Tuesday, March 23, 2010

"Bu Yao! Bu Yao! Bu Yao!"

As Ashley's vocabulary increases, her all time favorite word is "Bu Yao" (No in Chinese). Everything you asks of her, her first response is "Bu Yao".

One night, Ashley woke up and vomited, and after clean up. Mommy tried hard to put her back to sleep.

"Ashley, do you want to go to sleep?"
"Bu Yao!"

"Well, do you want to eat some rice then?"
"Bu Yao!"

"How about some milk"
"ooooh, nai nai...." Ashley pointed to the bottle warmer, but without a definite answer.

"Do you want some oranges or grapes then" Mommy continued to try.
Ashley looked at Mommy, and you could see her little brain was working hard trying to figure out what oranges and grapes are. After a few seconds, "Bu Yao!"

"hmmm, do you want to go to the park and play?"
"oooooooh....." without any hesitations, Ashley walked to the front door, and pointed to the door, "#%^&*($&^)$#&$" I guessed that's a "Yes".

"Well, Ashley, look, it's very dark outside. We don't go outside to play in the dark. When it gets dark, it's time to sleep." Ashley looked at me and seemed to understand what I was saying. I picked her up and carried her to her bedroom and put her to sleep. She didn't even fight it.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Ashley's 18 Month Checkup

Ashley's measurements at 18 months:

Head circumference: 46 1/4 inches, 22 percentile
Height: 32 inches, 61 percentile
Weight: 22 pounds 6 ounces, 42 percentile

I have some doubts on the accuracy on these measurements, especially on the head circumference and height. At her 15 month check up, her head percentile was pretty high, around 60 percentile and her height was low in 19 percentile. How can within 3 months, her head percentile dropped so much and her height percentile went up so much? It's probably human measurement errors. I'm also very surprised that her weight percentile is 42! She used to be at 17 percentile at 15 months. Ashley is a fuzzy and slower eater, I'm extremely surprised that her weight percentile has gone up so much within 3 months. Is it possible that other kids don't grow much within these 3 months except Ashley???? In any cases, I'm just happy that Ashley is very healthy.

Ashley's doctor also appraised her of her language skills and her cooperation during the checkup. "Most of one and half year old won't allow me to do all these examinations without a fight at this age. She is such a good baby!"

Indeed, she is!