Addendum

A postscript to the earlier blog on S settling down at school... Today for the first time S did not cry when I dropped her off at school. When I left her at the entrance she started to screw up her face like she was about to cry, then suddenly decided against it and went inside quietly. I was speaking to another mum whose daughter is in the same playgroup, and has now been talking for a bit and tells her mom what they get upto in the playschool - It seems she told her mom that S does not cry any more and plays with books, and toys. Yippee!!
S has also started repeating most of what we say and some new additions to her vocabulary are auto, gas, other, man (also short for the name of her favourite cousin), pen, tight (for her shoes)- we need to be a lot more careful with our colourful vocabulary now! She recognizes animal sounds and links them to animals- sea lion (sounds like a loud yawn), dog (bow wow), cat (meaouw), pigeon (hmm hmm), parrot (cheep cheep), horse (this is the funniest- she rubs her fingers against her lips while doing brrrr). S is also becoming more communicative- she says “mum um” for food when she is hungry/thirsty and points at water/food, and says “baba” when feeling sleepy and then she’ll come and lie down on your lap. She has her dislikes and likes in clothes- she will go to the cupboard and point at what she wants to wear and insist on only wearing that. My sweetie you are growing up so fast …