Piercing Cries

Hi Gabdums ,
Mama has been pretty busy and so has not been able to write to you. However want to update you quickly on what you've been upto. Last week Nana nani were here .. so u've been having great fun. You seemed to have missed them on the day they left and over the weekend decided to scream like a banishee at the drop of a hat. The cries pierce the silence of our home and shatters any peaceful moments that we care for ... Actually not just the weekend , you've been like this from wednesday( 15th March- your first Holi with Nana Nani ). I guess the ear piercing that was done on that day made you irritable and you've decided to get back to us in this fashion( if not literal ear piercing the best you cud do is render ear piercing war cries).

Anyways .. so we think you may be teething... But then you've been teething right from birth when you decided to bite off mamas nipple and drink some blood ( is that why you've got so much strength and scream like a demoness at times ?)..So everytime you are cranky ( which you've been from your birth), we decide you are teething and you have not teethed till date .. Looks like those pearly whites are gonna surface much later than they ought to

So coming back to ear piercing , nana nani held you tight ( thank god for that -'cos I would not have dared that) to ensure the ear piercing was as quick and painless as possible but you were extremely upset because you wanted to see the guy and see whats happening and wanted to turn your head. You felt constrained and cried helplessly and we all felt we were torturing you . Nana nani were feeling like villans as they were given the task of holding you and Nani was pretty positive you wud hate her ( thankfully you did not harbour any such thots ). Almost all of us were in tears and we felt that may be we shud have waited till you grew older and given you a chance to decide on ur own. I am going to ensure that apart from smthng I strongly believe in ( sorry but I decide :)), I will not let you get forced into any tradition or custom that you do not understand. Anyways you had ur first bite of ripe banana after the ear piercing in the hope that you would find succour in food but I guess you were really upset and had to be shown toys etc to calm you down. All said and done, you are a brave girl 'cos you did not cry too long and you seem to have cried more because you felt mama papa betrayed you than because of the pain
Sorry abt that ..

Also you decided to not recognise thatha and cried everytime he tried to talk to you. Wonder why you were behaving that way. Thatha was quite upset that you were going to everyone else but crying at the mere sight of his face. Thankfully you made up with him over the weekend and he was quite happy..

Okie more later

luv
Mommy