Realization!

Today Leen realized that the Pooh she sees on TV is the same pooh on her room walls! SHe started pointed and saying "Pooop" :)

I tried to correct her but all in vain. He is Poop to her!! :)
That was quite funny







she also says "Oso" as in "Special agent oso". The is so cute!

Leen's latest vocab.

koorsy= korsy (chair)

ooh toooles = ooh toodles
wawa (sounds like vava a little)= wound or somethign hurts )she kisses it for me too)
loona= balloon
teekh - bateekh
maaga=manga
ammam= hammam (bathroom)
bala= zebala
jaaayeee= tom & jerry (that being Jerry)
2aah =yes
tone= pantalon (trousers)
looza =blooza (blouse)
Bee = Bee (And she imitates it like i said before Zzzzzzzzz moving her finger around)
meemee= manny (from Handy manny cartoon)
She also says one two three clearly when i say them with the cartoons on TV... along with so many other sentences i cant understand at all!! :)

Monkey Business!

This morning and as usual, Leen woke up calling out for her Pappy to drink... This time being very clear and saying ..."Mayyaaaa" (water), and went on crying until her dad got her some water. Anyway, i left for work and her daddy dressed her up to drop her to the nursery.

On their way to the car, they saw the building porter sleeping outside and snoring. He snores extremely loudly. SO she was taken for a minute and pointed at him saying "Dah?" (ie this!!)

So her daddy said.." yes.. this is 3am sed2y" ie the porters name. And then they proceeded to the car. Later on the road, her dad thought of asking her to see her impression of the porter so he asked "what does 3am sed2y sound like?" and to his suprise she replied with a very loud " KHKHKHKHKHKHKHKH" :))

I laughed my head off just thinking about it since he told me she made quite an impressive and accurate imitation of him... very well done! I still can't stop laughing thinking about it! :))

Sure enough our little girl is turning into a little monkey! :)

Pappyyy...BOOOOOO!

Almost every night, if not literally every night, Leen wakes up while we are all asleep, just crying for some reason or another.

So her dad and i made a pact that he will be the one waking up and not me because she will have no option to be fed!! :)

Anyway, every night when she wakes up, her dad (mostly cursing) wakes up and goes to her room with a glass of water and asks her if she wants to drink. She sometimes takes a sip or two and goes back to sleep. Other times she just wants to be touched, so he pats her on the back till she sleeps and other times she just wants to wake up... which is then kind of a problem!

Naturally, anytime she cries, she calls for moooommyyyy...waaaaa. But last night she was very clear as to what she wanted. She cried calling out..."Papppy.... Booooo.... Waaaaaaaaa... Pappyyyy Boooooo waaaaaaa"

He went in and asked her, "are you thirsty ya Leen, so she nodded. Thats how she says yes... just nodding. And since its pitch black in her room and the whole house, her daddy has to put his hand on her head to feel her nods :))))

Sure enough he got up, went to put some water in a glass while she waited quitely in her bed until he came, gave her the water to drink and then went back to sleep.

I think that is extremely cute and its good she can get her message through to us. I also hope she would stop waking up unless she really is thirsty since by now she should have caught up with the idea that there is no way in hell she will be fed at night!!

Please grow out of it dear... we wanna sleep!! :)

Fav. TV shows

When Leen wakes up and wants to watch some cartoons with her morning Didich (sandwich) she says "tooooon" ie cartoon.

She enjoys mickey mouse playhouse a lot. And mostly the hotdog dance. When she hears it she jumps up, dances and claps. And when its finished she says "HoDoog" coz she wants to hear it again. Really cute!

Oh she also loves Baany! (Barney) and ofcourse like everykid i know she loves the "i love you , you love me song" SHe used to go to sleep when i sing it to her.

She likes the imagination movers... again mostly the songs of the show. And since this one has many songs in between, she likes it all. she doesnt get that jump up part of the song coz she sits down when they say jump up! I think its my mistake since i was trying to teach her to bend her legs then jump. I think she understood the leg bending but not the rest of the act :)

Now ofcourse when she stands up on a chair or is just creating too much action for me i tell her to sit down (and thats quite a lot) so now she learnt the word and when i look at her in this annoyed way she will always ask me.... "2o3oody?" and i say yes please 2o3oody 3al korsy ( ie sit in your chair)

We play with her this game called 7ag 7geiga.. so when she wants to play she say "Geega"!

Yesterday she said the whole word "3arabeeya" coz she used to say beeya only. That was cute too.

She is becoming really adorable everyday.

One sentence coming up

Leens first sentence is:
3ayza pappy tan (tany) that was referring to the phone and that she wanted to talk to him again.

She also says pappy geih.
shes says 7ebbek.
she says lala = naddara
she whispers when we do.
she says yaa3 coz i say so sometimes

when she asks to be fed i tell her i wanna be fed too so she says "laaa2a btaaa3ty"

Today we were having lunch at a restaurant and the waiters were playing with her so she gave them such a fake smile like saying "How Amusing" or " Thanks for trying"

She is just adorable :)

PS. Thats her checking on her Kouka (ie Touka= hair rubberband)

Time Flies

Leen started saying Adaaan everytime she hears it.

She also SAYS lots of her body parts. She used to point when we ask but now she says them more often.

She likes watching playhouse disney. And she says "Ktools" for mouse c'tools in mickey mouse playhouse.

She also kinda follows the steps to the song from imagination movers...
"Jump up.... Get down.... STand up.... Turn around, Turn around ,Turn around"

She understands wheni tell her to go throw something in the garbage basket.

It's really fun to watch her understand everything bit by bit.

I can wait till she makes me tea and brings me lunch! :)

Good weird or Bad weird 5 July 2010

YEsterday Leen had all her toys on the ground out of her toy basket. She likes playing alone and with me ofcourse.

However, her favorite part of the day is her bath time since her dad fills the tub and she can play and splash in there for quite a while. So if we say the word "Dosh" or shower she forgets about everything and runs to the bathroom door.

Yesterday though when we asked her if she wanted to shower she said yes (nodding) and when her dad told her ok go to the bathroom she didnt. Instead, she started picking up her toys and putting them back in her basket. WHen she was done she said "Ba7" meaning finished. and then started heading tot he bathroom.

Now i know this is so nice and i should be happy... and i am...
But i was thinking... i did teach her to pick up her toys when she is done but i dont recall i stressed on it THAT much.

IS this normal for a child though? She usually tends to put anything in its place if she is not playing with it anymore. Not everything but most of the things that she knows have a specific place all the time.

I hope this is normal and not some obssessive behaviour!! Even though being clean and tidy is not so bad!! :)

Maybe i should ask her doc! Maybe im the one obsessing!! i dont know!

Oh well... we will find out sooner or later.

Quick Learner 4 July 2010

Leen can now imitate a bee.

She moves her finger around saying ZZZZZZ

And when i ask her to give someone a kiss and she does i usually say "Allaaaah"
Now she does that too.

When she wants to change her diaper and hopefully use the potty, she pats her pampered behind!! :) ADORABLE

Oh forgot to tell you that she says Moon when i point to the picture of the moon and tun when i point to picture of the sun! :)

SHe also finishes my music verse which i cant write down coz its mostly vocals!! :)

Thats the latest update i have for leen's behaviour.

She is really growing up quickly! :)

Leen updates reminder 21 June 2010

Leen can now drink from a glass holding it on her own with both hands. She can even drink slowly sometimes when the cup is full.

She understands what "shebsheb" means and she can bring it to me when i ask. But she calls it "bebesh" (it means slipper). She also carried the rice spoon and the bread basket to the dining table and knows it is called "tarabeiza" (ie table)

She is sick.. the poor thing. We went to the doctor yesterday and her dad kept explaining on the way what is expected to happen at the docs office and told her not to cry and scream. Well she didnt exactly do so.. but she was calmer than usual. No kicking or struggling while the doc was checking her... but she cried.

She is feverish and ha a sour throat. She is getting it too much. Hasn't been more than a month since she got it last.We are back on antibiotic and antihistamine for her runny nose and light cough. Ive been with her since last Thursday... All these days off from work. Don't know if i will stay with her tomorrow too or will my parents be available to take her tomorrow. Don't wanna send her to the nursery of course when she is that sick. Hope she gets better soon! I feel so bad looking at her with high fever like that. She looks so helpless!!

Poor kid. Anyway... wanted to write this entry to remind myself when she started understanding and listening like that

Latest Leen Dictionary and stuff 13 June 2010

dwich = sandwich
dsh= dosh (shower)
La2 = no (but in a more comprehensible and determined way)
2ooy = bye
3ayza= want
hayty= hatty... give me
2obba= carry me
heeh heeh = cheers :)
Ana= me ( Usually when i ask who's mommys baby... i get the ANAAAA) :) FUNNY!
wohosh = we7sha (bad)
zus= juice :)

she understands and points to her nose, eye, mouth, ear, leg, and hand.
She fluently knows what a cat, dog, and lion sound like.
She understand when i ask her if she wants to sleep in bed.
She brings me the mobile when i ask her to.

Leens Vocabulary 1 May 2010

At 1 year and 3 months, Leen's list of words are:
1. Ta3ty = beta3ty
2. KHkhkh = Kheyara
3. Boo = Drink
4. Mum = Food
5. Ba7 = enough/ stop
6. A-A= Ana
7. Hat = Hat
8. Na3am
9. Eye = Eye
10. Nine = but she doesnt know what it means
11. Dah = This
12. Mamma = Mom
13. Nanna = grandma
14. Dadda = Dad
15. Kkh = Kekh
16. 3ayza
17. Ayyyy = OUch
18. La2

She understands:
1. Nose
2. Baby = Doll
3. Koura = Ball and Peas
4. Ard = Floor
5. 3arabeya
6. Bousa = Kiss
7. 7odn = Hug
8. Mobile
9. Remote
10. Sereer
11. Korsy

First post

I have decided to have a separate blog for Leen and copy the old posts here. So here goes nothing!