8 months old

aww how can you not fall in love with this kid?

Hari ini Nathan pas 8 bulan dan hari ini pertama kalinya dia berdiri sendiri. Biasanya dia manjat pager playpen buat berdiri, hari ini dia pull himself up dan stayed upright for like 5 seconds.

Akhir2 ini drooling banyak bgt ternyata bener mau nambah gigi. Satu gigi di atas ud cut out mau keluar. Siap2 deh kegigit lagi while he's getting used to the new addition. :)

Mulai minggu kemarin sleeping routine nya udah bener2 kebentuk. Makin ke sini makin dicepetin dan dia makin enak bobonya kyny. Jadi biasanya sekitar jam 6 gitu Nathan makan malem, sebelumnya diaper change dulu. Terus boleh main sampe nanti jam stgh8 sikat gigi, pamit sama papa, terus ke kamar buat dibacain Goodnight Moon, breastfeeding, terus ditaro di box (matiin lampu) dan dinyanyiin sampe bobo, usually takes about 20 mins.
Kalo misalnya jadwal mandi biasanya mandi dulu baru makan malem.

Speaking about food, mulai bisa makan yang teksturnya lebih chunky. Emaknya belum lancar blending buat tekstur yg pas jadi nyobainnya baru di jar food yg 8 months and up. Biasanya pagi2 bangun terus makan, abis nap pertama ditawarin lagi sampe ga mau. Abis nap kedua (biasanya bangun jam 4 gitu) dikasi puree buah. Baru terakhir jam 6 dikasih makan malem.

Things are settling down nicely. Cuma agak anxious karena sekitar 3 minggu lagi mau ke Paris bawa bayi... terus in about a month pertama kali long haul flight menuju Indonesia. Semoga anak kecil cooperative deh ya amin amin.

Oh one last note, beberapa hari terakhir tiap abis bangun pagi dan dibawa ke bed mama papa, Nathan suka nyamperin mamanya nyusu (of course) tapi setelah itu dia suka main2 dan crawl back towards me and give me a kiss :') I love him. So much.

The difficulties

Taking care of your own baby by yourself is of course not an impossible task. Every time he does something or reaches a milestone, you feel more happiness knowing you helped him arrive there.

It's not all smiles and joy all the time, though. Sometimes you have to struggle through things, searching here and there on the internet or books trying to figure things out, or when all your tries fail, you simply just do your best. It can be tiring and also make you feel guilty for feeling tired or whiney. :')

I think one of the most difficult thing in having just two persons responsible for a tiny human being, is the lack of parties to blame ^^; it's easy to grovel and thinking how things could be done differently if the other person does this or that. Also it takes a great control of emotion when you hear the other person whines about something; cause you can't help thinking that you are to blame.

And sometimes you wish you can spend some quality time together.