26 months

Gwenneth cannot sleep without 3 things in her life.

1) the sight of Mommy.
2) her pink beanie, fondly known as "ah-nee"
3) lastly her pacifier, aka "tu-tu"

Gwen :" I want Mommy's bed. Mommmmmy.... tutu. ah-nee. tutu. ah-nee. tutu. ah-nee...."

That is almost her ritual chant just before bedtime. ( and also the same old songs of "Ocean", "bus", and "twinkle star" PLUS scratching/stroking of her back. How pampered.)

She is allowed to bring her tutu and ah-nee to school. (Mommy felt that it was the least she could offer her for comfort, being all alone in school.)

Then came the rampant HFMD that made Mommy think twice about the tutu since Gwen would pop it into her mouth every now and then.

One day, Mommy noticed a huge tear on that "silicon best friend" of Gwen's. Mommy asked Gwenneth to witness, or rather, throw away the tutu herself into the dustbin. This "throw-away-tutu-ceremony" was video-ed on iphone, so that Gwenneth would watch this repeatedly and get the hang of the idea that her tutu is gone. For good.

She did asked for her alternative tutus in a variety of colours (she has like 4 of them) but we insisted that there was only one, and it was the yellow one that she has dumped away.

We were prepared for the worst, the fuss involved to pacify her that her sleeping ritual does not include a tutu anymore. Surprisingly, nothing happened. We explained and she understood. She didn't resort to stealing her brother's one too.

So that was it.

BYE BYE TUTU!

Gwenneth says the darnest thing.

As usual, Daddy teaches all sort of "unusual" stuff. One of them is "kah-nergh" (legs soft). Sometimes she loses her footing while dancing amok in the house, we would laugh it off and say "Gwenneth kah-nergh!" One night, Gwenneth was walking up to our bedroom and dropped her beanie along the stairs, and she went " Aiyoh! Beanie kah-nergh!"

Sweet Sweet (thats what her grandma calls her) was on the phone with Ah mah and Mommy egged her to say "good night" and "sleep tight". Gwenneth continued her conversation with grandma before wrapping up with a "Good night! Sleep properly!"