Caíthlyn's Blog

Blogging about our Little Miss. Family 2 pregnancy

Monday, February 14, 2005

Apologies!

Greetings and salutations.

First, my humble and sincere apologies for the lack of entries the last week. I just did not get the chance to "Blog" at all!

My daughter is changing before my eyes. I swear to the Big Man (Woman) upstairs that if you listen carefully, you can actually hear her grow! This is such an amazing time of her life!
It's wonderfull to see from the "Mamma" perspective (absolutely everything she does is met with praise and hugs and kisses!) but also from a psychological, anthropological ( is that even a word??!!) and linguistic viewpoint.

I can't imagine an adult picking up new things at the same speed at which our little honey is. Her dedication to learning is admirable.

Her Daddy (Who is at his first day on his new job as we eeuuhhh....... write: Good luck Honey!) spent yesterday afternoon going through shapes with her. Repetition, Repetition and Repetion is his motto. So: Triangle, Square, Circle, Star...Triangle, Square, Circle, Star...Triangle, Square, Circle, Star... And she was handing him the shapes so that he could name them. Great fun altogether! And there it was: ciwka.
The child is actualy trying the sound and rhytm of the words on for size. She kept saying these tones and you could see her thinking "No, that's not quite right..... Her vocabulary and skills are litteraly growing everyday.

She can slap your hand in a "High Five" motion and grinns from ear to ear when doing so. This great little twinkle in her eyes that I hope stays there for ever!

Also, when stacking her "Kipper" boxes and managing to keep them on top of each other, she will say: "Yeaaaahhhh!!" and clap her hands and look at you to make sure you have indeed witnessed this feat of toddler architecture.

With al this new awareness and skills, she has also gained the knowledge of "How to get what I want" Well, she has decided on the course of action that has the best chance of success according to her. She will drop herself on to the floor and sob, and sob and sob. Tears flowing over her cheeks and when you go to pick her up to comfort her she wriggles out of your arms while saying: No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
Obviously we are not giving in to this kind of emotional blackmail (heartbreaking as it may be) but try to comfort her in other ways, without giving her whatever it was she wanted: playing with the oven, grabbing papers and who knows what else. But I have to tell you, it's tough! She will be spending three days a week with her Nanny again now. And with 30 years of childcare under her belt, I am confident that she will help put an end to this new Battle of the Wills!

This is however a small part of the overal joy of having her as a daughter.

A whole new world is opening for her and I am so proud that her Daddy and I are the ones that get to show it to her!

Happy Valentines Day to All!