My daughter called me today, twice

Vivian is already 18mths old, however, she seem to have problem to start talking. Her brother, was already started to blabber at this about this old. We were kinda worried if she would have difficulty to learn how to talk all this while. We have consult our family doc, but he said she will be fine. We don't know, if she is still not learning to talk, we may need to bring her to a specialist.

The strange thing is, she does understand what we are talking, and she can hear us too. We were thinking perhap she is "lazy" to learn to talk?

Normally, when she poo or nappy is full, she would either keep quiet or keep tagging her nappy, or we would smell it and then we will clean it up for her. But i always told her, "you must call papa if you poo ok?" She would always nod and I guess she understand it. I have been always repeated this to her when I wash up her little ass. (YES, it is always me to clean her shit and wash her ass, not my wife!!)

This morning, it is a sunday and I'm lazy and like to laze on the bed. My kids would normally wake up earlier than me. So today, as i was sleeping on the floor (my daughter slept with her mum on the bed), my daughter came and wake me up, i saw her keep pulling the nappy and I thought the nappy could be already "fullhouse", but not because of the poo. I just ask her to get her mum to clean her up and I close my eyes, continue to sleep.

But, she kept pestering me, and she pull my hand, trying to lead me up from the bed. But still, I don't bother about her as sometimes I think she wanna someone to play with her only. So, I just turn my back away from her and continue to sleep. Suddenly, she called "papa", I heard it, so was my wife who was sleeping on the bed, I was so happy that I quickly jump up from the bed and lay the rubber mat on the matteress and start to change the nappy, true enough, she poo.

As usual, I would clean up her ass and wash it at the sink, with water, with my bare hand (which my wife can't make it for this task at all!) I was thinking, perhap she was really irritated by the poo stuck on her ass for sometimes already.

This evening, I was busy reading up a magazine and couldn't be bother with the kids, as they were playing with toys in the leaving room. As it is bed time, my ger would always pull my finger, wanted me to hold her hand and bring her to the room to drink milk and go to sleep. Again, I couldn't be bother and was thinking to try the tactic again, I told her, "if you call papa, i would bring you to the room now to change the nappy and prepare to sleep.

So, she was not willing to do it, so I just continue with my reading. And after some pestering and action from her (she rather use hand than to use mouth), she tried, I could hear a faint "papa" from her, so immediately I bring her to the room.

She seem like she is trying to pronouce it with difficulty and sometimes, she would blabber non-stop while I'm not around, but i'm glad she is finally willing to learn to talk.