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!!!

Maa I can stand holding my cot!!!

Keeping up with the latest developments of Devaangi!!

Since last week Devaangi is able to stand on her little feet provided she has something to hold on to.  The something to hold on to was typically maa, daadi yaa dadaji ke haath. However Devaangi has a new support to hold and it is the side bars of her very own cot. I had loads of paperwork to finish over the weekend. As generally on weekends and other times when I am at home, Devaangi is mostly with me and so was the case last saturday. With Devaangi around one can forget having paper around as my baccha is sooo found of paper of any sort that she picks it up and tears it to bits and pieces. Since Devaangi was in no mood to sleep so I tries to make her sit in her cot with the toys. The bacha immediately protested as she realized that maa is going to leave her alone. I then made Devaangi stand while making her hold the sides of the cot. Devaangi was still protesting when I started playing with her by hiding my face behind her snake and then appearing again. Slowly while enjoying this game of hide and seek Devaangi held firmly to the sides of the cot and was able to balance on her feet. Phir kya tha I went back to the bed and started working while my darling bacha was standing firmly on her feet while letting out screams of joy and calling out to papa.  

And since then bacha is enjoying standing in the cot. She sees herslf in the mirror opposite to where she stands, pulls her snake, bends to pick her toys, jumps , moves back and forth and lets out squeals of laughter. It is a delight to see the joy Devaangi basks into while standing and trying to move around. In fact she tries to move around in the cot in particular to pull the winne the pooh’s of her cot musical toy which has since then be removed to avoid accidents.

Great going bacha, at this rate you should soon be walking around!!!

oops... the khitchi is too hot!!! mera haat jal gaya!!!

aaj ki kahani Devaangi ki zubaani:
aaj raat dining table pe maa was having her cuppa tea and chit chatting with dadaji and daadimaa while i was sitting in maa's lap and playing with my toys... my khitchi was kept on the table for cooling before maa could feed me. maa had kept khitchi at fair distance from me.. par main to main hu!!! aur main kissi se kam nahi!!! maine table pe dekha to katori nazar aayi... wow the khitchi looked colorful and tempting.. i just wanted to put my hands in the katori and hold the khitchi. Phir kya tha maine haath aage badaya, maa ko laga i am trying to reach my squeeze toy, and within seconds mera haath garma garam khitchi ke andar tha!!!! maa ko kuch seconds tak realize hi nahi hua kya hua.. how CARELESS of HER!!woh bhool gayi unka bacha mastu singh hai... before i could let out a cry, daadi noticed what happened and shouted that mera haath khitchi mein hai. instantly maa pulled my hand out.. par tab tak der ho chuki thi aur mera haath red ho gaya tha.oooooh the khitchi was very hot!!! instantly daadi picked up the bottle of water and poured it over my hand. paani mere haath pe to gira hi aur saath saath mera aur maa ka bath bhi ho gaya :-) giggle giggle... garmi bahut ho rahi thi na... maza aa gaya.. lekin mujhe garam garam bhi bahut laga and i was crying all through.. by the time maa rushed me into the kitchen to put my hand under running tap water, i had forgotten all about burning my hand and while maa had put my burnt hand under running tap water i was busy trying to grab the utensils kept on the slab with my other hand... ab mera haath theek hai even the redness has gone!!!
see what a short lived memory i have for such incidences!!!
anyways a BIG LESSON for MAA.. never let loose of caution  when i am around....