Tuesday, May 23, 2006

wordsmithing

Gabdu:

You have started saying "papa" and "baby". You already know who is papa, but the last weekend, you actually said "papa". Having finished that first word, you went ahead to "baby" - which you pronounce as "bay-bee" - the American accent :-)
Of course, you say "ay-bee" and "bay-bee" indiscriminately now - even when you just want to cry you say that ...

Another thing you are doing is bending over your toys while you are sitting - especially Kaloo and Tubby. Similatly, you bend over your books. As if you were mugging with total concentration. Very cute it is ...

Now you need to take your next steps - literally. You are still wobbly, but you cruise around holdking stuff. Now is the time to start standing and try walking ... Like that !!!!

Papa

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Whistle Blower ?:)

Gabdumms

You have started to sway cutely to music . Makes me feel good that you've got the rhythm because you seem to be taking after papa in looks and I was worried that you wud take after him in music and dance too and that got me worried ..:)

And you can now imitate a whole bunch of sounds . You make the razzzing noise ..tch tch noise and can also tell us how the whistle on the pressure cooker goes off ! Of course just to ensure we don't get to excited you do not imitate papapappapa or mamamama etc!

You've become much more clingy and mommy is not exactly excited esp with the bad back ache shes having...

Will write a detailed update later but wanted to put these down lest I forget

-mama

Thursday, May 11, 2006

what is up ...

This is what is up:
1. teeth - nice ones coming out, sadly pappa cant see anything yet :-(
2. pointers - you point to everything that you want, communicate through pointing, even act by pointing. today you woke up and crawled, when you saw the light in the kitchen, you crawled around pappa's legs and pointed to kitchen, bcoz you know mama is there !!
3. tasting - you are putting your tongue out when someone gives u soemthing to eat, as if you want to check the taste before eating ...
4. chucking - you chuck kaloo, tubby, teddy, dolly and booboo out of the bed, the pram, the sofa, everywhere - and then look at them fallen down. dont know what pleasure you get from checking them out after they have fallen, but you look too cute doing that !!
5. blabber - babababa , mamammama, nnannnannaa, etc. etc. meaningless, cute and so nice to hear - pappa's jijaji = your phuphaji had once told mamma and pappa when he had come over that "those who say the cuckoo (or the veena, i forget which) sounds good havent heard a child". So true !!!
6. putting kaloo and dolly to sleep - pappa has seen you take dolly or kaaloo or teddy on your lap and pat them, as if putting them to sleep. cute na - you chuck them and manhandle them and then try to put them to sleep ...
7. crying reception and send off - whenever mamma walks in or goes out, you cry - it is a standard procedure - you will not smile when she is moving in or out of the house ..
like that
more later
pappa

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Updates

As I am unable to write a nice letter to you detailing all the nasty things you've been upto, due to lack of time, I shall give u the latest updates

a) You've got two tiny bottom teeth coming in finally !! After teething forever from the day you were born ( and biting mama like a blood sucking devil), you seem to finally getting your teeth
Quarter of the right( my right - your left hahahah) lower central incisor tooth is up already and the left one is coming up soon too and surprise surprise, you are not really giving mama a hard time while feeding ! Ok I hope now that I have said this, I have not jinxed myself !

b) We have all moved to the floor sleeping for the day and the night. Last night papa me and you all slept in the living room on the floor and thank god for that.. 'cos in the middle of the night you were found near papas legs !

c) You almost seem to have started saying mamammama .. typically when u need me desperately. I don't know if this is coincidental or you really call out for me but I am giving myself a benefit of doubt ... so yippppppeeee !! You say mama ..amammma :). Ok may be not - will update you when you really do it a little more consistently

luv
mama

Monday, May 08, 2006

Some people NEVER learn

Thats us guddu, we never learn. You've fallen twice already and we still have not learnt not to put you on the bed to sleep and worse still leave you lying there alone. You fell off again today and mama is really sorry abt this . I really hope all is ok and again I pray to God that if at all any harm comes it comes my way because I've been stupid and idiotic. I can stand people who make errors but can't stand people who don't learn from their mistakes .. so upshot of this is I cannot stand myself !
Anyways more later
luv
mommy

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Drunk on Liquid stuff

Dear Gabdu,

Its a bad summer and there have been many things happening over the past two weeks .. As mentioned you fell off and then you had fever which ended with some rash ( the doc said it was some sorta measles - some enthema or 5th disease or some such name). Anyways pt is after some n doc visits and a number of medicines prescribed, the dreaded rashes just disappeared on their own in 2days without any medication :). So yes as I was saying it is a bad summer and I know liquids are what everyone wants to have but suddenly you are interested only in heavily pureed stuff or liquid stuff . Suddenly when you shud be eating more solids and graduating out of pureed stuff and chewing stuff, you are having some 2-3 tspns of solids and ready to live on curds and dal ...We had been attributing it your illness two weeks back , then we felt one tooth coming up and attributing it to teething . Suddenly that tooth has decided that its fine the way it is and has not made its appearance completely and we not sure if u are teething and yet you insist on subsisting on liquids
And despite having so much liquid, you are suddenly shitting bricks. Pardon the language but thats the right phrase for it. As much as I hated your watery stools that ran out of the nappy into the bedsheet and beyond ( or shud I say under), I am shocked by your stools now. They are pelletised and rolled like a ball . I am sure it must be quite difficult to eliminate those and I would rather have you poop semi solid stuff thats easier on you even if its a little difficult to wash.
Mental note : Need to start offering more water to you ...

Oh and you've begun cruising quite well ...
We have bought your first set of frilly undies .. and are hoping you move completely out of nappies to these frilly soft comfortable panties. That of course means that you need to be potty trained soon ....I intend to try a new potty this weekend and begin this process

You are as careless as ever , leaving both ur hands unsupported ( and leaving caution to the wind)when you are standing holding on to the table and ready to crawl off the edge of the bed (as if you are some sorta superman or smthng !!)

You seem to have political aspirations as you use mama as a jungle gym when on bed and stand to view yourself in the mirror , raise your hands to wave to the person in the mirror and say "Haaeey" . You do the same to teddy and wally etc in the bedroom

You love being chased by patti ... and go into hajjar giggling and laughter when she is trying to catch u when you crawling

We visited papas patti ie your periya patti and thata and you loved their company and really enjoyed instead of being a spoilsport that you were last time. You even cried when we left the place as I am sure you did not want to say bye and wanted to stay on there...

Thats that
More later

luv
mama