Mio

New Tummy Time Mat

June 17, 2011 By Misono in Mio, Videos Tags: Mio, tummy time, tummy time mat

Mio has been having a rough time with tummy time lately. Although when she first started out, she did pretty well with it and started being able to lift her head up a little, the past few weeks have been difficult. Within the first couple minutes of putting her face down on her playmat, she will start screaming and crying. It’s hard to watch, and she won’t even try to do tummy time anymore, so I tend to give up too and just pick her up again.

In hopes to improve Mio’s tummy time experience, I ordered a “tummy time mat” and had it delivered to my parents’ house in Virginia. It’s a mat with a pillow for Mio to rest her head and arms on, to make tummy time a little easier with less of the face-plant aspect.

playing on her new tummy time mat — Mio's first time on the tummy time yesterday. She didn't cry and did pretty well!

Mio on her mat again — This morning on the mat, she looked like she didn't even want to try.

knocked out. — ...AND she's out. ::sigh::

The road to successful tummy time still feels long, but the new mat seems to be helping a little. At least there are no more tears and screams. We’ll just take it slowly day by day, at a pace Mio is comfortable with. 🙂

Mio Arrives in Virginia

June 16, 2011 By Misono in Family and Friends, Mio Tags: aunt, family, grandfather, grandma, grandmother, grandpa, Mio, Miwa, obaachan, ojiichan, uncle, Virginia

Mio and I arrived in Virginia early Thursday morning, exhausted. Mio cried inconsolably for about fifteen minutes towards the beginning of the overnight flight, and although it was only fifteen minutes, it was the longest fifteen minutes of my life. I’m still uncertain about what was wrong with her, since I made sure to nurse her during takeoff and landing to make sure she didn’t get ear pressure problems. She slept for the last three hours of the flight, though, but I couldn’t sleep because I was afraid she’d slide off of my lap. The cabin of the plane was really hot, too, which made for a very uncomfortable five hours. Boy, was I relieved when we finally landed at Dulles Airport…. When we got to my parents’ house in Vienna, we just slept for several hours through the morning.

Mio got to meet some new members of Mommy’s family this time — my father, sister Miwa, and brother Kosei were all seeing her for the first time.

Miwa holding Mio — Mio met Auntie Miwa for the first time. She is already alarmed by her crazy aunt....

ãŠã˜ã„ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ã¨åˆå« — Meeting ojiichan for the first time.

My Dad passing Mio over to my Mom. — Happy grandparents with their first grandchild.

Mom holding Mio — My mom reunited with Mio. She was surprised by how much she'd grown!

being held by Auntie Miwa — Getting some love from Auntie Miwa.

Mio is awake this time — My Dad holding Mio again. A proud ojiichan!

wide awake! — Mio wide awake from the excitement of meeting everyone!

I’m really happy to be back home in Virginia and am looking forward to the next two weeks that we’ll be spending here. We hope to spend a lot of time with family and friends, and just relax and enjoy our time here. It’s definitely summer here — hot and humid! I actually kind of missed the humidity of the Mid-Atlantic region, since this is the type of summer weather I grew up with!

An Afternoon at Lake Chabot

June 14, 2011 By Misono in Family and Friends, Mio, Recreational Fun Tags: afternoon, baby. newborn, Castro Valley, grandparents, Lake Chabot, Mio, Sunday

Last Sunday, we spent the afternoon strolling around Lake Chabot with Dan’s parents. It was a beautiful, sunny day and we enjoyed some quality time with the family and got some exercise while walking for about four miles around the lake. (I couldn’t handle the full seven mile trek around the lake, even in flats….)

Mio and Mommy! — Mio and Mommy upon arriving at Lake Chabot

Mio with Daddy — Daddy calls herÂ "Chubby Cheeks"

Mio with grandma — Mio got to spend some quality time with Grandma!

Now that it’s summer, we’re looking forward to getting out more and enjoying the outdoors with our little Mio!

Sleeping Through the Night

June 10, 2011 By Misono in Milestones, Mio Tags: baby, Mio, newborn, sleep, sleep schedule, sleeping through the night

When Mio was still in my belly, everyone teased us about the lack of sleep we’d get once she was out. Although we expected to have sleepless nights, nothing can truly prepare you for it. In all honesty, it sucks. Mio has hijacked our sleep schedule for the past couple months, but we can’t hate her for it — she’s a newborn, and it’s what babies do. So we have been at her mercy for the past couple months…

But last night was different. We put her down to sleep in her nursery at around 11pm, and as I do every night, I mentally prepared myself to wake up 3 or 4 hours later to her cries. I went to sleep too, so I could get as much rest as possible before the middle-of-the-night feeding.

When I awoke to her cries, I strangely felt much more well-rested than usual. Rubbing my eyes, I looked at the clock and was aghast to see that it was almost 7am!

What I had only dreamed of in the past two months had happened — she slept through the night. For EIGHT hours! On her own — no sleeping training or anything!

I don’t dare assume that this will be a regular thing from hereon just yet… but I’m beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel! 🙂

a happy morning — Mio, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after 8 hours of sleep.

Big Smile! — A happy morning for both Mio and Mommy!

Like Mother, Like Daughter

June 9, 2011 By Misono in Mio Tags: baby, bed, daughter, Mio, mother, newborn, sleeping in

Some early mornings when Mio wakes up, I’ll feed her and then bring her over to our bed to cuddle with us as we go back to sleep, instead of putting her back into her crib. Dan woke up to get ready for work and captured this photo of Mio and I asleep… he got a kick out of how we were angled the same way, our faces were pointing in the same direction, and even our arms are in the same pose! I have to admit, it was pretty funny.

(I have taken the liberty of blurring out my face, as I would like to spare our audience of my makeup-less sleep face… one less thing on the web to be horrified by!)

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