A Weaning Success

So I've been having such a hard time weaning her last week that I was resigned to allowing her breastfeed til she was 2 and she realized that drinking milk from mommy was no more fun. Well this week she's been recovering from her sickness so I've been sneeking her sippy cup with milk, casually sipping it myself and she would grab it from me. Hahaha! We parents are smarter than our kids after all. Well she was whole heartily drinking it and downing it, proudly tipping it up to drink it! I was shocked! Last week she would do anything to stay away from white stuff in the sippy cup and to now she's was welcoming it and embracing it. I was so glad.



We went to Ala Moana Beach Park where they have this place called "Magic Island" it was packed full of locals today, Monday with cyclist, paddlers, swimmers, and exercise enthusiasts.

Here's the view inside the magic island. A great place for BBQ, get-togethers and the beach is kid friendly, it's literally about 2 feet in the mouth of the bay for 100 yards or so, like a wading pool.

Today Eva, Daniel and I went to Ala Moana beach park, not just because we needed to enjoy the beautiful scenery but also because we were invited to a friend's farewell, the VanTresses at the park. It was just another excuse for me to get our family out there. We had a wonderful potluck and this post is to update you on Eva's new behaviors.

At the park today she was displaying some behavior I haven't seen in her so it caught me off guard that she was asserting herself and her desires rather than being a pushover when it came to playing with other babies her age. She was sitting on a beach mat and a little boy came trying to pull Eva off the mat and she straight up grabbed the end of the mat from him twice and gave him a mean look, wow was I surprised. In the past Eva's been so scared of other kids cause she couldn't make out what they wanted, her experience with other kids has been that they want to play with her and she ends up getting hurt, she didn't understand it and was frustrated, so she's always sought the safety and companionship of adults. Well today again at the park a friend she sees often in church had an Elmo doll and she immediately pulled it from her, and later Eva was actually slapping her head. It's amazing to see her cause she seemed like she had all this anger and now she had grasped her power to express herself. Lately Eva's also been asserting herself with me.

Another thing that's caught me off guard about Eva is that she has been mouthing words that I say at the end of the sentence. Words like play, work, etc. she's been imitating. They say at 14 months they start spitting out words like myna birds.

This is how Eva usually progresses in her socialization with other children. This is her at the Tew's Annual Easter Egg Hunt.

As you can see she approaches children tentatively


She makes eye contact, still cautious and wary of other little people.


Okay she gets closer and closer.


The kids welcome her with open arms, Eva's thinking to herself "okay"


Eva asks, "When do we eat?"