Brie : 3 Years, 3 Months
Four days ago, our little Brie turned 3 years and 3 months old.
Here are some quick updates on her:
She speaks quite fluently in Indonesian.
She knows her colours, and is learning the alphabets.
She loves to hug and shower us with her kisses.
She loves to dance and jump around when she listens to music.
She loves to cut paper and doodle.
And.
Just like all other three-year-olds, she goes through periods when she strongly asserts her wants.
She’d frown, whine, throw tantrums and cry to get what she wants, eg. An extra candy, or simply wanting the book that’s in her sister’s hand right NOW, etc.
Question is, what do we do when it happens? =)
Well, it varies.
Some of our responses would be:
… Ignoring the act till she’s over it minutes later because she gets no response from us.
… Distracting her and asking her questions, that she forgets what she’s crying for.
… Giving her our unhappy look and asking her to stop.
… Asking her to tell us what she wants nicely (because otherwise we can’t listen to what she’s saying).
… Sometimes the big sister comes into the picture, and manages to calm her down (by playing with her, distracting her or something)
… At times when the crying gets worse (and we know it’s because she’s asking for something that she can’t have), she does get moved to a separate place, eg. A corner somewhere, where she needs to calm herself, stop screaming, before we asks her to come back to us.
(In all cases, we don’t give in when she throws her tantrums. Our basic principle is, ‘B’ doesn’t happen when ‘A’ is not done, eg. She asks me to read her a book, but that won’t happen, until she calms down and stops the tantrums)
Ah. Three-year-olds.
They can be tough at times, but alas, aren’t they so little and cute too?
While we stay firm in raising her, we do enjoy her little-ness.
I mean, Brie is going to be THREE only this once. And time will pass real fast.
We love her little hands and feet.
We love how she can sit on our laps and her body fits so nicely within our arms.
We love her laughter and giggles.
…
We are counting our blessings.
And we thank God for entrusting her into our little family.
*blessed*
