Taking care of Rian by ourselves on the weekends is like running a marathon. You've gotta have the Runner's High to make it to the end of the day. Of course the journey is filled with wonderful moments and minor set backs, and at the end of the day, you feel the exhaustion as well as exhilaration, and pride that you took another day all by yourself. Rian makes it all worth it, at the end of the day.
Two weeks, and Mommy & Daddy are loving it so far. Let's hope it lasts for a very long time...
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Happy Diwali 2009
Wish you all a very Happy Diwali and best wishes for a Prosperous New Year
--Amit, Mamata & Rian.
Diwali 2008 was a quiet one at home, with 3.5 month old Rian, me coping with work + baby, having mom at home to help.
Diwali 2009 was quite the contrary. Our Diwali was lit with celebrations with friends this year. Special friends from Austin, Ujjval - Sonali - Aanya, were with us. Rian loved spending time with Aanya, and even learnt how to use the straw sippy cup from her. The highlight was definitely spending time with friends. Here's our Diwali photo album. Decorating the house has taken a back seat, so no diyas this year. Daddy did painstakingly put up lights for Mommy though, in the front and back patio.
Rian is growing up too fast. This week, he insisted on feeding mummy :) once mummy mistakenly showed him how to do it. Daddy joined the fun too. Rian is starting to doodle now, and interested in pens and papers. Gotta get him those washable crayons before the entire place gets covered in designed scrawls! He's fascinated with magnets, and has learnt some shape sorting too, some on the doodle board, and some on the toy house. Daddy finally got him to like the bubble maker, and he's a cute YouTube video.
Rian now has a table and chair, and Daddy gets him to sit on the chair readily when its time to wear his shoes. Rian also has a new tiger. Now our Calvin has a Hobbes :-) Hope at some point Rian can understand the subtleties and the infinite wisdom in the C&H series.
"Run run run" gets Rian sprinting from one room to another. Of course he loves to run in restaurants too, especially when his parents fall behind. Then again, there are those falls and bruises. Mommy is more prone to get Rian hurt :D but is glad Daddy doesn't strangle her over these. Right now Rian is sporting a bruise on his forehead (left) and has a mark from dash he made in DishDash for a table corner which happened to be coated with metal :-(
On the brighter side, Mommy and Daddy are taking it a bit easy, and even tried taking Rian out on a weeknight. Both agree it was a lot of fun! Hope and pray that fun times last in everyone's household, and all the kids remain happy n healthy.
--Amit, Mamata & Rian.
Diwali 2008 was a quiet one at home, with 3.5 month old Rian, me coping with work + baby, having mom at home to help.
Diwali 2009 was quite the contrary. Our Diwali was lit with celebrations with friends this year. Special friends from Austin, Ujjval - Sonali - Aanya, were with us. Rian loved spending time with Aanya, and even learnt how to use the straw sippy cup from her. The highlight was definitely spending time with friends. Here's our Diwali photo album. Decorating the house has taken a back seat, so no diyas this year. Daddy did painstakingly put up lights for Mommy though, in the front and back patio.
Rian is growing up too fast. This week, he insisted on feeding mummy :) once mummy mistakenly showed him how to do it. Daddy joined the fun too. Rian is starting to doodle now, and interested in pens and papers. Gotta get him those washable crayons before the entire place gets covered in designed scrawls! He's fascinated with magnets, and has learnt some shape sorting too, some on the doodle board, and some on the toy house. Daddy finally got him to like the bubble maker, and he's a cute YouTube video.
Rian now has a table and chair, and Daddy gets him to sit on the chair readily when its time to wear his shoes. Rian also has a new tiger. Now our Calvin has a Hobbes :-) Hope at some point Rian can understand the subtleties and the infinite wisdom in the C&H series.
"Run run run" gets Rian sprinting from one room to another. Of course he loves to run in restaurants too, especially when his parents fall behind. Then again, there are those falls and bruises. Mommy is more prone to get Rian hurt :D but is glad Daddy doesn't strangle her over these. Right now Rian is sporting a bruise on his forehead (left) and has a mark from dash he made in DishDash for a table corner which happened to be coated with metal :-(
On the brighter side, Mommy and Daddy are taking it a bit easy, and even tried taking Rian out on a weeknight. Both agree it was a lot of fun! Hope and pray that fun times last in everyone's household, and all the kids remain happy n healthy.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Super Mom and Super Dad
That's what me and HD have to become: super mom and super dad.
Rian's second Aaji has come and gone. Now its truly life on our own, with no grandparents coming to help us for a long time (by choice). Sincerely hope and pray that Rian will be a good baby, and help his parents get through the long days and long nights with little or no heartburn.
Mommy is taking on all of aaji's responsibilities: mainly planning Rian's meals. Delivery of those is definitely left to Cely for 3 out of 4 meals. Daddy and Mommy tackle Rian's dinner together.
A new symptom called toddlerhood is completely affecting Rian now. Two days before Aaji leaving, Rian decides: now I will eat only if I am allowed to feed myself! So mommy, daddy and aaji have to innovate, and come up with solid foods that Rian can pick up with his own hands and eat. Chicken, you have suddenly become mommy's best friend. Gone is that Rian who would gag at pieces of finger food. On Saturday we witnessed Rian gulping big pieces of pita bread and chicken - of course with some experimentation, repeated attempts, and very colorful clothing as a result. Syndromes were repeated every dinner, and mommy has now learnt how to do clean-up of the entire dinner area in less than 5 mins :-) with so much practice!
Now we're hoping he catches on to this little thing we humans call talking....
Rian's second Aaji has come and gone. Now its truly life on our own, with no grandparents coming to help us for a long time (by choice). Sincerely hope and pray that Rian will be a good baby, and help his parents get through the long days and long nights with little or no heartburn.
Mommy is taking on all of aaji's responsibilities: mainly planning Rian's meals. Delivery of those is definitely left to Cely for 3 out of 4 meals. Daddy and Mommy tackle Rian's dinner together.
A new symptom called toddlerhood is completely affecting Rian now. Two days before Aaji leaving, Rian decides: now I will eat only if I am allowed to feed myself! So mommy, daddy and aaji have to innovate, and come up with solid foods that Rian can pick up with his own hands and eat. Chicken, you have suddenly become mommy's best friend. Gone is that Rian who would gag at pieces of finger food. On Saturday we witnessed Rian gulping big pieces of pita bread and chicken - of course with some experimentation, repeated attempts, and very colorful clothing as a result. Syndromes were repeated every dinner, and mommy has now learnt how to do clean-up of the entire dinner area in less than 5 mins :-) with so much practice!
Now we're hoping he catches on to this little thing we humans call talking....
Dad's still got it
Daddy is so witty and humorous, but recently mommy has not been spending either quality or quantity time with him, so mommy was happy to know Daddy's still got it ;-) Overheard at dinner with his M.S. advisor Prof and friends:
- Prof shows Rian three fingers, and Rian is filled with glee. Prof says: does he always do that? Daddy says, ya, prime numbers always get him :D hehehehe...
-Prof asks Dad: did he learn how to integrate yet? Daddy says: Not sure, but he's very good at derivatives - he can disintegrate anyone!
- Prof shows Rian three fingers, and Rian is filled with glee. Prof says: does he always do that? Daddy says, ya, prime numbers always get him :D hehehehe...
-Prof asks Dad: did he learn how to integrate yet? Daddy says: Not sure, but he's very good at derivatives - he can disintegrate anyone!
It was a case of hives
Last week Rian broke out in red patches of skin rash everywhere on Tuesday. It seemed to get worse on Wednesday and so Daddy took him in to see the doctor. Turns out this was a case of hives. It was basically an allergic reaction to something. After much investigative thinking, Daddy came up with the cause - most probably the lovely pup Eva we met at Antonio-Greg's on the previous Saturday! Rian has patted dogs before, but I believe this one got a bit too close and personal with Rian, licking him when she cornered him in the corridor. Note to self: dogs are very cute and Rian loves them, but don't let them lick Rian.
Rian had an insect bite ~a month back and had a swollen right hand, once again a sign of allergy. Maybe at some point I should get him tested for his allergies. Ah well...
The hives were significantly reduced on Day 3, and completely gone by Day 5. That was a relief, especially after knowing some cases of hives can last upto 6 months!
Rian had an insect bite ~a month back and had a swollen right hand, once again a sign of allergy. Maybe at some point I should get him tested for his allergies. Ah well...
The hives were significantly reduced on Day 3, and completely gone by Day 5. That was a relief, especially after knowing some cases of hives can last upto 6 months!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
सव्वा वर्षाचा झाला
रियान काल सव्वा वर्षाचा झाला. बघता बघता वेळ कसा जोरात पळतोय... रियान पण पळतो, खूप खूप पळतो.
रीयानच्या आजीने त्याला फुंकर मारायला शिकवलं. काल पहिल्यांदा त्याने केकची मेणबत्ती स्वतः विझवली. खूप खूष झाला आणि टाळ्या वाजवू लागला :-)
माझा बाळ मोठा होतोय लवकर लवकर.
रीयानच्या आजीने त्याला फुंकर मारायला शिकवलं. काल पहिल्यांदा त्याने केकची मेणबत्ती स्वतः विझवली. खूप खूष झाला आणि टाळ्या वाजवू लागला :-)
माझा बाळ मोठा होतोय लवकर लवकर.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Regressions
Being a QA engineer for some time now, I am not very fond of regressions. Yet, being a mother, I've gotten very used to seeing these in Rian. Every once in a while, the little one does an about turn on a nice thing he was doing. Sigh.
A few days ago he could imitate sounds of tiger and cow, but he's lost them now. He had started to sleep from 9:30 to 6am and sometimes 7am without interruptions, but he's back to waking up at 2am now :-(
Other mothers tell me this is expected, you need to keep repeating things to them every day. If you stop doing it for two days, they forget!
On the bright side: fellow was very interested in the toothbrush today. I hit the jackpot as I casually slipped the brush into his left hand today, instead of forcing it like usual into his right one. Hon, I think we have a leftie in the family!
A few days ago he could imitate sounds of tiger and cow, but he's lost them now. He had started to sleep from 9:30 to 6am and sometimes 7am without interruptions, but he's back to waking up at 2am now :-(
Other mothers tell me this is expected, you need to keep repeating things to them every day. If you stop doing it for two days, they forget!
On the bright side: fellow was very interested in the toothbrush today. I hit the jackpot as I casually slipped the brush into his left hand today, instead of forcing it like usual into his right one. Hon, I think we have a leftie in the family!
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