What do I love about ending my work day?

August 23, 2022

My favourite part of the day is when it's time to come home from work because I felt a level of satisfaction from accomplishing a bunch of work and from dealing with people. It's heavenly for me to finally change from my work clothes to my pyjamas and then lay in bed. These days, my sister would always call early in the evening to check on my brother. Because she calls in our group chat, I become included in their call if I click to answer. Then, it would always be my niece who would greet us. It would always be "Hello tita, what are you doing tita? And "Hello titoy, what are you doing too? And because my brother doesn't have a good internet connection, she would always call his attention. She would update us about our newly adopted puppy, Bogart.

It's just fascinating now to realize that we now have a little kid that calls us after we come home from work. After a few minutes, she would hastily end the call with "Bye Tita, Bye Titoy, see you soon!" That's because she wants to resume watching videos on YouTube again.

I love how she misses us and how she talks about her day. Sometimes she would speak in English quickly that I fail to understand her. She got it from watching YouTube videos. There are times when we would be surprised at the new words that she uttered. There was an instance when I gave her a square-shaped cake and I asked her what shape is it. She answered square and diamond while adjusting the cake. She is witty and I'm proud of that.

I used to be worried back then because it took her a long time to utter words. My grandma even suspected that she might be mute. God forbid. I hated my grandma for that. My sister was very positive then. She believed in her daughter assuring us that her daughter would be able to talk soon. She even made Albert Einstein an example because it took him four years to utter words.

I can say that a child's early exposure to gadgets and screen time contributes to speech delay. That is why it is very important to encourage physical play and activities for them even when we think that it's tiring for us. It's better for us to be tired than to see the kids suffer. It is also not advisable to baby talk them. As much as possible, we should talk to them normally like they are adults. I have seen Facebook reels where kids are so independent and chatty like they are adults and most of them are from foreign countries. They have this nice culture and way of raising babies.

I have subscribed to a vlogger that inspires me. Her content is real-life and natural. I have seen the development of her first child. I watched her from the day she was still newly married until now that they have their second son. And I admire how she was able to raise well the first one. At two, he is good at communicating. If I'd be a mom in the future, I would have her as my model. For now, I'd settle for being the cool aunt to my only favourite niece and enjoy the perks of having a kid that I can return to her mom whenever I can't handle her anymore.

Thanks for reading.

Until then.

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