Ellen Ning Zhao’s musing between sense and sensibility
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 10th, 2010
When Kai was about two months and one week old, one day he turned himself from tummy position to back position. Obviously he did not like it, cried loudly after the turning and never made it again thereafter. Last Wednesday, when he was 97 days old, he made a lot of effort to roll from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 10th, 2010
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 10th, 2010
Again it was about one month ago, Kai liked to bring his hands together and observe his own fingers. Now he is able to grab toys at his will and hold a small ball with two hands. He loves sucking his own thumbs, usually two hands in his mouth at the same time. He keeps [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 10th, 2010
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2010
On Feb. 12 morning Kai got his first shots of vaccine. GSK was not able to deliver the 6-in-1 vaccine at the moment because they had to produce a lot of vaccine against the swine flu. So Kai got a 5-in-1 vaccine shot, a pneumococci vaccine shot and drank a dose of Rotateq, which protects [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2010
About three weeks ago, Kai rolled from tummy position to back position all by himself when he was playing on tummy during the daytime. Then he felt not like the back position, and wanted to roll back, but could not make it. He cried out loudly then. After that, he never rolled again till now. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 3rd, 2010
A Call
On a shining flowering morning, I heard
Not far away the crystal voice of a child
Call —- “mama!”
Some women walking on the road, same as I
Turned their heads with a smile
Each believed this tender call
Was for her.
This is the moment green grass calls Spring.
Child, if your call is unanswered
Take the lantern from my eyes
And the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 3rd, 2010
Happy new year to all my friends! Wish you good health and much joy in year 2010!
As a new mother, the parenting job has been pretty exhaustive, but very rewarding! Just managed to update the gallery. Photos of Kai and other photos taken in 2009 can be found here:
http://www.ningning.org/gallery/main.php
More text comes soon!
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 3rd, 2009
The last several weeks of my pregnancy was the most beautiful time during my life so far.
It was a fine weekend shortly before my parents’ arrival. Dirk and I walked in a small forest not far from our home and enjoyed the last quiet time just for us two. Some animals are in the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2009
Last week I ordered a Kindle 2 international edition.
Four days ago, when I just received it, the first impression was: it is better than I expected. The display has a high resolution, small font look sharp, and the technical sketches in the “Kindle User’s Guide” look crisp too. The e-paper looks so good under strong [...]
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Ellen Ning Zhao’s musing between sense and sensibility
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