Rhymes - 3

Chhavi knows a lot more rhymes than I thought she knew.

10 days back or so, she suddenly goes... Mamma, mamma, Aanki doodoo pony maadi...
It took me a while to even comprehend - I know she was referring to some rhyme... but I had to scourge thru my database to understand what she actually meant... Then it suddenly hit me...

It was Yankee Doodle went to town, riding on a pony... what next ? I myself dunno the 3rd line of the rhymes... but Chhavi says it. Since I dont know the line, I cant understand what she's saying...

The last line is - and called it macaroni... I still dunno the third line.... need to look it up.

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Few days back, Chhavi started saying 'days of the week'.

She says - Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday - announcing the end of it. LOL. No matter how many times we teach her the rest of them, she doesnt remember those ones... so cute.

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My co-sister tried to teach her 'months of the year' and she was teaching them one by one and Chhavi was repeating them. When she reached April, instead of repeating April, Chhavi says 'May'. So I am guessing they are teaching her the months also at school.

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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...

Chhavi Talks 1

Is your little girl talking yet ? A very common question when people meet me after a long time.
My answer : Oh my - don't ask...

Yes, Chhavi has become super super talkative. And she manages to repeat any sentence thrown at her. She quips the same line back at us at an unnatural speed. Yes, be it any language. Not saying she knows to talk all languages, but just that she attempts to say the same thing - although not completely correct. All this when she's just 1 yr and 8 months old.

She also recites around 10 rhymes now. Again, not the complete thing, and she knows what to say when. She teases us, she hides stuff and pretends she doesnt know about them, she does something mischievous and watches our reactions from the corner of her eye etc., etc., All in all, she's a joy to be with and time well spent when I am with her.

Rhymes 1

Chhavi recognizes a few rhymes ...

Twinkle twinkle little star - she knows this one since she was a small baby. The first rhyme that she heard and danced to.

Clap your hands, clap your hands - she actually performs to this rhyme by clapping her hands and stamping her feet. She learnt most of this from her day care. Am I glad I send her there....

Johny johny yes papa - she nods to this one.