She’s never been known as the child who listens. Typically she hears your request to come or go or stop and looks at you defiantly and continues exactly the way she pleases. Especially when it comes to diaper changing or when she’s mad.
Alexandra was the very opposite. Always following directions even when she was crying to show her disapproval of what you wanted her to do.
But this week she surprised us all.
1-asking for nap.
Valeria laid in bed and asked for milk “êti”. It was around nap time but I hadn’t noticed that. Alexandra had asked for yogurt, so I figured they both wanted different snacks.
So out to the kitchen I went. “Let’s go, girls! Let’s get snacks. Êti for Valéria and yogurt for Alexandra.”
Alexandra gladly followed me while Valeria angrily repeated “êti” from bed. And as I insisted on it, she started crying (her default mode).
Eventually she got up from bed, walked to the kitchen in a very upset manner, took the bottle from my hand and walked right back into bed. As if thinking, can’t this woman possibly figure out what I’m trying to do here?
When I realized what she was doing, I went into the room, closed the shades, covered her, walked out and closed the door.
Eisode 2- back on the table.
Valeria has this thing she does when she’s upset she knocks everything off the table or whatever she’s near.
She did just that some day this week and all the magazines, newspapers, books and letters from the coffee table ended up on the floor.
I scolded her and told her she was to pick it all up and not leave that spot until she’d put everything back on the table. And I was good by to change her sister’s diaper. So I left with Alexandra to the bedroom.
A little later here walks Valeria in.
A bit worried I went to the living room after getting Alexandra changed, and sure enough every piece of paper good was back on that table.
Episode 3 - let’s change your diaper.
Again Alexandra is the one who goes to the changing station even under protest. Valeria, at the mention of the word change, runs as far as possible from the bedroom.
This week one day I smelled something foul and checked her. Yup. “Let’s go change your diaper.”
She ran. I walked after her only to find her climbing onto the changing station.
Episode 4 - clean up.
I sing the clean up song in Portuguese. She sings it too.
Several weeks ago I was giving both girls a bath in the basin. I decided to take Alexandra out first. I told Valeria I’d come back to pick her up.
While I dried and dressed Alexandra, I heard the song. “Guadá! Guadá!” When I got back in the bathroom every tub toy was put away and she had stepped out of the shower.
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