The plus side though is that she is eating more of our food and showing more interest. Putting 2 and 2 together i would say that all the while she was using milk to fill herself up. Now that she has reduced her intake of milk, she eats more of our food and drinks more water to fill up. This afternoon, she had rice with pork and carrots, then pasta with beef and tomatoes. And yogurt. Dinner time, she had rice wtih pork carrots and tofu and a whole banana. Then after that she didn't have anything else. We tried to give her milk in a cup but she only took a little and keep bubbling the milk.. then after awhile she just didn't want it anymore. without the milk cue, it's hard to get her to go to sleep.
Other than this challenge, she is learning fast. She is saying a lot more words such as: bus, truck, train, plane (vehicle words), yogurt, bathe. She has also tried to say heart, book, star, banana and goodnight. She understands alot more than she says though. She can also indicate her wants quite clearly, either by pointing or by saying what she wants.. though pointing is still the way. We have found that by keeping the TV control away, she doesn't seem to want it all that bad - out of sight out of mind, literally.
Oh another thing that has started is that she hits people - to be more specific, Freya. I don't think she means harm, but somehow she ends up hitting her especially when she is very excited. When freya wants to take her toy or she is trying to be curious, Sherrie will hit her head. It is very embarrassing for us and i feel so bad, so we are trying to correct her behaviour through teaching her how to touch someone and then positive reinforcement. Parenting is hard!!
MIL bought her a magnetic drawing board so she has been using it to 'draw'. Oh she knows that word too now..so she holds the pen (in the wrong way!! haha..) and draws lines on the board. She likes it alot.. we draw for her, and use the cookie cutters as stencils to draw pictures. She likes it! I think it's the age appropriate toy for her.. but she is getting bored of her toys actually.. that's why she always wants the TV/computer.
Oh yes, forgot to mention what happened when the parents came. She was so excited, a little disoriented when they were here i.e. how come there ar 2 people on my couch? She warmed up to Mom quite quickly but not to Pop. In fact, i could tell he made her feel rather uncomfortable. Hopefully when they are back she will warm up to him too. It was stressful trying to mind her esp when Pop didn't follow the rules and kept wanting to use the computer.
Anyhow, i will update on the cup status. I don't see the point in making her use the sippy cup since she hates it so i will just move her on to the cup directly.
At the Penn bookstore, where we've been going to play, she has been quite friendly, offering toys/books to people and children who come in. She is so cute! Even carrying two watering cans around to walk around the book store. she also tries to offer them to people. At home though she is not very into 'sharing', which is weird. It's almost as if she needs to make a good impression with people who are new but not with us? Is this the first sign of taking for granted? Haha. Maybe i'm reading too much into it.
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