milestone moments : a collective of

ok, enough drama and trauma. on a lighter, Yay! note, here's a collection of arwen's latest milestones. i know that all kids develop differently, at their own rate but i can't help but be proud that some of arwen's milestones are advance for her age. that's how all moms are i guess. i think there's a new label for such moms - 'brag hags'. i don't mind labels. i won't even budge if you call me a bitch.

where was i? oh yeah. arwen.

1. arwen likes to walk backwards. something that 15 months old will start doing (according to babycenter).
2. she can drink from a cup. and hold her own vitagen and juice boxes.
3. she knows where and how to look for her vitagen and yogurt in the fridge.
   
4. she's practicing using utensils and prefers feeding herself. i hate it because she makes a lot of mess.
   
5. she likes to 'help' around with chores. last weekend, she tried to take the mop from me while i was mopping the floor.
   
6. she's a cupboard and drawers specialist now. there's no drawers or cupboards in the house she hasn't opened. i'm pretty sure she'll try to open a safe if we put one in front of her. and we haven't started that phase of childproofing the house. trying to train her that such things are prohibited.
   
7. she has started scribbling. we bought her one of those magnetic drawing board thingamajig so she can scribble away. her Omanyang (the babysitter) is teaching her Alib-Ba-Ta with that.
   
8. we're (more like mom, really coz i don't have the patience) trying to toilet-train her without the plastic potty. straight to the toilet, just like mom did to us by the time we turned one. apparently, all 3 of us were out of diapers by the time we were 2. hopefully arwen's following that legacy.
   
9. she's still not talking, but she is quite a storyteller - kinda like a pre-historic human trying to tell a story using sign language and gestures and grunting noises kind of way. yes, i just called my daughter a neanderthal. i guess it's just basic human communication. she's able to tell a whole story in mime. she'd tap on the floor, and then her head to say that she'd hurt her head if it hits the floor. or point at a pair of shoes or garbage bags and then pinch her nose to say that those things are smelly.
10. she's starting to play pretend. she'd take an empty bottle and pretend it's bottle of lotion, where she'd 'pour' the contents out onto her hands and lather on herself, or me. or she'd play with plate / container and spoon and pretend to feed herself, or me. or she'd take any piece of clothing in the clean laundry pile, and put it over her head and pretend that she's wearing something pretty - underwear included.
11. if she farts, she'll laugh at herself. even some grownups dont have the ability to laugh at themselves.
    
12. she can sortta 'jump'.
    
13. she will, up to her mood, pick her own choice of attire for the day.
    
14. she likes bags. any type of bags, she'd carry them on her shoulders and be very mak datin.
15. her nap time is only once a day now. but at least, she sleeps for a long time at night. she'll sleep from between 9-11pm to 6 am (she only wakes up for milk) and then goes back to sleep till 8-9 am.
    
16. she's quite fussy about food - she doesnt like fish or beef with rice and likes chicken soup or chicken anything (very much like her mom)
17. also like her mom, according to my brother, when she chooses not to listen, she will phase out and not listen.
    
18. she can't stop climbing.
    
19. she loves to dance to beyonce's single ladies. (i'll try to get a video of her dancing)
20. she knows her nursery rhymes. she has this book and whenever she turns to the specific page she knows what they are - like she'd shout Baa Baa when it's Ba Ba Black Sheep. she'd 'twinkle' her fingers when it's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. she'd do the 'jazz hands' when i sing Itsy Bitsy Spider.
    
21. she knows the difference between pictures and letters.
    
22. she knows how to change the channels on the Astro remote.
    
23. she knows how to switch off the tv.