Toddler winter skin care routine

So the weather here is not exactly cold yet. Its strangely warm here in east coast for the end of November (not that I am complaining), but the cold weather is right around the corner and my poor baby has dry skin. (He gets that from his Daddy)

So I made some changes to his skin care routine to keep him baby smooth all winter long.

Johnson's moisture care baby wash

I switch from the yellow Johnson baby wash to the pink moisture care baby wash.

I can definitely tell the difference. It really gives that extra little moisture.. and I prefer this scent.

Vaseline baby petroleum jelly

I used this for his diaper rashes. The baby ones are awesome, they have this nice soft baby powder scent.

Aveeno baby calming comfort

This is my favorite lotion.

I have been using this since last winter. It didn't really calming him down... but I love the nice lavender scent.

Weleda Calendula Face Cream

THE best face cream for the sensitive baby skin. For his little dry cheeks I love using this face cream. It heals any dryness over night. He loves rubbing in his cheeks himself.

Not a fan of the scent.

Side note: I thought I lost this last week, and had to re order. Of course as soon i re-ordered it I found it hidden in Jacob's toy chest. It all worked out because the price of this product is usually around 12 dollars and it is now on sale at amazon for 7 dollars. Now I will have one for his diaper bag.

Baby Aquaphor

I only use this for extremely dry skin, I do not like the greasiness of this, but I use a little dab of it on his chin where he gets drool rash.

With all these wonderful product, Jacob's skin will stay baby soft all winter long.

18 months

Jacob is all toddler now. He runs, climb stairs, TALKS BACK!

he can say so many words now; yes, no, no more, please, thank you, he knows what to call his grandparents, aunts and uncles.

Seems like he learns something new every day.

A few pictures from last month.

Breakfast at Green eggs cafe
http://www.greeneggscafe.net/

One Year Photoshoot!

Jacob had his One year old Photos taken this weekend!

It went great ,I guess it’s because the photographer is his uncle, hahahahaha.

We tried to get a shot of him giving me a kiss but he just started attacking me!!!!!

 

More photos to come

 

www.Wingtangphotography.com

 

 

 

 

Jacob's One Year update

Now that Jacob is ONE, here are some milestones he has hit:

 

• Self feed finger foods
• Imitates sounds
• Blows bubbles and ‘raspberries’
• Babbles “baby talk”
• Only calls me “maaaa” when he is upset
• Calls his dad “Diddy”
• Go from laying down to sitting independently
• Pulls self to a stand
• Shakes his head and say NO
• Wave bye bye… he does that to EVERYONE….
• Greet EVERYONE…. He uses the same “bye bye” wave
• Clap his hands when he sees others doing it, or he will clap when we say “pat pat” which is Chinese for “clap clap”
• We have a walker! Within 4 days he went from take a few baby steps while holding my finger to almost running across the room all by himself
• Learned to climb off the couch

 

 

A few things we are stuff working on:

• Feeds self (with spoon)
• Calling me momma more often (he called he mimi a few times when he wasn’t fussy)
• Sit still long enough for story time.
• Drinking from straw

His one year check up will be tomorrow, so we will see what the doctor says.  I believe he is developing just fine, but we will see.

 

 

 

 

First birthday!!

Happy First Birthday to my Coo Coo Bean

His actual birthday was Monday May 9^th and his party was on Saturday May 7^th .

It was a success! We had a barn yard theme party (his favorite ipad game is “peeka boo barn”). We had the party at the Camden’s Children Garden. We were in a big tent, there were mini train rides, carousel, butterfly house, plenty of places for all the kiddies to run around.

We had pizza and wings with the usual snacks.

I sure am glad it’s over, it was a pretty stressful month leading up to the party.

http://www.camdenchildrensgarden.org/

Baby Crush

Jacob is teething right now, so he would wake up scream-crying from the pain.  It's such a sad hearbreaking cry, I tried giving him orajel but he refused to open his mouth.  

The only thing that stopped him from crying is the orajel BOX. When I take the box away he would cry murder.

I think he has a crush on the baby on the orajel box.  When he sees that box, he smiles and laughs.  He would look at it, hug it, laugh at it.   He would happily open his mouth as long as he has that box in his hand.  Whatever gets him thru the night! 

*shaking my head*  Out of all the toys and blankets I buy him, its the orajel box he likes best.

Oriental Coleslaw Recipe

A very yummy and easy to make salad.

I got this recipe from a co-worker who made it for our pot luck office party during Christmas.
I made it for the first time this weekend and it was a BIG hit.

Salad
1 lb pkg prepared coleslaw
5 green onions
2 pkgs ramen noodles, crumbled
4 oz slivered almonds
2 oz sesame seeds
1 stick butter

Dressing
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Veg oil
1/2 Cup white vinegar
1 Tablespoon Soy sauce

Melt butter in pan. Sauté ramen noodles (do not use seasoning), almonds and sesame seeds until golden brown. Cool.
Chop green onions and add to coleslaw.
Add sauté mixture to coleslaw.
Mix dressing and add to coleslaw when ready to serve.