Eating
All going well. Most times she eats about 5-6 oz of food. I recently increased the amount...2.5 oz of rice. 1 oz meat and 2 oz. veg. I usually make soup so there will be dates and longan as well. She seems to really love soup. I usually give her a bit to drink from the doidy cup after she's done eating. She can manage quite well on her own (she gets very upset if I try to hold the cup and feed her).
She will usually eat about half by herself and then she will try to lift the bowl off the tray and refuse to eat unless I continue feeding her. Unless it's something she likes...which she is happy to eat it all herself. Strawberries seem to be a favourite. (right now its in season - Korean)
Stopped giving her the aniseed medicine for good.
Her meals are usually separate from ours but she does try our food when we have our dinner.
Sleeping
No major issues. Afternoon naps are usually 1.5- 2 hours. Bedtime is 8 pm and she usually wakes up around 7 - 7.30 am. She usually sleeps off within 10-15 minutes after putting her down with minimal fuss and is quite content to lie in bed till I get her once she wakes up.
Hair tying
Much better at leaving her hair alone. She is also quite patient to sit and wait for me to tie her hair.
Talking
A lot of new words. She likes to imitate us but sometimes her sounds are way off from the actual word. Lately she has stopped signing a lot of words and will say it instead. Her water sounds more like 'baber'. But I get it ;)
She can say 'tata'. She seems to recognize everyone else but doesn't seem to call them. I haven't been very good with naming everyone so need to focus more on this.
Whenever I tell her 'no' and she gets upset about it she will suddenly say 'pain'. I think she thinks I will come comfort her. LOL
She also says pao pao when she wants to be carried but it sounds more like 'bao bao'. And if i'm sitting on a chair she will say 'turn' and turn herself so I can hoist her up on my lap.
After she coughs or sneezes she will say 'achoo'.
Singing
She is loving this right now. Sometimes she even tries to sing with the radio...totally off key and unintelligible though.
She will also ask me to sing sometimes. Especially "Row Your Boat'.
Toys
Her favourite right now is playing with the dolls. She will try to feed them and carry them around. She even cuddles them while watching TV. Meera used to love playing with the kitchen but Misha hardly ventures there. I always notice her holding one of the dolls and feeding them. She even talks to them...saying eat, sit, no!
She is getting better with the shape sorter but I still have to guide her with it. She can stack boxes quite well but most times wants to push them over before she gets to the last box.
Cameron Highlands
During the long Labour Day weekend we went up to Cameron Highlands for 2 nights. It was so packed....the drive there took more than 4 hours (didn't help that we stopped for lunch at Bidor).
She had her normal Weet-bix for beakfast and jarred food but also had steamboat for dinner.
We let her sleep in the Kinderkot this time. The first night she cried a bit but a few minutes later she just lay down and slept till the next morning. Second night she slept with no issues
Nursing her was impossible though. She refused every time I tried to feed her. Not sure if it was the room or everyone else distracting her but for those 2 days I had to supplement with boxed UHT milk. This was just a sign of things to come....
Weaning
Last Friday (15/5/15) Misha stopped breastfeeding! On her own! Little did I know that Thursday night was the last time I would be nursing her. Part of me is sad but a larger part is relieved she was ready to stop on her own. Saved me from trying to wean her at 2.
Can't figure out why she stopped though.... Like she just decided it was time I guess.
So now I am trying to give her cow's milk. Luckily she had been having it on and off so it's not too difficult.
