The time from 1 year and 4 months old, until they were 2 years and 9 months was the toughest so far. There were lots of climbing onto everything, from kitchen counters and cribs, bolting from me in public places, and escaping from high chairs, car seats, and a stroller... It was absolutely tiring...
until one day... around when 3 months before their 3rd birthday... they started telling me reasons NOT to do climbing, bolting, and escaping. They still did everything anyway, but at least they understood that they were doing something that they were not allowed, or not supposed to do.
Great progress with their cognitive ability!
Now, they are doing much better with listening. They still like to run around, away from me, but at least they don't bolt like before. I can hold their hands and walk in a public parking lot! No more stroller!!!
Pretty amazing?? Isn't it??
Here are how they look like.
Aya: She is a passionate woman. If you open your arms, she will come and jump into your arms, in full power. She still has the strongest will and belief that she can do everything that mom does, and she still gets frustrated because her mom does not let her cook dinner, bake toast, or open up a vitamin bottle and get vitamin gummies by herself. However, she is a loving girl, who loves to dance, draw, and cut up any paper she can get her hands on.
** Photo - Aya on the right, Naoto on the left, trying to drink water **
Naoto: He is a comedian by nature. Either intentionally or unintentionally, he does things which make us laugh. He is a caring brother to his sisters too, making sure that he picks the right clothes for the girls in the morning, (and unfortunately, often rejected by them, as his taste and their tastes may not match sometimes.) He loves to be on mom's back a lot, and he loves to talk too. He loves a superhero Ultraman (a very popular Japanese superhero). He is wearing an Ultraman costume whenever he can, and pretend to defeat me by hand beams.
**Photo: Kai, practicing his saxophone, and everyone else, joining it,
with harmonicas, pretending that they are in a band.
from the left to the right, Naoto, Aya, Tomo, Koto, and Kai**
Koto: Koto is an independent girl, who loves to be in her own world, doing puzzles. As soon as she wakes up, she usually heads out to our shelf with puzzles, and start working. She can complete puzzles up to 68 pieces. She is also very observant. Although she is tiny, compare to Aya, she acts more like a boss to everyone, reminding them what they are supposed to do or not to do. She does not get so much influenced by what others are doing at times, but often find things to do on her own. However, once her wants are not granted, oh my girl... she is the one who can protest the longest. She has a strong attachment to her special blanket, which used to be Kai's blanket (so it is 12 years old now!) Its discoloration and deterioration in its shape does not bother her. Her devotion to it is so strong, that it is a night time routine for us to look for THAT blanket for her to sleep with. (Otherwise... be prepared for a lengthy cry overnight.) She also loves to dance, and often Aya and Koto are doing a dance session... on the middle platform of our TV entertainment center.
Crazy life? Yes. Loving it? Sort of. Worth living in it? Yes!
4 comments:
i never blog anymore either (life is too busy) but it's so fun to see an update! nice to know you are doing well.
Hi!
My cousin is having triplets (after 6 or 7 years of 'trying'). I have three kids of my own and cannot imagine the difficulty she must be going through, week by week, terrified of losing them.
However, she is now 23 weeks pregnant, and has never been so far before.
So we all remain hopeful.
I very much enjoyed your blog and commend you for the effort.
I certainly commend you for the difficulty you must have had with two older children as well, one of the with cancer.
You must be quite a woman!
With respect,
Marijke
France
Hi, your journey helps me to pull through my pregnancy. I am now 28 weeks pregnant with triplets. It's been very tough on me. Would love to ask you a few questions about it as you had that experiences. How can I write to you? Thanks, Carol
Ichan - Hello. Thank you so much for following this blog, though my update is now so infrequent. Obviously, we have very wild life now!
Marijke - Hello. Thank you so much for stopping by! How is your cousin? I am crossing fingers that she is still doing well.
Dear C - I am so sorry for my late reply. How are you now? You may have given birth already. How are you surviving? I hope you have lots of help around you. If you would like to write to me, you can e-mail me to blog address on the upper right side. Ciao ciao!
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