Valerie has somehow blossom into a very neat toddler. She can't stand a tiny dirt on her hands or legs. If some food got onto her hands, she will quickly said 'Mat... Mattt... ' (wipe.. wipe..). One day we were at Robinsons looking at Christmas deco. While I was busy picking up decos for our home, Valerie helped herself to one of those shiny ones. After a while, she started whining and showed me her finger.
I couldn't see anything on the finger and brushed her away. Still she whined and showed me her finger again. Then I looked closely and sure enough, there was something there. One tiny gold dust on her finger. She insisted that gold dust be wiped away. I rubbed her finger a few times and it was still there. So I said 'Sorry Valerie, mommy couldn't get it off. Maybe later...'
But nope, she continued to whine and have to have the gold dust off her finger that very minute. Annoyingly I took out a wet wipe and got it off her finger. Then she showed me big smile and continued looking around the decos but making sure she didn't touch one.. :-S
Another funny incident was at Heguru class. The sensei introduced finger painting in one of the session. So sensei put some paint onto a banana diagram and rubbed Valerie's finger onto the paint to colour the banana. I was trying to show Valerie how amazing finger painting was and how nice the banana was coloured. Instead, she took one look at her finger and looked very alarm.
Yes, her finger has turned yellow. Quickly she showed me her finger. At that point of time, the wonder of finger painting was not intriguing to her at all. She just wanted her finger to be clean again. So I got out the wet wipes and cleaned her finger. I tried one more time trying to get her interested in the banana diagram. Nope... she was busy checking her finger, making sure there's no more colour on it. :-S
After she has played any toys, she needs to pack them back the way it is. Everything need to be in an order that she remembers. Also, she must have a sequence to her daily routine too. If it's time for porridge, she will run to get her chair. If you help her to get the chair, she will be crying. She needs to be the one to take the chair, if not she rather not eat. After her bath time, she needs to be the one to switch off the lights. All these minor things she can remember well. If you miss a step, she will let you know she's unhappy.
Nanny says she's very stubborn and always want things her way. This need to be disciplined. But honestly I feel if she's stubborn for the right thing, what's there to discipline? You can't scold her just because she wants to carry her own chair or switch off the light when she leaves the bathroom... Ermm.. am I right?
