December 27, 2011

Aidan's First High Chair Experience

We went to Pizza Hut last Sunday.
It's getting more difficult to have mealtime toghether, i mean the three of us, since Aidan is now 6,5 mo, more aware and concious about whatever going on arround him. And eventually, more curious in everything he sees.
There's no way we can make him stay still for 5 seconds. He wants to explore every corner, every moving thing, just everything.
So, when i saw they have high chair for baby there, i was very happy. I've been waiting for weeks for the chance to sit Aidan in a high chair with the hope that he would sit there and enjoy the family lunch-out.
 I was a little bit doubt, actually. I wasn't so sure that Aidan could sit on the chair by himself. But i tried it anyway.
At first, he refused to sit. He wanted to carried arround the room. Watching many people, the ceiling fans, wall paintings and everything. Me and F took turns in doing it while the other one ate. But then, i was tired. So i tried to sit him again on the high chair. It works! Aidan sat there without being hold and ate his biscuit.
Not that still, of course. It seemed that he also interested to the chair. He tried to taste it too :D
Here's how he always moving and watching arround while sitting on the high chair.







He even tried to eat the camera :D

December 16, 2011

Baby Spa

Aidan sudah 6 bulan usianya. Selama 6 bulan ini juga belum pernah dipijat sama sekali. Maksud aku dipijat beneran dengan cara yang benar, bukan asal-asalan seperti yang aku lakukan. So, i decided to take him to Woman & Woman Spa. Katanya di situ ada baby spa juga. Hmm.. penasaran seperti apa jadinya kalau Aidan berenang :)
Dengan kamera di tangan, aku hapalin cara pijetnya. Hehehehe..
Konon, acara massage dan berenang ini bikin bayi lebih tenang, postur tubuhnya bagus, dan ototnya lebih kuat. Yang jelas, karena Aidan gerakan kakinya agak2 lebay, dia perlu dipijet karena aku khawatir dia suka pegel2 gitu.


Pertama, pijat kaki, tangan, stretching, gaya mengayuh pedal,..

trus punggung, leher, bahu, patpat. Biar dia ngga guling2, salah satu therapist ngajakin main boneka Tigger. Untunglah Aidan cukup sopan untuk mau meladeninya, hehehe :p

Kalo Aidan udah bosan dan nangis, terpaksa acara massage di-pause dulu :)
Dirayu-rayu ngga berhasil, terpaksa mamanya turun tangan, gendongin dulu sambil main di depan cermin. 

Kalau sudah tenang, resume lagi.

Akhirnya bagian paling ditunggu pun tibalah saatnya. Berenang ^^
Aidan harus pakai pelampung khusus di lehernya supaya kepala tetap di atas permukaan air, nanti biarkan badannya mengambang di dalam air, trus tangan dan kakinya gerak2, trus postur tulang belakangnya terbantu jadi tegak dan lehernya dilatih supaya kuat.
Itu skenarionya.
Tapi..
Aidan sudah agak telat mulainya. Jari kakinya sudah sampai ke dasar.
Dan yang jadi masalah, dia ngga mau pakai pelampungnya.

Itu kan pelampungnya dekat sama wajahnya, bawaannya pengin dimasukin mulut aja. Tapi karena ngga bisa, cuma bisa dijilatin dan dia mulai kesal. Apalagi jadi susah tengak-tengok.

Akhirnya, ngga berhasil ditenangkan. Dalam kurang dari 5 menit (harusnya 15 menit, at least), dia udah nangis keras banget, marah.
Hup! Diangkatlah dia dari kolam dan ditenangkan, digendong lagi keliling ruangan. Setelah udah bisa ketawa, dicoba pakai pelampung lagi.. Langsung nangis! T_T Huhuhu... Gagal deh acara berenangnya.

Katanya sih wajar kalau pertama kali mencoba ini bayinya nangis. Hmm, kapan ya coba lagi? Semoga Aidan udah berani. Tapi jangan2 saat itu Aidan sudah napak ke dasar kolam? :D Telat siiihh...


Tapi seriously, masuk ke W&W selalu bikin aku pengin daftar utk perawatan top to toe. Ahhh, Aidan kan udah makin berat, makin pegel aja badan ini gendongin dia kesana kemari. Maybe this weekend?
2 hours for me-time is not too much, is it? ;)