrum from Taisei. Phew. I hope that was just a passing phase that's now completely gone. Just two and no more would be just fine with me.
For his age, Taisei's getting pretty good at origami. He loves doing little, meticulous tasks with his hands. [Video upload failed. Will try again later...]
Last couple of thing coming to mind. Taisei had his first official dentist appointment last week. He did great. He let them floss and gloss (remove plaque from) his teeth. Quite an improvement from previous "happy visits" where he would barely open his mouth. The dentist and dental assistant were great and Taisei was very comfortable. Lastly, Taisei just started his second year of English Preschool, his, what 3rd year (??) of Japanese preschool, and next week will start an actually Japanese school with the Kurogis. He'll actually be learning Hiragana, Katakana etc in a school-like environment. I'm curious to see how that goes.
Ok, that's all for now. See you next time!
1 comments:
OH, that is funny that she is drinking out of that bowl.
It's fun to see how different Mirei and Taisei are!
And it's funny that you mention Taisei is done with Tantrums, when I commented in that post that Adele was done having them, and she has had a ton in the last 2 weeks! All it boils down to is... sleep! She has been staying up in her room every night until 10 pm! (She just keeps herself up, I can't believe Samuel sleeps through it!). Last night we caught her out of bed, in the bathroom, painting her nails... Although, I think she does keep her brother up because yesterday he took a 4 hour nap. At least he's a good sleeper... I always have to think of new creative ideas to get her to want to start going to sleep again. Sigh.
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