ABCD

Time to teach C the alphabets. Because I dont spend enough time with her, the best time is when she is 'going' in the potty. I had to sit on the bathtub, while she waits patiently for things to go, and all. I start singing ABCD, and she gleefully joins. Whether she gets potty trained soon or not, she would have memorized the alphabets!!

Diarhea

C had diarrhea today. It was sad to see her go quite often. Daph stopped all milk. I took her to the toilet again. She sat on the potty and started going really fast and noisy. I was afraid that C would not understand what is going on and that she might start crying. I tried to look at her face consolingly....but C smiled and said "good girl!" on her prowess.

let there be Light

Today we were teaching C to keep things back at its place. She drank the juice and kept the spoon back into the washer.
Because of Daph's constant use of light everywhere (!), C demanded me to switch on the light in the toilet, when she was going. It was daytime and there a lot of light coming from that big window. C pointed the light to me and said "light". I pointed the window and told her "Light" She thought I didnt understand and kept repeating. Didnt happen!!!

Shhh...

We have been trying to teach C about the importance of being quiet. We try to do "shhh..." to her whenever she starts crying or if she makes noise in a calm surrounding. She never understood the shh...thing and didnt respond properly. Or so we thought!
These days she does the shhh to us, whenever we talk loudly or sing loudly (i am not sure whether she is doing this because she does not like the song or the voice!)
So, I thought, okay, now she understands the shhhh and would respond well when she makes noise next time...but no!

Tiemeyer park

Yesterday we went to the Tiemeyer park. It was a last minute decision. Daph prepared chicken and st louis bread company bread sandwich. We were late. C was sleeping when we arrived. Daph took her to the swings. But it seems, C asked specifically asked for the ducks and then D took C to the lake too. It was getting dark and C would not want to leave. I took her again to the slide and helped her slide down a 10 feet one with D's help 3 or 4 times. C didnt know how to slide smoothly - she spreads her arms and legs and so her speed is greatly reduced. I tried the same slide and found that to be very fast and realised it was good C didnt experience the full speed!!!
C still didnt want to leave and ran away from us to a smaller slide and tried to walk down in it without realizing that she has to slide. We helped her 2 or 3 times and then D helped C to slide on the big one for the last time. It was quite dark by then and C didnt want to leave at all and started crying. However, once inside the chair, she stopped crying and became ok. Good.

Vali

Yesterday C started crying "Vali" to amma in the evening. I didnt understand the word and she was showing outside. Later we realized she was saying "veliyae" and wanted us to take her out. We did. C started running to the back house and brough her in after sometime. C would not have it. She started crying. Amma took her out to the frontyard. C behaved well for 10 secs and then started running to the road. Amma was trying to tackle her for sometime but in the end, C managed to succeed. luckily the car driver didnt yell, but said "hi". Amma had a great workout and has sworn not to take C out in the front again. (She learnt later than taking C out in the back also is not good, because C tries to raid the neighboring houses!!!)

appa amma arrival

Yesterday appa and amma arrived. C became very hyperactive after sometime and was running to amma and then generally running around the house. She didnt go to appa in the beginning but only to amma. However, after sometime she went to both of them.
She also wore the dress appa and amma brought her. She also wore the ring and was crying after sometime because it would not come off her fingers!!

Wakeup climb down in the morning

Ever since we moved to the new house, C is quite mobile in the mornings. In the old house, she would get up, but would not move from the bed and start crying. Here, because the bedrooms are on the upper level, most of the days, none of us are up. C would get up, start crying, but would climb off her bed and start walking and start climbing the stairs to join us. This is nice and saves us climbing up the stairs to bring her down!

Fall from bed

Yesterday C fell from bed again. Because of the carpet, she did ok. However, the fall seemed quite dangerous - head down first. In the end, she managed not to land on her head!

Zoo

We went to the zoo last weekend. C liked it much. She was shouting at all the animals, including bears, etc as doggy. It was quite interesting. She enjoyed the penguins very much. Also during the day, C was highly excited and wanted to get off the stroller and took a fall and cried inconsolably. We had to leave the scene because all the by standers started looking at us.

Potty Train Ultra

Yesterday was the first day, (as far as I know) she, by herself, went to the potty, pulled down her panty and sat on it and went potty. After she finished, she promptly picked the potty and showed it to me, so that i can throw it outside. This is perfect. We hope she continuous to do this.

Wetting clothes

Yesterday C said kakka and I put her on her potty. She didnt go. However, after 5 minutes, she went on the sofa with all the nicely arranged washed clothes! Daph will rewash them (hopefully)

Removing frock

C likes to take off her frock. Whenever she hears the word, "kuli", she would try to take her frock off saying" kugi"

Lake and water

we went to the creve couer lake yesterday. C was quite happy seeing the water. C had enjoyed the water in the six flags and was playing in it. C didnt know the difference and wanted to walk into the CC lake too (thinking that this was just another pool!!!)
She grabbed small pebbles and religiously put them into the water for sometime.

Fireworks

Before the dinner, Praveen starting the fireworks. C was very afraid and was clinging to us. Whenever we carry her, C does not bother to hold on to her and we have to hold her tightly so that she does not slip. If we ask her to 'pidi' she would not do it. However, during the fireworks she was holding on to us like anything! She could never get used to even the small ones like mathapu...

Dining table climb

We went to Praveen's house for dinner. C was quite elated to see the baby, playing with their fish, etc. She hugged their baby. But dinner time, as usual, she started standing up on the chair and started reaching out for the stuff on the dining table and started climbing on it.
This was quite embarassing. We both were trying to have dinner and didnt realize that one of us should have taken care of C while the other dined.
However, it was not good and made me feel bad that C didnt not behave properly. We also realized that we allowed her to do this at home and that was not a good idea.