15 Months

sarah has become a 15 months old toddler.

what is she like at this stage of her life?

How is her character?
she has a very strong stubborn personality, she cannot be forced into doing something that she doesn't want to. when she wants something she wants it, she will snatch toys away from even older kids, she has done it to the older kids in school and done it to brian as well.

she wears a cheeky smile on her face, especially when she knows that she is doing something wrong or disapproved by her parents.

she is very attached to her mother. she will follow her around and can only be carried by her mother. she will kick, cry and scream if papa attempts to carry her when there is the mama option.

she likes attention and has this habit of putting her face right in front of us, literally forehead to forehead to force you to look at her, especially when either one of us is sleeping, facing away from her.

Whate are her hobbies
she likes to watch hi-5, she will swing her arms in the air and shout 'yeahhhh' whenever the theme music kicks in, she will then give a hi-5 to the tv. she is not even that excited to see her parents. her first love is barney, but she seems to have outgrown it already.

she loves eating food, all kinds of food. anytime when she sees us eating, she has to eat, even if she had just taken her meal. she would stop only when we stop, or the plates are empty. her current favourite food are braised peanuts and eggs. if we do not give her food, she would perform a wayang show, fake crying scene, enhanced with burying her face on the table for dramatic effects.

she enjoys trips to the playground and going down the slide, yet she is abit apprehensive, she would use her arms as brake to slow down the sliding. she prefers sitting on papa's lap and sliding down together.

we just discovered this yesterday, whenever she feels like going out of the house for a walk, she would go to the hall and point at her shoes which are on a table or sometimes in a container, then she would attempt to reach for the shoes. after taking down her shoes, she would happily sit down on the floor, awaiting for her shoes to be put on. once that is done, she would head straight to the gate, waiting for gate to be unlocked so that she can go out for her walk!

motor skills & speech
she is able to walk well and is getting faster and faster. when on the bed, she likes to stand up via pushing herself up with her head, then arching up her backside. i think she is going to run soon.

she is able to call out mimi and papa. however, eveyone she sees, she calls papa, for example, her grandparents and even our dog clubbie. papa seems to be everywhere. she is quite a talkative girl much like her mother and she can yak away by herself at the dinner table.