27 months

Nadine with the doll-house that Uncle Andy & Aunty Pearlyn bought for her for Christmas

Height = 85 cm

Weight = 12 kg

Nadine is becoming more and more like a little girl, rather than a baby. And because she speaks fairly well for a 2-year-old, Mummy sometimes forget that she's only 2.

Her favorite words now - "I don't want".

"I don't want shower"

"I don't want Mummy go work"

"I don't want sleep"

And she's very good at repeating the sentence just said to her. Eg, Mummy says "Nadine, do you want to join Daddy and Mummy for dinner?" Her reply, "I don't want join Daddy and Mummy for dinner".

She now doesn't just decide what she wears. She decides for Mummy as well. In the mornings, she'll pick out a pair of footwear for Mummy. And she knows that on Saturdays, when Mummy's in t-shirt and shorts, that's to go to the market, and Mummy should wear slippers. On weekdays, Mummy should wear heels to work.

She loves to imitate the actions of the cartoon characters and the Wiggles when she watches them on DVD. And amazingly, she doesn't seem to get sick of the DVDs - Toy Story, Shrek, Little Mermaid, Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, and Jungle Book. She must have watched each of these DVDs at least 100 times. She even knows what's coming next in the following scenes.

And yes, she still loves her Baby Signing Time. In fact, her signs have become more precise, and she's now even learning to sign letters.

There are a couple of books that she never gets tired of too - Goldilocks and the 3 Bears and Ugly Duckling. On some days, she can get Mummy or Bibi to read each book 10 times over.

She's also beginning to negotiate. Last week, after half an hour at the swimming pool, Mummy said to Nadine, "Darling, 5 more minutes and we go home k?" To which Nadine replied, "Go home later k?"

She's growing up tooooooo quickly!