Baby update 1

I just couldn't believe I am a mother now!

Is time to update my blog and record her development because she has grown so fast!

I remember she was so tiny when she was born, only 2.69kg.  She learned to latch on my breast on first day and she was so quiet the whole day. We went home on day 2, then day by day I see her changed differently. She slept a lot for first 3 weeks, woke up 1.30-2 hrs interval for feeding.

She poo every day until 1 month when I started breastfeeding her exclusively. She passed motion twice only in a week! Dr said it is completely normal for breastfed babies because they absorbed all the nutrients. 

She still crying like mad when we bath her. It is very rare if she quietly let us do the job. She can lift and turn her head strongly when she was 8 weeks. I started putting her to sleep on her tummy when she was 8 weeks and that ease my work because I usually didn't have to pat her to sleep.

She was extremely fussy on 5.5 week and I feed her on demand. She started sleep 3 hrs long stretch through night afterwards. I hope she can sleep up to 5 hrs at night very soon.

She can play herself and look around quietly especially when she is naked. Sge hates whrn we wash her mouth.

She likes to listen when we are talking and very sensitive with motion, she knew when we about to put her down to sleep and cries if the car stops moving.

She can stand firmly and hold her head upright when she hits 2 months. 

For once she spit out milk a lot, but now at 2 5 months old she can burp herself after feeding.

Her face start developed rashes when she was 7 weeks old, and we suspect it was due to saliva and heat rashes.

She still cluster feeding every night with at least 3 feedings before she fell asleep.

1 month 3.9kg
2 month 4.9kg

Reviewer

I am fortunate to be given opportunity to learn a new aspect of scientific critical review and writing, which could be added value for my life science career. Having said that I have been submitting manuscripts to a few journals, been rejected and accepted by some of them. Things I didn't expect to see were I was invited to review other submitted manuscripts by two of these journals. Circulation genetics is one of the top cardiology journals with a 3 years impact factor of 6, was the big shock for me when they invited me to be reviewer. I remember it was 2 years ago, and I seriously thought that was their mistake because of my paper rejection and my own qualification. Till then, I have helped to review two manuscripts of total 4 requests for them. Seriously I am glad of this kind of opportunity,  because I learnt a new study idea and realized how strong the overseas research team. It could help me to improve the research culture if I still in the basic science field.  I thought it would it would end my reviewing career after I quit and canceled my ex-institutions working email. Till last month, the invitation to review two new manuscripts by second journal really sparked up my passion in scientic writing. I decided to draft my sixth manuscript before I officially say goodbye to my "ex" team. This manuscript is not for my hunt to gain more publication title (seriously, I don't need to be first author) but to feed my interest to write. Unbelievable,  how all these have got me in love with scientific writing more and more.

期待

倒数一个星期! 期待第一次真正误人子弟。

一篇让我喷饭的文章

原来我们相信圣经的话就是迷信?亏他还称自己是基督徒。世界已不断在败坏,连同性恋也不是问题? Sigh!

Looked bad

Looked like I grew old fast in the past 1 year, my eye bags and dark circles look scary and my face always pale. Maybe too much tears plus the tension. Yesterday I realized how scare I am going to be devastated if worse thing happens.  I can feel myself low in faith, I keep thinking what is the possibility if I leave God- my only solid bound to rely on. Actually I ain't live that bad but why this thing so negatively affected me. It got me to think that maybe I should choose to quit. Sincerely I really hope my beauty and youthful can come back. I must work out with this.    

Full of hassles

My confidence and faith is in very low charged these days,  I had headache, insomnia, nightmare, and too lazy. Too negative of myself, I become so isolated that I seldom talk to friends and even my own mom, except my own husband. I must keep myself busy!

郁闷

每一个月总会有一段时间几乎每个小时都处在低潮。心情会忽然变得暴躁,身体也懒散,也和身边人有冲突。不知是不是这是女人专属的荷尔蒙分泌失调,还是自己的心病。女人啊,女人, 我也不大懂自己。