Alyssa's updates at 21 months.

 It's been a while and the girl is really no longer a baby but a lively, energy-bursting toddler. Her current achievements:

• Able to recognize and name 23/26 alphabets. 
• Speaks in sentences. Max words: 7. Max syllables: 9
• Loves to tell daddy what happened in the day when he comes home.
• Able to spell her name - ALYSSA 8 March 2012
• Able to read her name - mid February 2012
• Knows approximately 600 words - nouns, verbs, adjectives. 
• Addresses herself as Alyssa - mid February 2012. Prior to that, she addressed herself as Baby - late December. 
• Refers to herself as "I" when accompanied by the word "want". E.g. I want ice cream, I want koko krunch. 
• Remembers her "please" and "thank you". Sometimes she adds "welcome" after her own "thank you". 
• Able to recite numbers from 1-12. Able to count number of objects with some help. 
• Still remembers most of her bones even though it hasn't been reinforced for 4 months. 
• Still sleeps through the night, not yet able to sleep on her own. 
• Wakes up happy and says "hi mommy, hi daddy". 
• Does a food jiggle when she sees her favorite food, she'll jiggle her bum and sway run towards food.
• Able to recognize the girl in the mirror as her.

It's been a different journey altogether parenting a toddler. She now has a sense of identity, and with that comes the struggle for autonomy or independence. She can now voice what she likes/wants and dislikes. She'll fuss or try to get her way. But all in all, she's a sweet sweet happy girl. I love parenting at this stage. =)