Setting up potty

When Marian woke up today, she went to the toilet and set up her potty (baby toilet). The potty we have has 2 parts. One part goes on the adult toilet seat and the other part is a step to help the child up on the seat. My wife found her sitting on the seat. This looked promising but she has still not released anything on the seat.

"Why do you shake it? It will come out!"

Yesterday, we ate pizza for dinner. As I have developed a liking for spicy food, I like eating the pizza with a spicy sauce. As I was vigorously shaking the bottle, Marian had an alarming look in her face and said "why are you shaking it? It will come out!" She was worried because she has seen an accident when the contents came out due to the top not being screwed on properly. I had to assure her that the top was securely screwed and that I shook it to get an even consistency.

It appears that her English is currently the most fluent. Korean and Japanese are roughly the same which is a puzzle when you consider that she hears Japanese more than the Korean. Perhaps this is because she has heard more Korean when she was in the womb? Perhaps she can pick up what her mother says more easily than when other people talk to her? Anyway, as the books say, children seem to be able to separate the languages and do not jumble or mix them up.

Swing sideways

On the theme of experimentation, rather than just moving the swing forwards and backwards, she has started to displace her weight off centre in order to move the swing with a sideways component. So she now enjoys going slightly circular instead of just in a vertical plane. She also likes to go sideways on the rocking animals.

First scooter ride

Marian does not have a scooter but whenever some older children come to the park, they bring along a scooter. She tries to ride it but they tend to be too big for her. But yesterday, she managed to ride it on her own. It was just the right size for her. She did not put it back where she found it so I asked her to put it back. She obliged. If only she is like this all the time.

Telling a lie for the first time?

I don't know when children start to tell lies but I think Marian (22 months) told her first lie yesterday. I saw a snake I cut out of card inside the bin. It had been torn into several pieces. I asked her if Marian had ripped it up? She hesitated and said no. I asked her again and she said yes.

She has shown this cheeky side from a very young age. I think it started when she offered something to me and she retracted it from me. This kind of cheekiness has been steadily increasing. Yesterday, she insisted on playing on the wide windowsill where I had put a solar powered watch. I asked her twice not to move it but she did not listen. On the third asking, she quickly grabbed it and threw it. Luckily it landed on some clothing. If she had managed to throw it properly (she is very capable of throwing things), it could have easily broken a window.

First long sentence construction

Marian has been talking for a few months now but she has not really constructed a long sentence until yesterday (22 months). She said among other things, "I like having a bath." Communication should hopefully become a lot easier. This is quite a jump from her usual two word sentences. You would expect a gradual increase to 3 words if anything.

Soft volley ball and hand fan

Marian found my new soft volley ball still in the packaging (deflated). She insisted on me getting it out. Once opened, I told her that I needed a pump to blow it up into a ball. I needed to put air into this tiny hole. Marian went away and brought a hand fan and demonstrated it. She thought that the hand fan would be useful in blowing the ball up. She insisted on me blowing it up so I had to get the pump and pin.