Isabel is indeed growing up and asserting her voice. 

Last Saturday, she refused to eat her dinner of fishball noodles. We didn’t want her to be too fussy with food so we said if she didn’t eat her dinner, she shall have no milk too. She usually drinks a cup of milk before bedtime. She was angry and fell asleep (in her anger) during our dinner outside. 

When we reached home that night, she asked for milk but we insisted she should not have milk. When we tried to engage talking to her and get her to say sorry, she refused. She went to bed crying but still “no sorry”. She woke up on Sunday morning hungry and asked for milk. After that episode, we reminded her every time she fussed about her food. She seemed to get the message about not being fussy about her food. 

While I wasn’t too happy with her fuss…I’m (also kinda) glad she isn’t just following everything we say. She has a mind of her own.