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.

Happy 1'st Birthday Aarush

Yayyyyyyyy......Aarush is 1 year old today.

My little baby is grown into a walking talking (Read babbling) toddler.

There was a major growth spurt the past 1 month. He now can wave bye, walk/run, feeds himself, stack blocks (destroy stacked towers) and babble.

I can stand on my own now!

3 on 3!!!

Last week was our 3'rd wedding anniversary and we are 3 on our 3 'rd. And somebody joked about if it will be 4 on our 4'th, 5 on 5'th?no, we might want to stop the sequence at 3 on 3:)

Happy 8 Months!!!!

Aarush turns 8 months old today, I know a lot of Moms say this but I really can't believe how fast time is running. When I was 23, I stayed in it for a long time,I mean for almost 2 yrs after that I still felt I was 23 and 25 wouldn't come to my mind. It may be because people asked my age more often @ 23 I don't know. And similarly for Aarush, though he is 8 months, I just can't get out of 6'th month mark. I don't know about the weirdness I have with age and numbers. Anyways, here's wishing my little bundle all the happiness, good health and fun filled growing years!!!!

What does a mom with her newly acquired baking skills do on a day like this? yes, she will bake a cake and eat it all:))

7'th Month

I baked my very first cake from scratch for Aarush's 7'th Month Birthday and it turned out to be 'Yummylicious'.
Happy 7'th month Birthday Aarush!!!

Annaprasana

We did Aarush's annaprasana on the 6'th day of his 6'th month which fell on Oct 25' 2009. We had a good time and were curious to find out what Aarush would pick which hints on what he would become when he grows up, ya somethings are silly but fun to follow.
He had no problem tasting paramanam and had been really cooperative throughtout the day inspite of his first 'boo-boo'. Coming to the fun part where he had to choose 3 items from the all things I put before him. Here's what I put:

Books, Stethoscope, Laptop, Mobile phone, Gold, Silver, Money, God, Knife, Screwdriver( How about a Mechanic;)) Pens and some toys.

He held the gold plate first then Stethoscope and finally books . It ofcourse was a little manipulative as Aarush does not crawl yet and picks up anything in the nearest proximity but then it was fun watching him see and pick things .

1-2-3-4 months already!!!

Come 19'th of every month, its time for Aarush's wellness checkups and vaccinations.
I was comparing the pictures I took before taking him to doctor and can't believe how fast he is growing.Here's Aarush for his 1 week-1 month-2'nd-4'th month checkups