Nov 20, 2012

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 !!!!

Oct 10, 2012

Some pics from Devaangi's first vacation

The trip has begun... maa i won't share my choclate with anyone!!
 
 
 nothing is too far from me!!! mere haath bahut lambe hai!!! mujhe dekh ke aapko shikari shambhu ki yaad to nahi aa rahi  :-)


finally i got what i was looking for!!! maa i am taking all ur money and cards :-)


time for some masti with papa!!! papa ke kandho ki sawari in mashobra!!! after all i gain a lot of height u see :-)
 
dekho main apne pairon pe khari ho gayi... yes i too can walk :-)



yeah mere haath mein kya hai?? nazar meri atak hi gayi!!


papa bahut photos ho gaye ab bus bhi karo naa!!
 
yuppiee i got my appy!!!! maa yeah apple to main hi khaongi!!!



ssshh!!1 don't disturb me!!! mujhe badi pyari neend aa rahi hai!!!!
 
behata paani, thandi hawa... wah maza aa gaya... mere bath tub se bada aur acha place to play with water... mm lovin it:-)



maa pls don't disturb... me and papa are having fun rocking!!!!

Oct 3, 2012

Devaangi's Mundan


We got Devaangi’s mundan done on Sunday 2 sep at chanakyapuri mandir. Trust me it was no less than an ordeal to get it done.
Bacha along with her entire troupe i.e ma, papa, daada, daadi, naani and badi daadi was there at the mandir. By the time we reached the mandir it had started to rain and bacha was all thrilled to be in mandir especially about ringing the temple bell which she enjoyed thoroughly.
                                                         Bacha before mundan

Everything was ok till the time the pooja was on. Jaise hi mundan ceremony shuru hua, bacha realized that we are up to something and she started crying. Pehle papa use pakadh ke baithe and then it was maa’s turn. Finally papa held bacha in his arms and maa firmly held bacha’s face (least she turns it away) all the while the barbar shaved bacha’s head. Bacha cried like anything but we are able to manage with the whole process in 10 minutes flat. Post the head shaving , we put haldi and curd paste on bacha’s head and gave her a bath.  By this time bacha has settled down and was somewhat back to her normal self.


                                                                   After mundan
Post the ceremony we all went out to gymkhana for lunch and had to leave bacha in children’s room with her nanny as kids are not allowed in dining room. In between the meal we went to check on bacha and were pleasantly surprised to find bacha happily playing in children’s room. Bacha was so engrossed that she did not even bother to look at us.
The same day bacha not only managed to stand on her own  but also took few steps without support.



Sep 12, 2012

my new pranks!!!

Devaangi keeps everyone at home on their toes.  You have your eyes off Devaangi for a minute and the very next minute you find that she is up to a new prank. Let devaangi find an open drawer (even a closed one will do) she opens it and while holding the drawer with one hand she keeps throwing out the things using the other hand. Phir to ma aka kaam shuru hota hai to put everything back in place J Other day I was sitting on dining chair and bacha held my hands and climbed on the chair using the bar  below the seat. She also gets up on the goodies trolley kept in the dining room. It is very risky for her to do so as agar bache ka haath choota or she loses her balance she will fall back and bang her head against the dining table. Likewise we have a heavy ganpati made of metal at home which is qute heave. Bacha tries to climb the table on which that ganpati is kept by using the statue as support. Sirf itna hi nahi there are no plug points or electric cords that are far away from bachu’s clutches. In fact we have already removed the cords from our TV in the room as bachu would tug at it’s cords and plugs. There are no paper or magazine within bacha’s reach that can be considered safe. All depends on bache’s mood ki who cheezo ko haath lagati hai ya nahi… actually hamara bacha bada daredevil hai who is not scared of doing anything- be it getting down form the bed or sofa(without support) or putting her hand in hot cuppa tea despite telling her that it is hot!!! Bachu already has to her credit one remote made non functional and maa’s broken phone J I m sure there are many more such broken items that are going to come..
When I ask puchu for a pucha she puts her lips on my cheeks as if kissing me, bacha also  jab pyaar ke mood mein hoti hai tab keeps on giving me kisses all over my face yaa tries to put me nose in her mouth. infact this has become a new game for pucha. Everytime is in mood to do laad to maa she brings her nose to mine with such a big smile that all 6 teeth of her are visible so instead of saying ki who batissi dikha ke hasti hai I’ll say who chey dikha ke hasti hai.. and then bacha goes on hugging maa dn doing nosey milli milli … I simply love such moments!!
Bacha has also learnt to give high five when you say give me five and also give flying kisses on being asked to do so.
At time we make bacha stand on the window in the dining room and she can stand there for a long time with someone holding her from the back(to prevent her from falling). Ek haath se bacha holds on to the grill and using the other hand she keeps opening and closing the window. Once there was a lady standing below and bacha started calling out to her mumma aaya….  Bacha also enjoys seeing bho bho(doggie), chidiya, mau billi and other babies and baiyas from the window and starts calling out to them once she spots them!!!
 

Sep 7, 2012

papa aaye..

Kal bacha was in full masti mood while having her dinner. She left the dinner in between and got down on the floor so that she could crawl around.  Bacha realized that papa was in the bathroom so she crawled to the bathroom door and started knocking the bathroom door whole calling out papa aaya, dadadada. When I want into the room, bacha started crying so I went to her and sat down on the floor to understand why was bacha crying. Bacha tugged at my shirt and while holding out to my shirt, she climbed on my legs and then taking advantage of the height gained in the process, madam ne darwaaze ka handle pakar liya and tried to open the door!!!! Itni piddi si bachi kaa dimag dekho… kaun sikhaata hai yeah sab!!!  When I put the bacha back on floor she again started crying and climbed on me again to reach out to the bathroom door’s handle and tried to open it while calling out to papa… papa aaye

haathi mera saathi

Bacha has started saying 2 new words: aati (haathi) and baiya (bhaiya). She recognized the elephant embroidered on daadi’s cushion and when you ask her puchu aathi kahan hai, bacha instantaneously points to the elephant on the cushion and says haati.
Another word that bacha keeps on saying throughout the day now a days is baiya. Now we are trying to teach her to say adi bhaiya.

mere pyaare papa

Devaangi goes on saying papa aaye and becomes excited on seeing papa. So much that she wants papa to take her in her arms and play with her when he comes back from office. In fact the other day when papa came back home, bacha became very excited and wanted to get into papa’s arms. Once in his arms, she did not want to let go of papa and when I held her so that papa could go to relieve himself, bacha started crying… imagine maa ke paas thi Devaangi and still  she was crying to go to papa. Well for once I did feel jealous!!! Even when bacha is in papa’s arms, and feels that papa is busy elsewhere she brings her face right in front of her dad’s face and gives him such a lovely smile .
 If we are on the road and bacha sees any car passing by and papa is not with us she starts saying papa aaye.
 Now a days bacha has changed her dinner routine. Till now she would sit either in my or in daadi’s lap to have dinner par for last 2-3 days bacha wants to have her dinner while sitting in papa’s lap (incase papa is on the table with us). If papa is not looking at bacha, the bacha tugs at papa’s sleeves to draw his attention!!! In fact last night papa was having wheat flakes and milk for dinner and bacha wanted to sit in her lap. She too took a spoon and started dipping it in pap’s bowl to eat the wheat flakes and milk just the way papa was eating !!! par bacha being bacha is still to learn to eat with spoon and she ended up splitting the milk on the table J
Another bonding time for papa and bacha is when the 2 of them sit and play with papa’s childhood cars. Yes papa still has his bachpan ki cars ka collection preserved (BTW he doesn’t let anyone touch it) and the only person allowed to touch and play (rather break) with those cars is bacha. Aur agar cars se nahi khel rahi hoti hai to bacha opens the 2 drawers at the bottom of the book case and take out and throw around all cards, paper and envelopes kept in those drawers ;) bas bacha yeah cheezey nikalti rehti  hai aur maa unhe waapas rakhti rehti hai J
Bacha also enjoys riding high on papa’s shoulders. Both of them also go out for walks at times especially maa is either busy in some other activity or too tired and wants to sleep.
I have a gut feel that papa is going to spoil bacha a lot and at the same time he is the only one who will be able to control her as well….
I am cherishing and loving the bond being developed between dad and daughter.