Catching up time- series 3

Eating habits

Devaangi has really improved drastically in her eating habits. Earlier the bachu used to survive mostly on milk but now finally after about 7-8 months of persuasion she has finally started enjoying her food (though she’s still looks underweight!!!) Bachu now is able to identify different types of food and is also gradually building a liking and disliking for different food types.

She still doesn’t like to eat sweets. Papa nahi kahan se pata chal jaata hai that the food that we going to feed her is meetha . Bus bachu simply shuts her mouth and refuses to open it!!! It was a task to make her taste papa’s birthday cake!! 
The ONLY exception are chaina murgi (though not that much) and khajoor. Bachu simply loves khajoor. Evey evening when we come back home, bachu and dada have a khajoor eating session. Even if dada has forgotten all about it, bachu will promptly walk to the drawer where khajoor is kept, take out khajoor and tell dada ‘khajul’ (that’s the way bachu spells it) khana hai!!!!

The most amazing part is that bachu is able to differentiate between chocolates and toffees. This is despite the fact that we try and control that bachu doesn’t get to eat chocolates and toffes much.

A few days back, our neighbour gave bachu half a laddoo of tirupati balaji Prasad and guess what jo bacha meetha nahi khaata hai usne woh  laddoo pura khatam kar diya !!!!

Bachu now willingly eats, roti, parantha(her fav being aaloo parantha), idli(which she pronounces as iddi)dal, bread, custard, doodh sooji, tamaatar (tomatoes), kheera, grapes, kela, apple and a few of the vegetables.

The best part is that she now tells you on her own that she wants to eat and also at times what she wants to eat and mostly if she’s able to see the stuff that she wants to eat say kela,  she’ll say “aapko kela khaana hai?" which means that she wants to eat kela!!

Another thing that bachu is or rather was fond of while daadi was away is soup. Bachu typically has her dinner in daadi’s lap. When daadi was away for a month in feb, bachu quickly decided to use daada  as replacement.
Phir kya tha since daadaji has soup for dinner so bachu also started having soup for dinner with daadaji. The only difference was that daadaji would have soup in his bowl and bachu would have her mini katori to have soup that would be regularly filled up by daadaji. Bachu would sit on the chair next to daadaji and while observing her table manners would have soup in proper manner except in between when she would try and have a spoon from daadaji’s bowl!!

Daadaji and Devaangi enjoying their soup session

 

Daadaji teaching Devaangi how to have soup from her bowl!

Devaangi wants to share daadaji's soup

 

Par jab se daadi is back, bachu is back to her usual self- all love for soup and table manners have gone for a toss.  Ab to wahi hota hai jo bachu wants after all daadi hai na pamper karne ke liye!!!

Bachu also prefers to eat on her own. This can be very messy at times especially on the dining table where she wants to put her spoon in every dish that is within her sight or reach!!!. If nothing else she’ll either push the plate right in front of her towards the bowls kept in the centre or make a grab at the spoons stand!!! Phir kya hai daadaji ka ultimatum aa jata hai ki Devaangi table pe nahi aayegi!!!

Devaangi is very fond of chatpatta khaana. Give her anything theekha and she'll enjoy having it all the while saying micchi ha along with running watery discharge from her nose!! Couple of days back someone got amritsari papads for us. Those of you who have had amritsari papad will know how teekhe (spicy) these papads are. Par bachu being bachu, had almost half a papad while alternating it with water!!! Despite our asking her to let go of the papad, bachu ne papad khaana nahi choda!!

Aur aaj to bachu had her share of samosa too which like all namkeen stuff she enjoyed including the hard crust!!!

I am sure naani and bachu will have a lovely time when bachu is little older enough to go and enjoy chaat papri with naani(poori naani pe gayi hai- chatpata khila lo par meetha nahi!!!)
 

Catching up time- series 2

Fascination for shoes

Till about a month back, bachu had a fascination for shoes, sandals and chappals(slippers) irrespective of ki woh kiske hain. Especially chappals joh kahin pe bhi dikh jaaye to bachu simply used to pick them up and take them to the right owner. I don’t know how but bachu manages to recognize everyone’s footwear. Like other stuff, you cannot take footwear of another person from bachu .  Bachu is also able to differentiate between a chappal, sandal and shoes. In fact if one is going out and tells bachu bahar jaana hai apne shoes leke aao. Bachu not only promptly picks up a pair of her shoes and bring to you but also sits patiently on your lap or the bed so that you can make her wear them. 

Bachu also likes to step into papa and dada’s shoes and maa’s sandals and tries to roam around the house wearing the same!!

There is a pair of slip on Barbie shoes that bachu’s jas mausi brought for her. So much is the fascination for that pair that every time bachu spots it, she immediately brings it over and wants to wear the same.

 However the thing that touched me the most was that bachu knows the right place for everyone’s shoes. Other day she picked up dadaji’s shoes and brought them out to the drawing room. When I asked her to and keep the shoes back in dadaji’s room she went and kept the shoes precisely at the place where dada keeps them every day!!!

Mataji ki soti

Leave aside her pranks and you’ll find a very caring bacha underneath all the sharaarats. Bachu knows that mataji (badi daadi) needs her soti (walking stick) to move around. Till the time mataji is sitting at a place, bachu moves around holding the soti in her hands all the while trying to imitate mataji’s walking style. Moment she realizes that mataji is about to get up or someone at hoem tells her ‘Devaangi mataji ko soti de do”, bachu promptly gets the soti(if it is not with her at that point of time) and hands it over to mataji.

The best is that moment she spots the soti she points out to it and says mataji ki soti!!!!. The only catch is that mataji gets worried that her guriya will take the soti and keep it somewhere out of reach and then mataji will be left highy and dry without her soti!!!

Eating habits

Devaangi has really improved drastically in her eating habits. Earlier the bachu used to survive mostly on milk but now finally after about 7-8 months of persuasion she has finally started enjoying her f0od (though she’s still looks underweight!!!) Bachu now is able to identify different types of food and is also gradually building a liking and disliking for different food types.

She still doesn’t like to eat sweets. Papa nahi kahan se pata chal jaata hai that the food that we going to feed her is meetha . bus bachu simply  shuts her mouth and refuses to open it!!! It was a task to make her taste papa’s birthday cake!!  The only exception are chaina murgi (though not that much ) and khajoor. Bachu simply loves khajoor. Evey evening when we come back home, bacu and dada have a khajoor eating session. Even if dada has forgotten all about it, bachu will promptly walk to the drawer where khajoor is kept, take out khajoor and tell dada ‘khajul’ (that’s the way bachu spells it) khana hai!!!!

Bachu now willingly eats, roti, parantha(her fav being aaloo parantha), dal, bread, custard, doodh sooji, grapes, kela, apple and a few of the vegetables. The best part is that she now tells you on her own that she wants to eat and mostly if she’s able to see the stuff that she wants to eat  say kela,  she’ll say “aapko kela khaana hai?’ which means that she wants to eat kela!!

Catching up time- series 1

Phew!!! I have really forgotten when was it last when I updated bachu’s blog. Lazy mom!! But things have been really hectic and somehow the blog update got hit the most. Never mind. In the series of the posts that will follow I’ll update on bachu’s growth , development and activities during these few months.

Since the last update, Devaangi has really become a mastu bacha. In fact I call her mama’s little monkey.

Bachu can’t sit quite even for a minute and can’t be left alone as well. Agar bacha is not in your sight and is very quiet then one can be very sure that she is up to some prank!

My love for kitchen

Bachu really likes to be in the kitchen when maa is working there. The most common pranks of bachu include entering the kitchen and throwing all plastic containers (‘dabbaas’ as bachu calls them) on the kitchen floor… As everyone in the house says dekho Devaangi mummy ki kitni help kar rahi hai by increasing mummy’s workload!!! Agar dabbaas nahi hote hain to bachu promptly opens the cabinets and takes out the oil jar and carries it around. Phir to bas dhoondte raho ki oil jar kahan hai?

 Another most common target of bachu is the onion trolley that bachu pushes out of kitchen if there is no one around to stop her.

Zayaada rokoge to bachu will attack daadi’s tea tray kept on the tea trolley. Phir kya hai the down goes the milk pot (spilling the milk all around), the used tea bags and every other thing kept on it!!!! In case one manages to reach well in time the max you can prevent is the tea cup being broken into pieces.. By the way bachu is also mastering the act of breaking tea cups and saucers J

Papa dear bhi to peeche nahi hai from teaching Bachu pranks. If nothing else he gets bachu in the kitchen and makes her sit on the counter. Phir kya hai hamara bacha starts exploring the stuff kept on the counter and the cabinets above it. Depending on her mood (if she is angry) bachu simply throws stuff down on the floor!!!!

Mera pyaara monkey!!!! Yes bachu is becoming a monkey !!! no pun intended!!! What I actually mean is that bacha has become very naughty!!!

Devaangi now keeps us on our toes full time!!! Try taking a nap with bachu around and the next minute you are bound to wake up to find kuch to hua hai!!!!

Haathi mera Saathi

Bacha’s latest updates include playing with the wooden elephants. We have a couple of different sized wooden elephants that are actually decoration pieces. Bachu simply loves to pick these pieces up and roam around the house carrying them. She even makes these elephants sleep!!! Bachu will make an elephant lie on the table and gently pat it saying haathi ko neenu aayi!!!

Yeah Zulfein

Bachu loves to comb every ones hair!! She either picks up daadi’s comb and tries to comb daadi or papa’s hair or simply tugs at my hair. Other day while papa was sitting bachu picked up daadi’s comb and started combing papa’s hair.  She was so particular about the side of the head she was working that when her dad shifted her position, bachu refused to change position so that she could continue to work as per her wishes!!!!

Diya jalao

During the month of kartik our neighbours used to light diyas outside their house every evening. Bachu was so much fascinated by the diyas that she would prompty point towards them and say diya!!!! In fact it would become a tedious task to shut the dorr till the time bachu could spot a lighted diya.. aur kisi din aap agar bhool bhi jao to bachu would promptly remind you in the evening about the DIYA!!

Kiss kursi kaa

Hamari bachu ko abhi se pata hi kursi ki kitni importance hoti hai!!!. Bachu apni kursi khud le ke poore ghar mein ghoomti hai.  It is fun to see how bachu sits on her booster chair. Pehle who chair pe paon rakhti hai. Then she turns and sits. Aur agar bachu apni chair leke nahi ghoom rahi hoti hai then she wants to sit on whichever empty chair she spots. If bachu is not able to reac a chair she’;; clal out to you saying kursi and point to the chair signalling that you seat her on the chair!!!!. Ek din to dinner table pe dekhne waala scenae tha. Bachu made daadi get up from her chair and make bachu sit on it. Jab daadi nein bachu se poocha ki who kahan baithen to bachu very cutely pointed towards the next chair and refused to get up form daadi’s chair.

Cleanliness freak

Bachu ko jharu poocha aur dusting karne ka bahut shauk hai. All she needs to do is to spot jharu. Bus phir kya hai… bachu shuru ho jaati hai jharu maarna!!!! Not only this use koi bhi piece of cloth milta hai to bachu usse ya to table saaf karna shuru kar deti hai ya on the floor poocha lagaana shuru kar deti hai. At times we joke that bachu is becoming head bai!!!! Bus usse h
Laga do kaam waali bai ke peeche for monitoring her work.

Nosey aayi hai
Bachu ko aajkal ek aur shauk hai and that is to pull out tissues from the tissue box and pretend to wipe her nose. When asked kya kar rahi ho, bachu promptly responds nosey aayi hai. This shauk of bachu is messy as well as for me as she pulls out all the tissues from the box gathers them, wipes her nose and mouth and then throws the tissues all around.

Good Morning
This is the new phrase that bachu has picked up. Morning mein to kabhi dhyaan nahi aata hai par evening aate hi bachu starts off with good morning.  Bachu sounds so sweet while saying good morning!!! Ek aur cheez jo bachu nein seekhi hai woh hai 'nai' which is actually No. If bachu has anything in her hands that you want and are asking her for it. Agar bachu is in no mood to give it to you, she promptly shakes her head and says ‘nai’. Phir to there is no way that you can get that thing from bachu

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 !!!!