Happy 23 Months our dear Princess!!!
We love you Sweetie!
Mwahh!:)
August 10, 2005
Being the center or the focal point of our daily lives for 22 months, and as the new baby brother came to the scene it’s quite a new scenario to her even though we prepared her mentally and emotionally for the coming of her beloved brother.
At the onset of my conception of Sean, we kept on telling her and familiarizing that soon she would be a bigger sister (or an “ate�) and surely everything goes on her head as she ‘s a quick learner but still she can’t keep to herself the feeling of jealousy every time she sees me or her father carrying Sean.
I know this is normal but surely, we want to keep baby Sean from flying objects as the bigger sister would annoyingly hurl her toys or books towards the new born baby. As much as possible whenever Sean is sleeping peacefully or just gleefully stretching and smiling adorably in his crib, we make it a point to give our undivided attention to our loving daughter.
Most of the time (as for the moment that Sean is still very small and needs a lot of my time and attention, of course, breastfeeding is one reason), she’s with her Dad and uncle or with the nanny but I make it a point that we have also mommy and daughter time spent together.
Giving more attention and love to her is an assurance that still she’s our princess, even though she’s making moves that would really make your head spin…
Activities such as reading books with her, coloring her special notebook, scribbling, singing nursery songs and playing inside her tent house gives her relief from the special attention she wants to have always.
We love you very much our dearest ate Princess…
July 31, 2005
Talking the Toddler-ease way to Princess is only applicable whenever she is in her tantrumland.
And if she’s in her calm self you can talk to her the normal way, but if she’s having some bad day (which only occur if she lacks sleep, deprived of some chocolates and sweets—coz we don’t want her to be addicted to sweets, or if momsy or dada do not want to give in to what she wants, yes…she’s a demanding toddler!) the following course of action should take place: a.) Talk to her in short phrases b.) Talk to her in a low tone c.)Repeat what she wants to convey in that way she’s assured that you really listened and understand her d.)Use a facial expression and body language that shows that you care and respect her.
Shouting back at her would do no good and bears only more defiance in her part. She’s a tough kiddo and it will only make her tougher.
July 13, 2005
Just this morning I told Andrea that I want to change the bed covers as well as the pillow cases ( we do this every week) and as quickly as she could, she lifted all the pillows down to the mattress on the floor and took the bed cover from the bed. She’s onto her being a responsible toddler again, always helping momsy in every ways. Five stars for you li’l sweetie! A kiss and a big, big hug 
July 3, 2005
To our little munchkins delight we gave her a shopping spree at Toys ‘R Us, upon entering the shop she nearly jump out of extreme joy for she saw her favorites (for the time being) Teletubbies (the four of them: Tinky Winky, Lala, Dipsy and Po) and Barney.
We told her that she can have only one from the The Teletubbies and she can select from Barney, BJ and Baby Bop. Without much thinking she want to hoard all of them inside the shopping cart, but again we reminded her that she can have only two (quite costly!).
After that we went inside to look for other toys and Andrea kept on pointing at Barbie dolls, taking every toy that she fancy; her happiness is immeasurable.
She ended up of having Po and Barney and wanted to go back inside the shop…till next treat from loving Daddy
July 3, 2005
A weekend of a toddler who’s nearing her terrible twos include; shopping for new clothes at Next and Mothercare shops (also for her upcoming sibling baby Sean), a meal at Nando’s, an ice cream treat from Haagen Dazs, a balloon and don’t forget her “pop!� shortened for lollipop.
And we are looking forward to Summer Wonder Festival this coming 10th of July; more fun for kids, lots of clowns and shows in malls and big discounts from shops…
June 21, 2005
Every time we pass by or we are approaching a street with fast foods like KFC, McDonalds, Hardees or Burger King, Andrea knows them and starts to point and ask for food; and don’t forget she loves to eat also in Nando’s and Applebee’s.
Her retention power is so strong that even we are just curving on a round about and KFC is hardly to be seen yet, but surely she starts to clap and point at the direction of the fast food.
How we wish that there are Jollibee and Greenwich here, surely they’ll not pass Andrea’s eyes.
June 21, 2005
Andrea can fully understand what we tell, ask or let her do but sometimes she pretends not to hear or listen to us. At an early age, I started giving lecture on how to keep her toys tidy after playing and she’s so quick that she grasp what I told her but now that she’s twenty-one months to be exact I have difficulty in giving her instructions.
She pretends not to hear me and just continue playing or watching her never-ending (played for the nth times) Barney CD. But when I tell her that we’ll go to a mall and she’ll play and have some rides there or that I’m going to give her “pohp� (as what she calls lollipop) or whatever reward she’ll earn if she’ll follow mommy, then that’s the time that she’ll move her butt.
As much as possible I don’t want to use the reward system with my little Andrea but for now that’s what motivates her.
On the lighter side, she’s a toddler with her own free will, she helps me to unload groceries from plastic bags and she enjoys putting her soiled diaper in the garbage can and helps me when I’m dusting and wiping some furniture. Things like these, you can count on her. She loves to do what the adults are doing and would exert an effort just to count herself in.
June 12, 2005
Thursday evenings start Andrea’s long weekend, went to a mall wherein she pointed on places wherein she want to have a ride, to have her dinner and of course a shop wherein she’ll buy her toy and don’t forget the mini-melts ice cream for her dessert.
Still in her 20th months but she knows what she wanted to have or what she want to do and worst on how she would want to do things. She’ll argue with her actions and vague Martian language and impose her wants on us.
On the lighter view, she’s showing her being independent from us (she’ll brush her teeth regularly and eat her meals without our help) but on the other side she defies the word “No!� Sometimes, we are on the verge of explosion on how we would tame her; as she would want to climb on top of sofas and reach for some objects above what she can reach or on how we would let her stop her annoying play of being a wrestler or a gymnast! She likes to let herself fall, dive on soft areas (sometimes use us as her diving board!) and run as fast as she can without looking which way she is heading to or if she going to bump on a wall or not.
What’s with this Barney Show? Everyday Andrea would let us play it on our big screen 54″ TV her CD on Barney “the Dinosaur� even more than five times and she would tag her Dada to come with her in the TV room to watch her recently most favorite movie. Good things is she learned some songs which she manages to say some words of it, but worst thing is even before going to bed she wants to watch her best friend Barney…
Poor Dada! he has to comply with the demands of her li’l Princess before the li’l tyrant would stage her act on faking a cry or worst an attempt to puke (that’s what she does to get on her way with us!), but for Momsy all of it have no effect not until all of it would turn to a real drama.
June 12, 2005
According to a site on toddler’s development at 20 months old …
Should be able to:
• pretend to feed a doll (she did this ages ago)
• take off own clothes with help (as she would always help Momsy to take off her clothes before having a bath)
• dump an object in imitation, such as throwing garbage away (she’s a certified copy-cat and she knows where to find our garbage can in the kitchen she’s the one who drops there her soiled diaper)
Will probably be able to:
• Learn words at a rate of 10 or more a day (she has a very high retention power; I think not only 10 words in day she can learn but more than that, I should say a plethora of words!)
• walk up (but probably not down) stairs (she can and she does only that we don’t allow her to walk alone with our 15-step staircase)
• Search for hidden objects ( ask her where to find the remote control for the TVs and she would willingly give it to you, ‘coz she’s the one who hides them)
May even be able to:
• Draw straighter lines (she started drawing lines ages ago and manages to scribble some objects like heart or flower)
• Name several body parts ( oh well! She can name all of her body parts)
To top it all, she is an advance kiddo
Toddler on the Block! 