parentinglife

Have you ever marveled at how a mother, father knows the need of the child even if it cannot speak or act what it wants? I do, I’m always amazed at how much and how little i know our daughters. With Kayla I’m getting to know her actions, body language, her whine, cry, tone of voice and expression. In Ralph’s case he knows Kayla more than i do since he took care of her alone before he even met me. With Kaitlyn’s case its different. Why? Because I’m her mother, i carried her for nine months, gave birth to her, fed her and change her. We were both inseparable when she was just an infant also because i choose to breastfeed her. I don’t have any regrets about that at all, in fact I’m glad that i did get to do that for her. It created a bond between the two of us that words could not express. I was so worried at first that i would not be able to know or let alone take care of her needs. But instincts do kick in and i just learned to follow it and it never failed. Now that she is older and learning slowly day by day to talk she will one day be able to tell me in words  not in baby talk what she wants or needs. Still, i believe that we will forever know what they need that is until they reach puberty! But anyway, these are some things i know about Kaitlyn:

SLEEPY OR TIRED :

As soon as she keeps  touching the side of her face and ears that signals to me that she is getting tired even if she is still active and playing.  That is the most obvious sign that she is getting tired or sleepy.

HUNGRY :

Smacks her lips all the time and would suck on her index finger or her whole hands altogether. But the most obvious is going near you as soon as she sees you eating, looking up at you with vocalization.

POOPING :

Face turns beet red, grunts and pushes while sitting.. Now that she is mobile she poops standing up while lifting her other foot on tiptoes.

SLEEPING POSITION:

Likes to sleep on her tummy with both her hands tuck underneath her and butt sticking up in the air. Doesnt like blankets and moves around her crib like a clock.

Those are just a few things i know about Kaitlyn and everyday is a new discovery for both her and the whole family.  What about you how do you know your kids?

Yes, a crime has been committed in our house. The act itself happened last Tuesday about late in the afternoon with just the weapon as the sole witness.

EVIDENCE : Saw a clump of hair on the area rug near the television and fearful that it may be Kaitlyn’s. Upon closer inspection found that it was of synthetic material and to thick, long and stiff to be Kaitlyn’s hair. It could not have been Kayla’s since she has light brown hair.  I had to find who it belonged to and suddenly thought about a certain toy.

THE VICTIM : Dora the Explorer doll.Spanish race with big brown eyes and most of all brown hair. A big chunk of hair was missing from her head and it matched the hair i found.

THE WEAPON : I must have placed this scissor in cabinets on beside the television. I had been searching  and looking for it for a while and just gave up on finding it. When i found it, it suddenly became a weapon of the crime.

SUSPECT ONE : Kaitlyn a.k.a “baby” a toddler. Was photographed holding the Dora doll before the crime. Could she be the perpetrator?

SUSPECT TWO : Kayla a.k.a “manang” she knows how to use a scissor and it was her doll that got victimized. And late that afternoon i saw her playing with the “victim” surrounded with combs and hair tie. Could she be the the one? When asked about if she had any knowledge who cut off Dora’s hair this was the look on her face:

With a couple more questions I have finally eliminated Kaitlyn as a suspect and caught the Perpetrator! It was Kayla! and this was her face after the confession :

Now, how could i get upset with that face? I was more worried about her using the big girl scissor for fear that she might hurt herself or her sister. She knows that Scissors are off limits unless she is supervised. I just hope she doesnt cut her own hair. The crime