Oops, the Wrong Wedding!

This past Saturday, June 28th was my cousin’s wedding.  The reception was at Crowne Plaza in Anaheim.  Being a summer bride, she chose the color green as her wedding color.  Great choice.  I love the color green. 

I entered the hotel through the back.  I saw 4 girls dressed in green dresses taking pictures.  Surely, this was the wedding.  I walked towards the door and started to stared into the reception room.  Suddenly, one of the girls wearing green, obviously a bride’s maid, came running to me.  I thought it was one of my cousin’s bridesmaid rushing over to see Little Mochi. 

Nope, it was a friend from high school.  I wasn’t wearing my glasses so it was hard for me to see.  I couldn’t tell that it was my high school friend.  The second my friend hugged me, the wedding planner from that wedding came out said hi to me.  I was utterly confused.  I could have sworn I knew who my cousin’s bride’s maids were.  And I know we don’t usually hire wedding planners for our weddings.  So what were these two girls from my past doing here?  My high school friend, the one wearing the beautfiul green dress, asked if I was going to this wedding?

I answered her question with my question:  “How do you know my cousin CL?  I didn’t know you’re her bride’s maid!”

Now I confused her.  “No, this is P and P’s wedding.”

So I’m feeling really stupid by now.  At least I knew two people from the wedding and at least I was stopped from entering the room.  Because then, I’d be really stupid walking out of the wedding 2 minutes later.

Of course, I found the right wedding and sat down with familiar faces.  Small world.

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Toddler Choking on Water?

Nearly his first 9 months, Little Mochi’s bath wasn’t truly in a bath tub.  My husband and I would lie him down on our laps holding his head above the tub.  We’d use a bath towel to wet his hair, shampoo it, and then use the same bath towel to clean off the shampoo (we’d do that by saturating the towel and then squeezing the excess water onto his head).  This way, it would prevent any water from getting into his ears and cause an ear infection.  Then, we’d let him sit in the tub full of water and clean him quickly.

However, recently, he’s been getting rather rowdy in the bathroom.  He loves his baths.  When I say Love, I mean LOVE.  He gets extremely excited when he hears the water running in the bathroom.  He jumps up and down when he sees us pull out his bath tub.  Somehow, he knows that bath tub is his and that we’re going to give him a bath when we pull it out.

At around 10 months, I sat him in his tub and decided to wash his hair “normally.”  I applied the dab of shampoo on his little head, foamed it up, and poured water over his head.  Stupid me.  I almost choked him.  Little did I know, he doesn’t know that he’s not supposed to breathe when the water comes down his face or he’ll end up breathing in water.  Well, that’s what he did.  He breathed in the water that was coming down his face.  The water that I poured over his head.  He couldn’t breathe for awhile and started to choke. 

Poor Little Mochi looked up at me with fear and started to grab on to my legs.  I quickly picked him up, put him on my lap and started to pat his back. 

I’ll tell ya, that scared the sh*t out of me!  That was the first and last time I poured water over his head!

Just until recently, I discovered something new that enabled me to pour water over his head without choking him.  I would first use my left hand, form an “L” out of my hands, and cupped his forehead.  That way, when the water falls down his face, my hand acts like a visor/shield.  The water actually falls down the side of his face instead.

Don’t know if that’s something stupid, but it works for now.  At least until he realizes he’s not supposed to breathe in water. 

Just curious, has this happened to your baby?  And what do you do?

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Finally, He’s Teething

At 11 months, I finally see those swollen gums.  I thought babies were supposed to have a mouth-ful of teeth by now!  But Little Mochi is only beginning to show his bottom two.

On Saturday (Jun 14), we noticed that his head was a little warm.  Took his temperature and it was 100.4 degrees.  Wow.  I quickly drove to Walgreen’s and purchased the cherry-flavored Tylenol for infants.  Didn’t really know how much to give him so we based it on the dosage from last time he was sick.  0.4 ml last time.  So let’s try somewhere between 0.6 ml to 0.8 ml.  It should work, right?

Of course, he’s got runny stool as well.  Just the other day, he was constipated.  Suddenly, he’s got runny stool.  What is going on?

Monday, he’s still got a fever.  We’ve been able to control it with the Tylenol and a cold cloth on his head.  It’s been a few days and his fever is still there, although it’s on and off.  So I decided to call the pediatrician.

Ha!  Guess what?  Little Mochi weighs 22.5 pounds now.  He’s still cute, chubby Little Mochi, but he hasn’t gained much weight in the last few months!  I guess they stop growing once they reach a certain month.  But because he’s now 22.5 pounds, the 0.6 ml of Tylenol was too little.  Much too little.  Doc said to give him 1.2 ml.

Ay ya!  No wonder he fever doesn’t go away!!! 

The Doc checked for infection.  None.  So he either has a small cold, or the fever and runny stool is caused by the teething.  I’ve heard that teething symptoms include runny stools and fevers.  And that they are normal for a teething baby because his body is going through so many changes.

The only reason why I think he’s running a fever because of his teething is because he now constantly wants his pacifier so he can chew on it.  And he won’t let it up.  Especially at night.  I used to be able to pull it out after he falls asleep.  Now, he’ll wake up and cry for it.  He’ll also burst out crying for no reason at all sometimes.

Hopefully, this stage will pass soon because he doesn’t sleep much.  That means I don’t sleep much.  And a mom who doesn’t sleep much?  Well, I’m sure you know how they get…

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Snacking on Joe’s O’s!

Last Saturday, May 31, I finally decided to feed Cheerios to Little Mochi. Actually, I forgot to buy them from Costco since we were there buying drinks (I’ll tell ya, those Costco coupons are dangerous! They make you spend more than you need to spend). So we stopped by Trader Joe’s and bought the Cheerios equivalent – Joe’s O’s. (I know, isn’t that cute?) Apparently, Joe’s O’s got a lot of iron and fiber. Makes a great snack.

Wow. Little Mochi loved them! It’s so strange to see him try to chew them since he still doesn’t have any teeth! Speaking of teeth, I finally see some white on his lower front gums. They’re finally breaking through his gums! At 11 months, he’s finally teething!

Anyhow, the Joe’s O’s are great! Not only are they nutritious, but they keep him busy for a few minutes. They keep him from kicking and screeming, especially when I need to put him back into his car seat as we leave from Grandma’s house.

I guess he’s ready to start chewing on real food huh? It’s so amazing that they even know that they’re supposed to chew! He knows what they are now so when I sees the ziplock bag full of Joe’s O’s, he points to it and starts mumbling something. I give him one (can’t resist because he’s so cute!), then he smiles at me – what a happy kid.

So how do you know your baby is ready for Cheerios anyway? I figure it’s when he’s starting to learn how to use his tongue to push the food back and forth in his mouth. I see Little Mochi doing that quite a bit with the one Cherrio in his mouth.

It’s great to see such a wonderful milestone. In addition, he’s now able to hold up his own sippy cup. So far, I think he’s doing OK.

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