Bruuh Bruuh goes the Car!

Daddy has a big car that goes Bruuh Bruuh….Pomp Pomp…and I get to drive the Car on weekends!!! It is so exciting and I love it!

Every morning when Dad goes to office, he takes me along with him to the car. I see in him off to work waving and giving him flying kisses. If he is a few minutes early he takes me for a small round in the car. I just love this time with him and I hold on to him as soon as he gets dressed for work. Mommy gets me dressed as well and I wear my shoes and walk him down to the car.Neatly washed and dressed, I walk proudly next to my dad, to the car everyday!

Daddy takes me for a round in his car & I get to sit in his lap on the driver’s seat as we slowly drive around. But I prefer standing in his lap so I can see the road. If I sit I can’t see anything. He also lets me hold his hand when he changes the car gear and it just goes up and down and right and left…hehehehehe.

 I know we can’t drive the car on the main road where the traffic is heavy so I obediently sit in my mom’s lap and keep looking at my dad in utmost admiration as he navigates the car around in heavy traffic. At times I play with the music system, pressing buttons at random and see the lights go on and off…but sometimes I am too tired so I just lie back and comfortably sleep in the air conditioner.

I enjoy the long car drives and look forward to weekends when I can drive around with daddy!.

Special Time in Mama’s Lap!

I have a big picture book which has lots of photographs of birds, animals, things & activities.As such I prefer spending my time playing with my toys and in the garden but at times I really feel like snuggling into mommy, so out comes my big green picture book!

I sit in mama’s lap and she reads out loudly to me. As we turn the pages slowly, mama points out things to me, tells me their names, colors and we also sing songs and make loud animal and bird sounds.

I have learnt so many things because of this. Mama got me an aeroplane and showed me how it flies, now everytime she shows me the picture I can pick the toy and bring it to her. We play the animal game by pointing out all animals and singing the “Old Mc Donald Song”. I giggle and laugh as mama sings and plays with me. It is so much fun…

At times she also lets me turn pages and I squeal with enjoyment. I have learnt the birthday song and everytime mommy points out the cake and sings, I clap my hands together as she has taught me.

Reading the book is enjoyable and mom has told me she will be getting me more books so that we can read together. But the best part is sitting in mama’s lap and cuddling her and laughing together. I give her lots of kisses after that!

My New Found Independence

At 9 months I had discovered the joys of walking around. I would hold on to anything near by like a chair, a table or my stroller, pull myself up and start walking. It was an exuberating feeling I tell you!!

Now I have made a slightly better progress as I manage to run across the shortest distance with my hands pushing away the air in front of me, basically it means arms outstretched! And it is so much fun running into my parents open arms! I squeal with delight as I achieve my mission. I walk around the whole house, gliding across the walls, running towards the nearest furniture calling out to my amma (well, that’s what I call my mom for you novice folks) or papa papa papa…..depending on whose around.

I also go for walks in the garden with my mother, so we can watch the birds and the dogs. I often call out to the birds, screaming “baads” but they just go swoosh & swoosh around me! I have never been able to actually catch them. Even if I offer them chapattis, they pick it and fly off. Dogs are better in that matter, atleast they sit around& stare back! My mom tells me all about the sounds these animals make. I love it when she sings to me and tells me about “Old Mc Donald’s Farm”. Lucky fellow had such a variety of animals on his farm, all of whom would make different sounds….I love to hear the monkey go “hoop hoop hoop”!

I will be turning a year old in the next couple of days and I have fairly managed to walk well without support. I have got these little floaters that I wear every time I have to go out… with a little cat on the top and everytime I walk they squeak. It’s kind of funny walking around in them. But mom is very strict about it else I end up with really messy feet.

Since I can walk now, I can guide my parents to those things that I want. For example, if I want to go out I just pull and tug on to their dress and hands and take them to the door. Once it’s open I just need to guide them to the lift so that they can call for it and take me to the garden.

In the garden it’s more fun. I can take my mom to the slides or the nearby cycle parked to play. I can also just walk around watching the birds or play hide and seek around the parked cars. All and all its fun just being out of the house! I wish I could stay in the garden forever. I don’t miss any opportunity to come down in the garden…I am telling you, learning to walk has been the best thing to happen, now I just need to learn how to open that door in my house, so I can walk down to the garden myself!

The Little Games I play!

Since now I can crawl on my tummy and pull my self up on my legs with support…I have to reach out to each and everything in the vicinity. The result, I have a new game to play each day! My hands are out to grasp all things and it’s a delight to hear different sounds. I generally avoid playing with the normal –routine toys that are lying around and prefer the daily household things. Did you know they have so many different uses? I bet you never thought about it.


You can use your father’s belt or the car keys or the TV remotes, mobile phones, bathroom slippers, bowls and glasses to play. They are so much more fun than your boring rattlers!


I enjoy standing on the bed with the support of the bedpost and looking out of the window. I stand there and scream my head out on full volume. Occasionally I turn to check if my grandparents are around, else I have to cry out loud to get their attention back on me!


I can walk with support, so I pull my self up and hold on to the chair tight, then I push it around and walk along singing…which again is basically blabbering but the tone is slightly high pitched here so it may be classified as singing.


If my mom makes me sit at the window sill, I enjoy hearing the wind chime tinkle. But at times when it does jingle, I hold on to the curtain tight and pull on to it, so that the bells ring. The music makes me drop my jaws in amusement! I keep repeating the same over and over and get a thrill out of it.


If my mom has some work in the kitchen, she sees to it I sit around, but sitting still is just not in my genes and I need things to bang or pull out. If it’s the drawer near by, I have to inspect its contents one by one. Although it’s a tedious task, pulling out things one by one but I manage to accomplish the mission in no time and create a little mess around for my mom to clear later. If she gives me some utensils to play, I love it when they spin on their base. Its tough for me to do it myself, so mom does it for me and this leaves me laughing for hours together.


If I am left alone to play on my bouncer chair, my mission is to pull out the danglers. Earlier I couldn’t manage to reach out to them with my hands, so pulled them down with my feet. But now, it takes me seconds to pull them out and then I try to pull my self up, so I can stand on the chair. This does freak my mother out since the chair rocks, but again as I said, sitting still is just not in my genes!


At times I do manage to get hold of the day’s newspaper as well that is if my mom has not already put it in the recycle-bin. Tearing it to shreds is so much fun! I pull on to the sheets and crush them under my hands. At times if the paper is big, I also use my feet to destroy it and crumple it and then my mom helps me give it the final finishing touch by rolling it up into a ball for me to play. At the end I have a smug smile on my!


I also get to sit in front of the cupboard and pull out clothes, my parents do get exasperated as most of the times, I manage to lay my hands on clothes that are just back from the laundry; neatly washed and ironed. So you can imagine their displeasure as all effort is wasted, but well I am too small to understand all this and who told them to let me sit there in the first place? I didn’t!


When I go to the garden in evenings, I get to sit on the slide and the rocking horse and merry-go-round. These days the elder kids also let me sit on their cycle and I get to press the horn!!!


Man, its so much fun, so many new games to play everyday.

Guess, what am I upto now????

My little champ is now 7 months and boy he is becoming a big boy now, who responds when mommy calls him! He turns his head when I call out to him and gives me a little sheepish grin which sure melts my heart!


My baby has picked up many little things now. He kisses me all over my face which is basically wetting my face and hugs me & snuggles into me the way I snuggle him. He gives daddy a clap every time daddy puts out his hands and says bye-bye when he leaves for work in the morning. He gets happy when I get back from work and dance a little dance and then pulls out his arms for me to hug him and pick him. He turns and rolls all over the bed now and I can’t leave him alone for a minute. He grasps things and bangs them together or on the floor or walls and gets delighted with all the sound and noise. His new pastime is to sit in his stroller and drop the rattles on the floor, he then peeps out from his stroller to see and hear where they have fallen. When I work in the kitchen, he sits next to me and bangs all the utensils, it seems he is practicing to become a drummer!

All things he picks go right into his mouth, be it a rattle or the TV remote or my mobile or for that matter even my slippers! Everything is left wet and dripping in saliva, till I call out to him to remove it from his mouth. He wants to chat and talk the whole day and goes on and on blabbering off to glory. If I respond in the same manner, he actually manages to hold a conversation with me!

He enjoys a game of peek-a-boo and waits for me to find him when I cover him with a blanket. He loves pulling on to my hair and climbing all over me. A little sneeze results in peels of laughter and a rumble in the tummy leaves him hysterical!

At night when I brush my teeth, he things it’s a fun activity. He tries to hold on to the brush and laughs when I let him brush my teeth. He gets delighted when I give him a cold milkshake to drinks and licks his lips in pleasure!

He is a little wonderful bundle and is picking up little things everyday!

Seperation Anxiety

Every minute that I am away from you, all I keep thinking is what are you doing. I keep wondering if you are eating properly and sleeping comfortably. Do you miss me when I am not around and wait for me to get back home? What new games do you play and what new actions have you learnt? Will I miss the first time you will crawl or you walk. I feel so sad that I am not around and hope that someday you will understand why I am gone for soo long…

My little boy recognizes the fact that mommy leaves him and goes off some place in the day... the moment I get back he cries out in happiness, wants me to pick him and hug him...he gets a little cranky and annoyed when I get late in the evenings.. I believe he misses me and this gets really tough for me. His joy on seeing me in the evening is immense. The minute I step in, there is instant recognition on his face, and he pulls out his hands for me to pick him up. His happiness and smile is so innocent and so full of joy at seeing me that it melts my heart beyond words.


The hours that I am away from him, are so difficult to pass, I keep checking out his photo’s and little video recordings in my cell. I talk about him like a proud mom discussing his activities and little achievements. When I think of the little things he does, I smile inherently and miss him all the more.


When I am not around, he hardly sleeps a wink. But in my arms he sleeps snuggly and comfortably. When I sing to him, he smiles sweetly at me and gets a little drowsy. I hold him tight and kiss him on his head; he sleeps content with a smile on his face.


This separation is tough for both of us, but that’s a part of growing up and eventually I believe he will understand all. I love you baby!

Time Passes Sooo Soon...

I am the mommy of a little naughty 6 month baby boy who is full of excitement and enthusiasm at all times with lots of naughtiness in his eyes...


He has reached a stage where he has started recognizing us and enjoys playing little games with us. He has started all his antics and clowning around. He manages to teach us so many new things everyday and makes us appreciate those smaller things which we had forgotten existed.

He loves catching his shadow and a game of reflections on the wall thrills him. On morning walks, birds pecking seeds in the garden fascinate him and when they fly off the swirling of their wings excite him.

A little hide and seek with the blanket is such a fun filled activity with lots of noise and laughter…He speaks in his own language and tries holding conversations with us which are nothing but lots of sound and screams. The way he blinks his eyes when he looks at the sun, the little ride on the merry-go-rounds that thrill him, the laughter when he slides down the slide…all these little things tell me how innocent he is and remind me of the little pleasures of life that I had forgotten…The way we wrinkles his nose when I tickle his skin with soft flowers…the reflection in the mirror that fascinates him..the sounds of the kitchen that scare him..the mindless splashing around in a tub that he enjoys..the way he tries to hold on flowing water reflects his innocence.

No wonder with him, even I become a child!!!