2011 Updates

Nainoa is 19 months and getting cuter and cuter everyday. His language, memory, and humor are growing everyday. One of the things that he does that makes himself laugh is call me, "Uncle Mommy." He just thinks that is the funniest things in the world. He such a parrot these days that we really have to watch our mouth. He said the F-bomb twice the other night on his Daddy's watch of course. Nainoa loves to drum, play piano, read books, dance, play with any sort of ball (he can name every type of ball) and go the new indoor playground called Kinderland Cafe. One of his favorite things to do is go to Guitar Center with his Daddy and play on all the instruments.
We are having so much fun with Nainoa. On his last check up he weighed almost 28 pounds. He is over the 95 percentile in his height and 75 percentile in his weight. Doc said he's advanced in his language for his age. He's basically talking like a two year old and boy so are his tantrums. Yes the terrible twos have started over here. Nainoa can throw a mean tantrum when he doesn't get his way. He does the flop on the ground and cry when things don't go exactly his way. I really feel at a loss on the best way to discipline. I need to figure out our way of disciplining Nainoa. Part of my New Years resolution is to read more so here are the some of the books I am picking up from the library tomorrow. Playful Parenting, No-Cry Discipline Solution and Raising Cane: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. If anyone else has any good ones please let me know!

15 Months

We spent Nainoa's 15 month day at My Gym and the Natural History Museum. He loved running around My Gym. He especially loved hanging in the ball pit. His language skills are increasing everyday. It's so cool to watch his communication skills grow. His new words this weeks are "down" and "butt" and "Rora (Lola)." Today he actually gave me a real hug. I melted. I love those moments. I love my son. I love being a Mom!

Ball pit at My Gym

Practicing his dunking skills for his next meet up with Marls.

Natural History Museum

Twinsies with King Tut

11 Months!

Nainoa is 11 months today! We had a great day. We started out banging on some pots and pans. He was more interested in walking around with the pan and bowl than playing them. After he got up from a much needed nap we went to his first swim class today at Bubble Swim School. He LOVED the water. Our instructor Dominique was great. We sang songs and practiced kicking our legs, reaching and pulling with our arms, humming, getting out of the pool, and scaling the side. At one point she asked, "Is he a really calm baby or does he just love the water?" We proudly replied, "BOTH!" Apparently most babies cry their first time in the pool. The only time Nainoa fussed is when we were practicing floating on his back. By that time he was done. The 20 minutes went by really fast. I was so happy that Nainoa loved the water. I mean after all his Mommy learned how to swim at 18 months and his parents are both Pisces!

This picture is Dom trying to say Nanioa's name. She kept on saying, "Nai-oa."

10 Months!

I'm not going to start this post with, "I can't believe it's been blah blah blah." (I guess I just did) This month has been a huge milestone for him. He crawled on all fours, stood up by himself without any help, and took 4 little steps on my birthday! Lolo predicted that he would be walking by 10 months and he might be right. Nainoa likes to

• Stand and flap his arms up and down.
• Bang two objects together in his hands.
• Make the sign for light.
• Eat his toes.

He also love the book, "Buenas noches, Gorila." There are many things Nainoa dislikes too. As you can see in my previous post he will definitely tell you if he is unhappy. Nainoa does not like activities such as changing his diapers or being in his play pen. He also has a bit more stranger anxiety too.

Today we celebrated his 10 month by going to the park with his girlfriend Pema. She is sooooooo smart! I was so impressed by her Chinese language and signing skills. I realized today how much of a boy Nainoa is. He was all over the place, getting into everything, eating leaves, crawling everywhere, getting dirty. I can't wait to post the pictures from today. Nainoa and Pema look so cute playing together!

9 9 9noa

Nainoa is 9 months today! I can't believe that 9 month ago today he was almost born at home and nine months before that Eye had that clairvoyant dream! What a trip these 27 months have been. Nainoa is such a wonderful baby. I am so lucky that he is ours. I don't know how else to explain the way I feel about him. I just love him so much! Okay enough lovey dove. New things happening are:

• LOVES to practice standing. He longest standing on his own was 18 seconds.
• He is getting into eating. Fav foods are peas, sweet potatoes, oatios, organic puffs, pears and apples and of course his momma's milk.
• He wakes himself up at night practicing standing up. It seems like every couple of hours he is standing up in his crib, crying. I don't know what to do about it. Is it just another phase that will pass?
• His fav words are "DADADADADADADA" he can say "mmmaaamma" but he says "dadada" much more. He is so much more vocal these days.
• He definitely has separation anxiety. When I come home, say hi and leave the room to go wash my hands he has a FIT!
• Nainoa is down to 2 naps now. He goes to bed around 6:30 pm and wakes up at 6:30 am sometime 5am which really is challenging. He starts off in his co-sleeper then transfers around 11pm when I go to bed.
• Everything goes into his mouth now. EVERYTHING. But he still has no teeth.
• Nainoa is so happy, sociable and just so cute.

Eye comes home tomorrow! Lola and Lolo are going to galavanting since Eye will be home, so Daddy will be spending a lot of time with Naiona while I go to school and teach everywhere. Next week is our pediatrician appointment. I can't wait to see how many pounds he is now. I think he's slimming down now that he is more mobile. Sigh...I can't believe my baby is 9 months! HAPPY 9 months 9noa!!!

9 months today

9 month ago

9 months before that

8 Months!

Nainoa is 8 months old today! Sigh...I say this every month, but it is happening WAY too fast! He's growing up to be such a little dude. Nainoa loves to talk and yell. Right now his favorite word is "dadadadadaddaddad" (of course)

He still isn't the biggest fan of eating. I wouldn't say he's a good eater just yet. He does like rice cereal with breast milk, peas and applesauce. Oh and he likes mangoes too!

He LOVES to stand now. Lolo's new favorite thing to do is count how fast he can stand. His best time is 5 seconds. Today Lolo said he stood up without hanging on for one second!

Not sure how much he weighs yet. I'm thinking he is 22.5 or maybe 23 pounds. We'll see on his 9 month pediatrician visit.

Oh we were all featured in our friend Leigh's blog. Her blog post was about Baby Cuddles.

I've been a bit overwhelmed these past couple of days. I started school on Tuesday. Hopefully in two years I can get my Physical Therapy Assistant degree. I am so thankful for Lola & Lolo's help. With Eye on tour they take care of the boy while I go to school, study, teach Pilates,Barre and blog. I seriously could not do it with out them here. I KNOW how lucky I am. Now if I can fit in sleep somewhere in this equation it will be ALL good!

7 months!

Lolo calls Nainoa "Mochart" (his way of saying Mozart) whenever Nainoa sits in front of his piano. Enjoy my little 7 month old Mochart!!

6 months!

Nainoa is 6 months today! It really does go by fast. He is getting cuter and cuter by the day. The more aware and reactive he is to the world the more I fall in love. It is getting harder to leave him. I had two 8 hour days with out him and I was just devastated! Anyways, he is growing up fast. Nainoa is sitting up a lot better now. I can tell his abs and back are getting stronger. He still topples over when sitting up but it's getting less and less. He likes to grab at his feet. He's loves the happy baby pose now. He LOVES to stand. He squirms a lot when getting his diaper change. I bought him a piano like his cousin Marley. (Check out Marley's skills) Nainoa likes to switch the sheet music back and forth more than he likes to play. I can't believe how he's growing into such a little boy! His hair is growing in but he still has a band of baldness around his head. Nainoa LOVES to talk. He does this low grunt that is just hilarious. Oh and we are going to start solids this weekend. We are going to start off with sweet potatoes like his girlfriend Pema.

Here is Nainoa's first monologue that I translated for your enjoyment.

5 months!

Nainoa is 5 months old today! Check out his cute L.A.M.B baby shoes given by The Boves. He's also sporting a drummer shirt given by Auntie gLo. Today we went to see Lolo's family who's in town from the L.A. and the Philippines. Everyone said, "He looks like Juuniorrrrr! (a.k.a Lolo)," then they said, "Oooooh ahhhnd he looks like Lissa!", then they said, "What peatures does he hab of Iban?" Awww Iban! After we came home from such an overwhelming visit we decided that since he had his drum set shirt we should practice our paradiddles! Happy 5 months baby! Para-diddle...para-diddle..para-diddle...para-diddle

Auntie Hellen, Nainoa, Lolo and Auntie Emma (Lolo's sister)

4 Months!!!

Nainoa is 4 months old today! These past few weeks his eye hand coordination really improved. He is using his right as equally as he is using his left now. Since Eye is still on tour with Stomp, Nainoa has been hanging out with Lolo a lot. I love that my Dad carries my son all over the house in the sling. I love watching Nainoa's face light up when my Dad walks in the room. His hands and legs flail and his eyes go real big. He's definitely much more grabby with his hands. My hair has to be up or else I would have bald spots in my head from him grabbing and pulling my hair. Today we had a great day. We video chatted with Daddy and his girlfriend Pema today. He actually has face recognition while video chatting. It's crazy to think that as Naiona grows up video chatting will be just the normal way to communicate. Who knows...maybe we'll be able to teleport by the time he has his first computer!

Who needs toys when you have Scotties tissue box?

Trying how to teach him how to drum so that he can catch up with the other Stomp babies.

Today he is really into his toes. Hanging out with Lolo a lot in his P-sling.

Kea snuggling with Nainoa.

Leader of the pack.

3 months!

Nainoa is three months old today! Today he is weighing at 16 lbs. 10 oz. He is the 95 percentile for weight. He is 24 inches long. He has been cooing and laughing a lot more. He has found his thumbs and has been soothing himself to sleep. He's sleeping for about 7 hour so far with one feeding in between. Our pediatrician says that the night feeding should last another month or so and then he'll start sleeping through the night. He got his 3rd shot today, HIB and Prevnar. He definitely CRIED today. He was MAAAAAD! Ugh, I hate to hear him cry like that. I couldn't look again. I am feeling better about our version of the alternative Dr. Sears vaccination schedule. Spacing it out is definitely the way to go for me. Although I would like to be that non-vaccinating parent, I know that traveling is going to a part of our lives and it just makes me feel a better to know he has some vaccinations. Unfortunately Nainoa has caught a little bit of a cold. He has had a snotty nose just in the mornings, but Dr. said that I shouldn't worry and that it should go away within the next few days. He made me feel good saying that when I am fighting off a cold the antibodies that I make are passed through my milk and on to Nainoa. I LOVE that! I love that I am making anti-bodies for my son and I am building up his immune system. BREAST IS BEST!

2 Months

Nainoa is 2 months today. He went to the Dr. and he weighed in at 14 lbs 12 oz! He is above the 95% in weight. He is 23 1/4 inches tall which is about 51% for his length. He is a bit over weight but Dr. said not to worry about it since he is exclusively breast fed. He is definitely staring at objects and people more. Nainoa is also smiling and cooing a lot more too. He is just so adorable! Lately he has been sucking his fingers. Oh and he has been laughing in his sleep! It's the cutest thing. The big news is that we decided to vaccinate. I have decided to do my own modified Dr. Sears version. We only did the DTap today. I was still undecided on wether to do Rotavirus. Doc said if Nainoa wasn't going to go to day care and if I don't change him in public stalls, I probably can skip it. So we did and I feel pretty good about my decision. I tell you sometimes the internet is the devil. I mean I LOVE my Facebook but I hate the conflicting information that is out there in the internet world. Vaccinate vs. Non-Vaccinate. That is definitely the question. I guess I'll just be somewhere in the middle and make an educated decision that makes me feel comfortable.

8 months!

Today I'm 8 months.   Getting closer!!!!   I met with my midwife April last week  and I must say I really like her.  She was really personable.  I actually felt the baby's head when she examined me!  She explained so much to me.  She gave me homework too which I love.  I have to write down everything I eat for a week.   I brought home an excel sheet and a list of foods which I should be eating. I love it!   I'm reading a lot of books.   Right now I'm reading Gentle Birth Choices, by Barbara Harper.  I just came back from a vaccination class.   I've been to 2 different vaccine classes.  One class suggests vaccination and the other one doesn't advise vaccination.  Totally polar opposites.  I need to do my own research.   The speaker tonight said something very interesting to me.  He said,  "People do more research on what car to buy than what they put into their newborns."   That totally struck a chord with me.   He gave me some websites to check out and some books to read.   More reading for me!   My husband gets home next Monday.  I can't wait.  I'm over being alone, I'm ready for someone to take care of me.  There is still so much to do.  We have to start taking our Lamaze classes,   find a pediatrician,  start fixing the baby room.   I finally put away all the gifts I got from the shower.  My BFF gave me 3 huuuuge bags of clothes.  So grateful for that.   As I was folding all the little clothes I couldn't believe that there was going to be a little baby inside of it!  WIERD!!!

4 Months!

Can you see it?   Can you see my bump?    Okay if you need a magnifying glass to see my bump then look at the size of my rack!!   Well I can see a little bump....and so can Eye and my close friends at work who've seen me naked in the dressing room for the past 2 years.  I look at it about 100 times a day to see if it's getting bigger.  I WANT it to get bigger.   Come on you can see it right?????   

 Yesterday I went to the OB and he said that the reason I'm not showing yet is because my abs are strong.  (go pilates!)  I guess that's a good thing.  I've gained 2 pounds since my last visit so I now weigh 130 pounds.  Next week Wednesday I go for the big ultrasound where they take measurements of the fetus.   I have to drink 32 oz. of water an hour before and I can't pee!  That sounds like an eternity to me since I seem to pee every 5 minutes.  Hopefully if fetus is in a good position we can see the sex.   Wahine or Kane?  I really don't care.  I just want a healthy baby.

Speaking of healthy babies, my good friend just gave birth to a beautiful boy.  His name is Makai.  I loove that name and he is sooo precious.  I saw him for the first time yesterday and I kept saying, " I can't believe your in this world already!"   For me it seemed like just yesterday Birdie told me she was pregnant.   It seems so surreal that what's growing inside me is actually going to come out and be in this world!