It's been a while since my last development update, and I probably can't remember all the intermediate steps but here's where she is now:
She's grown into a little person with such a personality! Based on my observations so far, I'd say she is a cheerful, happy, active and determined child. If you read Tracy Hoggs like I do, I would place her as a cross between an angel & spirited toddler.
+ Relentless. She enjoys exploring all things curious and new to her, like the wires behind the stereo, the toilet bowl. The more I try to stop her the more she tries to get at it. She remembers things that she's seen that I won't allow her to touch, and the minute she gets a chance, she goes for it.
I've had to haul her out of the kitchen countless times loudly telling her "No!". She knows she's not supposed to come back in but she will stick one foot inside the kitchen door all the while checking for my reaction, and almost always will wind up back in the kitchen. Once I wasn't watching she came walking out grinning with a dishcloth between her teeth. I gave up and installed a safety gate.
Sneaks past me in the kitchen (yet again) as I'm preparing food to get to the yard - so she can stick her head into our front loading washing machine and peer around.
She probably got this gene from me - my parents have reminded me often enough what a terror I was as a child.
+ A little whirlwind. Gone are the days where she would sit down quietly and flip a book. She tears around the house non-stop leaving a trail of chaos in her wake. DVDs and books swept off shelves. Contents of my overturned handbag on the floor. Junk mail thrown in the trash strewn all over.
+ Most definitely not the gentle sort Rams walkers into walls. Runs with abandon. Tosses and flings items with force everywhere - including remote controls, cordless phones, my mobile phone (cover ripped off). The alignment of my glasses is completely askew after she flung herself on my face several times.
+ NO!!! ELLIE!!!! Aiyoooo.....words constantly used by Kisu and I around the house these days.
+ Walking. She learned to walk pretty quick. When she started (just before she turned 1) she refused any assistance or hand holding. She figured that falling on her butt is the best way to cushion her fall, and then she graduated to running!
+ Communicating a whole lot more. Shakes her head violently when she doesn't want something. Points resolutely and vocally expresses herself if it's something she wants.
+ Happy Gives us big squinty-eyed mouth-wide-open gummy grins. Claps. Chuckles loudly, shrieks when excited, squeals when tickled.
+ Seems a lot more social. Is totally a little flirt - when she spots a stranger she likes (say a fellow mum at the paed clinic, or someone in a public lift) she tilts her head and smiles coyly at them (!) Not shy when it comes to food. She went after a daddy feeding his 10 mth old at a recent party - she wanted some of the banana puffs he had in his hand.
+ Manja - will come running & smiling at me as I'm seated on a chair and bury her face in my knees. Awww!
+ Sleep habits all gone haywire, her morning nap is a no go and afternoon naps are tough to put her down for. She rarely falls asleep as I rock her - she's developed a squirmy gene and has slept anywhere from 20 minutes to 3 hours. I am quite a wreck because of the lack of break I have from her. Nighttime is very good - she sleeps from 730 to 7am. Thank God!!!! But we had about a month of blips. She has done everything from waking every 2 hours, keeping us up for up to 1.5 hours and for a period, kept waking at 5.15am, sharp. Kisu and I were a complete mess then. The worst was during the 2 weeks my inlaws were in town and staying with us. I finally had help and could go out but all I could think of was sleeping!
+ Eating She's no longer the baby who eats everything and anything, alas. Still loves her food except that she's become more picky. No more porridge. She likes rice - sometimes. She'll eat cheese, bread, eggs, cheerios, kix, yoghurt and practically any fruit. But all the other stuff she used to eat without a fuss is now not so easy.
*I'll be doing a tonne of post dated entries & pictures very soon.
2 comments:
hi there, this may seem really random but i remembered you doing a brag book early this year before. mind if you tell me where you got your paper from? thank you!=)
I got the paper overseas, but you can find similar ones at the scrapbooking shops here - there's one at Wheelock place and another one at Plaza Sing I think.
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