{"id":848,"date":"2008-04-16T13:15:34","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T05:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=848"},"modified":"2008-04-16T22:29:27","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T14:29:27","slug":"zaria-talking-close-to-16-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=848","title":{"rendered":"Zaria’s Speech – close to 16 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is almost the same everyday at our dinner table. Zaria will\u00c2\u00a0eat half heartedly, and then after a few spoonful, she’ll start spiting her dinner out. “Pow-Pow! (Chinese: Full)”<\/span>.
\n“You don’t want any more?”<\/span>
\n“No-want. (Don’t want)”<\/span>
\nBut then, when we put her down from her high chair, she’ll go straight to the fridge, and shout, “Khuet!! (Chocolate)”<\/span>; she’ll keep saying “Khuet!”<\/span> until we give her her doze of chocolate or something else to distract her.<\/p>\n

Zaria knows now when she needs things done she’ll go to Jelly.
\nOnce she was trying to take a few pieces of clothings down from my cupboard, but the whole stack came tumbling down. I was next to her, but she went on to look for Jelly, shouting “Ah-tie (Auntie)! Ah-tie! (Put) Back! *pointing to the cupboard* Back!”.<\/span><\/p>\n

And when she wants her bath, she’ll be shouting “Ah-tie (Auntie)! Ah-tie! Ba-Bath! Ba-Bath!”<\/span><\/p>\n

I tried asking her, “You like Auntie?”<\/span>
\nShe replies with her index finger out “Good!”<\/span> (meaning her Auntie is good, so she likes her Auntie).<\/p>\n

When she gets hold of a pair of shoes, a hat, or watch, or even a hair clip, she’ll come to us with the item placed on where it belongs (i.e. place hair clip on the head) “Wear.”<\/span><\/p>\n

She knows how to correct us when we name something wrongly. E.g. *pointing to my BIL* “Mei-mei, is this Daddy?”<\/span>. She’ll smile and shake her index finger, “No-no, no-no Daddy. (He is)Uncle “<\/span><\/p>\n

Of all the things Zaria says, Daddy is most pleased with Zaria constant chanting of “Daddy-DaddEEE..Daddy-DaddEEE”<\/span> when he’s around. I tried to get her to say Mummy-mummeeee.. Mummy-mummee, but she’ll only be able to say “Mummy”\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>and not like she calls Daddy\u00c2\u00a0“Daddy-DaddEEE..Daddy-DaddEEE”<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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