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 !!!!
