About my life of working and living internationally. Bilingual postings in English/ Japanese on my daily life, work, travel and more.
lundi, janvier 25, 2016
mardi, janvier 19, 2016
日々成長
Our little
TR is growing ever so fast.
Some of new
tricks he learned lately:
Clapping
hands- with music or just randomly
Waiving -
He waves back when we do it, but I don’t think he know it means good-bye.
Sometimes when I leave, he waves smiling, and then he realizes that I am
leaving and start crying.
Fluttering
his eyes slowly- special technique to look cute and charm other people
Pointing
with fingers- He points at birds and dogs when we are outside. He also points
at something and nothing in the air.
Getting
better at eating with his hands- He can pick up small pieces of bread, fruit
and vegetables. He seems to enjoy feeding himself. The down side of it is that
he also picks up dust, food scraps and all kinds of things off the floor and
puts them in his mouth! I removed a dead bug from his mouth this morning….
Four shiny
teeth! 真珠みたいに小さくて可愛い歯が4本
His latest
obsession is doors (closing and opening) and a printer. He still loves mobile
phones. He tries to get to it at any cost when he sees it. Other items include
my indoor flip-flops, his bathing sponge, the red cap of shampoo bottle etc.
He is
becoming very social too. He smiles at other people and says “ah-ah, bha-bha”
to get their attention. 外に行くと他の人に愛嬌ふりまくり。こないだの旅行の時なんて、飛行機の中でずっと後ろを向いて、後ろの席の人と交流していた。
意志も色々強くなってきて、例えばFR氏の指につかまって、歩く練習をするのが好きなのだけど、止めると怒って泣いたり。好きなおかずの方を食べたがったり。お水をストローボトルに入れてあげていて、大体私が渡すと要らない!ってされるけど、置いておくと一人で飲んでいる。自分のペースでやりたい模様。 こんな小ちゃいけど、自分の意志があるんだなあと感心する。
mercredi, janvier 13, 2016
途上国 離乳食のチャレンジ
6ヶ月から離乳食を始めたTR君。私ににて食い意地がはっているようで、毎日何でも喜んで食べてくれている。
一応、日本の離乳食の本を参考にしているけど、同じような食材もない場合もあるし、不便で悩むこともある。
食品の安全が一番心配。こちらでは農薬などの規制がないので、スーパーや市場で売っている野菜を買うのに躊躇する。有機栽培で毎週届けてもらっている野菜と、スーパーで化学肥料フリーの安全野菜のコーナーで買ったものをあげているけど、品物とバラエティには限りがある。 果物はほとんど輸入品しかないのでしょうがなく買っている。豆腐も納得できるものがないし、白身魚もないので、たんぱく質もマンネリ。卵、缶のツナ、鶏のひき肉、磨り下ろし高野豆腐、きな粉と乳製品でごまかしている。
うちは電子レンジがないので、冷凍していても、いちいち火を通さないといけないので、手間もかかる。しかも高温多湿の気候なので、特に注意が必要。スーパーで売っている輸入物の有機の離乳食は一パックで400円近くするので、旅行の時くらいしか使えないし。サラサラの形状のものばかりで、月齢に合わせた固さとか、そんなものはない。日本の離乳食をネットで見ていたら、塩の入っていない赤ちゃんそうめんとかうどんもあるんだって。便利だろうな。
バンコクで納豆とか、塩分なしのツナ缶等、ベトナムで赤ちゃんせんべいを調達してきたので、これで次の国外脱出まで持たせよう。
TR君は先週から3回食になって、一日中離乳食をあげている感じがする。朝はパンで、お昼はお雑炊、夜はそうめんとか麩入りのスープをあげて、同じ物ばかりあげないようにしているけど、なかなか難しい。
lundi, janvier 11, 2016
Happy 2016!!
Belatedly wishing a wonderful 2016! We spent a new year in a beautiful beach house in a town called Hoi An in Vietnam. M.FR and I had a quiet countdown on the beach and when we went back inside the house, TR was just waking up. We wished him a happy new year and he gave us a big smile.
One week filled with good food, watching movies, walking through narrow streets, laying in the bed in the morning, walk on the cool and breezy beach and shopping.
One week filled with good food, watching movies, walking through narrow streets, laying in the bed in the morning, walk on the cool and breezy beach and shopping.
dimanche, décembre 20, 2015
Looking back 2015
This has
been indeed a year of changes. Two major life events: becoming a parent and
getting married happened almost at a same time. Working in BKK till March,
giving birth then moving back to YGN. Started a part time job in July and went
back to Kyoto to get married in September. After we came back, M.FR got
extremely busy with his work. When that ended, the year also almost is ending! As
if that is not enough, I started another short-term consultancy, which makes 3 jobs this year. I don’t
know how we managed to pack so many things in 12 months!
Trips to
BKK, three domestic travels, Japan and now we are planning a holiday in a
neighbouring country.
I feel blessed with having TR and M.FR, and I am ready to take on life
challenges and new adventures in 2016. We don’t know what life may hold in store next
year. We will be moving or going
somewhere after March, as it looks like our chapter in this country is coming to close.
もう12月。今年は色々なことがありすぎて、本当にめまぐるしかった。何と言っても、人生のビッグイベント、出産と結婚がほとんど一度にやってきたのだから。
3月まで、BKKで単身赴任で仕事、そして出産。それから2ヶ月後の5月末に、赴任国に舞い戻り、7月の終わりからパートタイムの仕事を再開。去年の総括のエントリーを読んだら、今年は私もFR氏も職なしになるって書いてあったけど、結局のところはかなり働いた。9月に日本に2週間帰り、結婚式をして、それからはFR氏の選挙の仕事が超多忙になり、それが終ったら、もう今年もほぼ終わりになってしまった。年末まで新しい短期の仕事も引き受けたので、また忙しい。
BKKへは度々。国内旅行は3回。日本へ1回。年末に近隣の国への旅行。
FR氏とTR君との3人家族になった私。未だに自分が母親になったのは信じられないし(夜TR君が寝てしまうと、静かですべて夢だったんじゃないかと思う事がある)FR氏にmy wifeと紹介されるのが、かなり違和感がある。TR君を囲んで、二人のダイナミックは変わったような前と同じような。二人ともTR君のお世話で忙しいので、喧嘩する暇もほとんどないし、怒っていても、TR君がニコッとしてくれると、怒っていたことも忘れてしまう。
親になることで、自分の“のびしろ“が伸びるかと思ったけど、アイデンティティが一つ増えても、私は私。劇的な自己成長を期待していたけど、相変わらず。親として、ちょっとずつ変わっていくものなのかなあ。仕事と子どもの両立っていうママ業のジレンマは多少、味わえたし、これでジェンダーの仕事に少しは深みがついたのだろうか。
まだ私達は、来年もほぼ3から5ヶ月単位でしか先の見通しが立たない生活なのだけど、4、5、年のうちにはもう少し落ち着けるような人生設計をしないといけないなあと思う。
今年は出産後、仕事以外は、あまり人付き合いも多くなかったし、来年はもう少し外向きに活動したいと思う。もちろん育児にも全力で向き合う。ごく最近からFR氏とヨガにも通い始めた。できる範囲で子育てだけでなく、違うことにもチャレンジしたい。
dimanche, novembre 29, 2015
今週のはじめて
TR turned 8 months old this week. He is becoming ever active, curious and wants to grab everything.
Now he crawls everywhere in the house, holds onto things and gets up on his feet, climbs up on cushions etc. Hardly sits still. Even changing diapers and dressing him is a challenge.
He eats everything too. Now he moved on to chicken, egg, yogurt and all kinds of vegetables and fruits. We decided to go Japanese way by not giving him any sweets till he turns 2 years old. We can see the power of sugar already. The other day, we gave him pure mushed banana. It's normally mixed with other things. This was by far the sweetest thing he has ever eaten in his eight months life. He was so upset after it was finished and we kept giving him rice. He didn't want anything else! No more pure banana mush for him!
We have not bought any toys for him but we have quite a few things received as gifts. However, his favourite ones are a sponge (we use it for his bath) and a little container for toothpicks. He crawls holding his toys around the rooms, which is so cute.
He also really likes my slippers probably because he is not allowed to play with them. From time to time I just let him as long as he doesn't put them in his mouth (his primary method of playing...) Today he was playing with them and put them in the mouth. I told him "no" and then he stopped. This happened repeatedly. Is it possible that he understands??!
Now he crawls everywhere in the house, holds onto things and gets up on his feet, climbs up on cushions etc. Hardly sits still. Even changing diapers and dressing him is a challenge.
He eats everything too. Now he moved on to chicken, egg, yogurt and all kinds of vegetables and fruits. We decided to go Japanese way by not giving him any sweets till he turns 2 years old. We can see the power of sugar already. The other day, we gave him pure mushed banana. It's normally mixed with other things. This was by far the sweetest thing he has ever eaten in his eight months life. He was so upset after it was finished and we kept giving him rice. He didn't want anything else! No more pure banana mush for him!
We have not bought any toys for him but we have quite a few things received as gifts. However, his favourite ones are a sponge (we use it for his bath) and a little container for toothpicks. He crawls holding his toys around the rooms, which is so cute.
He also really likes my slippers probably because he is not allowed to play with them. From time to time I just let him as long as he doesn't put them in his mouth (his primary method of playing...) Today he was playing with them and put them in the mouth. I told him "no" and then he stopped. This happened repeatedly. Is it possible that he understands??!
はじめてのうみ
選挙もやっと終わり、仕事が一段落したFR氏。事務所も今月末で縮小されて、外国人スタッフさんも少しずつ帰国していく。皆が帰る前に、これまでの仕事の総括も兼ねて、彼が慰安旅行を計画して、私とTR君も便乗してきました。2泊3日で、ここから車で5時間ちょっとの海辺のリゾート。
TR君には初めての海。日が陰る夕方まで待って、ビーチへ。
砂浜に座らせると、濡れた砂の感触が珍しいのか、不思議そうな顔で触っていました。FR氏が、波打ち際に立たせると、びっくりしたのか泣き出した。落ち着いた後、私がだっこして、足を水に入れると、波が来るとちょっと怖そうだったけど、ひいては寄せる波をじっと見ていました。
翌日は、だっこで波打ち際に座る所まで、慣れさせた。
ビーチに座らせていたら、私がよそ見している間に、やっぱり砂を口に入れていた。吐き出さずもせずに、モグモグしてた。塩の味がしたのかな。
朝は早起きでビーチを散歩したり、小さい花火が上がっているのを見たり。
こうやって、息子の色んな”初めて”を一緒に経験できるのが、何より嬉しくて幸せ。ちょうど8ヶ月になって、ますます活発で好奇心旺盛になってきた。
ちょっと前まで一時期、人見知りだったような気もするけど(知らない男性にだっこされると泣いていた)、今回は彼のスタッフさん達に、代わる代わるご機嫌にだっこされてました。おかげさまで、ゆっくりご飯が食べられた。
私は2年振りの海!この国に移動する前に、アメリカの西海岸をFR氏と旅して以来でした。
水も暖かく、すごく綺麗な砂浜でした。もうちょっと泳ぎたかったけど、小さい赤ちゃんがいるとなかなかリゾートに来ていても、時間がないものですね。
TR君には初めての海。日が陰る夕方まで待って、ビーチへ。
砂浜に座らせると、濡れた砂の感触が珍しいのか、不思議そうな顔で触っていました。FR氏が、波打ち際に立たせると、びっくりしたのか泣き出した。落ち着いた後、私がだっこして、足を水に入れると、波が来るとちょっと怖そうだったけど、ひいては寄せる波をじっと見ていました。
翌日は、だっこで波打ち際に座る所まで、慣れさせた。
ビーチに座らせていたら、私がよそ見している間に、やっぱり砂を口に入れていた。吐き出さずもせずに、モグモグしてた。塩の味がしたのかな。
朝は早起きでビーチを散歩したり、小さい花火が上がっているのを見たり。
こうやって、息子の色んな”初めて”を一緒に経験できるのが、何より嬉しくて幸せ。ちょうど8ヶ月になって、ますます活発で好奇心旺盛になってきた。
ちょっと前まで一時期、人見知りだったような気もするけど(知らない男性にだっこされると泣いていた)、今回は彼のスタッフさん達に、代わる代わるご機嫌にだっこされてました。おかげさまで、ゆっくりご飯が食べられた。
私は2年振りの海!この国に移動する前に、アメリカの西海岸をFR氏と旅して以来でした。
水も暖かく、すごく綺麗な砂浜でした。もうちょっと泳ぎたかったけど、小さい赤ちゃんがいるとなかなかリゾートに来ていても、時間がないものですね。
mercredi, novembre 11, 2015
10 years
I was too busy in September, but this blog has been in existence for 10 years in September! I started it when I went to work in Guyana in 2005. That was the beginning of my international development career, which led to where I am now.
A lot can happen in 10 years obviously. Many countries for work and travel, making friends, relationships, tears, laughters, etc etc.
細々と書き続けているこのブログ、9月で10年になりました!たいした内容じゃないけど、自分の日記代わり、読んでくれている人も多少はいるみたいなので。
10年の間に色々なことがあったな。ガイアナに赴任してからずっと書いている。それ以来、6カ国の途上国への赴任、オタワとニューヨークでの仕事。たくさんの出会いと別れがあった。これから先、どれくらい続けられるかな。
A lot can happen in 10 years obviously. Many countries for work and travel, making friends, relationships, tears, laughters, etc etc.
細々と書き続けているこのブログ、9月で10年になりました!たいした内容じゃないけど、自分の日記代わり、読んでくれている人も多少はいるみたいなので。
10年の間に色々なことがあったな。ガイアナに赴任してからずっと書いている。それ以来、6カ国の途上国への赴任、オタワとニューヨークでの仕事。たくさんの出会いと別れがあった。これから先、どれくらい続けられるかな。
dimanche, novembre 08, 2015
小旅行
While my newly wed husband is extremely busy working, TR, my mother and I went to the country’s most famous archeological site. This was my second visit, so I mostly took it easy with TR.
http://southandnorthequator.blogspot.fr/2014/02/ancient-city.html
This time I could not get on an electronic bike for the obvious reason, so we rented a car from the hotel to take us around. It is right after the monsoon, and the landscape was green and lush. Very different from my previous visit, which was at the end of the dry season.
7 months old baby visiting old ruins and temples... I am not sure if it was at all enjoyable for TR, but I believe exposing him to different things is positive for his development.
It was so nice to have my mother for over two weeks. She came to help us out for the pre-election busy time. I hardly saw M.FR, so it was very helpful to have her around. TR got spoiled by her, so I have to try hard to keep it up..
この地方で有名な漆器の工場を、見せてもらった(もちろん買い物も)のも良かった。2度目は前とは違う楽しみ方ができました。最近できたばかりの、リゾートも綺麗で、従業員さんたちもとても親切。食事する暇もないほど忙しく働いているFR氏には悪いけど、2泊3日のーんびりさせて頂きました。最近疲れが溜まっていたので、リフレッシュできました。
http://southandnorthequator.blogspot.fr/2014/02/ancient-city.htmlThis time I could not get on an electronic bike for the obvious reason, so we rented a car from the hotel to take us around. It is right after the monsoon, and the landscape was green and lush. Very different from my previous visit, which was at the end of the dry season.
7 months old baby visiting old ruins and temples... I am not sure if it was at all enjoyable for TR, but I believe exposing him to different things is positive for his development.
この地方で有名な漆器の工場を、見せてもらった(もちろん買い物も)のも良かった。2度目は前とは違う楽しみ方ができました。最近できたばかりの、リゾートも綺麗で、従業員さんたちもとても親切。食事する暇もないほど忙しく働いているFR氏には悪いけど、2泊3日のーんびりさせて頂きました。最近疲れが溜まっていたので、リフレッシュできました。
mardi, octobre 27, 2015
mardi, octobre 20, 2015
Wedding week
結婚式の後は、着替えて京都は円山公園内の東観荘という料亭での食事会。披露宴というほどの大げさな物でもなく、みんなで楽しく京懐石を食べつつ話すのが目的でした。値段もリーズナブルだし、雰囲気も良くて、もちろん食事も美味しかった。外国人のお客様には物足りないかと、思ったけど、みんな喜んでたので良かった。
引き出物は、両親が買ってくれた塗りのお重と、私達の用意した抹茶クッキーと私の大好きな手ぬぐい!
遠方からのお客様ばかりなので、もう少しみんなと話したいと思い、翌日は京都御所でピクニックを催した。100均でレジャーシート(6枚!)や紙コップなどを買い、大丸で巻き鮨、お稲荷さん、唐揚げ、月見団子、フルーツなどなど買い込み、私の母校の隣の懐かしの御所へ。数人しかこないかと思っていたけど、他にも観光できる場所が山ほどある京都なのに、ほぼ全員参加してくれて、かなりの人数でした。芝生に座ってリラックスしてお弁当を食べるのは本当に楽しい。私はホスト側なので、食事が足りるかとか心配しつつも、楽しみました。御所の参観に行った人達もいるし、お天気に恵まれて、ピクニック日和でした。
その日の夜は、TR君が寝てから、FR氏の妹さん夫婦にお願いして、京都の夜の街に繰り出した。FR氏は音楽好きで、特に変わった前衛的なものももちろん好き。どこから調べてきたのか、木屋町のライブハウスに私以外、皆外国人のグループ総勢10人で、行く事になった。音楽かと思いきや、楽器で効果音を付ける怪談だった.....。怖い話は私しか分からず、みんな訳分かってなかったのに、なぜかみんな帰ろうともせず、まあまあ楽しんでいたのだから可笑しい。その後、近くの小さいお好み焼き屋さんに入った。貸し切り状態で12時頃まで焼きそばやや葱焼きを食べつつ、盛り上がった。こんなに遅くまで外出するのは出産後はじめて。急いで帰ったけど、TR君はちゃんとまだ寝ていたので、ホッとした。
翌日はグループで温泉。
結婚式以外にも、たくさんの良い思い出ができた数日でした。私達が帰国して準備できなかったので、両親が奔走して、式や食事会の手続きをしてくれて、本当に有り難かった。感謝です。
引き出物は、両親が買ってくれた塗りのお重と、私達の用意した抹茶クッキーと私の大好きな手ぬぐい!
遠方からのお客様ばかりなので、もう少しみんなと話したいと思い、翌日は京都御所でピクニックを催した。100均でレジャーシート(6枚!)や紙コップなどを買い、大丸で巻き鮨、お稲荷さん、唐揚げ、月見団子、フルーツなどなど買い込み、私の母校の隣の懐かしの御所へ。数人しかこないかと思っていたけど、他にも観光できる場所が山ほどある京都なのに、ほぼ全員参加してくれて、かなりの人数でした。芝生に座ってリラックスしてお弁当を食べるのは本当に楽しい。私はホスト側なので、食事が足りるかとか心配しつつも、楽しみました。御所の参観に行った人達もいるし、お天気に恵まれて、ピクニック日和でした。
その日の夜は、TR君が寝てから、FR氏の妹さん夫婦にお願いして、京都の夜の街に繰り出した。FR氏は音楽好きで、特に変わった前衛的なものももちろん好き。どこから調べてきたのか、木屋町のライブハウスに私以外、皆外国人のグループ総勢10人で、行く事になった。音楽かと思いきや、楽器で効果音を付ける怪談だった.....。怖い話は私しか分からず、みんな訳分かってなかったのに、なぜかみんな帰ろうともせず、まあまあ楽しんでいたのだから可笑しい。その後、近くの小さいお好み焼き屋さんに入った。貸し切り状態で12時頃まで焼きそばやや葱焼きを食べつつ、盛り上がった。こんなに遅くまで外出するのは出産後はじめて。急いで帰ったけど、TR君はちゃんとまだ寝ていたので、ホッとした。
翌日はグループで温泉。
結婚式以外にも、たくさんの良い思い出ができた数日でした。私達が帰国して準備できなかったので、両親が奔走して、式や食事会の手続きをしてくれて、本当に有り難かった。感謝です。
samedi, octobre 17, 2015
Gender, Titanic and Fried Banana
I am still supporting the same initiative of gender training as a consultant which I started back in July.
I have trained close to 30 people to become gender trainers. I facilitated six days in total of a workshop on gender, gender mainstreaming and gender based violence so far.
This week it was their turn to practice new skills, and selected people were sent to facilitate gender sessions for senior level government officials for two days. I also went along to provide support. We all got up at 5 and left home by 6:30 to commute to the training venue.
I have to say this was the most defensive and hostile audience. Usually, my target groups are women or people who are interested or already working in women's issues. In this country according to them (mostly men) gender is a "non-issue" or even brings conflict to their family and challenges cultural, religious and traditional values.
Just by pointing some examples of gender issues, it was taken almost as an attack to them. They didn't like that we the facilitators were mostly women, younger, more junior and from NGO and UN backgrounds. We were very diplomatic, but even our well-thought through approach was not enough.
The interpreter who was helping me (since I was the only foreigner there) came up to me and said "the participants has a question to you. Do you know the story of Titanic? They want to know if you know that Japanese man disguised as a woman to try to save himself and get in a boat?"
I thought it was such a strange question and realized it was a personal attack to me. They didn't like Japanese (foreigner) and young looking woman was there to tell them that they have problems.
I didn't know about this man, so I googled and it turned out that he was falsely accused of this. His name was cleared only after he died.
At the training centre, we were treated like VIP. There was a separate hall for us for dining, and someone would wait in front of the bathroom holding a wet towel! Great breakfast and lunch, and they always had snacks for us. Their fried banana was so tasty.
Overall, it was interesting experience, and I am happy to get to experience this whole thing. Leaving TR all day was tough, since M.FR has been away on a field mission. By putting two nannies on shifts, we managed.
I have trained close to 30 people to become gender trainers. I facilitated six days in total of a workshop on gender, gender mainstreaming and gender based violence so far.
This week it was their turn to practice new skills, and selected people were sent to facilitate gender sessions for senior level government officials for two days. I also went along to provide support. We all got up at 5 and left home by 6:30 to commute to the training venue.
I have to say this was the most defensive and hostile audience. Usually, my target groups are women or people who are interested or already working in women's issues. In this country according to them (mostly men) gender is a "non-issue" or even brings conflict to their family and challenges cultural, religious and traditional values.
Just by pointing some examples of gender issues, it was taken almost as an attack to them. They didn't like that we the facilitators were mostly women, younger, more junior and from NGO and UN backgrounds. We were very diplomatic, but even our well-thought through approach was not enough.
The interpreter who was helping me (since I was the only foreigner there) came up to me and said "the participants has a question to you. Do you know the story of Titanic? They want to know if you know that Japanese man disguised as a woman to try to save himself and get in a boat?"
I thought it was such a strange question and realized it was a personal attack to me. They didn't like Japanese (foreigner) and young looking woman was there to tell them that they have problems.
I didn't know about this man, so I googled and it turned out that he was falsely accused of this. His name was cleared only after he died.
At the training centre, we were treated like VIP. There was a separate hall for us for dining, and someone would wait in front of the bathroom holding a wet towel! Great breakfast and lunch, and they always had snacks for us. Their fried banana was so tasty.
Overall, it was interesting experience, and I am happy to get to experience this whole thing. Leaving TR all day was tough, since M.FR has been away on a field mission. By putting two nannies on shifts, we managed.
vendredi, octobre 16, 2015
はじめて物語
While we were busy getting married, our TR turned six months. He had so much attention from my family and M.FR's and all of our friends. There were queues to wait for their turns to hold him, and apparently his fan club was formed :)
He has started crawling, not perfectly but he can move around fairly quickly. He can change directions freely.
He has started eating solid food! We delayed this a bit till we were back from Japan. It's been over one week, and he has tried so far: rice, pumpkin, sweet potato, tomato and cauliflower. He eats everything we give him. In the past few days, I used kelp (konbu) dashi to give "umami" to him pumpkin rice porridge, and he seems to like it a lot. I love seeing his reaction when he eats something for the first time. When he ate tomato, he made sour face, but he continued eating it anyway!
He started playing "drop and pick up" game. I have noticed a couple of times that he drops his toy. I pick it up and give it to him and he immediately drops it (intentionally I think.)
He cries when I leave the room.
He reaches out to me to be held. When he is being held by others, I extend my hands to him and he wants to come back to me. That is extremely cute.
He stood up yesterday (Oct 15) by holding on to my legs.
He figured out that he can drink milk more easily when he tilts the bottle higher. I am now giving him formula milk once a day.
He has become lot more aware and interactive. He laughs and smiles when we read him books. He is becoming more and more a person. I am getting worried though. He hardly sits (or lays) still. He is now crawling towards me climbing up to my stomach and legs. I am not sure how much I can keep up with his energy. This is going to get lot worse. I know that much...
He was still in my body six months ago. I am just amazed how quickly he is growing up. I am a bit worried that he is not gaining weight as much as I think he should, but he seems to be ok with other developmental milestones. He brings so much joy to us every day.
昨日初めてつかまり立ちのようなもの?をしたTR君。毎日の成長が目覚ましい。すぐに赤ちゃんじゃなくなるんだろうなと思うと、寂しい気もする。
最近は夜に何回か起きるようになって、お昼寝も短くなってしまった。これも成長の過程なのか?夜泣きと言う程もなく直に授乳すると寝てしまう。
起きている間は、ほとんどじっとしていなくて、色々なおもちゃで遊んだり、ここ2、3日は私の体によじ上ろうとしてくるので、遊んでいると私の服が全身よだれだらけになっちゃうので困る。
生まれた時に熱があったTR君。1週間も新生児集中治療室に、念のため入っていた。心配で心配で、今思い出しても泣きそうになるくらい。ここまで病気もせずに元気に育ってくれて嬉しい。日本であんなに忙しかったのに、風邪も引かずに帰国できた。毎日、たくさんの幸せをありがとう。
He has started crawling, not perfectly but he can move around fairly quickly. He can change directions freely.
He has started eating solid food! We delayed this a bit till we were back from Japan. It's been over one week, and he has tried so far: rice, pumpkin, sweet potato, tomato and cauliflower. He eats everything we give him. In the past few days, I used kelp (konbu) dashi to give "umami" to him pumpkin rice porridge, and he seems to like it a lot. I love seeing his reaction when he eats something for the first time. When he ate tomato, he made sour face, but he continued eating it anyway!
He started playing "drop and pick up" game. I have noticed a couple of times that he drops his toy. I pick it up and give it to him and he immediately drops it (intentionally I think.)
He cries when I leave the room.
He reaches out to me to be held. When he is being held by others, I extend my hands to him and he wants to come back to me. That is extremely cute.
He stood up yesterday (Oct 15) by holding on to my legs.
He figured out that he can drink milk more easily when he tilts the bottle higher. I am now giving him formula milk once a day.
He has become lot more aware and interactive. He laughs and smiles when we read him books. He is becoming more and more a person. I am getting worried though. He hardly sits (or lays) still. He is now crawling towards me climbing up to my stomach and legs. I am not sure how much I can keep up with his energy. This is going to get lot worse. I know that much...
He was still in my body six months ago. I am just amazed how quickly he is growing up. I am a bit worried that he is not gaining weight as much as I think he should, but he seems to be ok with other developmental milestones. He brings so much joy to us every day. 昨日初めてつかまり立ちのようなもの?をしたTR君。毎日の成長が目覚ましい。すぐに赤ちゃんじゃなくなるんだろうなと思うと、寂しい気もする。
最近は夜に何回か起きるようになって、お昼寝も短くなってしまった。これも成長の過程なのか?夜泣きと言う程もなく直に授乳すると寝てしまう。
起きている間は、ほとんどじっとしていなくて、色々なおもちゃで遊んだり、ここ2、3日は私の体によじ上ろうとしてくるので、遊んでいると私の服が全身よだれだらけになっちゃうので困る。
生まれた時に熱があったTR君。1週間も新生児集中治療室に、念のため入っていた。心配で心配で、今思い出しても泣きそうになるくらい。ここまで病気もせずに元気に育ってくれて嬉しい。日本であんなに忙しかったのに、風邪も引かずに帰国できた。毎日、たくさんの幸せをありがとう。
jeudi, octobre 15, 2015
Ceremony
式はもっとジーンとするものかと思ったけど、二人ともとちらずに終える事に集中。
日本語の誓いの言葉はFR氏は直前まで練習していた。
式の間は、私が横から指図を出していたので、彼に色々言うなと怒られてしまった(!)誰も気が付いてないと思うけど。
着物も暑くて、緊張していたけど、彼のおばさんの乾杯前の短いスピーチで、特に彼の亡くなったお母さんに言及したときは、思わず涙が出てきた。でもその顔を見たFR氏が吹き出したので、涙も直にひっこんでしまった。
実は、式の日取りは彼の亡くなったお母さんのお誕生日に近くなるように選んだのです。彼が成人する前に亡くなってしまったお母さん。会ってみたかった。結婚した今となっては、私の義理のお母さんでもあるし、TR君のおばあちゃんでもある。FR氏を(欠点は色々あるけど!)立派に育ててくれて、ご縁があって彼と結婚することになって、本当に感謝です。
式が無事に終って、ホッとした。感慨と言うより、やり終えた達成感の方が強かった気がする。
家族や、世界中からきてくれた友達にお祝いしてもらって、本当に幸せでした。みなさんどうもありがとうございました。
We were so focused on the ceremony without totally screwing it up. M.FR was practicing the vow in Japanese until the last second. I was nervous and the kimono was so heavy as if I was wearing a persian carpet. I hardly had any time to feel emotional until M.FR's aunt gave a short speech and mentioned his late mother. My eyes were getting all teary and M.FR turned to me and laughed. So that was the end of my bridal tear.. We actually choose the date to be close to his mother's birthday. She passed away when he was about 17. Now that we are married, she is my mother in law and the grandmother of TR. I wish I had a chance to meet her. Based on storied that M.FR told me, she was a wonderful person. She has to be very special to raise M.FR this way (unique and strange but so kind and smart), and I am thankful for her.
We felt relieved after the ceremony that it was completed without any hiccups. I felt so happy having families and friends who were there to celebrate our union.
日本語の誓いの言葉はFR氏は直前まで練習していた。
式の間は、私が横から指図を出していたので、彼に色々言うなと怒られてしまった(!)誰も気が付いてないと思うけど。
着物も暑くて、緊張していたけど、彼のおばさんの乾杯前の短いスピーチで、特に彼の亡くなったお母さんに言及したときは、思わず涙が出てきた。でもその顔を見たFR氏が吹き出したので、涙も直にひっこんでしまった。
実は、式の日取りは彼の亡くなったお母さんのお誕生日に近くなるように選んだのです。彼が成人する前に亡くなってしまったお母さん。会ってみたかった。結婚した今となっては、私の義理のお母さんでもあるし、TR君のおばあちゃんでもある。FR氏を(欠点は色々あるけど!)立派に育ててくれて、ご縁があって彼と結婚することになって、本当に感謝です。
式が無事に終って、ホッとした。感慨と言うより、やり終えた達成感の方が強かった気がする。
家族や、世界中からきてくれた友達にお祝いしてもらって、本当に幸せでした。みなさんどうもありがとうございました。
We were so focused on the ceremony without totally screwing it up. M.FR was practicing the vow in Japanese until the last second. I was nervous and the kimono was so heavy as if I was wearing a persian carpet. I hardly had any time to feel emotional until M.FR's aunt gave a short speech and mentioned his late mother. My eyes were getting all teary and M.FR turned to me and laughed. So that was the end of my bridal tear.. We actually choose the date to be close to his mother's birthday. She passed away when he was about 17. Now that we are married, she is my mother in law and the grandmother of TR. I wish I had a chance to meet her. Based on storied that M.FR told me, she was a wonderful person. She has to be very special to raise M.FR this way (unique and strange but so kind and smart), and I am thankful for her.
We felt relieved after the ceremony that it was completed without any hiccups. I felt so happy having families and friends who were there to celebrate our union.
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