She knows she has to sleep.
She knows bath + pajamas + story = bedtime.
She knows I'm not going to sit/sleep next to her forever.
She knows I'm not letting her get up if she fusses.
She knows every.single.thing.
Yet - she makes a HUGE hue and cry about things, and sobs like a drama-queen into the pillow which turns into smiles and giggles and talks the minute I make any move to soothe her.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
"Happy Friendly Baby"
is what everybody calls her when we go out.
We'd been to a birthday party last night and after dinner (which luckily she didn't give me any trouble for since it was already 8.00pm and she was really really hungry), there was cake cutting. She stood right at the front of the table and sang Happy Birthday loudly, and then would'nt let me give her the cake! She grabbed the bowl from me, sat down in a corner and proceeded to eat it solemnly while other kids were still running around.
And after cake, came dancing. The moves she had !!!
She had so much fun dancing, and we had so much fun watching her. Her dance moves were minimal and not tiring, but so elegant and in perfect sync to the music.
I really need to look for dance classes for her when she turns 3.
The scary part of all this - she is really friendly and will readily talk to anyone who talks to her. When she was little, she'd talk, but freakout if they wanted to hold her. But now, she will go willingly and hug them too !! I can see I have a steep uphill path to teach her to be a little less touchy-feely.
We'd been to a birthday party last night and after dinner (which luckily she didn't give me any trouble for since it was already 8.00pm and she was really really hungry), there was cake cutting. She stood right at the front of the table and sang Happy Birthday loudly, and then would'nt let me give her the cake! She grabbed the bowl from me, sat down in a corner and proceeded to eat it solemnly while other kids were still running around.
And after cake, came dancing. The moves she had !!!
She had so much fun dancing, and we had so much fun watching her. Her dance moves were minimal and not tiring, but so elegant and in perfect sync to the music.
I really need to look for dance classes for her when she turns 3.
The scary part of all this - she is really friendly and will readily talk to anyone who talks to her. When she was little, she'd talk, but freakout if they wanted to hold her. But now, she will go willingly and hug them too !! I can see I have a steep uphill path to teach her to be a little less touchy-feely.
Friday, July 25, 2008
I surprise myself
Company meeting today. Theme - New World Explorers.
I surprised myself at me still remembering all those bits of what everyone thinks useless history knowledge.
I surprised myself at me still remembering all those bits of what everyone thinks useless history knowledge.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
The Lion King
Her new favourite movie. She LOVES Simba and Rafiki.
She gets 30 min of TV time during dinner on the nights I'm way too tired from work and asks for Simba or Wiggles everytime.
Guess she likes anything with animals, and then fishes to a lesser degree. She likes the 101 Dalmations too (the old Disney cartoon version). She didn't seem to like Cars though everybody's toddler seems to love it.
She gets 30 min of TV time during dinner on the nights I'm way too tired from work and asks for Simba or Wiggles everytime.
Guess she likes anything with animals, and then fishes to a lesser degree. She likes the 101 Dalmations too (the old Disney cartoon version). She didn't seem to like Cars though everybody's toddler seems to love it.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Is it working or not?
Its been 3 weeks since we moved her to the crib (in our room).
After bath, we start off with jammies, and then stories with milk/water. Some nights, she will sit calmly on my lap and then ask to go into her crib.
Some nights, she will refuse and make all sorts of excuses once I put her in there. 98% of the times, I will go back in and reassure her until she is calm enough to let me go and sleep on her own. And thats been ok. On the very rare occasion, she's had to be by herself while asking for me because I've had to use the restroom, but still she's fallen asleep by the time I get back.
So ... its apparently working , ... kind of.
I would like EVERY night to start off nice and easy, instead of her running away to get in the crib and then finding excuses to get out. Ideally, I'd like her to be on a toddler/twin bed before December, so that I can use the crib as a sidecar for the baby. But with her wanting to escape from the bed, I cannot pick up all 28lbs of her and put her back in bed about 50 times a night. Daddy is not much help there. He will get her sleep next to him to avoid hearing her scream (crocodile tears, btw. I've seen her grin when we get frustrated and go to pick her up). And on days she takes too long to sleep, he gets frustrated and I cannot get her back to doing something that she knows Daddy will give in to.
Part of me says it will be easier if she sleeps in her own room when the baby comes, because she is such a light sleeper. But a bigger part of me says she is my baby, and she can move out when she wants to. I DO want her to sleep next to me, but she's too much of a kicker (finds my belly every.single.time) for me to be comfortable/safe about it.
Maybe its to do with the time I put her to bed. In the new classroom at school, she doesn't seem to be sleeping as long as she was in the old class (thank God! 12-3pm nap was too late for me to handle at bedtime). But she seems to need the same amount of sleep, so her waking up from naps at 2pm (sometimes before 2) means bedtime at 7.30pm. And somedays, its just too hard to do that when I've to come home and cook dinner. And then there's hardly anytime for us to play or anything, especially that its too hot to go out!
Even a 10 min delay in missing her sleep window causes her to get mad at bedtime.
Tough, eh?
I could go on forever on my ramblings about this.
After bath, we start off with jammies, and then stories with milk/water. Some nights, she will sit calmly on my lap and then ask to go into her crib.
Some nights, she will refuse and make all sorts of excuses once I put her in there. 98% of the times, I will go back in and reassure her until she is calm enough to let me go and sleep on her own. And thats been ok. On the very rare occasion, she's had to be by herself while asking for me because I've had to use the restroom, but still she's fallen asleep by the time I get back.
So ... its apparently working , ... kind of.
I would like EVERY night to start off nice and easy, instead of her running away to get in the crib and then finding excuses to get out. Ideally, I'd like her to be on a toddler/twin bed before December, so that I can use the crib as a sidecar for the baby. But with her wanting to escape from the bed, I cannot pick up all 28lbs of her and put her back in bed about 50 times a night. Daddy is not much help there. He will get her sleep next to him to avoid hearing her scream (crocodile tears, btw. I've seen her grin when we get frustrated and go to pick her up). And on days she takes too long to sleep, he gets frustrated and I cannot get her back to doing something that she knows Daddy will give in to.
Part of me says it will be easier if she sleeps in her own room when the baby comes, because she is such a light sleeper. But a bigger part of me says she is my baby, and she can move out when she wants to. I DO want her to sleep next to me, but she's too much of a kicker (finds my belly every.single.time) for me to be comfortable/safe about it.
Maybe its to do with the time I put her to bed. In the new classroom at school, she doesn't seem to be sleeping as long as she was in the old class (thank God! 12-3pm nap was too late for me to handle at bedtime). But she seems to need the same amount of sleep, so her waking up from naps at 2pm (sometimes before 2) means bedtime at 7.30pm. And somedays, its just too hard to do that when I've to come home and cook dinner. And then there's hardly anytime for us to play or anything, especially that its too hot to go out!
Even a 10 min delay in missing her sleep window causes her to get mad at bedtime.
Tough, eh?
I could go on forever on my ramblings about this.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Things I do when I get crafty
This is an XXL knit longies that I did for Sudha for this coming winter. It is made out of Paton's wool and so she can rough use it at daycare.
I need to get a matching shirt embroidered though. And need to block it, sew in the ends, and make the i-cord for the waist; and a matching cap too.
This is a Crochet baby blanket for a friend. I started this when I found out she was pregnant. She's had her baby girl 2 weeks ago, and I just got it out to complete. It is 50% done, and I'm hoping to get it done in the next 2 weeks.
A Poncho for Sudha - just started - about 10% complete
I need to get a matching shirt embroidered though. And need to block it, sew in the ends, and make the i-cord for the waist; and a matching cap too.
This is a Crochet baby blanket for a friend. I started this when I found out she was pregnant. She's had her baby girl 2 weeks ago, and I just got it out to complete. It is 50% done, and I'm hoping to get it done in the next 2 weeks.
A Poncho for Sudha - just started - about 10% complete
All things bite
She's obsessed with all bugs and little creatures that seem abundant in our house this hot summer.
Spiders are her favourites (I think). She thinks everything black is a spider, and smaller ones are baby spiders. And she keeps calling out "Fiders bite you!". She pronounces spiders as "fiders".
And that keeps her occupied for hours, especially with the droppings off my eyelash yarn that looks like her baby fiders.
And today it was all about "Its a bumble bee, mama. Look out, its gonna bite you". (there was no bee or anything remotely resembling a flying insect around, but that doesn't seem to matter to an active imagination).
Spiders are her favourites (I think). She thinks everything black is a spider, and smaller ones are baby spiders. And she keeps calling out "Fiders bite you!". She pronounces spiders as "fiders".
And that keeps her occupied for hours, especially with the droppings off my eyelash yarn that looks like her baby fiders.
And today it was all about "Its a bumble bee, mama. Look out, its gonna bite you". (there was no bee or anything remotely resembling a flying insect around, but that doesn't seem to matter to an active imagination).
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Scooter Baby "cheese"
Inspired by the skills of a friend's son on the 'scooter', she wanted one (of course, she wants everything she sees).
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
"I don't see ducks"
It was raining very heavily and left a big puddle of water on our doorstep.
In her mind, where there's water there are ducks. So she says "There is water, but I don't see ducks".
Smart cookie, eh?
In her mind, where there's water there are ducks. So she says "There is water, but I don't see ducks".
Smart cookie, eh?
Monday, July 07, 2008
I want that ... I want that ... I want that ... mine ... mine ... mine
Are the only things she seems to be saying these days - and driving me nuts, especially when that "want" or "want to" comes out sounding like "wanna" - something grates on my nerves.
We'd been grocery shopping together (at whole foods) for the first time in 5 months, and she kept saying that on seeing every.single.thing in the store.
Amma, I want to eat grapes.
Amma, I want more grapes.
Amma, I want Mac and Cheese.
Amma, I want to get down.
Amma, I want to ...... aaaaaaaaaagh !!!!
We'd been grocery shopping together (at whole foods) for the first time in 5 months, and she kept saying that on seeing every.single.thing in the store.
Amma, I want to eat grapes.
Amma, I want more grapes.
Amma, I want Mac and Cheese.
Amma, I want to get down.
Amma, I want to ...... aaaaaaaaaagh !!!!
Sunday, July 06, 2008
"Ondu, Yeradu, Mooru, Naaku, Aidhu"
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - I taught her that in Kannada and she repeats it perfectly !!!
And she can count to 20 (well, with gaps in between), not to mention a hoard of rhymes AND almost all Wiggles songs that she's seen!
And she can count to 20 (well, with gaps in between), not to mention a hoard of rhymes AND almost all Wiggles songs that she's seen!
Saturday, July 05, 2008
"Leave it"
"Leave it", she says, when I'm taking too much time in the kitchen cutting vegetables instead of giving her some attention.
"I said don't do that, Amma", she says, reinforcing that she meant it !!
"I said don't do that, Amma", she says, reinforcing that she meant it !!
Fireworks at Lenox
She had great fun at the pre-fireworks party and was dancing all sorts of moves to the music.
But ... once the fireworks started, she got afraid and started saying "No Fireworks, Don't do that. No Boom. Stop it." Poor baby.
But ... once the fireworks started, she got afraid and started saying "No Fireworks, Don't do that. No Boom. Stop it." Poor baby.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
"Oh Man"
A cute phrase she's picked up from me and uses it in perfect situations.
(Thank God she hasn't picked up any of Guru's phrases!!)
(Thank God she hasn't picked up any of Guru's phrases!!)
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Moved her back to her crib
I tried long enough with her crib mattress on the floor, and she fought sleep and would run around yelling for Daddy, so I decided to go back to basics and put her crib back up in our room. She doesn't like it one bit, but she can't get out and that makes her more mad. But I am in the room with her and making sure that nothing else is wrong with her.
She finally seems to get the fact that her in the crib means she has to go sleep. And I won't get her out no matter what (though she tried the potty trick the very second day).
Surprisingly, she's in there until 4-5am and when she wakes up, we get her to our bed and she snuggles up to me.
I'm hoping that things get better in the next few weeks. I want her to be able to go to bed by herself and in her crib for the night by the time the baby is here.
She finally seems to get the fact that her in the crib means she has to go sleep. And I won't get her out no matter what (though she tried the potty trick the very second day).
Surprisingly, she's in there until 4-5am and when she wakes up, we get her to our bed and she snuggles up to me.
I'm hoping that things get better in the next few weeks. I want her to be able to go to bed by herself and in her crib for the night by the time the baby is here.
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