my daughter is afraid of grass.
haha. serves me right for delaying the introduction of mother nature to her. i first realized this a day before my in-law's raya open house. everyone was downstairs busy cleaning the house and rearranging furniture. the maid was busy preparing the food so i was the one left to take care of Dayana.
bored stiff of staying in the room with her with Playhouse Disney channel on, i brought her downstairs with me to find the whole lot of them busy polishing the legs of the plastic tables mil kept in the storage room. apparently everything made out of metal seemed to have rusted in the room (my mothercare stroller included =( benciii). can chlorine affect the oxidation of metal? mil kept a big tong of it in the room together with all the stuff, supposedly for the swimming pool, but i think it's been a year since the pool has ever been filled (due to poor desicion-making during the completion process, sayang bangat). so they were all outside busy polishing the rust off, trying to make the tables more presentable. one touch of the table and your hand'll be covered in rust. yuck.
so i decided to set Dayana down on the grass. i realized ever since she was young i never actually brought her to play outside, and since she was already furniture crusing and was able to stand on her own so i guess she'd like being outside. i didn't put on her shoes, i wanted to let her feel the grass under her bare feet, lol. i even squatted down with her before i set her feet down onto the grass.
and you know what? each time i lowered her to the ground, she'll immediately lift her legs as high as she could in attempt to not let her feet touch the ground. it's like she's attempting splits in the air, haha. at first i thought she did that on purpose, but after a while i figured that she didn't like the feel of grass under her feet. she'd even try to set her feet down onto my own feet in every way possible in order to avoid her tiny legs hitting the ground. i could even do an encore for the rest of the family to see. hahahahha (kesian, i buli anak sendiri).
Significant Other even ran upstairs for the video camera. too bad i didn't take photos, you would've laughed just seeing her. jerit sakan each time i want to set her down on the grass. i even tried to get her to walk to my brother in law, with a small patch of grass in between. sorry hokay, she tried to do this gigantic split in her attempt to not having to step on the grass, lol. she almost did it, but collapsed onto the grass. marah okay minah tu! *gelak jahat*.
so now, whenever she starts to protest or misbehave, i'll just tell her "nanti Mommmy put you on the grass, nak tak?".
eeeek Mommy, i'm surrounded by Grass!!!
i dunno if she understands what i mean =P. i just hope she'll outgrow this phase very soon, it's a pity to miss out on what mother nature has got to offer at a young age. when you grow older you just don't seem to have time for her anymore =).
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