Clever Calista

Pardon the proud mama post..but I’m just bursting to record down the things Calista has learnt to do over the past few days..

First, I taught her the word “head” a few days ago, by repeating the word, touching my head, and then helping to bring her hands to her head. She caught on almost immediately, patting her head whenever I said the word. I tried again a few hours later and she still remembered what it meant!

Second, she has started saying new words, like ‘yumyum’ and ‘korkor’. She attempts to say ‘dah’ for ‘duck’ right after we repeat the word a few times.

Third, she waved her hand to signal no more, after I said “no more”.. without me showing her the hand action. She’s also started to point to everything she wants…yogurt, P’s plate of fried rice at Din Tai Fung..points to toy and then mama, as if to signal “Mama get that for me”.

Fourth, she understands what “sit down” means, and will comply when we ask her to sit down before giving her food, even though she’s so eager to get to the food.

Lastly, I offered her a cup of water with a straw, and demonstrated in an exaggerated manner, a sucking action. She stared me a bit, bit the straw a bit, then got the idea and drank via a straw! I was so proud of her…and her ability to learn things almost instantly.