{"id":1130,"date":"2008-10-15T10:32:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T02:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2008-10-15T16:46:15","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T08:46:15","slug":"zaria-21-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=1130","title":{"rendered":"Zaria – 21 month +"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zaria is 21 month and 2 weeks old, another 2.5 month to her 2nd birthday! Gosh, so soon already??!!<\/p>\n

Seen here crushing crabs. She seems to enjoy crushing tiny creatures like bugs or crabs. *sweat*<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Zaria<\/p>\n

Here’s an update on her development.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u2122\u00a5Dexterity\u00e2\u2122\u00a5<\/strong><\/span>
\n~ She’s walking up stairs with no assistance now, and when going down stairs, she can do it on her own by balancing herself using the wall. <\/p>\n

~ She’s able to do thumbs up and down to show things\/food is good or bad. <\/p>\n

~ She loves lifting her leg up and trying to balance herself with one leg, that’s the influence of Kungfu Panda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She likes to get all dirty, here, she’s lifting her leg, doing the Kungfu Panda’s kick<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Zaria<\/p>\n

~ Loves to climb up furniture, still has to ‘tie’ her down on her high chair even today. *sweat*<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u2122\u00a5Language\u00e2\u2122\u00a5<\/strong><\/span>
\nShe’s talking very well, and able to mimick most sounds, therefore picking new words up very quickly.<\/p>\n

~ Like to relate to past incidents with “(Re)Member?”<\/span>. E.g. “(Re)member, Zah-yah fall down, then knee painful. Mummy put cream?”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u2122\u00a5Vocabulary\u00e2\u2122\u00a5
\nExtensive vocabulary. She knows the names of most common things, and some uncommon ones. She knows her colours, although sometimes may still get it wrong. She can recite 1 to 10, A to Z (by singing ABC song), although mispronuncing some of the name of the alphabets.<\/p>\n

Doesn’t she looks like a fugitive here?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Zaria<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u2122\u00a5Counting\u00e2\u2122\u00a5
\nCaught her counting her own fingers one day, then we realised she could count! Able to count up to 5 objects (“1, 2, 3, 4, Four books!”<\/span>), and tell us the quantity of the items. If more than 5, she’ll forget where she stops. (“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Three<\/em> lady birds!”<\/span><\/p>\n

She’s able to recognise a few numbers, i.e. 5 (thanks to High-5<\/a>), 4, 8.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u2122\u00a5Favourite Phrase\u00e2\u2122\u00a5
\n“I don’t want.”<\/span> (Because now, everything also I don’t want) o.O”<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u2122\u00a5Language Structure\u00e2\u2122\u00a5
\n~ She’s talking in longer sentences now.
\n~ Using compound noun, e.g.
\n“Cheh Cheh drop biscuit, everywhere<\/em> dirty”<\/span>
\nWhen we want to go out, I normally ask if anybody wants to use the toilet first, I get her shouting, “Nobody<\/em>!”<\/span> (probably because she’s eager to get out of the house).
\nIn the car, “Everybody<\/em> sit down in the car go kaikai.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u2122\u00a5Emotions and character\u00e2\u2122\u00a5<\/strong><\/span>
\nSuddenly, this month she turned into a cry baby and also very clingy.
\nEvery day she’ll cry at least twice when it’s bath time, unless I bath her. “I don’t want. I don’t want aunty bath. I want mummy bath.”<\/span> And after crying, she can still say “Zah-yah cry already. See, got tears.”<\/span> *sweat*<\/p>\n

She has no fear of anybody. No amount of scolding, nor placing in the naugthy corner will make her ‘repent’ or learn her lesson. The only person she’s afraid is Nenek (my sis’ MIL). If she ran to the road, I have to ‘threaten’ her, “After car bang you, and you have to go to the hospital.”<\/span> She’s not affected, until I add, “Then nenek will jaga (Malay : Take care of) you.”<\/span> That will make her stop, and reply, “Don’t want nenek jaga.”<\/span> sometimes adding, “Nenek scarry.”<\/span> Ha.<\/p>\n

When we bring her out, we sweat, because she will not sit still nor hold on to our hands. She’ll be running around like a wild horse. Imagine how tiring it is? (I kept telling Daddy we should keep her at home until she’s 3 years old.)<\/p>\n

Like a wild horse, she likes open space.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Zaria<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u2122\u00a5Food\u00e2\u2122\u00a5<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis month, almost everything is “Not nice”<\/span>, or not right, “Don’t want, too hot.”<\/span>. Very hard to please her tastebud.<\/p>\n

Luckily, she still loves her milk.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u2122\u00a5Toilet Training\u00e2\u2122\u00a5<\/strong><\/span>
\nStill working on this. She knows when she wants to go, but she may not tell us. So, she still has her diaper on 24hrs.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u2122\u00a5The Things She Likes\u00e2\u2122\u00a5<\/strong><\/span>
\nMust be her books and her selected TV Programs (High-5, Sesame Street, Barney, some Barbie shows).
\nShe is starting to tell us what she likes.
\n“I like Zah-wa cheh cheh.”<\/span> “I like Daddy. I like him.”<\/span> Sometimes when she’s in a loving mood, “Like”<\/span> is replaced with “Love”<\/span>
\nShe also likes to say “I like it!”<\/span> when she’s shown things she like.<\/p>\n

We like and love you too Zaria!<\/p>\n

(Photos taken 11\/10\/08 – Daddy brought the girls to Bagan Lalang again without me)<\/p>\n

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