Pee!
Mika peed in her potty tonight for the first time! We actually didn't even notice until she was in the bath. Each night before her bath, she insists on sitting on her wee toilet to 'pee', but usually nothing comes of it. We were just pleased that she was getting into the routine and idea of such a thing. Now its just a matter of getting her to repeat her performance. As of tomorrow, I'm going to try and make sitting on the potty a morning routine as well and see how that goes.
From what we heard, Mika had a good time at her daycare Halloween party. We had planned to take her over to a couple of the neighbor's houses to trick or treat, but Mika was having none of it. I asked her a few times if she wanted to go trick or treat (yes, she has an idea of what it means, etc.), if she wanted to put her monkey costume back on, and/or whether she wanted to go outside to look at the pumpkins. Each question was answered with a definite 'No' every time. I finally asked her if she understood what I was asking her and she said 'Yup'. So be it!
Mika has officially moved up to the toddler room and is going through an adjustment period that is No Fun. Most of our evening with her was spent trying to figure out what was wrong as she just screamed and cried and generally freaked out (after it had been established that we were not going out for Halloween). She eventually fell asleep and woke up in a terrible mood this morning. She was such a terror that I was worried and called the daycare midmorning to see if Mika was OK. The teacher that I spoke to said that Mika finally calmed down shortly after her Daddy left and was, at that point, happily playing at the water table. Phew.
Mika has a newfound love. It's a lullaby glow worm. Grandma Barb and Grandpa gave it to her on their last visit from Ontario. For months, it sat in the corner of her crib. About one month ago, Mika rediscovered it and it's now joined the Three Gritty Kitties in her circle of most prized possessions. Last week I had to go out and get a replacement because she actually wore it out. I didn't even think such a thing was possible, but after multiple battery replacements, it was obvious that she had somehow killed the glow worm. This was a Very Bad Thing in her world. As I type, Mika is in her room playing the glow worm over and over and over. As she does every night before falling asleep. Sometimes, you can hear it playing in the middle of the night. I don't know if she wakes up and plays it or if she rolls onto it and triggers it...
Mika has decided that the baby in Mama's tummy is hers. We shall see how long that lasts after the baby has arrived. The best I can hope for is that she will learn to treat the real baby better than her dolls. They've been removed from her custody a number of times by Mama's Social Services due to the abuse that they suffer from her hands. For example, Mika's way of putting the babies to bed is to grab them by the feet, smack them face down into the cradle in a couple of times, throw a blanket over their heads, and exclaim "Night Night". Night night indeed.
From what we heard, Mika had a good time at her daycare Halloween party. We had planned to take her over to a couple of the neighbor's houses to trick or treat, but Mika was having none of it. I asked her a few times if she wanted to go trick or treat (yes, she has an idea of what it means, etc.), if she wanted to put her monkey costume back on, and/or whether she wanted to go outside to look at the pumpkins. Each question was answered with a definite 'No' every time. I finally asked her if she understood what I was asking her and she said 'Yup'. So be it!
Mika has officially moved up to the toddler room and is going through an adjustment period that is No Fun. Most of our evening with her was spent trying to figure out what was wrong as she just screamed and cried and generally freaked out (after it had been established that we were not going out for Halloween). She eventually fell asleep and woke up in a terrible mood this morning. She was such a terror that I was worried and called the daycare midmorning to see if Mika was OK. The teacher that I spoke to said that Mika finally calmed down shortly after her Daddy left and was, at that point, happily playing at the water table. Phew.
Mika has a newfound love. It's a lullaby glow worm. Grandma Barb and Grandpa gave it to her on their last visit from Ontario. For months, it sat in the corner of her crib. About one month ago, Mika rediscovered it and it's now joined the Three Gritty Kitties in her circle of most prized possessions. Last week I had to go out and get a replacement because she actually wore it out. I didn't even think such a thing was possible, but after multiple battery replacements, it was obvious that she had somehow killed the glow worm. This was a Very Bad Thing in her world. As I type, Mika is in her room playing the glow worm over and over and over. As she does every night before falling asleep. Sometimes, you can hear it playing in the middle of the night. I don't know if she wakes up and plays it or if she rolls onto it and triggers it...
Mika has decided that the baby in Mama's tummy is hers. We shall see how long that lasts after the baby has arrived. The best I can hope for is that she will learn to treat the real baby better than her dolls. They've been removed from her custody a number of times by Mama's Social Services due to the abuse that they suffer from her hands. For example, Mika's way of putting the babies to bed is to grab them by the feet, smack them face down into the cradle in a couple of times, throw a blanket over their heads, and exclaim "Night Night". Night night indeed.
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