The munchkin is now 27 months and still very much a daddy's girl. She still refuses to walk anywhere or sit in her stroller so we have to lug her around, no thanks to Daddy who gives in to the habit. She's almost 11kg now!
Most nights Nick puts her to bed but ends up falling asleep before her. She's getting more assertive, telling me 'Don't pat pat' when I try to make her sleep, she prefers to pat herself and will gently smack her own bum.
She's sassy, she knows she's supposed to say 'excuse me' when she wants us to move away or step aside, but she'll cheekily command 'move!'. But she's also getting naughty - attempting to hit, pinch or scratch us whenever we take away a toy or book or say 'no' to something. She'll fling her arm in retaliation, like those cat statues in Thailand that wave one paw.
She's got a bad habit now of shoving her finger in her nose, looking for boogers. She derives satisfaction from removing them!
Whenever she spots a new toy or book, she questions, "Who bought this?" and then thanks the person. E.g. a conversation might go like this:
Nat: Who bought this? (points to a toy)
Me: Daddy.
Nat: Who bought this? (points to another toy)
Me: Mummy
Nat: Thank you mummy.
Nat: (points to first toy) Daddy bought this for Nat-nat, thank you daddy!
She's curious about everything, every little sound out the window, she will want to look out and see the source. Little Miss Kaypoh I say! But she's been very good with Natasha, no jealousy at all - at least for now. She loves lying down beside the baby, helping hold the milk bottle or returning used bottles to the kitchen. She helps me throw diapers in the bin too. The only concern is that she constantly kisses Natasha and always presses down too hard on her.
Gigi and her have started having conversations, it's too cute the baby talk that comes out of their mouths. It's also becoming a case of 'monkey see, monkey do' - whatever one is playing with at the moment, the other one will want it too. I hope we don't have to buy duplicates of everything!
While she's a rascal at home and with people she's familiar with, she's a pussycat outside. Still takes her a while to warm up to new people.
Today was the first of her 8 sessions at JWT Kids Gym which we enrolled her in to play and expend some energy. As soon as class started, she clung on to me like a koala, refusing to let go or participate in any of the activities. Her back faced the group most of the time and at one point she burst out crying. For a good 45 mins, she refused to let go, sometimes even choking me from the strength of her grip and I had to carry her for the most part. Only for the last 15 mins did she come out of her shell to sit on a rocking motorcycle and play with some toys during the free play session. Hopefully she warms up by the next lesson!
She loves to sing, she can sing almost any popular nursery rhyme you ask of her. The words aren't always clear but she knows the words and will pretend to sing them from a songbook.
Gigi at 20 months loves to sing too, she can sing the alphabet up to M and also bits of 'Twinkle, twinkle' and 'Happy birthday'. She can count to 5 and identify or say the names or most major animals and make their sounds.
Her sentences are quite advanced for her age, around 3-5 words per sentence i.e. "Mummy, go playground please", "Where is it?", "I go Nat Nat's house", "Daddy go work", "I want blind mice" (dvd). She loves 'Shasha baby' and is a lot more gentle than Nat!
She finally calls me 'Aunty Mita' instead of just 'Bita' and Nick has become 'Uncle Nick' too.
Mummy and Swana are not allowed to leave her sight, although she doesn't mind Grandpa looking after her. Her constipation hasn't improved, she's still afraid of pooping, screaming her head off each time she has to go. The problem is that she hates most fruits. She likes drinking Yakult and eating apom though. She and Nat walk around the house with their handbags, too cute!
Most nights Nick puts her to bed but ends up falling asleep before her. She's getting more assertive, telling me 'Don't pat pat' when I try to make her sleep, she prefers to pat herself and will gently smack her own bum.
She's sassy, she knows she's supposed to say 'excuse me' when she wants us to move away or step aside, but she'll cheekily command 'move!'. But she's also getting naughty - attempting to hit, pinch or scratch us whenever we take away a toy or book or say 'no' to something. She'll fling her arm in retaliation, like those cat statues in Thailand that wave one paw.
She's got a bad habit now of shoving her finger in her nose, looking for boogers. She derives satisfaction from removing them!
Whenever she spots a new toy or book, she questions, "Who bought this?" and then thanks the person. E.g. a conversation might go like this:
Nat: Who bought this? (points to a toy)
Me: Daddy.
Nat: Who bought this? (points to another toy)
Me: Mummy
Nat: Thank you mummy.
Nat: (points to first toy) Daddy bought this for Nat-nat, thank you daddy!
She's curious about everything, every little sound out the window, she will want to look out and see the source. Little Miss Kaypoh I say! But she's been very good with Natasha, no jealousy at all - at least for now. She loves lying down beside the baby, helping hold the milk bottle or returning used bottles to the kitchen. She helps me throw diapers in the bin too. The only concern is that she constantly kisses Natasha and always presses down too hard on her.
Gigi and her have started having conversations, it's too cute the baby talk that comes out of their mouths. It's also becoming a case of 'monkey see, monkey do' - whatever one is playing with at the moment, the other one will want it too. I hope we don't have to buy duplicates of everything!
While she's a rascal at home and with people she's familiar with, she's a pussycat outside. Still takes her a while to warm up to new people.
Today was the first of her 8 sessions at JWT Kids Gym which we enrolled her in to play and expend some energy. As soon as class started, she clung on to me like a koala, refusing to let go or participate in any of the activities. Her back faced the group most of the time and at one point she burst out crying. For a good 45 mins, she refused to let go, sometimes even choking me from the strength of her grip and I had to carry her for the most part. Only for the last 15 mins did she come out of her shell to sit on a rocking motorcycle and play with some toys during the free play session. Hopefully she warms up by the next lesson!
She loves to sing, she can sing almost any popular nursery rhyme you ask of her. The words aren't always clear but she knows the words and will pretend to sing them from a songbook.
Gigi at 20 months loves to sing too, she can sing the alphabet up to M and also bits of 'Twinkle, twinkle' and 'Happy birthday'. She can count to 5 and identify or say the names or most major animals and make their sounds.
Her sentences are quite advanced for her age, around 3-5 words per sentence i.e. "Mummy, go playground please", "Where is it?", "I go Nat Nat's house", "Daddy go work", "I want blind mice" (dvd). She loves 'Shasha baby' and is a lot more gentle than Nat!
She finally calls me 'Aunty Mita' instead of just 'Bita' and Nick has become 'Uncle Nick' too.
Mummy and Swana are not allowed to leave her sight, although she doesn't mind Grandpa looking after her. Her constipation hasn't improved, she's still afraid of pooping, screaming her head off each time she has to go. The problem is that she hates most fruits. She likes drinking Yakult and eating apom though. She and Nat walk around the house with their handbags, too cute!
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