2 thumbs & a dummy

I was meant to update on a monthly basis as the girls grow up but apparently I am too early for Arianna and too late for KR. *lol* But I think something is better than nothing.

Arianna turns 2 years, 4 months in Jan

The more the better Mum!

See, so cheeky! Don’t want to come out from her cot…

All smiles

Arianna is hitting the terrible twos. Constantly testing her limits and our patience. It’s not easy coping with her tantrums and hitting but it’s one of those growing up issues we have to deal with. For most of the time, she is a good kid. Loving at times but mostly just being her own little self. She is good at playing by herself which is a bonus for me and is slowly getting used to having a baby around the house.

Thanks to Sesame Street, she has improved vastly on her alphabets and although she cannot sing it yet, she can quite easily identify them if I were to write it out. She also knows her numbers up to at least 17. She also knows a fair number of animals which is only because I tend to lure her towards that and is beginning to form longer sentences and not just 2-3 words in a row.

Manners wise, she is doing quite ok too. ‘Thank you very much, Mummy/Daddy’ is a norm these days. Sometimes, its even ‘Thank you very much, Arianna’. *lol* And most recently is ‘Sorry Mummy/Daddy/Baby’ because of her hitting.

Overall, I think she is doing good but I am still concern about her food intake as it is tough as nails to get her to eat veg. Noodles and soups are her fav and at least she’s ok with the ang moh [spice-less] curry that I have been making lately. I do try to vary her food but I am absolutely hopeless in the kitchen hence I am not surprised that she finds my food isn’t as appetising as Nanna’s!

Kathleen-Rose turns 9 months in Jan 2010

Sleeping beauty

This must be how movie stars look like after a messy meal!

Aarrhhhgghh, stay away!! Paparazzi! Paparazzi!!

Giving her approval upon checking out her Chrissy pressie from Grandma and Grandpop.

My cheeky vegemite

KR is a blessing to us. She’s such a darling….her mannerism is as her name, sweet. And so very unlike Arianna is almost every aspect. Perhaps the only thing in common that they have is my penyek [flat] nose, and also that they both sprouted their teeth late. Arianna grew hers when she was about 6+ months but KR still has no signs of it yet. May take a while to sprout, poor little thing!

Despite almost 8 months, she hasn’t done a tummy-back-tummy roll just yet. I thought that since she rolled over 2 days short of turning 4 months, she would start to crawl earlier than Arianna but I think this will not be happening anytime soon. She absolutely hates being placed on her tummy but is more than quite happy to be sitting upright. In fact, she can quite happily do so for quite some time. She too can play quite nicely by herself. It’s funny how she reaches for all the ‘forbidden’ toys ie. toys Arianna won’t let her play with, after she has gone to bed. It’s just SO funny!!

And with no signs of this tummy-back-tummy action happening, I think crawling will also be something that won’t be happening anytime soon. I swear there are times when she gets SO frustrated when she can’t reach for something that she really down let out a scream of frustration! *lol* At least, on our part we don’t have to worry about our tv stand yet coz we’ve been thinking of getting one before KR starts pulling herself up and all that.

Vocab wise, she has started to babble even more and can easily tell you that she isn’t happy about something. She literally shouts out to you to let you know about her discomfort. She has also started calling out ‘Dada’ and sometimes, as clear as a bell ‘Daddee’. How unfair is that???? >.< Looks like I have to wait till she turns 2yrs before I can her those precious words la. :/

Like Arianna, I am also having issues with food with KR. Having an allergy to cow’s milk, I am totally off dairy, including soy. I’m not sure for how long but I assume that as long as I am still bf, this is my situation. Sad right? Also, she is still on pureed fruits. I think I should up her solids intake so that she will sleep through the night. At the moment, she is waking up about 2-3 hours a night which is a bummer for me coz it’s a little tough getting back to bed. And once I actually fall asleep, it’s time to wake up for a feed again. A very very big bummer!

I guess I should be more adventurous in allowing her to try more things but looks like my being afraid is what’s holding her back! So I will really have to read into finding out more foods that she can take. Funny how despite having Arianna not THAT long ago, I still can’t remember. Aiyooo….anyway, this is all for now.

Stay tuned for next month’s update.