23 months!

Not much has changed and yet I can see so many differences. Sometimes because I spend so much time with Meera I miss out on how much she has changed with each passing day but then when I look back at photos or videos I realise just how much she has grown.

Meera understands so much more now. She started saying 3 word sentences (mommy long hair). Mostly observations. Very rarely though, so whenever it happens I take note :)

She can recognize a lot of the alphabet. Mostly she can say the sound (phonetic) of the letter (thanks to the Leapfrog DVD). I also use this education web site to show her letters which really gets her attention. She can definitely recognize a,b,c,d,e (which she sometimes confuses with f), h, k, l,m,o,p,q,t and z.

Her color recognition is also getting better. Yellow, red, orange, blue, purple, green and pink. I'm trying to work on white, black and brown. She can also recognize shapes. The other day we were playing with one of her puzzles and she identified 'oval'! She's also getting more interested in puzzles. And lately I let her play with her big container of dolls - she'll take them out, talk to them and stuff and after she's done put them back in. Mostly she just likes to identify each one by name. I don't see much role playing other than the occasional kissing each other bit.

Potty training has been successful. I still put her in diapers when we go out and during sleep time. And she still poops in her diapers.

Sleeping is going well. Other than the Saturday nights which I have yet to figure out. Maybe she's too tired? or maybe it really is the swimming? Naps are good. Sometimes as long as 3 hours. Usually takes her about 15-30 minutes to sleep off. There were a few days where she seemed to take a long time to nap (she even got down from her bed on one of those days) but over all no issues.

Current schedule

8.00 am Wake up
8.30 am milk (3 scoops,105ml water
9.00 am breakfast (1 scoop with water added to Weetbix and strawberry)
12.00pm lunch
2.00 pm milk (4 scoops), nap (usually for 2-3 hours)
5.00 pm wake up
6.00 pm dinner
7.30 pm bath (Jing usually bathes her)
9.00 pm milk (4 scoops) then to bed. Usually asleep by 9.30pm

I'm not sure if this is an objective observation (maybe I'm just getting bored) but lately she seems to take a really long time to eat...around 30 minutes or longer and she seems to eat less than before (or maybe I'm giving her more now?). I remember a few months ago she would even have a tub of yogurt for snack time but even that doesn't happen anymore. I try not to let this worry me since she seems to be growing well (in fact she's quite tall for her age.)

I guess I shouldn't really complain. I've heard some kids are a lot worse but I'm so used to her eating a lot...