Happy 16 Months young!

Hi my babygirl! Today u r 16.5months young.. How have u been doing? You have been walking swiftly, sometimes running.. Luckily u r not the runner type; or is it too early to tell? You basically understands what we say now.. You r starting to talk.. Yes, 16 months already n still can't really talk.. This is because your ah ma n ah kong speaks mandarin with you and mommy speaks English with u.. You have to learn two different languages all the time that's y u r slower.. But I'm quite sure u understands us when we speak to u cause u look at us directly n as if like u r reading our lips when u r really interested in knowing what we r trying to talk to u about.. Of course as usual, kids your age has like a very limited attention span.. It's like when I want to teach your ABC's, u only give me 5 mins tops to teach u before u divert your attention to something else.. You are beginning to recognize things very well.. It's like when I try to teach u about shapes n tell u that is a star, circle, square; I only had to repeat 3 times n u can remember n point the correct shapes when I ask u which is which.. :) I guess u r a fast learner like mommy when u want to learn.. But of course if I don't remind u the next day about the shapes again, u will forget.. So u r exactly like mommy when it comes to learning.. N that is bad.. 😣

Since u r starting to learn how to talk, u can't really control your voice.. U will talk really REALLY loudly when u r really talking.. It's like if u see something that u know how to say like a bird, or a duck.. U will point n say it out ALOUD! But when u baby talk n start babbling nonsense, u still talk at a normal tone.. It's just the words that u really know, u will start raising your voice like an annoying goose that keeps making loud noises..

You are also starting to throw tantrums.. When u r not allowed a certain thing, you will just squat there n make a fuss.. Sigh.. Like example when I ask u to follow me or come here when we r walking at the malls, if u don't feel like it, u will say MAI loudly n stand still... N if I come hold your hands n try to make you move, u will keep saying Mai Mai Mai then squat there n make a fuss..

You are definitely at the stage where the 'Terrible Two' is coming.. You can't be discipline n be taught about discipline yet because u don't understand the consequences n the cause n effect of doing things.. U r still at the stage where u will just do watever u want n u won't understand n know if u r doing something wrong.. I finally knew that cause there was once u were doing something naughty like keep messing up all my folded clothes when I already repeatedly told u not to; I gently smack your hand but u didn't understand n didn't care.. U continued on.. Then later on, u pick up that smacking from me n start smacking people around.. 😩 That is my mistake... Sigh.. So since then, I knew its still too early to teach u about discipline.. I guess I will wait another year to see if u r ready.. It's so hard though.. U keep doing things on purpose when u already know u r not suppose to.. The only thing I could do is whenever u do something wrong, I will tell u again n again or distract u to something else or put you at your playpen as a time off.. U hate to be put inside the playpen so whenever I put u inside u will scream n yell n cry like u r tortured.. So I guess that's the best way to teach u a little bit about consequences of doing something wrong.. Now u r already throwing tantrums n all, so when your terrible two comes, I really don't know how to cope with u when in public.. I hope it won't be soooo bad as I'm expecting it to be..

I feel that u r a very curious little girl n loves to explore EVERYTHING around u.. Whenever u have done exploring that certain area, it is definitely to look like a tornado has swept through it.. Mommy is going to start u on learning how to write or draw or color.. As in something artsy.. Something for u to have an output for your creativity.. I haven't really decide on what to let u do yet.. But it's something related to art for sure so that u will stay put at a certain place for a longer period..

You have changed so much for the first time I met u.. N yet I still loves u so much n love u way even more.. Sigh, my baby has grown.. Now all walking, doing things on your own.. Getting alittle bit more independent now.. But I still love how u love me.. Even though u bully mommy alot, at night when we sleep, u need me to be beside u, u able to smell n touch me then only u could sleep.. I love the way how u hug me to sleep, nurse to sleep.. U always light up your eye n gives me a big big smile whenever I tell u is 'milk milk' time.. U will quickly walk n crawl to me n lie on the bed n be in the nursing position n wait impatiently for me to come offer u your milk.. I simply love that! Ahhh, the benefits of breastfeeding.. I seriously don't know how to wean you off a year from now.. I'm planning to start trying to wean you off breastmilk after your second birthday so that I can prepare my body n give my boobs a little bit of rest before trying for a sibling for u.. But whenever I see how much u love nursing time, I seriously don't have the heart to wean u off n I don't know how to do so.. Sigh..

That is all for now about your milestone I suppose.. Oh, as I've mentioned before, u already have 4 tooth on top middle n 4 tooth below middle.. Now you are sprouting 2 more tooth below.. You are sprouting your first molars now.. The picture below will show exactly which teeth u r sprouting now..



N this is how u look like yesterday.. 😍


N this is what u looked like this month..





Mommy loves u so much ok!😘

That's all for now.. Will update soon I hope! 😁

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