Huirou @ 22 months

There are so many things to get ready for the impending arrival of little one #2 and hence the short post here….

Growth, Food Intake and General Well Being

• This month we went back to her old baby sitter; she has handled the situation rather maturely. She practically didn’t cry at all.
• Luckily for me, the sitter will now see to all her daytime meal intakes and has indicated to me that she eats well for her age.

Physical Development and Communications

• Hubs noticed that she now has a louder voice and that she can now pronounce words much more accurately than before.
• She can quite accurately name vehicles on the road such as bis (eng:bus), loyi (eng:lorry), che-che or Chi-che(ch:car)
• and also body parts such as juiba (ch:mouth), jing (ch:eye), erduo (ch:ear), pigu (ch:butt), shou (ch:hand), jiao (ch:leg), ya (ch:teeth)
• She can indicate when she’s hurt by saying tong-tong (ch: pain) 

Character and Temperament

• Her new thing this month? Fear.
• She indicates that she’s scared by patting her chest repeatedly and saying pah-pah…
• She’s now afraid of little bugs, weird noises, strangers and new situations and a myriad of other things.
• She runs to either one of us for “protection”. It’s quite lovely really(coz she will lay her head on our shoulders) but it gets a bit old after a while….
• And now she knows how to fight for toys. She snatches from other people and will proceed to cry (her weapon) if she doesn’t get her way. When she doesn’t want to share, she will hide her things.