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doudou has grown so much in recent months.

By recent months, i mean since i started my no pay childcare leave last July. It's been about 9 to 10 months since i've stayed at home and i shudder at the thought of going back to work this july. let's see what the princess is up to these days:

- she's able to speak in sentences now

- she's more fluent in mandarin

- she's able to detect changes in people's expressions (i.e.: Mummy is angry... mummy is tired... mummy is sleepy... mummy is not angry anymore...)

- she's learnt to jump jump jump!

- she can peddle the tricycle

- she recognises numbers and could count (putting numbers to actual quantity)

- she's able to recount what happened (especially in school. but i have a sneaky feeling she makes up most events or exaggerates them)

- she can hold on to the monkey bar for a good 3 seconds

- she can (almost) do a forward roll

- she can feed herself (well, almost... except that she chooses what she wants to eat so i end up feeding the last few crucial spoonfuls.)

- she's weaned off her pacifier about 2 months back. we took about 2 days and she's off it TOTALLY! yipee!

- she recognises (to my dismay), princesses, barney, dora and thomas the train. i was especially upset with her ability to recognise the princess as i had never in my life told her what a princess was. we've deliberately left out storybooks and tv programmes (of course) like snow white, cinderella, sleeping beauty etc... and never bought her dolls that depict princess-hood (whatever you call that). but she's able to point to the barbie doll and tell me she's a princess. so.... never ever belittle peer influence...

And to make myself feel worse, i actually bought a barbie doll water bottle for her. Double whammy to motherhood!

Comments

[redcrayon]

It's amazing isn't it... :) I think it's such a privilege to be able to part-take in a baby's journey into toddlerhood and childhood...And Dous is sooooo cute! Grow dou grow!! ;)

[hy]

dous is cute and clever! my fav niece!! :) yiz LOVES