Brighter than light

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Before sleep - After sleep

This is how our family room looks when my son goes to sleep





This is how our family room looks when he is awake








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First piggy bank

Me and my hubby can hardly save. We just can't figure out where our earnings go. So I decided to incorporate the idea of saving into my son's mind as early as possible. I saw a nice coin box in one of the Christmas sale counter near my office. I liked the look of the box.Immediately thought it will be a nice way to start savings(for both me and sanjiv). In the evening as soon as I reached home, I gave it to him and he was happy to put coins into it. He liked the noise from the box as he drops the coin into it. I was momentarily happy thinking the mission was accomplished. But within a minute I was in for shock. He proved to be our son. He was immediately trying to take out the coins he had just deposited. I just didn't know how to react !!!!
The cute coin box the makes noise when a coin is dropped into it.




Sanjiv try to lift the box and shake it. This is how he managed to get the coins out.



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New floater

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My dad's 33rd b'day celebration

We celebrated dad's 33rd B'day on 15th Nov 2009 (sorry mom just uploaded the photos).....It was great fun...My grandparents,Saro Granny, Suresh uncle family, Hema and deepa aunty and Satish uncle were the guest at BBQ b'day party....It was a surprise party for dad...My mom planned it along with Hema aunty.....Everyone had great fun at the party...Mom played the great host...I also entertained everyone.....Last but the most important part, Cake was yummy...i just couldn't wait to put my hands on it.......With Luv, Sanjiv

What a style!!!!!

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Vaccination

I don't like to take him for vaccination. I ensure that my hubby also comes to clinic. I usually step out of doctor's room at the time of injection. It is very difiicult to see something hurting ur baby even if u know it is for his good health only.



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How to capture every moment ?

Can anyone tell me how to capture every single moment of my son's growing up years.....I find anything he does to be very fascinating...I take lots of photo and video but still get the feeling that i haven't captured everything......

His smile is very dangerous one......it can melt anybody's heart....the best is his naughty smile/laugh.....when I see that smile, i know he is unto something which any grown up will disagree......

He has learnt to say "uuusssshhhhhh" when someone says 'No' to him, 'Bee' for biscuit, Feesh for'Fish', Li for Light.......

He has learned to jump up and down...roll in the floor.....run to hide when he has put paper into his mouth, enjoying playing with facial tissue and then eat them as well....

play hide and seek behind curtains......When anyone goes on their knees, immediately he runs to them for a ride on their back.......

How do i capture all this ?.....

Not just another day

The day didn't start as expected.It is one of those days where I feel very bad coming to work. My hubby is on Business trip to Manila and Sanjiv have started missing him...So, today he was in no mood to see me off to office....When I sense this feeling, I feel very guilty about leaving him at home for whole day. Just managed to put aside my guilty feeling and diverted his attention to a balloon and left for office....End of the whole drama, I came to office late than usual....

Relaxing mode

Best way to spend weekend........

Sanjiv's day out in Zoo

We had a family outing to zoo.This was first Zoo visit for Sanjiv. He enjoyed running around here and there but didn't enjoy seeing animals.....He was happy chasing the birds which he usually does that in our apartment complex...There was one peacock that was roaming freely(not caged).....He almost made the peacock fly by chasing it around non-stop....I had to save the peacock from him .....the only caged animal he saw was elephant(Real Indian)...Next trip to Zoo,we will definitely take him for an elephant ride.......Will post the pics soon...

Sanjiv's 2nd Karthigai celebration

Yesterday was Karthigai deepam festival. In South India, we celebrate Karthigai festival by lighting oil lamps. For more details, see Wiki. As we are in Singapore, we used candle light instead of oil lamps. For Sanjiv it is second karthigai celebration. He had loads of fun. He likes any form light. Lots of candles were lighted across entire house.He was glowing more than those candle . He was dressed smartly in Indian Wear. Picture will say more than I can write...Have a look by urself....

Swinging happily.......

I love flying up and down

I love the touch of sea breeze on my face

I love the laughter around me

I love all this feeling i get on the swing......

OK this is how I feel when I am on the swing

Maybe Sanju will say....

"Mom I just love the swing. Just let me swing"

How simple is his world ?.....

Rash day

We all went to beach....Sanju loved to play in sand and swing as much as I do....we had great fun....But next day he had rashes all over the body......went to doctor for check-up....Thank god nothing serious....it is only mild allergy.....still my hubby will not let us go to beach for very long time....lets see when we can go to beach again

Angry at dad

Yesterday my hubby went to pick his parents from Airport ...Sanjiv also wanted to join him not with the knowledge that he is going to airport but just to go out....As my hubby was going to drive the car, he left him and went....this made him angry.......he refused to sleep, he cried for silly things.....he cried till he vomited....I got angry at Sanjiv for being so cranky and then realized I was being silly as he is just 15 months old kid...what can he understand but at the same note, I don't like him to be so short tempered....i don't want him to be like me......

Environmental friendly vehicle

I strongly recommend this Environment friendly vehicle to all parents....It is cost effective, Zero maintenance , Zero running cost and My son loves it

Shock of the day

Went home with the excitement to see Sanjiv ...usually when I enter home, he welcomes me with a big smile and then starts talking non-stop....Can't make a word of it but definitely get the feeling that he is very happy to see me and has lots of things to share.....Then got the shocking news from my MIL(now it is their turn to take care of my son)…and I think this what he tried to tell me and the news is, Sanjiv managed to climb onto dinning table chair and leaned out of the window.....They(MIL, FIL and my maid) had to internally run at Olympic medal winner speed to pull him down.....Thank God nothing happened..... I didn't overreact to this news which I usually do when it comes to things related to Sanjiv, but just said 'Now keep the Windows closed'...

This is another change we have to accept....We used to close the windows only when we have to switch on the A/C but from now on, it will remain closed till we put grill.....

With kids around we and our house are in for continuous Change(Not the US president election campaign 'Change' )....When he was born my bedroom temperature at night raised from 20 degree to 25 degree(my hubby is happy though), When he turned around, wooden floor was padded with cushion, when he started crawling all low lying things were moved to one level high, when he started to stand things were moved much higher and when he started to walk and throw things, all the show piece are locked up(not so happy to see my family hall's entertainment unit so empty).....

The change which was difficult for everyone at house to accept was TV being switched off the during day(When he is awake)...When he is awake, TV can be switched on for one hour max and that too for BABY TV channel only....No more Discovery channel for my husband, no more crying serial for the grandmas, and No Travel and Living for me......But it is the most healthy change,.....Now we have so much time to sit, talk and play physical games with him....

ok coming to the point....Hopefully I don't come across anymore such shocks.....Will learn prevent such incidents rather than to react to it.......

In Deep thoughts.......

What next ?

Everyday when I wake up, the first thought that gets into my mind is "What is Sanjiv going to do today ? .Will I miss something he does for first time ? ". Lucky, so far during my presence only he took his first step, first time said 'Amma' (Mother in tamil') and 'Appa'(Father)....

Today he has learnt to feel shy....Met my neighbor during our morning walk.....he felt so shy looking at her that he started to hide behind my leg(so u can imagine how fat i am).....

Then he has started to climb stairs by himself(of course holding onto hand-rails).......

lets see what he has in store for tomorrow........

Nose cut

Today, my son almost managed to break my nose.....Last Friday he wanted to play with the pedestal fan....That too when it is switched on....I couldn't allow that, so tried to pull him away from it....end result...he got angry and banged onto my nose....My nose looked like clown nose

Today, I checked with the doctor and as per him not much damage has been done....just some tissue damage....got some medicine to control the swelling and pain....

The worst part is when I tell this to my near and dear ones...their expression is 'What happened to his head'......Sad...No one cares about me anymore....

It is quite some time I wrote a blog....so thought will scribble something today...Now my son is 14th month old....time flies off.....So far managed to handle work and son....handling my son is more demanding than work.....But this is something I have started to enjoy....

In these 14 months he has gone through lot of development. It is quite astonishing to see how he learns to do all those big things.....He learnt to crawl, stand, walk and to run....Now he is learning to talk....Like me, he talks a lot...and my husband's reaction to both of us is same 'I can't understand what u both r talking'......

From today, I will try to blog regularly.....

What am I thinking

I am back to work....Happy that, now I have sometime for 'Me'...but then,what am I thinking....Each and every free minute, all I do is think about my son....I sit in office and wonder what will he be doing now....then pick the phone and call mom to check how he is doing....i dont stop calling till mom shouts back at me saying 'Look if I have taken care of you this long, I can take care of my grandson, so stop calling every 10 min'....and then I keep quite for about 3 hours and then my pestering starts....

lets see if the situation improves after few months....

Peer pressure

This is very common term in corporate world. You,me and everyone in corporate world could have faced this pressure. I am shocked to see that my 4 month old son is feeling this pressure...Trust me, my 4 month old son is facing more peer pressure than what I have felt during my 9 years of work experience.

My mom called me one day morning (he was just 3.5 months old then) just to ask whether he has started turning around...This is supposed to be first milestone of a newborn. Next is sitting, crawling and so on My answer was 'No'...she said how come her friend's grandson has done it when he was just 3 months old...she said why don’t I just help him do this activity....From that day, till he succeed in doing it, her only question was, has he turned around today. I am pretty sure she could have prayed all known Hindu God that her grandson should start laying down on his stomach....

Just because the other kid who is same age as my son has started crawling, she has stared asking if my son has started crawling or not....

I know this is first peer pressure he is facing...soon it will be followed by activities like walking, talking ...and then pressure in School, college, sports...and So On...................

God save my son from this kind of pressure.....