Oh Cut us some Slack!

LOL can you tell I am upset by reading the post title? Look up! 

You know how when you don't have babies you decide a few things like - oh my kid is always going to be well dressed no matter what, & my kid will eat all organic food, or my kid will drink beer from day 1! well whatever you get my point.

So we were headed out for dinner to Royal China the other night. I requested them for a high chair but all they have a booster seats. Yeah very encouraging, people! Let's put the kids closer to the actual table so that they can make a bigger mess. So we have Miss A seated at the table on her booster seat. She decided she hates being restricted like this. So tornado A hits the table and throws everything within sight down. 

So I have to decide to be like the coolest mom ever and let her be. At this point stuff on the floor is: a dirty serviette, their menu card (which bright server gave a ten month old the menu card anyway!!), Miss A's teether, Gerber Banana flavoured puffs, Feed and Mash bowl lid. (And my brain!)

Plan of Action to be followed: Get the iPad out and play her nursery phymes! (LOVE U APPS)

So i get out her iPad, navigate this huge mess and place it before her. Now did I mention that when Miss A is happy she screams. Like a high pitched scream (which one might associate with terror but no sir - in my case my daughter is happy!) Yeah so seeing her rhymes she started screaming - at which point several others looked at us as if we were mad to let her watch stuff on the iPad. 

An she screams again and again. we are all shushing her by now but she seems to find this funny. and screams even louder.

I am not saying at all babies should scream loudly at restaurants. Oh God no! But if you see a family having fun at a restaurnt along with a baby in tow, cut them some slack. At some point of time you or people around you might have babies and babies do the most embarrassing stuff around. Which doesn't mean I don't try and discipline my child, no I of course do that. But please stop giving people the LOOK (yours-is-the-first-child-i-have-seen-screaming kinds) and give them a smile. 

Love youmiss A (screaming and all)

A delayed post with several updates

Miss A now sits/ crawls/ tries to get up. Basically the tornado mode is on. Soon she'll patter through the house and  touch destruct everything possible.

The saddest thing ever happened on the 10th of June. My love turned seven months old. But the worst thing ever had to happen. My doll was on the bed an one maid walked in. her nose ring got caught in Miss A's earring ring and my baby tore her earlobe. Its hurting me to even talk about it.

Prayers are on for my world. We decided to not go in for a surgery to repair her lobe as she's too young to be anesthetized. we would also have to keep her hungry for six hours plus so that they could give her general anesthesia. So we all decided against it. It broke our hearts to see her in so much pain.

But my baby is made of sterner stuff! she has battled it and won! Feeling so proud of her.

Love you Miss 

Mother's Day made special

Happy Mother's Day. This one is my first official Mother's Day!!!! And I'm so happy and proud. I love u my lil miss A. Its a joy to see u around me. I love it when you tiny hands clutch mine. I love it when ur tiny fingers try and grip my bracelet. 

It feels so nice to see ur tiny smile when u reveal a small gorgeous (sharp) tooth. It makes me proud when u do something new. I feel Honoured when i see you achieve something. Big hugs and kisses to you. 

I got the BEST Mother's Day gift. Miss A started sitting!! I'm so happy today. My baby is such a tiny petite doll and she sat up. It was the cutest moment ever. I wanted to pause it and record it. Wish i could do that!!!!

And of course happy Mother's Day to my  mom. Love her so much. She's been the best example for me and i love her so much. Hopefully I'm  half as good a mom as my mum is. She has seriously set such a nice example for me. 

And last but not the least happy Mother's Day to the mom i received through marriage. My mother in law has been a great support, loved me, showed me the way to adjust, taught me a few things and treated me like a daughter. I hope she helps me raise miss A just like she raised her son- the most wonderful man i married!

Here's wishing all the moms in the world a very happy Mother's Day. We all are mighty special, truly!!!! 

HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY

HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY TO OUR LOVE, OUR DAUGHTER, THE LOVE OF OUR LIVES! Its been six months that we became parents and we are so happy, deeply in love and enjoying our little love!
We love you miss A.

So today we just cut a cake and will be meeting aai and baba too! Loving every moment of this tiny six month old! It feels like all my sleepless nights were yesterday. LOL. Love you baby girl, I hope you are as happy as we are. We love you so so much, its unbelievable!

Mama and Daddy!

And that's how a mother feels

All along my life, i have prided myself on being a daddy's girl. I loved him a lot, he was my hero. In fact my friends would tease me saying i was mad about dad.

But today i know what my mum feels like. She's my best friend but dad and i always shared the most special bond. And now when i see my baby girl withy hubby i can feel that same bond there.

And i totally understand what i mom might have felt! The way the two of them meet, that special smile she gives him, the way she wants to be carried by him, the games they play. Don't get me wrong i love it all. I'm happy my hubby is so well bonded. They love each other so much is cute. But i also feel the tiniest bit left out. Its like i don't really matter much if her dad is around. I know that's not true, ad she's just being a daddy's girl. But it still makes me feel slightly you know ever so slightly sad. Ok not precisely sad but left out.

And that's how a mother to a five month old daughter feels!!!! Imagine that. I have a long way to go. School friends, permissions, parties, stay over permissions, i just know all of them are going to go to hubby!!!! Hmmmm that's how a mother feels ;) ;) ;)

A date to remember

20th April 2013: my miss A has learned the word 'bye' and now officially knows its meaning. Yesterday when we said bye to our bumps she came to us and refused to go back to her daadi. She now wants to stick to the person who is going out and roam around!!!!

Ohhhh my little fast learner. She has learnt so quickly!!!! Muaah love you sweetie pie

You are lucky

My little baby as i write this post you are sitting in your daadi's lap. You know you are lucky to have both sets of grandparents who are going totally gaga over you.

Personally i have experience the joy of having just one set of grandparents. It was amazing i loved my grand mom and grand dad a lot. I hope that you feel the same way as i have felt about grandparents. They are a blessing sweetheart and be happy you have all of them who love you so much.

You are definitely going to be spoilt a lot but remember sometimes I'll be strict. It is in fact their values that i will want to give you as they have brought us up with so many values that your dad and i firmly believe in. We are proud of our parents just as you'll be proud of your grandparents.

We all love you our doll we all are crazy about you. Muaah

The first bath

11 th April is special because mama gave gogie a bath for the first time all alone. It felt so cute. And i was all cautious. No one was helping me in the bathroom. It was just u and i. And u were an angel. Sitting in ur bath chair looking at the shower just enjoying urself. I love u my baby. You are my world.

Mama aahes ur hair and before bath also have u a massage. It was so awesome. Love u princess

The first bath

11 th April is special because mama gave gogie a bath for the first time all alone. It felt so cute. And i was all cautious. No one was helping me in the bathroom. It was just u and i. And u were an angel. Sitting in ur bath chair looking at the shower just enjoying urself. I love u my baby. You are my world.

Mama aahes ur hair and before bath also have u a massage. It was so awesome. Love u princess

The many names of Miss A

My little one. You are actually called my little Miss A. Your name is a beautiful name which means princess. We chose this name for you because we both want you to be our princess. You are going to be treated just like one all your life. But this post is all about the many other names you have.
- Bumps/Bumpy. Mama's name for u since u were in mama's tummy. Since you bumped a lot into me, whenever i spoke to u i called u bumpy. And that name i sill call many a times.
- Pari. Aai and baba's name for u. They call u their little fairy.
- Mota. Possible the name i dislike the most. It means fat ad ur not fat my love.
- Shoni. Just another name for u

Aaaaaaand your favourite name
Gogie. It doesn't mean anything. Daddy just came up with it and called you that. And now of all things u believe ur name is Gogie!!! U wont respond to ur real name but will immediately look when anyone calls u Gogie. Haha.

Whatever the name we love u very much my doll

SUPER DELAYED FOUR MONTH OLD RECORD UPDATE

Yes baby I'm sorry but your mama got sidetracked. Mostly by a baby who throws tantrums. Like crazy crying tantrums.

Yes ladies that's our thing these days. Miss A throws tantrums. I don't know how to discipline her at this age. I speak to her strictly but im totally guessing its not working. Add to that i live with an extended family and everyone is out to pamper her, madam doesn't show any sign of improvement anywhere on the horizon.

So without further ado, here what miss A does at four months
- twists and turns and rolling over is a piece of cake.
- started with solids and is loving it
- caterpillar crawls all over.
- we got hand and foot casts done. They looks adorable!!!!!
- for a few weeks miss A hated to be held by strangers. But that's passed and as log as she can see some familiar face she is with strange people.
- hates to be held like a baby.

These are a few cute things i can think of. But now since miss A is pretty much on the verge of another tantrum i gotta go!!!!

Welcome to the world of food

Welcome miss A to the world of solids. We fed our little love mashed banana and she loved it. I'm so glad she took well to it. I personally love fruits. Don't give me food, gimme fruits and I'm all okay. So its great that miss A liked it.

Last doctors visit he said that he thought that our baby might be ready to try some solids sooner rather than later. So he told us to start off with mashed fruits on Monday the 4th.

Miss A totally loved tasting the fruit and she ate a bit. We followed it with milk since we have her a really small piece of banana. Being the crazy parents that we are we clicked pictures and made videos of the moment.

Till now i have this food nazi feeling that "i wot give my baby food that's in a jar! I don't want to give her ready made food but I'll cook her food myself." Well at ones its ok. But i see many many moms just giving the Gerber foods and i feel that's not too great. As long as u give it once in a while its fine. But not everyday!!! So my baby is yet to be introduced to the world of 'baby fast food'.

Love you little doll.

Today

The cutest thing happened today. My hubby had taken miss A for a walk in her baby bjorn. Basically a kangaroo pouch. So he was walking around and miss A hates the sun in her eyes. Miss smarty pants used to hold on to his tee short and duck into his chest everytime the sun got too strong. Isn't it the cutest how babies learn these things. We need to take a lesson from them. Trial and error and experimentation is the only way to learn new things.

Its small things like these which make me want to blog. So that i remember that 5th March 2013 was the day miss A learned to duck away from the sun!!! Love u baby girl.

Three months old

My darling little doll is three months already. Well time flies. Well ok honestly when you look back it feels like time has flown by. When you are living through the endless diaper changes and the colic filled evenings, the time couldn't have been slower!!! I wanted baby to hit the three month mark like mad bcoz she's been colicky and everyone told me that once she turns three months colic disappears. Hence i was really waiting for the three month mark. I knew that once she hits 3 months my little baby no longer qualifies as a newborn. But still..... The colic was too much to bear with. I'm quite happy to report that the colic has subsided and now she is a happy three month old
At three months miss A you:
- roll over from your tummy to your back. And from your back to your side. I'm scared of leaving you alone for a bit bcoz i never know if u suddenly make the roll
- pull out mama's hair a lot. I mean A LOT. But i don't see myself getting my hair cut shorter bcoz hubs loves my hair long. And honestly i would just about die if i chopped off my hair. It took me a while to grow them waist length. Hence currently I'm seen with my hair piled all over my head but some how u naughty itty bitty girl manage to pull it out.
- smiles all the time except when i pick up my camera. As soon as i aim the phone cam towards you, u r entranced by my phn and keep staring at it as if its God. As soon as i put it down u resume your smiles.
- mama taught u to blow bubbles and you blow bubbles all day through. Everyone isn't too happy about u blowing bubbles but its so cute that no one can say much.
- have a preference about who should pick u up. And u babble until the person whose arms u want to be in takes u.
- are a total daddy's daughter. U love to be with daddy and keep cooing and babbling to him. There was a day when he was away on flight on a layover. U were so restless and the moment he came home and held u , u fell asleep in daddy's arms. No one could soothe u that day but as soon as u got ur dad u were blissed out.
- wear nb clothes and diapers still. Mama likes the diapers which are made in Saudi and makes dad buy them for u every time he gets a flight there.
- u like tummy time but there are days when i put u on ur tummy to play but u just lay ur head down and sleep off. Funny moment.
- love to watch tv. What am i to do with u!!!! As soon as the tv is switched on ur attention is there. U can be kept as far off as possible u turn ur head around, jump, do something or the other but make sure that u start watching tv.
- drink about 4 or 5 oz of milk. When u don't want milk u start removing it from ur mouth like ur a fountain. U also push the bottle away with ur tongue.
- still don't like car travel. I think its bcoz u like being in ur bed and having freedom of movement whereas in the car ur pretty confined.
- took ur DPT shots well. U also took ur Rota virus vaccination (oral drops) an ur oral polio vaccination. You get slightly cranky once the vaccine is done, like the next two days or so. Its probably the pain of the injection. Some crocin drops later ur ok.
- love to kick. U kick absolutely everything an everyone.
- u love the horse on ur cot mobile. U always keep following the horse. The other stuff doesn't interest u too very much.
- dad has now started feeding u bottles. . Its absolutely cute to see him try to stop u from jumping, put ur bib on and feed u - all when ur swatting at the bottle, putting ur bib in ur mouth and trying to jump off from his lap!
- hate it when anyone touches ur face. When the lady who gives u a bath does ur face massage u scream bloody murder.
- call me crazy but on 19th feb 2013 u laughed. Like hahaha. Not just a smile. A proper laugh. Love u princess.
- love to pull ur clothes up. I know this has to stop soon or dad will be livid. For now we find it cute.
- when ur really hungry u grab and holder own bottle. Its super cute. But of course we don't let u hold it by yourself. But its beyond cute to see u do that.
- need a lot of entertainment and attention from one of us.
- keep talking through the day.

Its so much fun takin care of u sweet pea. We love u hugely and hope u understand and feel it in some corner of ur little brain. And all over ur little heart. We both are crazy about u princess. Its a wonder to see i getting bigger each day and the way u learn new things its awesome.
Love u

Dear God

Heads up. This post has nothing to do with my lil miss A. I'm just writing about this to make me feel better

I just heard a sad piece of news. As i mentioned earlier, I'm staying at my parents house. As our usual habit hubs and i spoke before sleeping. And he just told me something so sad.

There was a lil boy born in our complex a few days ago. Maybe ten days ago or so. I remember my mil telling me to sms the phone nos of the ladies who come to give a bath to the babies. That little precious boy passed away. Can you imagine? A precious little piece of someone's world just passed away. This has made me feel so heartbroken. I cannot imagine what the mom must be going through. She must have spun so many dreams for her through these nine months. And her husband, the boy's father. He must have made his own dreams too. He must have thought to cherish his wife and his little baby. Imagine the grandparents. They must have been waiting to see the baby of their babies. Its such a terrible thing to happen. I cannot stop crying.

It seems that the baby was unwell fro birth but why God why and how can this happen to a small baby? I understand that God must have thought the best, maybe the baby would have suffered had he lived. Maybe this is His plan. But at this moment its the most chilling thing i have ever heard. I've tried to distract myself, watch some tv, read, but its just not going out of my head.

And I'm realising i have so much to e thankful for. Thank you God for making miss a healthy. Be with her, keep her safe and give us the strength to keep her safe, sound and healthy. Keep all babies healthy. The ones i know and also the ones i don't know. Babies are meant to be happy. They are so innocent. Please please keep them happy and safe. Once the babies are happy, the parents will automatically be happy. There's nothing like a baby's smile to make the worst day feel nice.

I realise i might be grumpy at times, at times i might not say thank you to God enough. But please God you know you are constantly in my heart. Please know that all parents just want their babies. Please keep them happy.

Miss A i love you so much. I'm thankful that you smile, it makes my whole day amazing. In thankful that you squirm wen i m dressing you up, it means you are healthy. I'm thankful you cry because it means your lungs are good. I'm grateful for every dirty diaper bcoz it means you are digesting the food we give you.

I might get tired and exhausted at times but even that exhaustion I'm grateful God.

Please please bless that family again. Please make them happy again.

Everyone please be thankful. And pray for that family to get through this tough time

Mommy

its been so long since i wrote a post from my laptop! whew.....but today finally.....finally after what seems like a decade, i am posting from my laptop.......oh sweet laptop how i missed u!

but enough lament about my laptop and me. i m here to post about something else. rather someone else. my mum. for the past few days i have come to stay at my parents'. it feels awesommme! just nice and comfy to stay at parents post delivery. my mum has been doing just about EVERYTHING for me. diaper changes, minding the baby while i rest, a great masseuse, cooks the most yum food that i love,  burping miss A once i finish feeding her, or feeding her with bottles, looking after the thousand guests we have, i dont even know where the list starts and ends. she is caring, giving and most wonderful and always takes care of her family.

its such a great blessing to have a great mama. miss A hearts her aai. she chats with her for hours - giving me some time off! she is the best blessing i have ever had.

i am the MOST grateful to God for giving me the BEST mother ever. hope to be atleast half as this good to my miss A!

TWO MONTHS OLD

My sweet lil miss A has turned two months old yesterday. I did the obvious sticker in onesie celebration. But my poor lil baby has to get her DPT shots yesterday. Sad moment. But my brave l trooper just wailed once. Mama shed a few secret tears. But my baby was okay as soon as daddy held her. Even the doctor remarked that we have a brave girl.

At tiny two my baby does:
- stares at the fan for long periods. She holds a conversation with the fan.
- holds conversations with her aai.
- has learned to jump. So she pushes her feet with all her might and tries to go behind.
- supports her head slightly better.
- responds so well to my name. As soon as someone calls out to me, miss A is all alert and ready to stare.
- doesn't want to be held all the tome. Infact at times she wants her own space and loves to be on the bed.
- if someone's holding her, but not talking to her, miss A coos at them to get them talking to her.
- when i say 'hi' 'hello' to her, she opens her mouth in a eee and ooo shape. This has happened a considerate no of times so i know its not a happy coincidence.
- poor child is still colicky.
- holds her neck steady. At this age she really advanced
- weighs 4.4 kgs that's about ten oz
- is 56 cms long
- has learned to spit her milk out for fun.
- the cutest thing when she's crying for milk and i put a bib on her, she immediately knows that the bottles coming so she calms down and opens her mouth for a feed.
- loves her massage before a bath.
- can use both nb size and s size diapers. Awww switching from nb to small is surely a milestone!!!
I love it. I love my lil two month old. Love you baby

Happy New Year

Wish you all the happiness in 2013

Sweet

Awwwww one of the sweetest moments ever. I'm lying down besides baby A and trying to get her to take a nap. She was making some weird sounds so i looked at her. And miss thing just dropped her paci and smiled at me. Awwwww

Ok now she's wailing but that was a sweet moment. Had to be documented. Love you baby girl.