Saying "no".

Poppy is saying more and more, today as she was pushing the buttons on the hifi, which she knows she should not touch, she was shaking her head and saying "no"!!! She then turns, sees us watching her and about to say no, and grins! Little monkey.

I could hardly believe it this morning when, while watching tv and eating her breakfast toast somebody on the programme said "one, two, three, four" and Poppy carried it on "five, six"!! Being able to count at 17 months of age, that child is surely a genius! I was telling Emma about it and again she said five, six but then spoilt it by following it with nine!

Bought a colouring book and some wax crayons for her today from the pound shop, whether this was a huge mistake is yet to be seen! Quite possibly! She likes to grab the pen her mummy is using while she is doing her marking and apparently she has a proper tripod grip (it means she holds her pen correctly - no I did not know it was called a tripod grip either!) Em says many of the three year olds in her class do not have a tripod grip so yet again, proof of genius? Poppy likes to draw and so I thought I would be brave and buy her the means to do so. Maybe I will make sure she is sitting in her high chair though, to save my walls! I can just imagine her adorning my walls with wax crayon while shaking her head and saying no at the same time!