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Free One Day Pass to Disneyland

Wow. Get a free one day pass to either DisneyWorld or Disneyland by spending one day to volunteer with Giving Children Hope.

Seems like their goal is to get 1 Million people to do a full day of service. Sounds like a great plan. Your day of service must be completed in full and verified before getting your pass. And if you already have an annual pass, you can donate your ticket to the Boys and Girls Club of California so that another child can go.

For more details, visit here: Free Disneyland Ticket

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Hi Adelina L!

Your daddy’s first thought when he first held you: “You are cute, and you have mommy’s chipmunk cheeks. I will never let you have a boyfriend.”

Well, daddy, we’ll have to see about that! She’s going to turn 18 before you can count to 10!

Adelina

Born: August 20, 2009

Time: 12:27 am

Weight: 7lbs, 3oz

Height: 20in

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Hello Elizabeth!

After a month of being born, I finally get a chance to announce the birth of our Little Sweet Pea on this blog.

Born: August 19th
Time: 10:26 am
Weight: 6 lbs 13 oz
Height: 19″

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Ashlyn Jade Lum is Finally Here!

After days of waiting, Ashlyn has finally blessed us with her birth.

Day: June 8, 2009

Time: 6:43 a.m.

Weight: 7 pounds 12.5 ounces

Length: 20.5 inches

Congrats to the Lum family for such a beautiful baby girl.

(Pictures to be posted at a later time)

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Say Hello to Joseph Alexander Zhang!

He was born 05/09/2009 and weighs 7 lbs. 3 oz.

Welcome to our world, Joseph!

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The 18th Week Visit

Mar 23, 2009. Weighed 115. Gained only 1 pound since the last visit. I think with Little Mochi, I was probably 130 by now.

If you have already had a child, or have already gotten your ultrasound, you know that you get to find out the gener of your baby at 18 weeks.

I just had my visit this morning. Actually, I’m 17 weeks and 4 days. But with how the baby was sitting, we were able to get a clear view of the baby.

My apointment was at 9 am this morning. But between 8 and 8:45 I had to drink 40 ounces of water (approximately 2 and half bottles of water) so that the technician can get a better view of the baby. Do you know how hard it is to drink that much water in one sitting?

I finished the first bottle ok. The second I had a little trouble with because my stomach started to do turns after the first bottle. But I finished it anyway. It was already 8:50 so we decided to head out the doc’s office and that I would just finish the rest of the 1/2 bottle in the car. Bad idea.

I threw up every ounce I drank. I couldn’t talk since saliva was filling up my mouth so I threw the empty water bottle at my husband to get his attention. “Bag” I mumbled. He couldn’t find a plastic bag, so he threw me a paper bag. What good does a paper bag do?? In retrospect, I would have been better off rolling down the window and sticking my head out. In any case, the water that I threw up soaked right through the paper bag, and leaked all over my clothes.

I walked into the doctor’s office not worried about my clothes, but more about whether I can get the ultrasound done. I didn’t want to reschedule as I already had taken the day off of work.

Fortunately, they said I can have more water. But guess what? I had only 2 stinking cups of water compared to 2 bottles of water. WTF?

Anyways, it was enough to see the baby. Active as can be, that little thing. But her activeness gave us a clear view to show that it is a girl. Yup, it’s a girl.

How fun!

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What Was Your Baby’s First Word?

At 16 months, Little Mochi has yet to call me “mama” or his dad “dada.”

But, he does know how to put a phone to his ear and say “eyo?” Or point at our fish tank and say “yu” (that’s fish in Chinese). by 18 months, he should know how to say at least 5 words. 5 words?

So what was your kid’s first word and at what age (month) did he say it?

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The 15 Month Check Up

It was originally scheduled this past Monday, but he had a fever. Since he was getting his immunization shots, I had to cancel the appointment. I couldn’t reschedule the appointment until his fever is gone.

After some Tylenol, Little Mochi’s fever was gone by Wednesday. So Friday morning, I called the pediatrician’s office to see if I could bring him in that afternoon for his shots. They squeezed me in at 4:45 pm.

The nurse told me that I technically should wait at least 4 days after the fever to give him his hots. But since it was only one day, we decided to go forward.

She did the routine check up. Asked about his development, measured his height, weight, and temperature.

Height = 31 inches
Weight = 24.7 lbs
Temp = 99.5.

Uh oh. 99.5 degrees. Since the temperature was measured through the ears, that’s a low grade fever. The doc said it should be ok to give the shots, but it’s really up to the parent to decide if they would rather wait or not.

If I had known that he had a very small fever, I would have scheduled the visit for next Monday. I really didn’t feel comfortable with giving Little Mochi the shot since you never know how they will react to any immunization shots. So I postponed it to next Monday.

Great. Another $10 for the copay plus 20 miles of freeway getting to the office and another 20 miles getting back home. Plus the time. I wish I would have just given him the shot. But at least I know he won’t be reacting differently or more sensitively to the agents in the shot. Little Mochi will also be getting the flu shot so an even more reason not to go through with the immunizations. I have always, always gotten terribly sick after I get a flu shot.

On the physical development side, however, Little Mochi seems to be doing quite well. He is able to feed himself finger foods quite well, drinks out of a straw, is able to chew quite well, and is running now. After visiting my aunt’s kid (who is 5 weeks younger than Little Mochi is and crawls as fast as Little Mochi can walk), he finally learned to crawl. How backwards is that!

The only thing that Little Mochi needs improvement on is his speech. I think he’s a little slow in that area. My cousin’s kid, who is 2 weeks older than Little Mochi, is already has a lot of words in his vocabulary. Little Mochi is still babbling baby talk. He’s quite good at pointing at things and saying “Oh!” but that’s about it. I think he’s almost ready to talk, though. He’s definitely been babbling a lot more these past few weeks.

The Doc did say that we shouldn’t be too concerned about his speech just yet. Yes, he should be able to call Mom or Dad or any other 3 words, but boys tend to be slower than girls. In addition, Little Mochi is surrounded by 3 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Who wouldn’t get confused if their trying to learn to talk?

If your child has not spoken his first 3 words by 18 months, according to my pediatrician, you should consider seeing a speech therapist. He gave me a number to call in the Northern Orange County area. But if you google Speech Therapist in your area, you should be able to find one. I am reluctant to call because they will teach Little Mochi English. He can learn that in kindergarten. I really would rather have Little Mochi learn Chinese, Cantonese or Mandarin, first so that he can be bilingual. I really want to take advantage of that opportunity.

Don’t let the cost of speech therapy be a reason for not getting your child help. The cost of speech therapy is actually free. It is paid for by our tax dollars.

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