22 months plus, lost in translation

      

Rachi turned 22 months on 5th July 2011.She speaks most of the words and says two to three words together such as Papa sit, Mama sit, Papa sleep, Mama sit, See you, bye bye Thank you, etc. Her vocabularies have hugely developed and she says most of the words readily. Some of the words she is familiar with are:

1.  God
2.  Socks
3. Toes
4. Park
5. Walk
6. Bath
7. Dance
8. Rain
9.  Tiger
10.  Lion,
11. Ring
12. Cheese
13.  Oh no
14.  Come on
15.  Up/mathi
16.  Open
17.  Eat
18. Cycle(she has already received a Birthday Cycle)
19. Leg
20. Knee
21. Foot
22. Mango
23. Lychee
24. Sorry
25. Water
26. Foot
27. Kiss
28. Tree
29. Sun
30. 1,2,3

Since she speaks her own language most of the time, that we do not get it, she becomes frustrated and throws tantrums. We too become equally concerned when we do not get what she wants.
She has been engaging herself on eating, she eats anything she gets at anytime. Instead rice eating capacity has somehow declined. She has become choosy when comes to the kind of curry/soup/stew she gets.

The funny thing that she did was, on the first week of her 22^nd month we went to the dental clinic for her papa’s Root Canal Treatment, we were waiting for her father in the dental clinic. Rachida saluted while listening to the tune of national anthem, it was being played on the TV. I was completely in a state of flabbergast.

Once she finds massage oil, she starts putting oil on her leg, face and head and starts massaging. She often sees mama doing this. These days when she says, “ mamayei” which means she wants massage.

She has become a whiner baby, who pretends to cry for no reason and screams for no specific reason.

She follows her papa when he is about to go to work. She insists that she be carried and does not want to come to mama. Sometime she cries and cries until he is out of her sight.

On this month she was able to do.......

- She has become very affectionate. She hugs and kisses mama and papa. And she likes to be cuddled, massaged and carried.
- She has become very demanding. IF she needs something, she has to get it or else she lies on the floor, cries loudly until she catches our attention and she gets what she wants.
- She cries lesser than the previous months. Even she cries, she can stop instantly. These days she mainly cries to seek our attentions.
- In the shops or at departmental stores, she becomes increasingly active. She gets off her pram and prefers to walk around, quite fast, sometime it is hard to keep on her pace.
- she imitates every gestures and sounds that we do and produce.
- says God, points out and gestures Namaste.
- She points at her wound and says, " aiyaa"
- she enjoys watching " The Wiggles", she can watch continuously and sings and dances with them. She likes to the activities done by the group. She has found her papa helping her with her acts. 
- She bosses around to do things for her.
- she cries or protests us when she sees adding water in the juice to make dilute. So we have to do secretly.
- she shows fondness for Dhiraj Limbu bhai.

Just looking around

- she likes to whatever others are doing, esp wearing scarf, carrying doll, drinking juice and many more.
- when she meets her friends or people that she knows, she smiles and says and waves hello.

Cheers

- she demands to wear new clothes when she sees mama about to fold and put into the wardrobe.
she enjoys playing guitar. She has received a baby guitar from uncle Jay.

- she has shown fondness for yogurts for which she calls," ice-cream"
- These days she likes to eat whatever she gets.
- She passes a towel when she knows mama has finished taking a shower.
- Sometime we have to treat with something of her interest when making her do something.