A day in the life of Kousuke

And eating, burping, napping, reading, playing....

He is a busy dude.

Kouchan-man

His bib won't stay in the front....

My hair

I already knew this happens after giving birth but man, I shed a lot. 

Where did it go?!

I'm the best entertainer, right? 

4-month checkup

Great job baby!

Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you!

uwaa

My son saw my face and said "uwaa" many times. 

I guess it doesn't make sense in English but in Japanese, this sounds like he was either surprised or shocked by my face. 

Well, I'm sorry to tell you but this is your mom's face, son. 

That's his voice!

For some reason, I've thought all the babies sound same. 

But I recognized my son's voice at Target even though there were many loud kids and babies!

I didn't expect that I can do. 

This makes me realize that I'm his mom and I was pretty happy about that. :)

[Pregnancy] Body changes

I'm experiencing some changes on my body when I become pregnant.

Those are the changes that happened to me.


1: Weird  new bangs

I usually pull my bangs to the side. 

Since I got pregnant, my body decides to grow more hair.
Especially on my forehead.
I already had my bangs that were long enough to pull to side, but now I have new baby bangs that like to swing in front of my forehead.

Thanks hormone to make me look like I have two different kind of bangs at the same time. That's what I've always wanted.

.... NO.

2: Darker armpit

When I found out that my armpit looked darker than usual, I freaked out.
Why the hell do I need to have darker armpit?!
Somehow my body thinks
"Yup I'm pregnant, time to have darker armpit!"

NO, body, NO.

Darker armpit doesn't help my baby or myself.
You should really change your mind.

3: Dry heels


I heard when you are pregnant, you'll have itchy dry skin because your belly gets bigger so it pulls your skin.
That makes sense.
So, I expected that to happen on my belly or back.

Well, in my case, that was my heels.
Maybe my hormone or body know the reason but I don't know why I got super dry heels.
Now Nivea and I are best friends. 

[Pregnancy] Early symptoms

Before I found out that I was pregnant, I had some early pregnancy symptoms. 

Everybody's symptoms are different. 

Here are mine. 

1: Watery mouth

I had no idea why my mouth was so intensely watery. I had to constantly swallow my own spit.
I must have looked so weird especially when I had to talk with people from work... but I had no choice. Either that or I just drooled everywhere.

2: Swollen legs

My legs were swollen and painful for days.
I had no idea why because I didn't do anything special. Besides, I had a desk job so I didn't have to stand up all day. 

3: Painful boobs

Usually my boobs start hurting around my period so I thought it was just business as usual.
However, the pain was more intense than that.
When they touched anything, they hurt SO much.
Of course, my dog somehow managed to touch them every time we hung out on the couch.












4: Numbness on my left hand 

This drawing says the right hand but it was left actually...
I noticed that my left hand was numb and I started to worry if I had cancer (thanks WebMD).

My name is not Miso

Hi! My name is Miho, not Miso. 

I have been writing my blog for many years in Japanese but I have decided to do something new before my baby is born.

So, here is my English ver blog.

Since I moved to the states, I've collected various versions of my name. 

Honestly, I love it. I love my little collection.

Enjoy!

Miho, Neho... ok. 

Maho? 

Almost!

Close!

Ok, I'm Nicole! 

I feel like I'm a new type of Wi-Fi.

Close!

Ok, I get it. I guess I'm Niho now. 

Nice try!

Not my name but my friend Keisuke got this. 

Sweet.