Oli - Moli

Olivia goes to bed between 7 pm to 10 pm depending on her nap time and duration. I give her a bath ( She likes to take a shower with Reha too) before or after dinner ,again depending on how hungary she is and also when the dinner would be ready.

Then she is having "surprize" at the coffee table or on the sofa with us. Surprize is sometimes a piece of choclate or ice cream,desert,fruit like pine apple etc .Most of the time she is helping me to preapare it and serving it. After that she is playing some more with me or Reha ,then brushing her teeth .

She is good at running to the bathroom taking her brush fom the cup and putting the paste on it. when I said "I am going to brush my teeth".Every time asking me "too much??" with a noughty smile and starting chewing.Yes she is not brushing but chewing the brush and sucking the paste. We are still using baby paste that can be swallowed.I am having hard time ti convince her to let me brush her teeth.I tell her that I am going to touch up.We have many touch up stories of course which includes the people that she knows .

Then she is giving us another hard time for not putting her sleeping suit on. If we can convince her to pick one and wear it ,then she is picking 4 books ( I think because this is the biggest number that she can sign with fingers and she likes doing it ) and we are reading them in "Momy's and dady's bed "

Then she starts nursing by holding the labels of her DOGGY ( actually it is a sheep but she has been calling her dog)and BAY (blankie).Finding their labels by "herself "is a big thing for her on these days.If you help her or if you find and give it to her ,she is getting really upset and starting again "herself" saying "Olivia Olivia "or "herself,herself"

Then sometimes she is nursing to sleep and I am carring her to the crip .Sometimes she says "I am done with meme" and I take her to the crip and she is protesting a little bit.Coming with ideas like"let's read ----- books"or saying"Mimi hold Oli".I am telling her that it is a bed time and she can go down and sleep by herself. She is asking by crying to kiss her or bring her water"COLD" or playing some night music.Then she is calling a few more times.Either me or Reha is going.She is asking for cold water again. "Ice, 2 ice" or wants us to chance the sippy cup like"green one "

Then another"more ice". She is being very polite and vulnarable ( I guees her voice and phareses sounds like).She is always asking with "Could you please put ice,2 ice" or "Dady could you kiss her(she is refering herself)"

Few days ago she told me"Could you kiss her like Momy kangru kissing Ro in her bed"(from one of the episodes of Winnie de Pooh. It really touched my heart.

She is waking up once with"Momy momy"Reha is going and she is again asking for called water or "could you find the bay's label"then "No no Oli find it " or "Could you take Oli to Momy's bed"

If it is before 6 am Reha is trying to convince her to stay in her crib and he is generally very good at it.If it is early in the morning aroung 6 am I go and bring her to our bed and she is nursing and sleeping another 1-2 hours more.

This morning it was 5:10 am when she called me.Reha went and did the whole rutine.She called me on and off until 5 :30 am and we decidec to take her.I went there and got her brought to our bed.Olivia turned to Reha and said with a crying voice " Dady ,Momy took Oli and brought to Momy's and Dady's bed. MOMY DID !" With a very strong DID and started morning nursing.

This picture is taken during our long summer vacation in Turkey.She is enjoying her "surprize "at the Cirali beach . Looks little tired after a long stay in the sea . Sun is about to set.