Misha: 23 months

Milestones
Can recognize: A,B,C,M,O,T
She can also identify a few colours. Thanks to the threading beads she know blue, red, yellow and green. She can also say pink (from her rubber bands).
Lately I notice she is trying to jump. Especially when she is going from the hall into the bathroom (which is a bit lower) she will try to hop down.

Cleaning up
She has really improved on this.
After playing with the wooden blocks (which she likes to pour out of the box) she will pick up all the pieces and put them back. She even tries to carry the box back to the playroom (it's quite heavy so I usually try and help her).

Toys
She is loving stickers right now.
She also likes playing with the wooden blocks...she can stack more than 5 pieces at a time and will applaud herself when she does it.
Dolls are still a favourite. She will even get one to sit with her and watch TV.

Talking
After dressing her she is always touching her clothes or hair and saying 'nice' . LOL
She is also learning to count and say her alphabets. For some reason she is learning the numbers backwards. She first started saying '10'. Then when we count she would say '9, 10'. Then '8,9,10'.
She will sing a bit of Twinkle Little Star when I put her to bed.

Eating
Milk is getting easier although we have had to resort to letting her watch TV while she drinks it in the afternoon and before bedtime. In the morning I let her drink it in the Thermos during the drive to Meera's school. She is getting around 12 oz. a day...not a lot but enough I think. After all the conflicting info on milk (amounts and whether it's really necessary) I've decided to just give a minimal amount. I try to also give cheese and yogurt but most days there is just no time for a snack.

Most days, she will start feeding herself but after a few mouths she will want me to feed her. She usually indicates this by tilting the bowl of the tray towards me. I usually rush to get it since I'm worried it will fall down (yet to happen though).

Right now she is still having Weet-bix with fruit for most breakfasts and rice with soup for lunch and dinner. Once in a while I make pasta or fried rice. But soup is usually the fastest for her to eat.


Sleeping
Lately she has been crying whenever I put her down to sleep. Sometimes it"s just for a minute but sometimes it goes on for 5 minutes or more. Nap time is also a challenge cos after I close the door she will start screaming 'PEE!'. I try to make sure she poops and pees before naps but sometimes she seems to only be able to go after I put her down...this results in later naps.
She is also waking up and crying. Unlike before where she would just play quietly till I got her. Not sure if she is teething?


Potty training

She is doing quite well. After 2 weeks, she was doing well with peeing in the toilet. (I started using the toilet insert and by the 3rd week no longer needed to use the potty). Pooping however was still a challenge. Most times she was pooping in her diaper when I put her to bed. Sometimes she would poop in the toilet (sheer luck I think) or potty (but she was standing over it). And it was quite hard. She was not going as regularly as before and it was coming out hard (I think cos she was holding it in). Starting giving her Duphalac to avoid it getting painful.
By the 4th week she suddenly got it. She was starting to poop in the toilet (but not really comfortable about it). Had to put her on the seat a few times before she would go. Also notice that she is more comfortable using the toilet upstairs in her room. She will usually poop when I bring her upstairs for her nap. Not sure is its cos the insert is more comfortable (the Potette Plus is upstairs). But she has been quite consistent in going daily. Also able to stop giving her Duphalac.

Usually when we go out I would either put her in a pull-up or diaper and I notice she would hold her pee till we came home (if it was a short outing). She also doesn't poop when we are out of the house.
When we went to Melacca she had no problems peeing in the hotel toilet with the insert.