Another day starting from 9 am till 10 pm without nap. It was more difficult for me than usual because Sana was also ever-moving, non-stop. Right now when I am writing this post, I am still having a headache and there is this sound like bee humming in my ears. Fortunately enough, I got to take a shower after bathing her tonight.
She still is cute, despite all the hard time in the package of her. She would call, mommy, lolo, meaning, mommy, look at me. Then she would dance which is more like wiggling, :). And she would ask me to read a book to her, or show me certain pages she especially enjoyed. She kicked a ball, ran, and laughed in the green yard.
I am trying to find some ways to utilize her unbelievable energy, but I always get tired before she does. So I believe I seriously need to send her to a daycare as soon as possible, in that both the little people and the big people there can help me with that.
I just found out that Sana gets a hold on new things introduced to her really fast and right away develop the ability to switch between the new way and the old way.
We usually go to throw the garbage from our front door and through the hallway, so we would put on our shoes by the door. Since she is playing in the yard now and I decide to go through the yard and I took her once this way. Now she checks where her slippers are to decide which way to go. I find this quite amazing even though she continues to be the magic glue on me and has to do everything with me.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Catching Up, Discipline
Let's be fair, even though I accuse Sana's dad for not being able to stick to a schedule and that's why Sana does not have one, I am not strict enough either.
I am more concerned about Sana's discipline than about her current language skills. So I guess I should start with establishing a schedule. Especially that I am going to start my school this September. We will need all the nice schedule we can get.
Sana is throwing tantrums when she does not get her ideas through. At some point she hit us in the face, most of the time she would just go lie down on the floor with tears. Most of the time, I handle it nicely. I would talk to her to see some reasonable options and if she kept being fussy, I would put her down and give her some time alone. She usually got back on her feet happy in no time.
The human being side of me kicks in from time to time, meaning I sometimes throw tantrums back at her trantrums. Well again, just like what the philosopher in me always says that children are sent to us to humble us, I become a little better each time and do not let the dissapointment and frustration get me as much now.
A valuable lesson I have learned though: Disciplining your children is actually discipling yourselves at the same time. So I am also the one who needs discipline. Let's all work together taking this Sana opportunity. :)
I am more concerned about Sana's discipline than about her current language skills. So I guess I should start with establishing a schedule. Especially that I am going to start my school this September. We will need all the nice schedule we can get.
Sana is throwing tantrums when she does not get her ideas through. At some point she hit us in the face, most of the time she would just go lie down on the floor with tears. Most of the time, I handle it nicely. I would talk to her to see some reasonable options and if she kept being fussy, I would put her down and give her some time alone. She usually got back on her feet happy in no time.
The human being side of me kicks in from time to time, meaning I sometimes throw tantrums back at her trantrums. Well again, just like what the philosopher in me always says that children are sent to us to humble us, I become a little better each time and do not let the dissapointment and frustration get me as much now.
A valuable lesson I have learned though: Disciplining your children is actually discipling yourselves at the same time. So I am also the one who needs discipline. Let's all work together taking this Sana opportunity. :)
Catching Up, Language
Sana is being exposed to multi languages beyond her own choice. In my adult point of view, it is an advantage. While she can clearly understand what we speak, English, Chinese, Punjabi, Urdu, she has also pronounced a few words in each of those languages and mostly English. I think that she figures that we all speak English the most frequently.
Some words she says:
English:
1. I can't stop it.
2. What's this/that?
3. Who's this/that?
4. Wait.
5. Mine.
6. LoLo (for lotion)
7. looloo (for look)
8. tum (for come)
9. Nana (for food and milk)
10. Allah ( for Allah and music)
11. water
Chinese:
1. yu2, fish
2. la1ji1, garbage
3. xie4xie4, thanks
Very sad, I can't seem to recall more than this.
When we ask her to do something, she can follow the instructions now. But when we ask her to point to something like "Can you show me where the bird is?" she will just smile and look at you. She either thinks this is too retarded a question we are asking, or simply does not understand at all. Either way, I will take it.
Some words she says:
English:
1. I can't stop it.
2. What's this/that?
3. Who's this/that?
4. Wait.
5. Mine.
6. LoLo (for lotion)
7. looloo (for look)
8. tum (for come)
9. Nana (for food and milk)
10. Allah ( for Allah and music)
11. water
Chinese:
1. yu2, fish
2. la1ji1, garbage
3. xie4xie4, thanks
Very sad, I can't seem to recall more than this.
When we ask her to do something, she can follow the instructions now. But when we ask her to point to something like "Can you show me where the bird is?" she will just smile and look at you. She either thinks this is too retarded a question we are asking, or simply does not understand at all. Either way, I will take it.
Catching Up, Mobility
Running: Sana sort of started running four months ago.
Dancing: She likes moving along with music. She has also developed a lot of moves that should be categorized into this entry. She holds her arms high in the sky and moves up and down, spins, touches the floor with one foot at a time, holding hands behind her back, shaking head, kicking legs one at a time.
Excercising: We had an Air Walker excercise machine that I use. After observing for a few times, she decides to go on this machine and do whatever I do there. And she loves me to jump rope in front of her, which I should do more often.
As a result, she has got some strong muscles. If you don't believe, just wait until you get a kick from her.
Dancing: She likes moving along with music. She has also developed a lot of moves that should be categorized into this entry. She holds her arms high in the sky and moves up and down, spins, touches the floor with one foot at a time, holding hands behind her back, shaking head, kicking legs one at a time.
Excercising: We had an Air Walker excercise machine that I use. After observing for a few times, she decides to go on this machine and do whatever I do there. And she loves me to jump rope in front of her, which I should do more often.
As a result, she has got some strong muscles. If you don't believe, just wait until you get a kick from her.
Catching Up, birthday
It has been over a year since I last blogged about Sana's little life and of course due to all kinds of technical difficulties I am facing. The computer is not reading Chinese and hence I cannot type Chinese, pictures are stored in another computer, the other blog is not accessible to everybody so I had to do a lot of repeated reporting which took extra time, etc, etc. After reading so many friends' blogs, I finally realize one thing, I can blog here as well! I know, smart me. Such a quick learner am I!
So some quick feed, serving as a memory aid for the future.
We celebrated Sana's 2nd birthday at PA 125th Annual Fair. There were lots of rides, races, and food. We went in the Exhibition and heard a "m-oo" and ever since Sana was following "mimi" (her word for all non-human moving creatures), be it the cow, the horse, even the bird!
We watched the chuckwagon and chariotwagon races (betting only between the two of us and we agreed on most of them) while Sana napped in my arms and on my lap (she is too long for my arms only now). We came out to enjoy the rides after Sana woke up.
She didn't really enjoy the merry-go-round ride the first time until it stopped! Then she cried on the motorcycle ride, very badly. After having some food, she came back and asked for a second ride on the merry-go-round and this time she enjoyed it.
She was still too small for all rides and the good part was that she got a balloon and was all happy. We concluded the celebration with an icecream cake from DQ.
So some quick feed, serving as a memory aid for the future.
We celebrated Sana's 2nd birthday at PA 125th Annual Fair. There were lots of rides, races, and food. We went in the Exhibition and heard a "m-oo" and ever since Sana was following "mimi" (her word for all non-human moving creatures), be it the cow, the horse, even the bird!
We watched the chuckwagon and chariotwagon races (betting only between the two of us and we agreed on most of them) while Sana napped in my arms and on my lap (she is too long for my arms only now). We came out to enjoy the rides after Sana woke up.
She didn't really enjoy the merry-go-round ride the first time until it stopped! Then she cried on the motorcycle ride, very badly. After having some food, she came back and asked for a second ride on the merry-go-round and this time she enjoyed it.
She was still too small for all rides and the good part was that she got a balloon and was all happy. We concluded the celebration with an icecream cake from DQ.
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