Thursday, April 22, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
'Mine'
Seeing Sanjiv grow makes me wonder from where does these kids learn all the things. If you ask me, maybe we teach them just 10% of what they learn. Rest maybe the surrounding teaches them or they just learn by experimenting.
For past few weeks, I see that Sanjiv has got the grasp of the word 'Mine' and all associated activities.Clearly expresses the feeling 'It is mine'. He plays with other kids as long as they don't take his toys. I am not proud to say this, but I am still like that. I don't encourage anyone to take my things.Esp, my favourite ones. But this is not something I want to see in Sanjiv. So, I keep saying 'Sanjiv share your toys'. Once in a while he does, but it doesn't last for long. Maybe once he starts to go to school he will learn to share his things. I am pretty sure this is something he will not learn seeing me.
He is also becoming possessive for me and his father. Possessiveness is something that is very closely associated with 'Mine' feeling. He doesn't like when I carry any other baby/kids. He doesn't even like me talking to stranger or even over the phone. He immediately does something to get my full attention on him. Secretly, this makes me happy. I feel very nice when he shows this feeling. I actually get upset and even angry when he doesn't care while he sees me playing with other kids.
For past few weeks, I see that Sanjiv has got the grasp of the word 'Mine' and all associated activities.Clearly expresses the feeling 'It is mine'. He plays with other kids as long as they don't take his toys. I am not proud to say this, but I am still like that. I don't encourage anyone to take my things.Esp, my favourite ones. But this is not something I want to see in Sanjiv. So, I keep saying 'Sanjiv share your toys'. Once in a while he does, but it doesn't last for long. Maybe once he starts to go to school he will learn to share his things. I am pretty sure this is something he will not learn seeing me.
He is also becoming possessive for me and his father. Possessiveness is something that is very closely associated with 'Mine' feeling. He doesn't like when I carry any other baby/kids. He doesn't even like me talking to stranger or even over the phone. He immediately does something to get my full attention on him. Secretly, this makes me happy. I feel very nice when he shows this feeling. I actually get upset and even angry when he doesn't care while he sees me playing with other kids.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Curd ( yogurt )
Yogurt is his favourite food item. He looks this sweet when has it :)-
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
His latest interests
Loves to drive car that too with sound effect...
Loves to take bubble bath (He can lick the soaps easily this way)...Even learnt to say 'bubblesss'
Loves to wear dad's sandals
Loves to be in the pool...It takes atleast 20 min to pull to him out of the pool...
Loves to play in beach.
Loves to carry bags.
Now a days he loves to carry any bag that is bigger than him.
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Fun in Bali
Our first vacation this year (also first proper vacation for Sanjiv) was to Bali. We went from 28th March to 31st Mrach 2010. We had great fun. Sanjiv was the one to have ultimate fun. One person to be less relaxed during the vacation was me. Wondering why ???? Let me give you account of all his activities. Then you will understand why.
He was so excited to see all new new things. This made him an hyper-super-active kid.
He liked airport more than playground. Airport is so big that he didn't get bored at all. He just ran all around and he would also afford to fall down but not get hurt. He had so many shops to enter in and pull down the things.He hates to sit in his pram but loved to sit in the airport's luggage trolley. He enjoyed his walk on the travellator. The biggest challenge we had was to make him sit inside the plane esp when the seat belt sign was on. Luckily my mobile phone came in handy. From next time, I need to carry a portable player. I pity the passenger who sat in the front row of ours. They had take all his kick. He was happily kicking the seat in front of us. And no way i was able to control him(feel not so good about it). We had to atleast say 'sorry' for 20 times.Finally I managed to stop this. On return flight, eve my iPhone couldn't make him sit. As a last resort, I had to give him chocolate.Still he was way to cranky. All the lack of sleep and improper food habits made him very restless. Just 30 min before we landed, Murali managed to put him to sleep. Can't believe, he didn't wake up till next day morning. Had his milk in sleep itself. Good for us,we too had a good rest that night.
We stayed in Banyan Tree Ugasana resort. It was villa style resort. This was one good thing we did. As it was not room type,Sanjiv had lots of room to move around.He also had a private swimming pool and jacuzzi to jump in when ever he wanted with or without swimming diaper. But I had a tough time saving all the items in the room from him. He wanted to mess with the Bose player in the room. He wanted to use all the toiletries lying close to the bathtub. He wanted to climb onto the glass panel in the dinning area. It is not a easy job to keep an eye on him for the whole time he was awake. This was the first time I was handling him all by myself without helper.Now,I can really appreciate the fact that I can keep one time helper at home. One thing this trip had made me realise is that, if I am full time mom, I will go crazy. I prefer to be working mom.This way, I will be more attached to him.
Even before going to Bali, he was very attached to me. Murlai started to call him mommy's boy. In a new place, this become worst. He just didn't let me go out of sight. Even to go to restroom, Murali had to carry him outside. That was not easy to do. I enjoyed this feeling, but sometimes it was too overwhelming for me. Dinning in restaurant was a real challenge. The high chair didn't have belt.So he will sit on it for 5 minutes and then he will be standing on it. The only choice we had was to let him down. It made him very happy. He can roam around. But we were too scared. He will go to all empty tables in order to climb onto the chairs and pretend that he is eating or drinking (the plates and glass were made of glass).....So you can think of the fear we had. Then all the plates in the buffet area were at his height. He was having a field day.On third day, i told the hotel staff to take care of their plates and not to bill us if anything breaks (they took it as humour even though I meant it)...Anyway me and Murali managed to come out of this challenge in flying colors. No items were damaged.
In the resort, to go from villa to lobby or to restaurant, we need to take the golf car. He simply loved it. He pretended even to drive this. In room, when ever he gets bored, he will stand by the door and say 'appa amma boooorrrrrrr'...Which means, daddy call the golf car.
He enjoyed the pool, play room in the resort.He simply loved the phone in all the room. He just takes the receiver and then press all the buttons. And most of the time, he somehow hits the duty manager call button. One time, he was even talking to the duty manager on call.God only knows what he was saying. He was having a serious conversation in his language. I had to literally pull of the receiver from him and apologize. But the manager was all laughing and said he enjoyed the call. After that, we pulled out the cable from the device. He was playing with the dummy device. He stopped it as he didn't get the ring tone.
One habit that we made him used to became a trouble for us in the resort. He is used to sleeping in his Indian style cradle. As we didn't have one in the resort, he just didn't know how to sleep on the bed. So, his sleep routines went for a toss. I had to wait for him to be dead tried , and then take him for a walk in the pram. Once he sleeps, I had to move him over to bed. Disturbed sleep routine made him too tried.
Food. I don't even want to comment on this. It was way too hot there. So, every time he went to pool or step outside the Aircon, he wanted to have only juice or water. This made him full and after that refused to eat solid food. In 4 days, he had solid food of 2 days equivalent only.
We went to one tourist place called Ullu Watu. There were lots and lots of monkey. He was chasing them and I was chasing him. It was fun trying to save the monkeys from him and him from monkeys.
Another tourist place we visited was Tanah lot. The place has a temple on the rocky beach. He wanted to walk on the rocks. No problem. But he wanted to walk on his own. Now thats the problem. Managed to convenience him that it is a good for all of us if I carry him.
Bali trip is not complete without mentioning beach.I love beaches. I like to be in beach for whole day. Unfortunately, this trip, beach is the last place we visited that too in the end of our trip and for a very short time. Very unlike of me.Being a mom makes u do things which you will not do otherwise.This was not because Sanjiv is scared of beaches but because he loves it too much. The moment he saw the waves, he wanted to run to it. The time we stayed in Bali it was Full moon days. So, the waves were very high and as it touched the shores it was as high as Sanju's waist. That too all of sudden, they became much higher. The coastal gaurd had put red flag alert. And we were not able to keep him on sands. We couldn't take any more risk and had to returned back immediately. For a change i didn;t feel bad not going to beach.
Even with all these challenges and set backs, we had so much fun as a family. I don't mind going on another trip like this.
I would like to add one main point to this. Before leaving to Bali, he had high fever and very bad cold. We managed to bring down the fever. But he had cold all through out. Irrespective of that he had fun and he was a very brave kid. He didn't let cold ruin his first vacation. Hope I can be this brave and happy even when I am not feeling well.
He was so excited to see all new new things. This made him an hyper-super-active kid.
He liked airport more than playground. Airport is so big that he didn't get bored at all. He just ran all around and he would also afford to fall down but not get hurt. He had so many shops to enter in and pull down the things.He hates to sit in his pram but loved to sit in the airport's luggage trolley. He enjoyed his walk on the travellator. The biggest challenge we had was to make him sit inside the plane esp when the seat belt sign was on. Luckily my mobile phone came in handy. From next time, I need to carry a portable player. I pity the passenger who sat in the front row of ours. They had take all his kick. He was happily kicking the seat in front of us. And no way i was able to control him(feel not so good about it). We had to atleast say 'sorry' for 20 times.Finally I managed to stop this. On return flight, eve my iPhone couldn't make him sit. As a last resort, I had to give him chocolate.Still he was way to cranky. All the lack of sleep and improper food habits made him very restless. Just 30 min before we landed, Murali managed to put him to sleep. Can't believe, he didn't wake up till next day morning. Had his milk in sleep itself. Good for us,we too had a good rest that night.
We stayed in Banyan Tree Ugasana resort. It was villa style resort. This was one good thing we did. As it was not room type,Sanjiv had lots of room to move around.He also had a private swimming pool and jacuzzi to jump in when ever he wanted with or without swimming diaper. But I had a tough time saving all the items in the room from him. He wanted to mess with the Bose player in the room. He wanted to use all the toiletries lying close to the bathtub. He wanted to climb onto the glass panel in the dinning area. It is not a easy job to keep an eye on him for the whole time he was awake. This was the first time I was handling him all by myself without helper.Now,I can really appreciate the fact that I can keep one time helper at home. One thing this trip had made me realise is that, if I am full time mom, I will go crazy. I prefer to be working mom.This way, I will be more attached to him.
Even before going to Bali, he was very attached to me. Murlai started to call him mommy's boy. In a new place, this become worst. He just didn't let me go out of sight. Even to go to restroom, Murali had to carry him outside. That was not easy to do. I enjoyed this feeling, but sometimes it was too overwhelming for me. Dinning in restaurant was a real challenge. The high chair didn't have belt.So he will sit on it for 5 minutes and then he will be standing on it. The only choice we had was to let him down. It made him very happy. He can roam around. But we were too scared. He will go to all empty tables in order to climb onto the chairs and pretend that he is eating or drinking (the plates and glass were made of glass).....So you can think of the fear we had. Then all the plates in the buffet area were at his height. He was having a field day.On third day, i told the hotel staff to take care of their plates and not to bill us if anything breaks (they took it as humour even though I meant it)...Anyway me and Murali managed to come out of this challenge in flying colors. No items were damaged.
In the resort, to go from villa to lobby or to restaurant, we need to take the golf car. He simply loved it. He pretended even to drive this. In room, when ever he gets bored, he will stand by the door and say 'appa amma boooorrrrrrr'...Which means, daddy call the golf car.
He enjoyed the pool, play room in the resort.He simply loved the phone in all the room. He just takes the receiver and then press all the buttons. And most of the time, he somehow hits the duty manager call button. One time, he was even talking to the duty manager on call.God only knows what he was saying. He was having a serious conversation in his language. I had to literally pull of the receiver from him and apologize. But the manager was all laughing and said he enjoyed the call. After that, we pulled out the cable from the device. He was playing with the dummy device. He stopped it as he didn't get the ring tone.
One habit that we made him used to became a trouble for us in the resort. He is used to sleeping in his Indian style cradle. As we didn't have one in the resort, he just didn't know how to sleep on the bed. So, his sleep routines went for a toss. I had to wait for him to be dead tried , and then take him for a walk in the pram. Once he sleeps, I had to move him over to bed. Disturbed sleep routine made him too tried.
Food. I don't even want to comment on this. It was way too hot there. So, every time he went to pool or step outside the Aircon, he wanted to have only juice or water. This made him full and after that refused to eat solid food. In 4 days, he had solid food of 2 days equivalent only.
We went to one tourist place called Ullu Watu. There were lots and lots of monkey. He was chasing them and I was chasing him. It was fun trying to save the monkeys from him and him from monkeys.
Another tourist place we visited was Tanah lot. The place has a temple on the rocky beach. He wanted to walk on the rocks. No problem. But he wanted to walk on his own. Now thats the problem. Managed to convenience him that it is a good for all of us if I carry him.
Bali trip is not complete without mentioning beach.I love beaches. I like to be in beach for whole day. Unfortunately, this trip, beach is the last place we visited that too in the end of our trip and for a very short time. Very unlike of me.Being a mom makes u do things which you will not do otherwise.This was not because Sanjiv is scared of beaches but because he loves it too much. The moment he saw the waves, he wanted to run to it. The time we stayed in Bali it was Full moon days. So, the waves were very high and as it touched the shores it was as high as Sanju's waist. That too all of sudden, they became much higher. The coastal gaurd had put red flag alert. And we were not able to keep him on sands. We couldn't take any more risk and had to returned back immediately. For a change i didn;t feel bad not going to beach.
Even with all these challenges and set backs, we had so much fun as a family. I don't mind going on another trip like this.
I would like to add one main point to this. Before leaving to Bali, he had high fever and very bad cold. We managed to bring down the fever. But he had cold all through out. Irrespective of that he had fun and he was a very brave kid. He didn't let cold ruin his first vacation. Hope I can be this brave and happy even when I am not feeling well.
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