Wednesday, August 27, 2008

從海裡來和從山上來的

營養均衡很重要!所以準備童的食譜是不能掉以輕心!

從7個月起,每天早餐吃麥片加生果,有時‘yar’蕉,有時吃桃蘋果梨(煮時加入雲呢嗱,umm, yum yum)!午餐有從海裡來的,也有從山上來的!有時配粥,有時配 baby rice cereal!雖然沒有下調味,但其實不錯吃的!像這次做的魚(很綠的那一堆,淺綠那一堆是西蘭花),媽媽加入了波菜和 mild Gruyère 芝士,童又再一次小嘴不停張!吃完媽媽會切一片麥包做茶點。到了傍晚,再次吃生果,但這次會配 baby rice cereal,有時會吃雞蛋黃配菜湯!


我讓童抓食物,等她可以感覺一下。我不沒有把食物混在一起,用意是令童可以吃到不同食物的味道和質感。胡蘿蔔有多甜、粥和 baby rice cereal 的分別等等。但像波菜這類強烈味的食材和淡淡的魚卻是最佳配搭,可以混個夠!

下星期是時候嚐新口味,吃牛肉!媽媽已買了熊熊意粉,可以吃肉醬意粉!嗯!煮多一點,下調味,媽媽和你一起吃!



From the ocean and from the mountain

It's very important to have a balanced diet! So this is a very important part to plan Noémie's menu!

From 7 months on, Noémie eats quite a regular portion of her meal. She will have Oat meal with banana and sometimes with pear, apple and pear ( I cooked them with 1 vanilla pod, umm, yummy yummy)! During lunch she will have foods came from both the ocean and the mountain! Sometimes with Chinese congee and sometimes with baby rice cereal! Even though her food aren't seasoned, but they actually taste very nice! Like the fish I made for her this time (the very green one, the light green one is broccoli), I added spinach and mild Gruyére cheese, once again, she can't stop opening her mouth to ask for more! After this, I will cut her a piece of full wheat bread. In the evening, she will have one more round of fruits, but this time will go with rice cereal. And sometimes she will have egg yolk plus vegetable soup!

Mama usually let her grab her food, squish and squeeze, and rub on her face and hair... I think she would like to feel them. I also don't mix all the food together, I would like her to know how sweet carrots are and how is the difference between Chinese congee and baby rice cereal, and also the texture. However, like food has strong taste, for example, spinach is best to mix with the fish which has bland taste!

Next week will be time to try something new, beef! I already bought bear shape pasta, so she can have Bolognaise! Hmm, I think I should cook more and season it, so I can eat with you!!

Monday, August 25, 2008

米食草

抓草,你最愛

食草,也最愛

好吧,早晚你也會對‘草’發生興趣,早點跟草打交道也好。


Grabbing grass is your favorite activity.

Eating grass is also your favorite activity.

Anyway, you will grow up into the age of having interest in 'grass' (we call weed as grass in Cantonese), so it might be a good idea that you got in touch with it in the early age.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

我最討厭...

我沒耐性!討厭說話要重複兩次、討厭吃飯等超過半小時(飯後聊天食煙飲酒不算在內)、討厭哄人、討厭把穿得好好的衣服不停要脫掉再穿(如行街試衣服)、討厭當我餓時不能在五分鐘以內有食物落肚。

我最討厭麻煩!討厭吃蘋果要去皮、討厭吃胡蘿蔔要去皮、討厭吃奇異果要去皮、討厭吃馬鈴薯要去皮、討厭去皮!!

我最討厭凌亂!討厭碗盤囤積、討厭衣物亂堆、討厭東一堆西一堆、討厭別人把我擺放得好好的東西推亂、討厭不依計劃做事。

可是...


童出生後...

常常要交帶婆婆如何餵她或何時要換片、餵她吃飯(只是幾口!!)常超過半小時、她哭便要哄、經常換片所以經常要脫她的衣物(冬天特別麻煩!)、每當我餓時她也總是跟著餓... 當然我要先招呼她...

無論煮什麼生果,去皮去核還要切粒粒...

平常吃過飯後便立刻清洗碗盤,現在為了招呼童,只能積到晚上一次過才洗、洗好的衣服也常晾著兩三天才收,家中長有萬國旗飄揚、收好了的乾淨衣物也常常只疊起來,在衣櫥外、這下兒子收拾好的玩具,轉頭又四散、計劃好一天要完成某些任務,到頭來只能完成不樣,有時甚至零...

好!生活態度大改變,從此做個鬆散的媽,有個凌亂的家!我愛凌亂美!啦啦啦~

I am not a patient person! I hate to repeat myself, I hate to eat over half an hour (not including the chatting, smoking, drinking part after dinner), I hate to do petting with people,
I hate to undress many times (like trying out clothes while shopping), I hate the food came later than 5 minutes when I feel my hunger.

I hate troublesome! I hate peeling apple, I hate peeling carrots, I hate peeling kiwi fruit, I hate peeling potatoes! I hate peeling in general!!

I hate messy! I hate to pile up dishes, I hate to have clothes every where, I hate people mess up my tidy place, I hate not following schedule.

BUT...

After Noémie was born...

I always have to repeat myself on how to feed her, and what time to change her, I have to feed her over half an hour (for just a few tablespoonfuls), I have to pet her when she cries, I have to undress her many times since I have to change her nappy, I have to feed her instead of feed myself when we got hungry the same time...

No matter what veggies or fruits I cook, I have to do peeling... coring... and dice them...

Usually I clean up myself after having a meal, but now... I can only pile them up and wash them all at once in the evening, there's always laundry hanging inside the apartment, even I collected them, the piles are every where, outside of the closet... she took out the toys when I put them back into place... plans, what is it?? I think I have forgotten already...

Okay! A big change in life, my world is flipped over. Now I enjoy being losen up, I have a messy apartment, I love the beauty being messy! la la la~

Monday, August 18, 2008

8月14日 ﹣童七個月

跟上個月一樣,有很多第一次。

第一次遠征,到了柏林和波蘭,第一次見 Theo,第一次和 Gotti Tin 親親熱熱的玩了三天(不是第一次見面)。沿途童都很乖,沒有扭計,照常 7 時睡覺,只是吃奶時間亂了丁點,還第一次經常拒絕吃奶。事後回想,媽媽懷疑在途中已開始作喉嚨痛。

在柏林又發生了意外,這次是在爸爸身上。事情是這樣的:當我們下電車時(很不幸的坐了唯一一次的舊電車),因為很趕,爸爸就一手把童連人帶車的抱起想要跳車般。當我跟著下車時已看見他們倆連人帶車的躺了在地上,我還來不及反應過來,童亦然。在這一刻,途人已一個箭步跑來幫忙,當他們把車反回來後,我立刻把童抱起,她也已開始在哭。可幸爸爸的手擋在童的頭後,才不致撞到‘後尾枕’,不然變更傻就糟糕了。

終於在波蘭學懂轉身,現在還會兩邊轉,不停轉。回到家更常常試從坐著換成躺在地上!牙仙子不停來訪,每晚都要醒來大哭一場才願意再入夢鄉,希望小牙快爆出來!

最近愛玩揮手和玩波!還開始牙牙學語,最常發的音是‘打打打打打打打’,不停的說,很吵呢,這方面像極了爸爸!可是很好笑!還愛笑,一看見喜歡的無論人或事都會咧嘴而笑,還咧很大呢!

最新鮮的是病了一場,喉嚨痛、聲沙、流鼻涕和咳嗽,幸好沒有發燒,最壞的是傳染給媽媽。童小朋友,兩天便沒事,我可病了一星期!

踏入七個月,童明天開始正式吃肉!媽媽已做好了一大盆蘋果胡蘿蔔洋蔥雞,很香,我試過,很好吃的!還有菜湯呢!下星期便再吃魚,上回吃焗三文魚混蕃薯,今回可以做芝士魚。魚很緊要,營養高,又有 Omega 3 對眼睛好!

上星期在 Coop (本地超市,等同百佳)引起了大混亂。婆婆抱著童,媽媽在與貨架對戰時,突然聽見不遠處起哄,還有工作人員不停向起哄處跑去。八卦的我當然也去湊熱鬧,發現引起混亂的原來是童!朋友說到了香港後這情況會更嚴重,這是她帶過兩位混血兒子到香港的心得。童真幸運,長得可愛,希望她繼續可愛,媽媽當然是說性格方面,沒有人打算要寵壞這隻小熊/猴!一班年青女生在柏林看見童更大叫真人版 Monchichi!!

這個月最明顯的變化是她已不再是嬰兒,而是一個小人!

August 14th, Noémie 7 months

Same like last month, she has still many first times.

FIrst time travel far, we went to Berlin and Poland, meeting Theo for the first time, spending intensive time with Gotti Tin for 3 days (although not the first time meeting her). Noémie has been a good girl through the whole journey, she sleeps at 7pm as usual, eats as usual, only her schedule has been messed up a little bit. Oh! First time she refuses to drink, we always has to cheat her with the pacifier. But when I think back now, she might already starting to get sick and developing the sore throat.

We also had a small accident in Berlin, while we were on the tram travelling to the Anti war museum in Berlin, we were on this old tram, it's similar to the Tram 13 in Zürich, with high steps... we weren't so sure which station to get off, and suddenly we realized that we have to go off the tram and papa just grabbed Noémie with the stroller (we borrowed a lighter version from my friend, so we can easily grab her without help) and rush out. At this moment, papa tripped himself on the steps, and both of them fell down on the ground, yes, with Noémie inside the stroller... I couldn't move nor react for 10 seconds... neither the pedestrian, some seconds later, people ran over and helped us to put back the stroller and I took Noémie out of the stroller in light speed... luckily she's fine, she cried more because of the shock than pain (good that the instructor in Gymboree told me that babies doesn't feel pain on the back of their head, only in front), and we knew that papa's arms was behind, so she must not had hit on her head so she won't be more silly. And she was a brave girl, she didn't cry long, only half a minute and she's fine again.

In Poland she finally learn how to roll over, on both sides! And she likes it, always rolling like a ball. She sometimes tries to lie down from the sitting position and she was success on that! Then we believed she's teething quite strongly, hope the teeth fairy won't visit her too long and the white thing will shine in front of us soon! She's recovered from her sickness after 2 days, only mama still suffering... it's now more than a week already...

She likes to play waving hand and roll the ball! She started to talk, always say 'da da da da da da da', non-stop... like father like daughter, she talks a lot! She loves smiling and laughing, whenever she sees something which delight her, she opens her mouth, very big! Very lovely!

She also always plays with her fingers and practicing the facial muscle to prepare for chewing later, always says 'da da da da da da da'. She had her first Chicken dish, mama cooked with Apple, Onion, Carrots and seasoned with 1 bay leaf, and she likes it! But she likes fruits more, especially with this Peach, Pear and Apple cooked with vanilla, umm, yum!! I love it too~ Other than potato, she prefers Chinese rice congee to the baby rice mix, what a mixed baby! Has a taste of both East and West! Next week will cook her Cheese sauce fish pie, has to feed her more fish since it has a lot of Omega 3 and it's good for the eye sight!

Everytime we go to Coop (the local supermarket), people likes to stand around her and talk to her, one time she even causes a chaos! Anyhow, friends told me that it will be more serious when in HK with a mixed baby, I hope she will continue to be lovely, of course I am talking about her personality, after all, our goal is not to spoil this little bear!

In conclusion, she's a happy, healthy, big and strong baby! No, a little person!

Saturday, August 16, 2008

惡媽守則

生小朋友很容易,教小朋友真不容易!剛讀完新SUN師奶的“完全惡媽守則”,其中一條:絕對優雅絕對合我何車,可惜現階段不合我用,舉凡糧食水壺都只能是我背著,她呢?就優雅的走在前頭... 現在唯有絕對冷靜最合我意。

童剛滿 7 個月,開始有點皮。例如:餵她吃飯時突然哭鬧起來、坐電車時坐在我腿上扶著她時會把我的手撥開、清理鼻孔時不停推開我的手,把頭擰開、擦嘴時又是把我的手撥開,又是把頭擰開... 一句總結:不聽話。

媽媽知道不聽話,試父母底線是小朋友的天職,可是要保持大腦正常運作是非常非常地難的!我知道跟她說道理是最好的方法,這樣小朋友才會有機會去反省自己的過錯。但試問如何能做到分分鍾保持冷靜 ?唯一辦法是交給爸爸,爸爸是一個超級有耐性的人,我絕對不是!而且爸爸不會每天每夜的看到童的惡行,當然容忍度會比媽媽多。好!清理鼻孔就交給爸爸!

貼這個“完全惡媽守則”的朋友說她是一頭黑羊,也是一位為所欲為的媽媽,故她的女兒是在完全放"鬆"(不是放肆)的環境下成長。我也跟她說我也是一條黑魚,我也喜歡為所欲為,所以,Noémie 很大機會會變黑糯米,味道不錯,我也想吃呢!

我想說的是,自己也當過年青人,當童長大了後我只希望能做到絕對開通。可以一起‘食煙飲酒’就夠了,這樣大家可以用朋友方式相處,日子應該會好過點吧...

Complete devil mom rules

It's easy to give birth to a child, but it's not easy to raise a child. Just finished reading Sansan's blog, she posted a 'Complete devil mom rule' suggested from a friend of her's. One of my the rules is my favorite: To stay completely elegant. However, this is not applicable for me at this point... Noémie is the one who could stay completely elegant because I am always the one who carried around her food and water... At this moment, I can only be complete calm.

Noémie just turned 7 months old, she started to know when to reject and when to misbehave. For example, she will suddenly cry while I was feeding her; she will push my hands away when I am only trying to hold her in the tram; she will push away my hands (again) and turned away her head while I try to pick her nose; wiping her mouth after eating is another battle... All I can say is she is not a nice girl at this pont!
Mama knew that kids are born to be misbehave and to continuously test the parent's limits. And it's very difficult to be able to stay calm, and I know that the best way is to talk to her calmly. By this way, she can have a chance to think what have she done wrong and what should she do or shouldn't do next time. But I really can't stay calm for every minute, the only way I have is to hand her over for papa. Papa is a super patient person, plus, he's not facing her bad behavior as frequent as I do, so he must have a bigger tolerance. Good! From now on, I don't mind to let him pick her nose!

Sansan said she's a black sheep, and also a very carefree mom, so she's quite relax with her daughter (of course not letting her do whatever she wants). And I also told her that I am a black fish, so Noémie will have a very good chance to turn black... Anyway, black is my favorite!

I just want to say that I have once been a teenager, all I want to do is to be absolutely open. It's best that we could sit together for a drink and a cigarette, I hope we can treat each other as how we treat our friends, I hope it will make our lives easier...

Thursday, August 14, 2008

全家.福

真真正正的體驗了母女關係。

童豆沙喉不再,靚聲回來了!

在她病好得七七八八之際,到媽媽病倒了。38 度高燒之餘還臥床臥了 3 天!醫生說這是最常見不過的病毒傳染方式。通常先是小朋友得病,繼而傳給爸爸媽媽,更甚的便再傳到婆婆公公或爺爺嫲嫲身上,務求全家病倒為止!

不過,小病是福!媽媽可以趁機小休一下,睡多點,吃多點。爸爸也樂得每天獨霸童!不用跟媽媽搶著餵吃奶/飯、玩球、唱歌和沐浴更衣。當然全家福是最理想的狀況,但又有誰能控制不生病?

說回童的豆沙喉,自從靚聲回來後便爭分奪秒的說話和大叫,好像是要大肆慶祝一番般!這情況持續了三天,每天不到 7 時也不靜下來,很吵的一個家!但畢竟,吵也是福!


Family fortune

The first time I experienced a real mother and daughter relationship.

Noémie has got her normal voice back, no more horse voice!

However, while she's recovering, mama got her sickness... I had a 38 degrees fever and was in bed for 3 days! The doctor said this is the typical family cross contamination. First the child got sick, then the next one down will be the parents and most of the time, will then passed to the grandparents. The goal is to get the whole family sick!

Sometimes, getting a small sickness is also a blessing! I can take the chance to take a break, sleep more, eat more! Papa is also happy, since he can have all his time to be with Noémie! No more racing on feeding her, play the ball with her, sing with her or bath with her! Of course, the best situation is to have a healthy family, but who can control this...

Let's get back to Noémie's funny voice, once she got her voice back, she didn't waste any second to listen to herself. Since 3 days, she is celebrating this, how? She was non-stop talking, singing and laughing, we don't have a quiet household until 7pm! But, having lots of noise is also a blessing!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

私房粥

不是有心或特意要挽回童的食欲,一切皆因順便!

繼薯之後,發現了童愛吃粥和喝湯(果然是中國人)!話說昨晚煮生菜碎牛粥,粥底煮好時先放沒有調味的碎牛,煮滾出味後便分一小碗給童。

菜湯是特意煮的,因看書說可以用菜湯或雞湯給小朋友做吃的。於是煮了很多,又給她先喝為快看喜不喜歡。湯杯一到口便咕嚕咕嚕的喝不停,最後,童喝了大半碗我們吃飯的份量。小手拿著小杯還滿穩的!厲害!厲害!


好!吃粥!當然我加了平常吃的蔬菜,有胡蘿蔔和西蘭花。吃了第一口後,小口便不停的張開,頭往碗的方向搖,吃著吃著又吃了比平常的多兩倍!

好吧!即是說媽媽又多點工作了!為了童的健康著想,做多點是少不了的!

Private kitchen

Not doing this to bring back Noémie's appetite, everything is just by the way!

After the potato, mama discovered Noémie likes rice congee and soup (quite a chinese taste)! Since I was cooking lettuce minced beef rice congee, so before I finish up the rice congee, i just put in a small portion of unseasoned minced beef and then put away a small bowl for Noémie. Just to test if she likes it or not!

The soup I cooked for her on purpose, I read the book suggesting that I can use vegetable soup stock to prepare many food, so I cooked a big batch and then I freeze them. I tested her if she likes to drink soup and once the small cup is in front of her mouth, she opened it and finished it in one go! Once she finished the first cup, she asked me for more! Finally she finished half of our rice bowl! And with her tiny hands, she holds the tiny cup very well! So nice!!

Ok! It's time now for the rice congee! Of course I added in the vegetables she normally will eat, we have brocolli and carrot this time. Same as the soup, she kept opening her tiny mouth after every spoon. Finally, she finished 2 times more of what she used to eat! Usually I used the powder rice cereal mixture!

OkOK, that means mama has to work more from now on! But I am very glad to do this since I think it must be healthier to eat the rice congee than the powder rice mixture!

Saturday, August 9, 2008

蒸糯米

童這兩天聲沙沙,昨天還失聲呢!對著心愛的薯也沒有心情吃,睡前奶也只是喝了兩口就封口。晚上睡不了還不停哭,哭又哭不出聲音,像病了的小貓般哀泣。爸爸媽媽擔心和心痛極了。

醫生又是離譜,電話打了一整天也接不通...

白天除了眼濕濕,聲沙沙外(還有痰!),看上去她沒有什麼異樣。還是很乖,沒有扭計,還是努力地玩玩玩。水喝多了,睡多了,可幸食量沒有很大的減少。當然她咳嗽的時候會哭兩聲,但真的是一聲起,兩聲止,可失聲還是令人很擔心。

到了晚上,照平常 7 時入睡,但一到了 9 時左右便每隔半小時哭著醒來。聽著她那駭人的像馬般(像哮喘)的呼吸,媽媽的心差點跳了出窗外。走到廚房,又是倒水、又是切洋蔥、又是浸檸檬。Joyce 提醒我放一盤熱水在童的床邊讓蒸氣把呼吸道舒暢一下,過了 11 時童才能好好的間中咳著的睡著。差點沒有夜半闖醫生!好不容易到了早上,爸爸立時致電給醫生,終於約到忙碌的醫生接見我們。經診斷患了上呼吸道感染,所以有像哮喘般的呼吸,可是醫生說不是特別大的問題。只要我們把鞋拿去蒸便好了!如何蒸呢?就放滿一浴室蒸氣然後放童在內玩耍便可以!當然他也有給我們一些 homeopathy 藥,可是據他所說應該用不著!

如是者,媽媽回家依照醫生所說,蒸了糯米童兩次,每次二十分鐘,陪著她在浴室內一同出了一身汗,情況真的有好轉!然後還好好的睡了一個長午睡!再給她喝了兩大杯水!她還是帶著像太陽花般的笑容和她心愛的波玩了一個下午,媽媽的心終於安寧下來了!

希望童早日康復,冰箱裡還有很多薯和其他好食物等著她呢!

Steam bun

Noémie has stuffy nose, sneezing, coughing and lost her voice these 2 days. She doesn't even want to eat her beloved potato... and also didn't manage to finish her favorite bed time bottle... She couldn't sleep in the night, wanted to cry but not able to, she only sounds like a sick kitten, with the weak whining... mama and papa were worry and heart breaking...

We tried to call the doctor the other morning, however, there's no chance in reaching him...

Noémie seems fine during the daytime, only she has this strange voice (with thick mucus), she doesn't really look sick. She's still behaving very well, playing a lot, drinking a lot, sleeping a lot, and lucky her appetite didn't decrease a lot! Of course when the coughing attacked, she will cry a little bit, but it's even less than half a minute.

She sleeps as usual, at 7pm in the evening , but she will wakes up crying around 9pm, she even has this asthma / horse-like breathing, it was quite scary. My heart almost jumped out of the window... I just went to the kitchen to pour water, cut up onion to put onto her chest and then soak the lemon slice into hot water, quite a mess~ Luckily, Joyce reminded me to put a big bowl of hot water next to her bed to let the steam helps sooth her breathing system. After 11pm, she finally sleeps better, with coughing in between, but never really awake due to pain or breathlessness. Finally it gets to the morning and papa just called the doctor at once and made us an appointment. Doctor diagnosed her having upper airway infection with Croupous cough and he told me to do some therapy and also gave me some homeopathy medications or just in case. What's the therapy? He told me to steam Noémie, like Turkish bath! And then let her play inside the bathroom.

So, as he said, mama went home and prepared her a luxury Turkish bath, 2 times 20 minutes. And accompanied her and played with her and also sweat with her... It really turn better, after this, she drank 2 big cups of water and then had a very long and peaceful nap. She then wakes up with a sunflower-like smile and we spent the rest of the afternoon (with her ball) happily and peacefully, finally my heart can be at ease and peaceful again!

I hope Noémie will get well soon since there are still many potatoes (and other foods) waiting for her in the freezer!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

泳童

星期天,Götti (Godfather) Markus 跟他的兒子 Lenny,也就是爸爸的 Göttsohn (Godson)來探我們。天氣極好,我們到了 Bellevue 游泳,所以造就了童處女下湖!蘇黎世湖!

我們怕童會不習慣,所以先和她在岸邊熱熱身,怎料她給浪淘沙嚇著了。Götti Markus 走來跟我們說要把她整個浸到水裡,我們當然聽這個有兩年經驗的爸爸的話。不消一秒,童開心極!
當天湖水溫度約 24 度,事後我們坐在太陽底下暖身時,拍下了這張性感肉照!

不知怎地總覺得童有點麥兜... 感覺還越來越強烈... 你說呢?

Swimming kid

Sunday was a great day, Götti (godfather) Markus and his son Lenny came visit us. And Lenny is also papa's Göttisohn (godson). We went to Bellevue and to swim at the lake, so we created the first lake experience for Noémie! In the Lake Zürich!

First we were afraid that Noémie will be overwhelmed by the huge lake, so we put her at the lake side to warm up a bit, however, she was scared by the huge waves... And Götti Markus just came over and told us we should just put her into the water. Of course we listened to this 2 years old papa-already, and just in one second, Noémie laughs like a sunflower! The water temperature was around 24 degrees, and we warmed the babies up by sitting under the sun and got this sexy meaty picture!

牙蟲村

人生中總有些事情是旁人沒法幫上忙的。

不論是大人或小人。

例如:出牙!

童過了牙癢期,現在是出牙期。白天還好,玩玩玩都分心了,到了晚上靜下來可不得了!7 時睡著,9 時醒來,哭哭哭哭哭哭哭... 歷時大概半小時至 40 分鐘。再倦極入眠,媽媽想盡辦法幫她舒緩一下,最見效的是給她咬我的冰凍食指,再來便是白天給她喝涼的鬼佬菊花茶 (Camomile tea) 。希望幫一把,可是無論我怎樣做,她也是要自己撐過去的!希望小牙快長出來,有了第一次應該下一回會好一點!

Teething

There are things happens in life which is not able to ask for help...

It doesn't matter whether you are adults or children.

For instance: teething!

Noémie is now teething, it's ok during daytime since her job is to play play play and play. But when the night comes, the pain attacks her... She slept at 7pm and at 9pm she will be waking up, cry cry cry and cry, for about half an hour and then went back to dreamland. Mama tries to help her by giving her an ice cold finger to chew on, and then gave her a very weak cool camomile tea. But no matter how I can sooth her, she has to overcome this painful stage. I hope the first one comes soon and then she will has the experience and then next one should be better!