Anushka is beginning to learn the art of flattery, isn't that amazing, a 16 month old knowing how to be diplomatic and get her way, babies are so clever.
This is what happened today - I was lying on the sofa and started reading a book which apparently had a very attractive cover page and that caught her attention immediately. Usually she rushes to me and starts saying "Mine Mine" and I bluntly refuse saying "No Mine, Its Mine" and turn down her request and after a few attempts she leaves me alone and goes back to what she was doing. Today however she chose to approach this differently. Having learnt from her past experience she decided that some flattery would probably get her what she wanted. So she slowly crawled up to me and then stood by my side. She had the most disarming smile on her face, then she titled her head slightly and said "Dada" maintaining that smile, looking straight at me and not letting me know that it was really the book she was after. I said "Hi Shona" and she repeated "Dada.." As I continued to read the book she respectfully stood by and peeked over my shoulder trying to read it. She slowly started touching it saying "Wow".. and then wanted to flip some pages and finally she could not take it anymore and started with the "Mine ?".. Mine, Mine..
Of course I let her have the book this time, how could I not after all the efforts she had put into this !
After reading some of the notes Sonia had written in Anushka's baby book, I am now inspired to write some of my thoughts on being a Dad.
2 comments:
Yeah, she is sleeping now..but that look where she tilts her head and says, "Dada".. can soooo visualize it! My toddler!
I am definitely going to eat her up :)
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