27 months

This is going to be a short post. Mostly because I feel like there's nothing much to report. Not because Meera hasn't progressed but rather its just more of the same things. More talking especially. She's also able to eat quite neatly nowadays. So I no longer wear a bib for her when we eat out. At home though she still rather get fed. I think I stressed the neat factor too much and she thinks it's neater if I feed her ( she even told me once that 'Meera feed self messy'). I figure since she's okay to eat by herself when we're out I'll continue to feed her at home (especially since it's a lot faster).

Potty training is going well. She never poops in her diaper (unless it's an emergency). I tried to get her to poop when she wakes in the morning but so far that has not been happening. Most of the time she does it during her nap time (after milk I usually try to get her to poop before I wear her diapers but strangely she can't do it then.) After she lies down in bed she will suddenly feel the need and I will have to take her out again to the toilet. Sigh.... Not sure what to do about this. Is it her way of delaying nap time or maybe it's like a routine for her?

I've started to do a bit of 'tot school' with her again but still not very regular. I realise she knows most of the colors and also alphabets! She can even differentiate lower case and uppercase letters. I shall try to get this to be a regular part of our day at least for the most part of the week.

I don't know if I'm being biased but I think Meera is quite a well-behaved child. She seems to be quite in control of her emotions and hardly ever has tantrums. I think a lot of it has to do with our expectations and how we communicate with her. Lately she seems to have picked up on the idea that if she a 'good girl' she can get to do lots of things like 'go roadtrip', 'go swimming', etc... So nowadays all I need to say is 'Are you being a good girl?' and she will immediately comply. Sometimes when she knows she's done something wrong she will plead to us that she's been a good girl. I think she's worried all the fun times will end if she's not a good girl! I must say it's been quite effective in getting her to follow instructions and be a 'good girl'.

Her sleeping has been a bit disrupted lately. Not sure if it has anything to do with potty training. She wakes up in the middle of the night saying she needs to 'kaka'. Initially I thought she had really had to go so I would take her to the toilet. Most times she peed but that was it. I guess she's still trying to work it all out.