“little big kid”

Little Miss Safiyah.. you are growing up by the second. You have such character and personality. Your word bank has grown incredibly also.

You are now about 18 months.. or 1 and a half.

You’ve been throwing some tantrums too.. making a little mad face. Sometimes I have to put you in the corner cuz you have been misbehaving quite a bit lately.

The cool thing is the speed at which you are picking up words! You can say several animal names, people’s names or titles, and things.. you understand concepts and can even put sentences together.. Sometimes you talk on the phone with people in a mixture of english, spanish, urdu, and safiyah-language. Its pretty cool.. we can tell what you are trying to say.. because you totally talk about what you did all day.

Your favorite movie right now is Totoro, the Japanese Anime. You are still pretty into Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Youtube video of Allahu.. and you are still in love with the classic Winnie the Pooh stories. You aren’t allowed to watch more than one thing a day though. You are in love with your Grammy (Grummy) and Grandma (Gama).. as well as your Baba and Gumpa. You call your dad Baba and sometimes Papa.. so we aren’t sure which you’ll settle with. I am your best buddy though cuz we cuddle together in the night.. not to mention i’m the milk lady and thats gotta count for something!

You are so big right now that even though you are 30″ tall and 20 pounds you walk around with a backpack on your back and you act like an adult.. so your dad started calling you “little big kid”. You love to play outside with the neighbors.. your best buds Mina and Samina.

This may be long and boring but I have to do it. I am gonna list all the words, sentences, and concepts you know and say. (As much as I can remember off the top of my head).

I’ll start with signing.. you have a urdu sign for something being finished, complete, empty, or gone. Also, when we ask you about something you’ll point to it. Also, when we say Vehita.. you will make an “old lady” scrunched up face.

Sentences/Questions:

Where’s the ________? (ex: Where’s the Baba)

Here’s the —–.

Its a —. (Its a bug-your first sentence like this-)

He’s stuck.

Where are you guys?

Mama, Baba, Bye Bye.

Yes. Let go. Nooo. Stop it.

Songs/melodies:

Twinkle Twinkle, Allahu/Snuggypooh (lullaby) , Allahu (nusrat), Abc, Totoro, Kayu, La illaha illallah, la la la, and some of her own melodies.

Words:

Bookba (book), Allahu, Grummy, Baba, Mama, Gama, Gumpa, Mamoojaan, Aminami, Addu, Babiya, Safiyah, Saffu, Baby, Boon (balloon), Totoro, Dudoo, Sleep, Bed, Bear (bez), Door, Keys, Purse, Please, Thankyou (tunkoo), Hug (ug), Papoo (kiss), No No No, Hot hot hot, Kayu, Dolly, Mambo, Dance, Percy, Phuppijaan, Vero, bubbles, Jeffry, toys, bath (base), car, water, juice, food, eat, elephant (ebalan), bug, peekaboo, bookapeek, brush, lotion, Kabah, Allahuakbar, Talha, Uncle, Anty, crying, Meena, Nameena (Sameena), sky, moon, tree,

Hello. Ouchie (awshi). Poo Poo (time for potty training). Pee Pee.

Duck, Turtle, Horsy, Doggy, Bird, Bunny, Pooh, Tigger, Wigwit (piglet), Eeore, Christopher Robin, Kanga, Owl, Gato, Color, Yellow,

Nose, Eyes, Ears, teeth, neck, mouth, stomach (numuk), hair, hands, feet, back, socks, shoes, dress, jacket, hat ( awt), glasses, food, eat, eggy, strawberry (tawbish), apple, A, B, C, W,