Friday 29 February 2008
Little Walker
My little girl has made an effort to take a few steps of her own. For the past week, Aditi has been trying to stand on her own without support and with a little encouragement from us would put a step forward, only to loose balance and fall down. She's been trying to stand from a crawling/sitting position. She would clap her hands in joy on acheiving it. This evening she managed to put a few steps forward and eventually lost balance. We tried to take pictures and cooaxed her to perform the feat again, but she stubbornly refused. Will post some pictures later if we manage to capture some.
Monday 25 February 2008
Aditi's first trip to India
Admist all the buzz and excitement of the new year, Aditi and I left for India on New Year's night this year. We had prebooked a bassinet for the flight and Aditi slept happily on it for most part of the trip. I had helpful co-passengers during each leg and helpers at the airport too. We reached Bangalore the next evening tired and hungry. I managed to put Aditi to sleep that night and enjoyed an excellent meal.
We were to celebrate my neice's first birthday in a couple of days. But Aditi was disturbed by the new faces and refused to leave me. She was probably feeling insecure in a new environment. And she sure was missing her dad. After crawling on the carpetted floors here, she developed a unique style of crawling on one knee on the mosiac floors. She was happy to crawl on smooth surfaces like the tiled or marbled floors.We expected a bit of trouble during her cousin's birthday celebrations, but she was terrible and became the talk of the day. She would cry whenever anybody came near her and wanted to just be alone with me. It was almost impossible to distract her. We somehow managed to click a picture of her during her cousin's birthday dressed in a pavadai gifted by her athai(father's sister). We left for Chennai with my parents later.
The incessant crying led to fever the next day when we landed in Chennai and there started a series of trips to the pediatrician's clinic. Fever was followed by vomiting and diarrohea and milk allergy. I had packed many tins of formula food and packets of her porridge and cereal, but she refused to eat anything mixed with milk. Even her regular formula milk would come out straight away. The only thing we could give her to drink was water. The ped gave us a kanji mixture which could be used without adding milk and that was a savior during the rest of the trip. Within a week or so, she settled comfortably with my parents, aunts/uncles. Her favorite people though were the cook, maid, security gaurd and anyone on the road. She would wave good bye to everybody on the street.
Feeding times became even more difficult. We had to show her the dog on the street, the birds on the trees, the car/auto/two-wheeler on the street to get a few mouthfuls in. Mosquitoes feasted on her liberally. Yes, I did use the mosquito repellent cream, but they would bite her just below the eyes or on her nose or fingers or chin, where I had not applied the repellent cream.
Aditi loved a joy ride on Indian cars for she was not strapped to the seat. She would wave good bye to the passing two-wheelers at the traffic lights.She enjoyed our daily visits to the temple and the park. The merry-go-round and slide were the only ones she liked.
Soon it was time for Prashanth to join us and we returned to Bangalore. She was used toseeing people other than her parents. But her face was brimming with joy when she saw her father. She started jumping and wanted to be carried by him. Throughout the evening and the next day, she refused to let go off his legs. She enjoyed her ayush homam function and posed for photographs happily.
She hated wearing jewels (I love jewels!) and cried when we tried to put a flower garland around her neck. Otherwise, she co-operated very well during the function and enjoyed herself. This was then followed by Prashanth's cousin's marriage and Aditi was dressed up in more pavadais. We later visited the family diety temple and Aditi had her first dip in the Cauvery river. Time flew quickly as ever and we had to bid good bye to our relatives. My parents visited us again on the day before we left. We stopped enroute at Dubai to spend a few days with Prashanth's sister. And landed home on a cold wintry night back to freezing windy conditions.
We were to celebrate my neice's first birthday in a couple of days. But Aditi was disturbed by the new faces and refused to leave me. She was probably feeling insecure in a new environment. And she sure was missing her dad. After crawling on the carpetted floors here, she developed a unique style of crawling on one knee on the mosiac floors. She was happy to crawl on smooth surfaces like the tiled or marbled floors.We expected a bit of trouble during her cousin's birthday celebrations, but she was terrible and became the talk of the day. She would cry whenever anybody came near her and wanted to just be alone with me. It was almost impossible to distract her. We somehow managed to click a picture of her during her cousin's birthday dressed in a pavadai gifted by her athai(father's sister). We left for Chennai with my parents later.
The incessant crying led to fever the next day when we landed in Chennai and there started a series of trips to the pediatrician's clinic. Fever was followed by vomiting and diarrohea and milk allergy. I had packed many tins of formula food and packets of her porridge and cereal, but she refused to eat anything mixed with milk. Even her regular formula milk would come out straight away. The only thing we could give her to drink was water. The ped gave us a kanji mixture which could be used without adding milk and that was a savior during the rest of the trip. Within a week or so, she settled comfortably with my parents, aunts/uncles. Her favorite people though were the cook, maid, security gaurd and anyone on the road. She would wave good bye to everybody on the street. Feeding times became even more difficult. We had to show her the dog on the street, the birds on the trees, the car/auto/two-wheeler on the street to get a few mouthfuls in. Mosquitoes feasted on her liberally. Yes, I did use the mosquito repellent cream, but they would bite her just below the eyes or on her nose or fingers or chin, where I had not applied the repellent cream.
Aditi loved a joy ride on Indian cars for she was not strapped to the seat. She would wave good bye to the passing two-wheelers at the traffic lights.She enjoyed our daily visits to the temple and the park. The merry-go-round and slide were the only ones she liked.
Soon it was time for Prashanth to join us and we returned to Bangalore. She was used toseeing people other than her parents. But her face was brimming with joy when she saw her father. She started jumping and wanted to be carried by him. Throughout the evening and the next day, she refused to let go off his legs. She enjoyed her ayush homam function and posed for photographs happily.
She hated wearing jewels (I love jewels!) and cried when we tried to put a flower garland around her neck. Otherwise, she co-operated very well during the function and enjoyed herself. This was then followed by Prashanth's cousin's marriage and Aditi was dressed up in more pavadais. We later visited the family diety temple and Aditi had her first dip in the Cauvery river. Time flew quickly as ever and we had to bid good bye to our relatives. My parents visited us again on the day before we left. We stopped enroute at Dubai to spend a few days with Prashanth's sister. And landed home on a cold wintry night back to freezing windy conditions.
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