Tit Bits

Yesterday when we reached home in the evening, I put bachu’s food bag on the chair and went inside the room for an urgent work. Bachu was hungry and couldn’t trace me so she started calling out “dudu kahan hai?” By the time I heard her and came out I was pleasantly surprised to find bachu browsing through the contents of her food bag and fanatically searching for her milk bottle!!!!  Usse bhi pata hai ki her milk bottle will be in the food bag!!!

Couple of days back my friend gifted Devaangi a pair of very pretty shoes. So much was Devaangi impressed by those shoes that she took them in her hand and went from room to room showing them to all.

Ever since we have shown Devaangi moon, bachu has become fascinated with it. So much is the fascination that day and day end she keeps asking everyone and daadi in particular to show her the moon. For this what bachu does is that she points towards the house main door and repeats moon till the time one doesn’t take her out and show the moon..

Another thing that bachu loves to spot are the lights especially on the road. Moment she sees lights anywhere, bachu prompty says light with such a satisfied look on her face as though she has achieved a milestone.

 

Khatti meethi yaadein of past few weeks Contd...

I wanna climb high to reach the sky!!!

Devaangi loves to climb the stairs. Moment we open the main door of the house or come back from outside and are waiting for the main door to be opened, bachu just rushes to the stairs and starts climbing them. Though this is a matter of concern most of the times least bachu hurts her but it also acts as a blessing in disguise at times J for example when me and bachu reached home in the evening there were a lot of things to be carried. So very smartly I put bachu down and said “puchu chalo seedi chade”.My darling climbed the stairs all the way to our house!!!
          Another thing she likes to climb is the ladder which is actually more dangerous. Whenever anyone in the house takes out the ladder to get something out from the top cabinets, bachu promptly reaches there. The biggest problem is if you are alone in the room and that too at the top of the ladder. All you need to do now is to look down and guess what will you see…. Bachu trying to climb the ladder!!!! Abhi bus itni ganimat hai ki who ladder pe chadh nahi paati hai… she’s only able to reach the first step.. pata nahi aage kya kya hoga!!!!
 

Inquisitive eyes

Bachu cannot sit still even for a minute. She always needs something or the other to keep her occupied. She just has to explore everything in the house that she can lay her hands on- be if any poly bag or maa’s specks case, any medicine foil or even jars bottles and boxes. All boxes are promptly identified as dabba by bachu. She simply loves to come to the kitchen and one by one pick each ‘dabba’ and scatter it on the floor… After all maa ka haath bataane waala koi to hona chahiye J

So far as bottles and jars or even thermos is concerned bachu manages to screw and unscrew their lids with ease and correctly as well!!!!!

Bachu also very nicely climbs on the trolley kept in dining room to explore the jars and bottles kept there. Ek naa ek din either the trolley sides (which bachu uses as support for climbing) will break or bachu will loose her balance and fall.. kitna bhi mana kar lo par bachu ne jo karna hai who karna hai!!!!!! Abhi se yahi haal hai to aage aage pata nahi kya hoga!!!!!

I am religious abhi se

All thanks to bachu’s daadu and daadi, she has learnt phrases like jai maa,om, om bhurbu, gurji( I am writing gurji in place of guruji as that’s how bachu pronounces it). She is able to identify idols and loves to do puja with daadi. Bachu also accompanies daadi when she takes the puja kaa diya to all the rooms in the house.  Daadi has om inked on her hand and bachu points to it and says om. Bachu also enjoys listening to aarti’s on the computer. In fact dadu can keep bachu occupied for quite some time by playing aartis on his computer. Bachu also can force you to take her to the maa durga idol by tugging at you and repeatedly saying jai maa

I love dancing

For past 3 days Devaangi is having a rocking time every evening with daadu playing DJ and daadi has her dance partner. Since I have been unwell for some time so after reaching back home I at times sleep for an hour or so and then I have my daily client calls. During this period bachu is wtih daadu and daadi who keep her occupied by playing songs and bhajans on the computer. Moment bachu hears the music she starts shaking her head and legs to the rhythm of the music. Bachu also raises one arm and rotates her palms as though dancing!!! Bachu simply loves music. In fact on 10^th nov, we had a Diwali dinner in our pocket. There was a stage setup where at the end of the program the children were dancing on music. So much was bachu’s enthusiasm that she dragged me to the stag and the reason she gave was dance!!!!!wahan jaa ke she danced on the stage aur main badi mushkil sed use waapas laayi

Khatti meethi yaadein of past few weeks

It’s been so long since I last updated on Devaangi’s activities… in fact there’s so much to be written and shared…

Devaangi’s first vacation: 29 Sep-2 Oct 2012

I’ll start with Devaangi’s first vacation that we took in Naldhera and Mashobra during 29 Sep till 2 Oct. We had decided to take this vacation as a road trip. It was a long journey of 9 hrs both ways so we decided to put bachu in her car seat for the journey as bachu becomes hyperactive in the car and it becomes difficult to drive.

Bachu’s seat was placed behind the driver’s seat. Though  bachu would make such a maasoom and sad face every time we would strap her, her expressions would change soon – bachu spent most of her time in car seat either sleeping or playing wityh her toys.. Every couple of hours she would then get miserable and would want to come in front. I guess overall she overall was ok being strapped in the car seat…

The trip was something that bacha enjoyed and that is evident from the pics that I had posted earlier.. we had stayed in a place called manla homes and Devaangi had a gala time. We had to keep all our belongings in drawer and out of bachu’s reach, couldn’t have tea or meals in the room as bachu would merrily run around the room trying to grab everything kept on the table especially the crockery cutlery and the water jugs J I was really apprehensive about bachu’s schedule during the trip. Lekin bacha has been the most supportive kiddo I have ever seen. She did not trouble us at all despite our hectic schedule and being on road for greater parts of the day…  She really freaked out and had gala time enjoying in the outdoor. On the trip bachu also had her first experience of feeling gushing river water. Though initially she was apprehensive of being dipped in the river and touching the water with her hands and feet, slowly she enjoyed the same so much that bachu then wanted to play with the water and it became difficult for me to move out of water J waise Devaangi ka yeah fascination with water we have noticed while giving her a bath as well. Devaangi loves to play with so much with water and bath toys filled in the bath tub that it becomes very difficult to being her out of the bathroom.

Looking forward to taking bachu on her next vacation.

 

Baatooni bacha

Devaangi speaks a lot… in fact uski pyaari chatar patar band hi nahi hoti hai….pehle to she used to speak single words like maa, papa, dada daadi etc. Now bacha recognizes stuff and points out to them correctly. She speaks complete sentences like baahar jaana hai, dudu kahan hai!!!, mama aayi, papa aayi, kya baat hai, potty aayi , om bhurb neend aayi, come, khatam, biscuit, bread  and so on…. In fact she speaks babbles a lot and most of the words we cannot comprehend !!! par koi asar nahi…. Bacha has to speak if she feels like speaking and whether u understand it or not is immaterial!!!.

Bacha is very fond of speaking on phone.  If you are talking on phone to devaangi peeche se screams howdodo which actually sounds like aadu!!!! She wants to hold the receiver and place it on her ears as if she is talking… jab tak the receiver is not on her ears she speaks and jaise hi u put the receiver on her ears she goes all quite… Naani house mein to bacha landline ko chodti hi nahi hai….. when bacha is at naani house agar someone is able to get through on the landline to it is a BIG thing kyonki bacha keeps on playing with the phone instrument  and the receiver is always off the hook!!!

Devaangi can also recognize cell phones of maa papa and dada. On seeing my phone she starts saying baby because I have her pic setup as wallpaper on my phone….

Day Care Days

It’s been almost 2 months now that Devaangi has been going to the day care and slowly she’s settling down.

Initially when her papa would drop her at the day care bachu would cry a lot. Gradually she has settled down and most of the times now she goes to the ayahs there without much fuss and crying…

But pick up time story remains the same. Moment she sees me, Devaangi gets hyper and starts saying mama non-stop till the time I do not pick her up. Jaise hi pick her up she wants the keys of the car and while pointing at the keys says chaabi!!!!! As she knows that we are heading home so she has no problems in being strapped in her car seat… jaise hi hum ghar pahuchte hai bachu starts calling out to daadi from the stairs itself…

          There are lot of changes that we noticed in Devaangi since she started going to the daycare and mind you the changes are for the good!!!

        Devaangi now wants to eat on her own most of the times. She spreads the food on the floor and prefers to pick it from the floor and then eat it!!! This is true for almost all foods types whether finger foods or the ones to be eaten with spoon like khitchi…. But all this eating on her own thing depends on bachu’s mood. Agar uska khud khana khaane ka mood hai to there is no way u can make her eat… bachu just won’t let u feed her. She will simply turn her face away and say aape while trying to eat on her own using spoons. Oh my!!! It is so much fun to see Devaangi eating on her own using spoon!!! Her food smeared food resembles hunaman ki face all the while her papa is cared that someone in the house may slip over the food dropped by bachu.

          Devaangi now prefers to sit on a chair, box, book or any such low height thing she spots kept on the floor. In fact she keeps moving her booster chair from one place to another till the time she does not find a suitable place to sit!!!

         Bacha can recognize photos of bua, adi bhaiya papa, maa, daadi,jai maa( we a mata ki moorti), guruji, jai jai (all gods and goddesses),  nana…. No when it only this I was pleasantly surprised the other day when I was speaking to my mom on phone and moment I put the phone on speaker, bacha immediately recognized naani’s voice and said naani while pointing at the phone.

       Devaangi can also recognize maa papa, daadi and daada’s cloths from the heap of ironed clothes.
        She has all of a sudden become very fond of writing. Moment Devaangi spots a pen, she wants it and continues to yell peeeeeeeeen(that’s how it sounds) till the time she is not handed over the same. Once bachu has the pen she then wants a paper to write on… At times we tried to act smart and removed the refill from the pen. Jaise hi bachu tried to write on paper and realized noting could be written she created a lot of fuss and wanted another pen that could write.
      Bachu has also learnt to spell few letters like D and M. Her daadi is trying to teach her d for devaangi and m for Mehra…

       The only thing that bothers us that Devaangi has become very fussy about things especially her food. She has also learnt to make everyone at home bend as per her wishes. Daadi ko to who apne hisaab se twist kar leti hai J

 

Baahar jaana hai

Another thing that Devaangi is very fond of is going out. She just doesn’t want to stay indoors. Bus ghar mein kissi ke bhi paas jaa ke she prompts them to pick her up and then starts the ratt of bahar jaana hai while pointing towards the main door. The person who is caught most frequently by bachu for going out is daadi coz daadi simply cannot say no to  bachu.. phir kya hai bachu has to be taken out for a stroll and moon watching coz the primary reason for going out is that bachu wants to see the moon. She keeps on chanting moon while pointing towards the main door. In fact yesterday evening daadi was out with bachu for more than an hour as  bachu was busy sighting the moon and would simply not let daadi go back home!!!!!

          Agar we take bachu out of house only till the stairs and the try and take her back home then bachu holds the door firmly  to prevent us from opening it least we take her back inside the house !!!!