I heart Emma

Emma loves to watch Dora. I'm pretty sure she enjoys the music and bright colors on the TV. Last night she was pulling her shirt up and coo-ing away. I happened to look at Dora and notice the girl wears a madrif!! OMG! I guess Emma is following her lead and showing her belly :0)
Emma right before going to church. We tried a new church today, Rocky River Community Church. We really enjoyed it. AND Emma did well in the nursery. It was my first time letting someone watch her other than a friend or my parents. I think Hai had a harder time than I did. With me being at home with her fulltime and her not going to daycare, it is important to me she be exposed to other children and adults. I don't want her to freak out crying when she is around other people! P.S. Excuse the glossy cheeks...she stratched herself while sleeping last night and I put some Aquafor on it just before taking this picture.

Bath time! This is one of my favorite times with Emma. She really enjoys a warm bath now.

Being a parent is hard. Hai and I talk about how there really needs to be a "Child rearing" class you can take just like the Childbirth classes. Honestly, I think the child rearing class would be much more helpful than the childbirth class. I remembered probably less than 1/2 of what we covered in childbirth. Never when I was pregnant did I even think about what to do when a baby has gas, what do you do when you can't breastfeed, how do you know a baby is full...all this stuff I didn't really consider. I had very little knowledge about just how emotional I would be after the birth. I think I was more preoccuppied with making sure I was having a healthy pregnancy and things were going good there.

One thing I had no idea about was how soft a baby's head is. I've heard of the soft spot but nothing more than that. Emma has developed a flat spot on her head - it is referred to as "Flat Head Syndrome" or Plagiocephaly. Apparently, since the emphasis on putting baby to sleep on their backs as really been advocated this "syndrome" has become more prodominate. One reason Emma might have this spot (from what I understand) is because the time she stayed in the birth canal was so long. In addition, because we didn't know the importance of making sure to rotate her head it probably got a little worse. Obviously, we did sometimes but not like we probably should have. At Emma's last appointment the doctor mentioned she was developing a flat spot and it would be important to reposition her in hopes that it gets better. She mentioned if it didn't get better she would need a band. It really freaked me out. Since then I have been watching her flat spot and making sure she isn't laying on it. Somedays I see it, somedays I don't. However, a symptom of this syndrome is a prodiminate forehead. Emma's forehead has changed since she was a baby. It is more "noticeable" I guess you would say. So, I have decided to put my worries to rest and schedule her a consultation with Cranial Technolgies - a place that evaluates baby's for this and treats them. Emma definitely favors her left side and prefers to look left. It can be a struggle to get her to turn her neck to the right. Hopefully, she will not need a band. But if she does we will go ahead with treatment. I would rather her look a little "funny" now than be picked on down the road. Children can be cruel sometimes.

I'll post an update once we go to the consultation.