The American Italian Mom

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Beatrice, William's girlfriend and some friends - Beatrice, l'amichetta di William ed alcuni suoi amici

William Mario Kruse, American and Italian Citizen! - Cittadino Americano ed Italiano! - Urra'!

Strange! Two people have just told me that William looks like me. Everyone else has said that he looks like John! Surely the eyes and the hair come from John. Maybe the face complexion and the naughtyness come from me! ;) Will has started to sleep a bit more recently - he is an early morning riser like his dad - but he is still unpredictable. In the past we had to leave a restaurant twice at dinner time because he was crying... but at lunch he is such a good boy! I have only now started to overcome my right nipple problems. I am glad I have sticked to breastfeeding. In 11 weeks he has become such a big boy - he no longer fits in his 0-3 months clothes! Aha, he must be at least 13 pounds now! :) They say that he will lose weight when he will be around 12 months old. No pressure from his mom. Right now Will's job is to eat and grow. He is now cooing, similing, giggling and John has also caught him laughing!! I can't wait to see that myself. Funny, few days ago I was at the bakery shop and nobody was being served because William was smiling at everyone. I try to speak to him in Italian (when I remember) and to play Italian songs to him. He has two favourite songs, he loves bouncing of all sort and being taken out of the house when his belly is full. His two favourite toys are his playmat with the stuffed toys he likes kicking and a mobile that seems to mesmerize him. Aha, and he is loves starring at the babies' faces printed on the giant Costco diaper boxes! I have recently got his Italian passport. So now my little man William Mario is now officially both an American and an Italian Citizen - he has two passports!

Here are his latest photos: http://johnkruse.smugmug.com/gallery/9744946_fVozQ#P-1-20

Cliccate qui sotto per vedere le ultime foto di Will:
http://johnkruse.smugmug.com/gallery/9744946_fVozQ#P-1-20

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Will with the American grandparents - Will con i nonni Americani

Click here to view all the photos of Will up to now - Cliccate qui per vedere tutte le foto di Will fino ad oggi

Click here to view Grandpa playing with Will - Cliccate qui per vedere il nonno che gioca con Will

Click here to view Will playing by himself -Cliccate qui per vedere William giocare

Tronk Video Links - I video di Tronk sono qui sotto

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Will having his bath - Will mentre fa il bagnetto

Will seems to like having his bath - he does not cry! - especially during the day, when the sun comes through the window of the kitchen.

A Will piace fare il bagno - non piange! - specialmente durante il giorno, quando i raggi del sole passano attraverso la finestra della cucina.

Tronk's tommy feels better - Il pancino di Tronk sta meglio

Tronk was crying a lot, day and night. He was upset sometimes even after feeding, burping, swaddling, bouncing, swinging, changing. We couldn't understand what was wrong. We knew there was something bugging him but what? His voice was horse and he was crying sadly during feeding. After talking to the pediatrician we found out the problem... he has heartburn in his stomach just like his mom during pregnancy. He was crying out of pain. His dad has built him a special upright support in his cradle to help his sleep upright and mommy has changed his breastfeeding positions to upright only. This has made Will much happier. Yesterday we gave him a medicine also to reduce his acidity and since then he has had more sleep and less tears down his eyes. We hope his tommy will not hurt anymore.

Tronk was crying a lot, day and night. Era in lacrime a volte anche dopo aver mangiato, ruttato, dopo essere stato avviluppato nella coperta, dopo essere stato cambiato, e dondolato. Non riuscivamo a capire cosa c'era che non andava. Sapevamo che c'era qualcosa che non andava ma cosa? La sua voce era rauca e perdeva il respiro. A volte piangeva durante l'allattamento. Dopo aver parlato al pediatro abbiamo capito la causa... Tronk ha acidita' di stomaco come la sua mamma durante la gravidanza. Piangeva dal male. Suo papa' gli ha costruito un supporto verticale nella culla per aiutarlo a dormire verticale e mamma ha iniziato ad allattarlo solo in posizione verticale. Questo ha confortato Will. Ieri gli abbiamo dato una medicina per ridurre la sua acidita' e da ieri Tronk ha dormito di piu' e ha pianto meno. Speriamo che il suo pancino non faccia piu' male.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Sleep sweet Tronk - Ninna nanna dolce Tronk

The three ways to make Tronk fall asleep and the results... - I tre modi per far addormentare Tronk ed il risultato...