Rhymes - 2

Chhavi is 1 yr and 10 months now and can sing about 15 - 20 rhymes now.. maybe more. Some of the rhymes she says:

A B C D E F G
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Old McDonald Had A Farm
The Wheels On The Bus
Humpty Dumpty
I Hear Thunder
Hickory Dickory Dock
Bits Of Paper
One Two Buckle My Shoe
Johny Johny Yes Papa
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Daddy Finger Daddy Finger
Goosy Goosy Gander
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Hot Cross Buns
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Ding Dong Bell
Ring Around The Rosies
Rain Rain Go Away
.... and a few more - cant think of them immediately.

She loves watching rhymes on the phone. I try to restrict it as much as possible and when I take the phone from her after her session... she starts crying and screaming loudly.

With a crying voice itself, she goes on reciting her fav rhyme of the moment -
Johny Johny,
Yes Papa,
Eating sugar,
No Papa,
Telling lies,
No Papa,
Open your mouth,
Ha Ha Ha.... beku / haaki (= want / put) and still crying her heart out....

I feel so sad and end up giving the phone to her for a few more minutes and the situation repeats again after about 5 mins.... In the end, its already 12 in the midnight, when I pull the phone from her with a cold stone heart and refuse to give it back to her and then she cries n cries until she finally falls asleep in like 2 mins flat. So technically, she was sleepy all this time, but did not want to because she was watching the video...

Conversations with Chhavi - 1

Chhavi: 'Chucchi' mamma... (meaning to say something is pricking her)
Me: Kasan chucchi deva ? (Whats pricking you dear?)
Chhavi: Mamma, nail cut maaDi (Mamma, cut your nails)

My daughter has grown so big as to advice me to cut my nails - sigh **

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The other day Chhavi is looking at her play school CD cover which has a few animal pictures on it.

Chhavi: What is this? (pointing to a penguin)
Me: Penguin, babba (=baby)
Chhavi: What is this? (pointing to a bird looking like a sparrow)
Me: Bird
Chhavi: What is this ? (pointing to the penguin again)
Me: Penguin
Chhavi: Nooooooo mamma, bird.......

LOL....

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Me: Chhavi yaarige beku ?? (Who wants Chhavi? in Kannada)
Chhavi: Pappage beku (Dad wants Chhavi in Kannada)
Me: Repeat the question.
Chhavi: Mammage beku (Mom wants Chhavi)
Me: Chhavi koNa jaayi ?? (Who wants Chhavi ? in Konkani)
Chhavi: Ajjaka jaayi (surprisingly) (She calls her maternal grandpa - ajja)

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The last few moments before we sleep at night daily.
Me: Goodnight babba, I love you.
Chhavi: Pappa, pappa, I love you pappa (to her dad)

She is totally n completely her daddy's girl. She forgets to tell me Goodnight / I love you... and I have to demand after which she reluctantly goes: Loooov u mamma with a pout in her lip....hahahahaha