Nephy is 22 months old!

Nephy is 22 months old!

Nephy is fast reaching the 2 year mark. Wonder why is it called terrible twos. If I tell you that I don't know then, its a lie for sure. Its unbeleivable, how she can go from a happy smiling kid to a kid with extraordinary screaming powers in a nanosecond. Some look at me and the dad with a sympathetic look, some others with a look tat says , Inept parents with absolutely no sense of discipline. If you've had a kid, you would belong to the former and if you hadn't, the latter(I wish and sincerely pray for you to have an absolute brat for a child!).

The lil monkey is an expert climber. Her reach until now has been only the sofa and the bed. Quite recently, the dining table and the other day, she almost made it on top of the kitchen counter. Well, until now I never knew it is humanly possible to do any of this in a wink of an eye. Am I not right in calling her a lil monkey.

The 'NO-No' for anything and everything syndrome hasn't left her as yet. She still tries to put a fight before taking a bath. Slaps me, hits me , pushes me...poor me. To make up for it, she would smother me with kisses. Worth it, I tell you. She still loves to get tickled and I still love to tickle her. She still can't sleep through the night, and no, am not complaining. As long as nobody lifts up their head, she would go back to sleep with her milk bottle. If, incase, any one of us happen to lift up our head, she would drag us all out of bed and insist that we start playing right away. Eat- sleep- play still is the dominant routine, add-ins are Rhymes-books-Toys-Vijay's Dance

Her new found love is her Dad. Looks like they have this game of hide under the blankets. She made me play it with her, and but was disappointed in me, as I wasn't as good as her dad. She still creates a big protest everytime I lock myself in the bathroom. The same has been extended to dad's bathroom visits. Her potty business now needs dad to sit by her. Ha ha.. nice job. She cries for a good hour if she leaves her at home and goes out.

Its been about 3 months since my mom came to help me out, and I still haven't found a maid. Nephy is all the time on and on calling out to her 'Aasaa'. Started off with Ammachi, then we tried to teach her Aachi , and finally it has come out as 'Aasaa'. Now, its always Amma-appa-Aasaa. Sometimes, its Aasaa who has to do things for her, Aamma comes second :(

Finally.....22 months! 22months or 22 years... u'll still be my dear little baby. Wonder if you will smother me with kisses then! High chances of the answer being No!