Devaangi's first experience at eating leechi and she thoroughly enjoyed it

During the weekend of 26-27 May we were at Naana house. Devaangi thoroughly enjoyed the weekend there. On Sunday both Devaangi and naana were having leechi.. This was Devaangi’s first experience at having leechi. Moment she saw the plate full of leechi kept in front of naana she immediately pulled the whole plate towards herself so that naanaji could not have them. Papa peeled one leechi and gave it to his darling daughter. Voila the moment of discovering a new slippery, juicy and tasty eatable started for Devaangi. Bacha pulled the leechi away from naanji when he tried to take it from her hands, she held the leechi in her hands and kept feeling and tasting leechi at the same time and then imagine what bacha did. So that nanaji does not take the leechi from her, bacha put the whole leechi in her mouth  including it’s seed!!!

My God!!! It became so scary with both papa and naana trying to pull the seed out of bacha’s ,mouth. After a few seconds they succeded par bache ko rulaane ke baad!!!. Chao all’s well that ends well. Par we really got scared when bacha had put the whole leechi in her mouth… it could have been risky.. anyways once maa came into the room bacha started laughing and smiling again and had her pick at more leechis( peeled and sliced into smaller pieces minus the seed)  J

 Hope you enjoy this fruit as much as maa and nanaji does :-)

afternoon siesta with daadu and daadi

Yeah vaakyaan meri zubaani hogi kyoki maa to mujhe ghar pe chod ke office gayi hui thi J aur ghar mein to sirf main thi  with daadu and daadi.

Baat hai last week ki when I was home alone with dadaji and daadi. Post lunch, daadi was busy with some activities and dadaji went to sleep. I too was sleepy ( for a change I wanted to have an afternoon nap). So daadi ne mujhe daadaji ke paas sula diya and she went to the other room to finish her work. While sleeping may be I was feeling hot (after all dilli ki garmi bahut garam hoti hai ;-)) or maybe there was lot of room for me to move about, while sleeping I shifted and took complete 180 degree turn to move under the fan . daadaji ke paas se seedhe close to his feet. How I managed to achieve this is known to none as me and dadaji were sleeping and daadi was in the other room. Well sometime at this point daadi came into the room, lifted me and again placed me next to daadaji. She too then lay on the bed. Kya strategic location thi meri ek taraf dadaji and on the other side was daadi. Main bechari nanhi si jaan dono ke beech mein. Me being me woke up( I can’t sleep for long especially during the day) and discover myself wide awake between a sleeping beauty and a sleeping handsome. Imagine there was no one to play with me. I thought of waking up dadaji so that he can play with me. I went close to dadaji and with my tiny fingers tried to scratch his forearm. Koi asra nahi. Daadaji kept on sleeping without feeling anything.  I’ll have to do something else. So I started hitting on the bed with my palms is umeed mein ki sensation se kaam nahi chaa to shayad awaaz se daadaji may get up. Imagine who bhi beasar raha. Theek hai who nahi uthna chahte to why force him. Main bhi sleep le leti hoon.  Par yeah kya. Mera pillow to mere room mein hai and I was in daadaji’s room. Koi bata nahi kuch to milega, I looked around to find some portion of daadiji ka pillow unoccupied. Phir kyat tha, I put my head there and zzzzzzzzzzzzzz went off to sleep. My dear daadi who was up till now pretending to sleep ( and was actually watching all these activities ), took the pillow out from under her head, moved my head onto the pillow properly and she too went off to sleep. The 3 sleepers of the family…

mere naam

Roz maa aake mere bare mein pata nahi kya kya share karti hain… to maine socha saare credit unhe ho kyon mile. Lemme come and tell you about me. Direct main hi batati hoon naa mere bare main. Par pehle lemme introiduce myself. Aap soch rahe hoge main kaun? Main main hoon.. yaani Devaangi Mehra..waise ghar waale aur baaki chahne waale mujhe pyaar se bahut saare naamo se bulate hain maslan nanu and naani call me pari, dadaji calls me kandheri laal, good girl, Devaangi, daadi ki pucha hoon main to badi daadi calls mein gudiya (BTW she is able to pronounce my name now Jkabhi papa ki chuski hoon main  to kabhi unki aatanki . Maa ki puchu,pucha, bacha, bittu singh, chuski, Devaangi Mehra , aatanki, sher singh aur naa jaane kya kya ( maa ko mat batana par mujhe lagta hai that she is confused regarding my name ki mujhe woh  kya bulaye J tabhi to mere itne saare naam rakh diye hain), maa ki side ke cousins( sanjana didi, anant bhaiya, Nandini maami, pooja maami) all call me angel, Hans uncle calls me Mehra saab( seriously ab mujhe Civil services ke bare mein sochna chahiye saab sounds really royal ;-)) and the list goes on… I m sure at this rate, if not every month then atleast every 2 months a new name will get added to this list J

I looovvvveee my drink!!!!!!!!!!

Puchu loves drinking!!!! arre don't get wrong ideas.. by drinkning i didn't mean hard drinks  but i meant plain water. I know the title seems misleading par iraade neik hain :-)
Puchu has started enjoying drinking water and mind it she drinks it from her own chotti si glassi or katori!!!
we have tried that Pucha gets used to drinking from glass so we started giving her water in her own designated glass.
Pehle pehle to she didn't enjoy drinking ater much Par shayad summers ki wajah se or what i don't know Pucha relishes water like anything. By the time i enter home from office and have my glass of water she's in my arms and then first thing bacha wants is a sip of water from my glass. At this time and at others when she is with you and you are drinking water without ofering it to bacha, bacha tries to grab and pull the glass away form your mouth. This is her way of telling you ki mujhe bhi pyaas lagi hai.. mujh bhi paani do!!!
Itna hi nahi, last week (9th may) papa was at home and was having masala waala chaach (buttermilk). bacha wanted a sip from papa's glass and ek sip lene ke baad to yeah aalam tha ki she didnt stop drinking and drank a good amount of chaach from papa's glass. She didn't even give consideration to the masala in the chaach which we thought might be too pungent and strong flavoured for her.
poora swadu hai hamara bacha so far as namkeen chatpata things are concerned :-)
I am happy that you are developing taste for normal eatables that we have at home. Don't want you to be a fussy eater or Drinker as i amy say!!!!

A B C D... i m learning alphabets

I know it's too late to publish this but what i had done during thetimes when i was running between home, hospital, office and naani house, i was writing snippets and keeping them in draft so that i could complete and publish them later on. this is what I am doing with this post!!! This one was originally written on 15 May.

i know it sounds as though we have been pushing Devaangi into learning early but lemme assure you this is not the case. Devaangi on her own is choosing alphabets that she likes and keeps saying then throughout the day!!!
the first alphabet that Devaangi learnt was M and i guess she picked up this letter from maa, mummy or mum words that we would use while speaking to her. Whole day Devaangi would keep uttering M M M.... bus phir kya tha like all other activities she soon got bored of MM and one night we had switched all lights and were just going to sleep when Devaangi started saying Bey bey Bey... yes bacha had found a new letter. since then we have so much of laugh when we hear Devaangi say bey bey bey as it sounds bebbey... and u know the reason why? we are panjus, and in punjabi bebbe stands for old lady!!!
just waiting for pucha to start speaking!!!

Puchu is truly a tech baby!!!!!

Yes ji hamar bacha truly nextgen oops this gen bacha hai… all she wants is modern gadgets and to grab and play with them she’s even willing to forgo her pyaare pyaare khilone!!!

Jee haan yeah solha aane sach hai ki puchu ko shuruaat  ke mahino se hi maa ka mobile, maa ka laptop dikh jaye bus.. woh sab bhool jaat hai and tries her best to grab these gadgets. Who bhi kya kare yeah uska kasoor nahi hai hi tech zamaane ki hai naa… ordinary khilone use pasand hi nahi aate.. infact abhi while I m typing this post, she is sitting quietly next to me all tangled between my phone ke earphones J pata nahi kya swaad aata hai usse earphones ki cable mein ki mooh se nikaalti hi nahi hai .. and you try to pull the cable out of her mouth and see bacha protesting. Sher jag jata hai aur poore ghar ko bhi jaga deta hai

Coming to the electronics one by one… I’ll start with phones first. Puchu ko maa, daadi ya daadaji ka mobile or cordless dikh jaaye yaa she sees any of us talking on phone phir kya hai bacha tries to grab the phone and puts it in her mouth. Pata nahi phone mein kya swaad aata hai jo bacha doesn’t want to leave it. If u are on phone, woh bahut shoor machaati hai par jaise hi phone uski awaaz nikalni band ho jaati hai aur sanaata kar deti hai…

Ab aati hai baari laptop ki… puchu bus dekh to le maa ko laptop kholte hue, madam bed pe kahi bhi ho immediately crawl kar ke or roll over kar ke she reaches the laptop and tries to strike the keys aur who bhi is tarah se that they come out!!!! Are maa ka office ka laptop hai personal nahi bachu… please be careful… company ne doosra nahi dena hai!!

Par mera bacha to bindaas hai use kya farak parta hai… uska kaam bigarna hai aur ma aka theek kkarna J love you mischievous  look when you do this.. par bacha ji aap khatarnaak hote jaa rahe ho.. aaj to aapne maa ko daraane ke saath saath advance notice de diya. Today I put puchu in her cot and was working on the laptop while lying on the bed. Suddenly peeche se bache kaa haath aaya and like a missile hit  the laptop.. yes ji mera bacha 6 inch waale scale ki height ka cot divider cross karke ( and not to forget her soft toys and pillows ka barrier too)  bed pe crawl kar ke pahuch chukka tha aur who bhi kya karne- guess karo … yes ji bilkul sahi guess kiya aapne -to play with the laptop. Aur yeah ek baar nahi my bachu did this twice J

meri nanhi si pyari si natkhat laadli bachi… u are becoming dangerous day by day.. ab aap pe nazar rakhne ki liye koi chahiye aur who bhi 24 hrs…..

Vrooooooooom bhrum bhrum

Yes this is what my bacha does now days. Puchu darling goes around saying vrooooom, brum, brum throughout the day. Yeah sa sun ke mujhe mera bachpan yaad aa jaata hai when we kids would play imitating the sound produced by bikes and go about doing brum  brum as though someone is giving bike kaa accelerator without moving it.

Bilkul yehi mere bache ka bhi haal hai. And the best part is when she is going on doing brum brum in maa’s lap and suddenly papa takes her away. (Kya Karen papa ka bhi pucha ke bina man nahi lagtha J) bus the very moment bacha starts crying aur minto mein yeah bade bade aansoo bacha tapkaane lagta hai ki pooch mat. lekin the moment I  take her in my arms all rona dhoona is forgotten and the bacha goes accelerating her bike again brum brum…. Vroooooooom !!! lagta hai ki dhoom 3 mere hi ghar mein hoga J good going bacha par maa and papa ki tarah speed limits mat cross karna…

Yesterday's visit to Bade Mandir

This post is actually more of a satsang that describes how our bachha is bonding with Guruji.
Like every week, this week too we went to Bade Mandir ( yesterday). Bade Mandir is our Guruji's mandir and Devaangi is his blessing to us. Devaangi has been going to Guruji's place ever since she came home (she was just 2 days old when we first took her to bade mandir!!)
Across all our visits to bade Mandir we have observed that bachha is really a very well behaved there. She doesn't create tantrums or shor sharaba there like many other children of her age.
Par kal ki baat hi niraali thi. pichle kuch dino se bachha is irritable. Maybe it is because she is teething. As a result she doesn't go to any one. Par mandir mein all that changed.
I sat in the verandah outside the main hall with bachha while papa was away at sewa. To keep her occupied, I gave Devaangi her squeeze toy. bachha took the toy and promptly threw it away and then turned towards me to give a big smile (Devaangi is now a days in a habit of taking things and throwing them down).
While the shabads were on, bachha was busy playing quietly. Itne mein her Chavi aunty came and she took bachha in her laps. Woh Devaangi jo aajkal kisi unkown ke paas nahi jaati, immediately went to Chavi aunty. Itne mein mantra jaap started and bachha promptly became quite. She sat quietly in Chavi aunty's lap during the mantra jaap while holding aunty's finger in one hand and staring at Guruj's picture nonstop. Pretty surprising especially since bachha met aunty after couple of months aur is age mein bachha agar kisi ko ek hafta naa dekhe to bhool jaata hai.
par yeah to shuruaat thi. When ma and papa went for langar, there they met Pal aunty who offered to hold Pucha while maa and papa had their langar. Aur kya tha aap maanoge nahi Pucha Pal aunty ke paas bhi chali gayi :-) :-) she was quiet in Pal aunty's arms.Par jaise hi maa and papa ka langar khatam hua, Pucha ki nazar maa pe gayi and she started crying.
Moment i held her, pucha became quiet. uske baad papa went back to sewa while bacha continued to be with me all the while playing merrily.
jab hamare jaane ka time aaya and we went to the main haal to take aagya, Pucha was in papa's arms. Jaise hi hum main haal mein ghusse, Pucha's eyes fell on Guruji's picture that is there on the right side of the hall and immediately she started smiling and jumping in papa's lap as though wanting to reach Guruji. We then came back home and on our way back hum yahi baat kar rahe thi ki ise kehte hain Guruji ke saath direct connection.

Gyming all the way !!!!!

No no i do not mean that Devaangi is sweating out in the Gym. I am talking about her play gym that keeps her engrossed the entire afternoon and the late evenings post my bachha's dinner!!!
The play gym was a gift from pucha's bua and uncle who adore her like anything... by the way isse pehle ki hum aage bade time to introduce another nickname of Devaangi i.e. puchha or puchhu as maa and daadi lovingly call out to Devaangi with...
When the gym first came Devaangi was hardly 2 months old so it did not make much sense to her.. every one at home would place the gym over puchu's crib hoping that she will pull the toys hanging form it.
but this did not happen for another couple of months. Till then pucha would merrily or at times with a disinterested look at the toys which the others in the family would play with ro keep the bachha occupied or at least devlop her interest in the gym. During those initial months the gym would be able to occupy Devaangi for 10-15 mins at max after which she would start calling out to people to rescue her!!! this is what it looked like from the tone and  pitch of puchu's call...
pehli bar on 9th dec 2011 at nana house Devaangi on her own tugged at one of the toys hanging from the gym. I on seeing this immediately captured the same on my phone. Wait till i upload the video. Phir kya tha Devaangi started playing with the gym..  i know you thought this is what happened. par nahi aisa kuch nahi hua.. the initial story of others playing with Devaangi's gym continued till about a month back. One  person who really enjoyed the hanging toys of the gym is Devaangi's cousin yaani chota sa Ritvik bhaiya. Ritvik would take the toys out of the gym and would demand that he take them home. It used to be a task to take the toys back from him!!!
Moving back to Devaangi and her association with the gym... Since past month or so every afternoon the gym is setup in the drawing room and Devaangi is put next to it. bachha has started enjoying the gym a lot. In fact even when he is left on her own, Devaangi plays with the gym. She pulls the toys, loves seeing her own reflections in the hanging mirror, pulling at the musical toys and now even tries to get up while holding the gym. This is risky as the gym is light weight and the way bachha holds on to the gym and puts her weight on it to get up!!!!
yes mera bachha ab khade bhi hone laga hai!!!!
baaki will be covered in next blog...till then happy playing bachha!!!

Devaangi likes… Going OUT!!!

Almost every evening I try and take Devaangi out for a stroll. Even though Devaangi is a few months old, she understands that if maa or anyone else  has stepped out of the house onto stairs while carrying her, they are going OUT!!! All one has to do is hold Devaangi in their arms and go near the stairs. At this point Devaangi gets so charged up that she starts jumping and laughing. Her excitement is very evident and it becomes difficult to hold her least she gets out of your arms.  If you try to call out to her from the door, she will hear you but not even look back least you hold her back irrespective of who is calling her. It’s like she knows that she is going out and if she looks back may be the person calling out to her will hold her back which she doesn’t want should happen. Yeah hain aaj kal ke bacche. You simply can’t keep them indoors.

And now another thing has also happened. Devaangi loves going for rides in her stroller. We keep the stroller upstairs in the hourse and typically whenever hubby or me are taking Devaangi out for a ride, the maid gets the stroller downstairs. Even before we open the stroller and set it up for Devaangi , baccha lets out squeals of joy and tries to jump out of our arms into the stroller even before it is SETUP for HER!!!

Kuch aisa rides mein bhi hota hai jab hum papa ke saath rides pe jaate hain. Devaangi now does not want to sit in my lap but wants to stand. This is also one of her recent developments. Moment I make Devaangi stand, she tries to reach out to audio system controls, gear and most often to the blower outlets that she tries to open and close with her tiny fingers. Aur ek cheez jo Devaangi ko pasand hai is to place her palms flat on the car side window and look out. This is slightly dangerous as baccha has also started to try and explore the controls on the door. I can now no longer afford to get distracted with baccha in the car kyonki pata nahi Devaangi ab kya kar baithe. Time to be more VIGILENT!!!

My toothless buddha is no longer toothless :-)

Yes Devaangi is no longer toothless. Yesterday(30 apr) her first tooth right side incisor surfaced J for past 2 days Devaangi was slightly irritable but only at night where she was waking almost every hour and take a little feed before sleeping again. I however contributed this to change in places ( on Saturday we were at naani house and on Sunday we were back home) so I thought Devaangi’s sleep pattern had changed because of it. And yesterday while feeding her khitchri, daadi discovered the tooth in Devaangi’s mouth. can’t  express the joy that I felt on hearing this news as I had been waiting for long for this day!! Thankfully Devaangi is not experiencing any major teething related problems till now except for sleeplessness at night along with some irritability and loss of appetite… she has hardly been eating anything  for past 2 days…

Just hoping that your rest of the teeth also come out without much pains to you.. God bless you bacha.