Events
'Lantern walk' at Villa Luna in honor of St. Martin's day -- The kids made paper lanterns, put a tea light inside, then went for a walk in the woods. Kimmo joined Lumi for this.
2 week trip in US -- 1 week in Indy (including Thanksgiving) with the Carpenters and Grandma. We went to the children's museum. 5 days in Florida with Grandpa and Mama Dollie. We went to a polo match and swam in the "spool", and had a Christmas celebration. Then 2 days in NYC with Nikki and newly anointed "Uncle Dudu" and Nova.
Toilet training
She asked to go kakka and then went in the potty at daycare 6.11.2012. In the USA, we had a potty strike, then when we stopped pressuring her, she started using the potty again. We are using diapers at night and during plane trips. We had a few nap leaks so far, when she was napping in the car seat. She seems to have regressed a lot during this US trip. Most annoyingly, we have had a huge rebellion about going. Often (most often when she is tired or hungry) she feels when she needs to go, tells us, gets to the potty, gets her pants down, gets on the potty, and then starts complaining and insists on getting up. Then we leave the bathroom and she starts leaking. This doesn't happen when anyone besides isä or äiti takes her; just with her parents. Then NYC was mostly a big success potty-wise.
Food
Breakfast is milk and a banana (or some other fruit), plus a bite of äiti's hard boiled egg. Twice now she has decided to skip nursing in the morning in favor of a cup of milk. We are down to just the morning nursing and then an occasional time during the day on weekends when she's feeling overwhelmed or tired but having trouble sleeping. On the trip, lumi seems to have mostly forgotten about nursing. I guess the disruption of our morning routine has had an effect!
Language
walnut = "walnip"
'Lantern walk' at Villa Luna in honor of St. Martin's day -- The kids made paper lanterns, put a tea light inside, then went for a walk in the woods. Kimmo joined Lumi for this.
2 week trip in US -- 1 week in Indy (including Thanksgiving) with the Carpenters and Grandma. We went to the children's museum. 5 days in Florida with Grandpa and Mama Dollie. We went to a polo match and swam in the "spool", and had a Christmas celebration. Then 2 days in NYC with Nikki and newly anointed "Uncle Dudu" and Nova.
She asked to go kakka and then went in the potty at daycare 6.11.2012. In the USA, we had a potty strike, then when we stopped pressuring her, she started using the potty again. We are using diapers at night and during plane trips. We had a few nap leaks so far, when she was napping in the car seat. She seems to have regressed a lot during this US trip. Most annoyingly, we have had a huge rebellion about going. Often (most often when she is tired or hungry) she feels when she needs to go, tells us, gets to the potty, gets her pants down, gets on the potty, and then starts complaining and insists on getting up. Then we leave the bathroom and she starts leaking. This doesn't happen when anyone besides isä or äiti takes her; just with her parents. Then NYC was mostly a big success potty-wise.
Breakfast is milk and a banana (or some other fruit), plus a bite of äiti's hard boiled egg. Twice now she has decided to skip nursing in the morning in favor of a cup of milk. We are down to just the morning nursing and then an occasional time during the day on weekends when she's feeling overwhelmed or tired but having trouble sleeping. On the trip, lumi seems to have mostly forgotten about nursing. I guess the disruption of our morning routine has had an effect!
walnut = "walnip"
snake = "nake"
robot = "robop"
she is stringing together adjectives and nouns, like "big leaf". she is also constructing the english possessive, like "lady's phone" (as she points to the lady on the bus talking on the phone). In the US, her English made big strides. At first, she was trying to speak to Sophie and Samari in Czech, but after a few days she switched to English.
Learning
She can count down from 4 to zero in English, and 2 - 4 in Finnish. Often a jump starts with "kaksi, kolme" and then she leaps.
Behavior
lumi is lots of fun these days. she likes to sing and run and laugh. she likes to sprint to the sofa and throw her torso on the cushions and lift up her feet. She loves jumping, both in grandpa and mama dollie's pool and over cracks in the sidewalk (and off of the sofa, and basically anywhere).
Toys/Books
Lumi has a pink rubber pony she likes to sit on and ride. She still loves her bear Kartsa, and sleeps with him and Ernie and Pupu (the bunny).
Favorite books now include 'The Lady with the Alligator Purse'.
We read 2 books after bath and before bed: one naked, and one after pajamas (because she hates pajamas and loves books, this seems to get things going). Lately she has insisted on taking whatever books we read to bed with her, so in the morning we find her cuddling her bear Kartsa and clutching books.
Health
We have been lucky that this was a healthy month.
Stats
clothes: size 86 or 92. Lots of tights.
height - ?
weight - 24 lbs on the luggage scale at the airport.
teeth - 12
naps - 1 per day in afternoon
Random Funny Stuff
She sings "baa baa black sheep" as "yes sir, yes sir, baa baa baa"
she is stringing together adjectives and nouns, like "big leaf". she is also constructing the english possessive, like "lady's phone" (as she points to the lady on the bus talking on the phone). In the US, her English made big strides. At first, she was trying to speak to Sophie and Samari in Czech, but after a few days she switched to English.
She can count down from 4 to zero in English, and 2 - 4 in Finnish. Often a jump starts with "kaksi, kolme" and then she leaps.
lumi is lots of fun these days. she likes to sing and run and laugh. she likes to sprint to the sofa and throw her torso on the cushions and lift up her feet. She loves jumping, both in grandpa and mama dollie's pool and over cracks in the sidewalk (and off of the sofa, and basically anywhere).
Lumi has a pink rubber pony she likes to sit on and ride. She still loves her bear Kartsa, and sleeps with him and Ernie and Pupu (the bunny).
Favorite books now include 'The Lady with the Alligator Purse'.
We read 2 books after bath and before bed: one naked, and one after pajamas (because she hates pajamas and loves books, this seems to get things going). Lately she has insisted on taking whatever books we read to bed with her, so in the morning we find her cuddling her bear Kartsa and clutching books.
We have been lucky that this was a healthy month.
clothes: size 86 or 92. Lots of tights.
height - ?
weight - 24 lbs on the luggage scale at the airport.
teeth - 12
naps - 1 per day in afternoon
She sings "baa baa black sheep" as "yes sir, yes sir, baa baa baa"
Thanks for the posts, the pictures, and the links!!! Love, Grandma
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