My 1st born girl is now 2 yrs 7 mnths and we are now navigating through the potty training period. I could be sitting having my afternnon cup of tea, when suddenly the girl busts into the room saying "nataka kojoa" (this means I want to urinate in Kiswahili). My tea forgotten on the table, I rush to her and struggle with the removal of her trousers and just manage to have her seated on the potty before she urinates. Sometimes I am too late and have to clean up the mess on the floor and change her clothes.
The girl seems to think this is a new game that she finds quite amusing since everybody leaves what they are doing to attend to her. She loves all the attention she gets at this moment and will sometimes just say "nataka kojoa" just to get our attention only to say "akuna kitu" (this means nothing came out).
I am told boys are different, I am therefore looking forward to my 2nd born boy reaching this stage to see how different it will be.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
2 years 7 months - Fussy baby
Just when I thought that we can now comminucate using words with my 2yrs + baby, shock on me. The girl seems to have periods of non-verbal communication that are punctuated with a lot of sniffling sounds meant to be communicating to me. I am yet to understand this vocabulary, but from the look of things this is not proving to be that straight forward. You think that only hungry or wet babys have a reason to be fussy? Ya right!!!
I have had to understand various variations of jealousy reactions through this non-verbal communication spats. You know, I now have another 6 month old baby and my 2yrs + one is not amused at the attention given to her brother, whom she thought was a short time visitor when he arrived. The girl was so happy to have a newly arrived baby on the day of homecoming, but this only lasted about 1 week.
Well, it is not all gloomy with her, we do have lots of good times just playing horse riding (I am the horse you know, talk of hearing from the horses mouth!!!). There are times I think my daughter has two personalities, but from the few books I have read about parenting, this is normal. I have come to understand the advice bandied around that says enjoy the good times with your baby before they become grown ups and tell you they need their space.
I have had to understand various variations of jealousy reactions through this non-verbal communication spats. You know, I now have another 6 month old baby and my 2yrs + one is not amused at the attention given to her brother, whom she thought was a short time visitor when he arrived. The girl was so happy to have a newly arrived baby on the day of homecoming, but this only lasted about 1 week.
Well, it is not all gloomy with her, we do have lots of good times just playing horse riding (I am the horse you know, talk of hearing from the horses mouth!!!). There are times I think my daughter has two personalities, but from the few books I have read about parenting, this is normal. I have come to understand the advice bandied around that says enjoy the good times with your baby before they become grown ups and tell you they need their space.
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