31 January 2008

Yeah!


New hairdo for me tooo!!!!!:
Nouvelle coupe de cheveux pour moi aussi!!!!!:

Videos

Testing testing..... my voice works!!!!:
Test, test.... ma voix marche!!!!:






No, Mom is not hurting me, I'm just wanting to share my instant mood swings, hehe:
No, Maman ne me fait pas mal, je veux juste partager mes humeurs soudaines, hehe:




30 January 2008

29 January 2008

Mommy and Auntie's hair -- Les cheveux de Maman et Tatie

Stephanie and I went to the hairdresser (it's a long story, but we were part of a documentary filming on women and their self esteem, which took us to the salon). fun fun!!!!

Stephanie et moi sommes allees au salon de coiffure (c'est une longue histoire, nous faisions partie d'un documentaire sur les femmes et l'estime de soi, ce qui nous a amene au salon). Youpi!!!!!



Parenting -- Etre parents










27 January 2008

Week-end and new friend Isaac

Follow up on Manu's soy and milk intolerance: He's ok! We have been using a hypoallergenic formula (which I talked about in a previous post) and it works for now but we're going to change because of the hight content of MSG and sucrose!
We have been advised to make our own rice milk and given the supplements to put in it, mainly taurine and hemp oil (which has a lot of good stuff other oils don't have!).
That's what we're going to do, I'll be testing it tomorrow because we haven't had the time to start the process yet.
This week-end we went to see our friends Sylviane and Oliver who just had their little boy, Isaac, who is 2 weeks old now. He was born very small, so he's a cutie!

Les suites de l'intolerance de Manu au lait de vache et de soja: Il va bien! Nous avons continue a utiliser le lait hypoallergenique, mais allons donc l'arreter a cause du contenu de glutamate et de sacharose!
Nous avons eu de tres bons conseils et allons finalement faire notre propre lait de riz, complementé, surtout par de la taurine, et de l'huile de chanvre (qui a beaucoup de choses que d'autres huiles n'ont pas!). Voila ce que nous allons faire, et ce sera teste demain car nous n'avons pas eu le temps de commencer le processus jusque la.
Ce week-end nous sommes alles voir des amis, Sylviane et Oliver, qui viennent d'avoir leur petit Isaac, il a 2 semaines. Il est ne tres petit, alors il est tout mimi!






Isaac Decobert:

26 January 2008

Splash hehehe

Videos
(press Play!) (Appuyez sur la fleche comme pour une cassette!):




23 January 2008

New findings -- Nouvelles trouvailles

We found out yesterday that Manu is intolerant to soy.... which is very unfortunate since that's what we've been feeding him for 2 months! Anyway, the eczema is hopefully related so at least it'll go away and he will stop itching so bad.
It's hard though because the only other alternative is a hypoallergenic formula which has MSG in it (http://www.westonaprice.org/children/msgformula.html). How do they put this stuff in there with a straight face? And why? This stuff tastes like a dead body! I mean the previous milk wasn't exactly what I would have for breakfast but I could see it being a matter of taste. This one, no! It's just plain awful!!!!
Now I read a bunch and our doctor is on it as well, but maybe an almond substitute might work. I'm looking into a US company that makes a pure almond butter concentrate that can be used for this (http://www.almondie.com/). Then maybe we'd have to make it with rice milk and/or supplement with other vitamins and proteins... I hope this will work because the hypoallergenic option is not really my favorite (and get this, there are only 3 on the market, one of which is not for Manu for various reasons).
This just reminds me of his birth. I'd prepared like no other woman to give birth naturally (and I mean PREPARED!!!, tai chi every single day of my pregnancy, some yoga, meditations almost daily, a doula, perfect vitamins and supplements, hypnobirthing training, talking, reading, music, smells for the baby, and so much more), but in the end I had the most unnatural birth giving....
Now it's the same, I buy everything organic and I have to order out of the country sometimes to make sure I have the absolute best, I see the best health care people I can for him, even though we're broke, and now he might have to eat the most disgusting non-organic foul tasting formula.....
What luck he has the poor monkey. First it was colic, then it continued with teething (which is still happening of course), the really bad itching eczema, digestive problems, now bad taste in his food too?!..... Yet he smiles!

Nouveau developpement, Manu est intolerant au soja. Donc comme c'est ce qu'on lui donne depuis 2 mois, on est mal barres!
Enfins esperons que l'eczema soit relie comme ca ca partira. Donc on essaye une nouvelle preparation maternise de lait hypoallergenique. Seul probleme est qu'ils y mettent du glutamate. Ils sont marteaux les gens qui fabriquent ces aliments!! En plus de ca, il y a de la sucrose dedans.... Ce que je ne comprend pas car ca a tout de meme un gout d'egout!
J'ai lu pas mal sur internet et on en a parle avec les parents (Stephanie etait bien intolerante a tous les laits quand elle etait bebe), donc on pensait au lait d'amandes, mais rien ici dans ce genre. J'ai tout de meme trouve une companie aux US qui fait ca mais il faudrait que je complemente avec des vitamines et proteines.... On en parle avec notre docteur et on verra bien.
Pour l'instant on essaye l'hypallergenique meme si ca nous rend malade, mais il le boit sans faire de cirque. C'est tout ce qui compte!
on va changer vite fait aux solides!!!!!
Pauvre bibi, apres la colique, les dents, les problemes digestifs, et maintenant ca, et pourtant il sourit toujours!



When I let my hair down, he likes to caress it, not pull, just pass his fingers through it, it's too cute!!!!!!!
Il aime quand je laisse mes cheveux longs, il ne tire meme pas dessus, il passe ses mains a travers pour caresser, c'est trop mignon!!!



18 January 2008

5 months old --- 5 mois

so fast....
si rapide...


Other effects...

Manu is sleeping in my arms, and wakes up if I put him down. Only he's been sleeping for 1.5 hour, which never happens (he takes half hour naps that's it!). So in an effort to let him sleep I'm playing on the computer since I can't move....

Manu dort dans mes bras et se reveille si je le pose. Ca fait 1 heure et demi qu'il dort, ce qui n'arrive jamais (il fait des siestes d'une demi heure et c'est tout!). Donc pour essayer de le laisser dormir je joue sur l'ordi car je ne peux pas bouger...

Voila:



cool effects...


Manu takes the plane -- Manu prend l'avion

Before leaving the house in Los Angeles, Manu takes a nap on his grand ma Lora:
Avant de partir de la maison a Los Angeles, Manu fait une sieste sur sa Mamie Lora:



After a good nap, it's a good mood to get in the car and go to the airport:
Apres une bonne sieste, c'est la bonne humeur pour aller a l'aeroport:




Hmmm, plane bottle....:
Hmmm, biberon d'avion...:


Daddy, we're taking off, loooooook!!!!!!
Papa, on decolle, regaaaaaaarde!!!!!!


I am a big boy with my own seat (lucky us cause that didn't happen on the way to LA..):
Je suis un grand garcon avec mon siege a moi (chance pour nous car ce n'etait pas le cas a l'aller...)




17 January 2008