Monday, July 26, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
14 months !
Dear Aarush,
Today you turned 14 months old -that's one year and 2 months. There is a kind of sadness that you will be soon out of the baby phase and a kind of excitement/anxiety to see you hit new milestones and grow into a young man. For some reason I wanted to see your first picture today, the one your dad took when you were just born. You looked like this
and today you look like this
I freaked out and was overwhelmed for the first few weeks of your birth. I wouldn't let anybody hold you too hard or too light. I was over protective. I called you "Chitti chilaka", "Nanna", "Kannaya" and by all other silly names. You were the most easy baby, you were never too cranky, easy to feed, easy to be burped, not many split ups, no major health deals and I never had or can remember any transition problems with you and I thank god for it. You are my precious first child and I learn't to be a mom.
I will be writing more of these letters randomly or whenever my hormones hit the emotional chord.
For now, Happy 14 months son!
Love,
Mom.
Today you turned 14 months old -that's one year and 2 months. There is a kind of sadness that you will be soon out of the baby phase and a kind of excitement/anxiety to see you hit new milestones and grow into a young man. For some reason I wanted to see your first picture today, the one your dad took when you were just born. You looked like this
and today you look like this
I freaked out and was overwhelmed for the first few weeks of your birth. I wouldn't let anybody hold you too hard or too light. I was over protective. I called you "Chitti chilaka", "Nanna", "Kannaya" and by all other silly names. You were the most easy baby, you were never too cranky, easy to feed, easy to be burped, not many split ups, no major health deals and I never had or can remember any transition problems with you and I thank god for it. You are my precious first child and I learn't to be a mom.
I will be writing more of these letters randomly or whenever my hormones hit the emotional chord.
For now, Happy 14 months son!
Love,
Mom.
Friday, July 16, 2010
On the way home!
As we head home from daycare, I keep talking and singing all of Aarush's favorite rhymes . He sometimes responds and sometimes doesn't. "If you are happy and you know it..." is one of his favorite rhymes and whenever I sing he claps his hands promptly. So yesterday while picking up, I was singing that and he was busy playing with keys but as soon as he heard me, he dropped the keys and started to clap his hands though he cannot see me from his rear facing seat. It is amazing to see him pick so many things and remember them. And Sir Aarush doesn't like it when I take a little break from all that singing , he whines immediately indicating me to not stop but keep on. Yup! they demand and you better oblige.
Aarush has been doing lot of cute things off late and whenever I try to capture it in a video he stops the display of talent and tries to grab the camera.
He can now point to Fan, light, ball, elmo, musical table, his own picture, can comb his hair which ends up scrapping the ears. He's been imitating whatever we do, last night I tried to put bindi from the packet he got hold of and he immediately took out one and stuck it to his head.
I will try to record his antics and upload 'em soon.
Aarush has been doing lot of cute things off late and whenever I try to capture it in a video he stops the display of talent and tries to grab the camera.
He can now point to Fan, light, ball, elmo, musical table, his own picture, can comb his hair which ends up scrapping the ears. He's been imitating whatever we do, last night I tried to put bindi from the packet he got hold of and he immediately took out one and stuck it to his head.
I will try to record his antics and upload 'em soon.
Friday, July 2, 2010
No more tears!!!
Aarush's tear ducts didn't open up at birth which is common in infants. And they are supposed to open within their first year with just a regular massage on the inside corner of the eye.We have been doing that and the duct opened up in his right eye. The stubborn left eye was still blocked and I had to explain every Tom that he is not crying but his blocked tear duct is not draining those tears. Well not anymore, Aarush had this quick outpatient procedure, called a probe and irrigation done on 06/30/10.
I wasn't' too worried since I saw the procedure done on a 6 month old baby on our first visit to the eye doc. It totally took him 15 sec and the brave guy was ok with the procedure but not happy about the restraining part. He was his most active self when we went to the clinic.He ran around the place, high-five-ed other kids and even their moms, tap the glass doors, mess with the radio on reception desk. Mind you it was his nap time and there was no clue of sleep.
I have to appreciate their Nurses, I haven't seen such good ppl in a while, they made us feel special, played with Aarush all the time, picked him up and did not mind his monkey business but were playing along with him .
It takes a week or two before the results show up, but I am sure it was a success. My baby will be free from those unwanted tears.
I wasn't' too worried since I saw the procedure done on a 6 month old baby on our first visit to the eye doc. It totally took him 15 sec and the brave guy was ok with the procedure but not happy about the restraining part. He was his most active self when we went to the clinic.He ran around the place, high-five-ed other kids and even their moms, tap the glass doors, mess with the radio on reception desk. Mind you it was his nap time and there was no clue of sleep.
I have to appreciate their Nurses, I haven't seen such good ppl in a while, they made us feel special, played with Aarush all the time, picked him up and did not mind his monkey business but were playing along with him .
It takes a week or two before the results show up, but I am sure it was a success. My baby will be free from those unwanted tears.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
@ The Pool
We took Aarush to our community's pool on Father's day. It was so hot and we had to wait until 8:00 PM to get him out of the house.
Kiran held Aarush in his arms and made him swim from one end to the other. We wanted to see if he likes being in water before I bought him the baby float. Aarush was so busy staring at other kids, we couldn't tell if he enjoyed being in water. He never showed a sign of fear, for which we were very proud ofcourse. It was so funny to watch him tap his legs like he was a pro. When we made him sit on the platform for some time he was so ready to jump back in and we realized he loved the pool. Both dad and son enjoyed their time in the pool while mommy was going crazy taking pictures. All in all it was a well spent evening and we plan to do this more often before winter peaks in.
P.S: I bought him the baby float and it will be more fun the next time
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Kiran held Aarush in his arms and made him swim from one end to the other. We wanted to see if he likes being in water before I bought him the baby float. Aarush was so busy staring at other kids, we couldn't tell if he enjoyed being in water. He never showed a sign of fear, for which we were very proud ofcourse. It was so funny to watch him tap his legs like he was a pro. When we made him sit on the platform for some time he was so ready to jump back in and we realized he loved the pool. Both dad and son enjoyed their time in the pool while mommy was going crazy taking pictures. All in all it was a well spent evening and we plan to do this more often before winter peaks in.
P.S: I bought him the baby float and it will be more fun the next time
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