Laugh Baby Laugh

One of the first things expected of an infant is to recognize faces and smile.Kuttu was of no exception.The first thing that made him smile was the tube light. I have no idea what fascination a 25-day old would have in a tube light but he would look at it and break into a smile.
Its wonderful to hear your baby laugh!! It gives you a wonderful pleasure and satisfaction that your kid is happy.When he was around a couple of months old my husband's father would say "Laga Laga laga" and he would burst into laughter.V is a happy-go-lucky kid,always smiling.I am referring to an instance here where he would laugh out loud.Then when my dad and mom played ball with him on their laps he would laugh for every throw and every catch.My husband would sometimes put him on his lap in a kind of vertical position with his head on his knees and his legs leaned against his chest.He would gently press his legs as if massaging it and say "Papa ku kaal ellaam valikkum.Papa nerayya nadanthuttaan "(Baby has walked a lot...Baby's legs would hurt) and V would break into a sweet laughter. What amuzed our kiddo was totally unpredictable.Some of the things I said used to make him laugh.For instance once I said "Oh..Oh" for something and he found it so funny.Same reaction was for "Achacho".I often used to repeat these to him just to see him laugh.
During our visit to Chennai we took him to one of the so-very-crowded garment shops and he was sitting on my husband's lap in one corner while we ladies were busy selecting.Vidyut was laughing uncontrollably.I have no idea what made him so happy;Whether it was the colors or the crowds or the lights.
Now he is seventeen months old.We have this advertisement on TV for a Super-Mom show in one of the Tamil Channels.We see mummies competing with each other in some athletic adventurous events like rock climbing and motor-bike riding.One mother comes running passing the rubber tyre hurdles lined in her way, trips and lands with a crash. This scene evokes instant laughter in my son. They have this serious music playing when she falls but he finds it totally amusing.ha ha

In The Play Area

These days I have started taking my son to our apartment play area in the evenings.Our junior is very very interested in anything he can lay his eyes on there.This includes the toys of the other kids coming there.His own toys? No way!!! They do not arouse his interest.
The first day I went without taking any toys.Kids here have these cars and bikes in which they can sit and somebody can push.He was totally engrossed in exploring the cars and cycles of the other kids.The next day I took his car along.It did not match his speed requisites.His interest shifted to the balls that the other kids brought.So the next day we took his ball.Now he became interested in the walking sticks of the old ladies coming for a walk.
He always goes in the reverse direction in the slides.And of late his practice is to climb on to the play pen(using the reverse slide method :) ) , come to its edge and just fall or rather jump freely.And mummy is supposed to catch him.
There is a shuttle court there and he loves running there and picking up the rackets of the kids playing there.These rackets are pretty expensive and the kids' parents most probably would not take any damage to those lightly.He would take the badminton racket and drag it on the floor.And I would go running after him to save the racket from him and myself from any unexpected expense.

Skin Care Day

Today was skin care day for my son.In the morning I was busy in the kitchen.There was absolute silence in the house.Kuttu with no noise is kuttu upto some definite mischief.I came into his room and saw that he was washing his toy car with calamine lotion.I had placed it on the bathroom shelf and he had somehow got it.Now he had opened it and he had the pale pink lotion all over him,his legs,arms and face.And he was happily applying it all over his car.
In the afternoon I was preparing lunch for our little brat.I came to the hall and saw that it had been whitened.He had caught hold of the talcum powder and had somehow opened its lid.So there was talcum powder all over the floor and he was rolling away to glory in that.He had the powder on his hair , nose,cheeks and was a funny sight.And the nice rose fragrance lingered throughout the day in our home.He was playing in the spilt powder as if it were snow.

No Curd Day!!!!

Today its a no curd day for us.Not that we are into some kind of fasting.It just ended up like that.Yesterday after we finished our dinner, I placed some milk on the stove and came to the hall.I got so engrossed in the latest reality show that the milk on the stove became a totally forgotten event.After some time I felt something burning.I rushed to the kitchen to check if I had forgotten to switch off.Now this part of the story is something I myself am not able to comprehend.I found everything in order in the kitchen.The flame was probably in a very simmered state and I mistook it to be off.I came back to the hall announcing that its from somewhere outside.My husband said that probably its the barbeque party downstairs.I even grumbled and cursed the partying folks for producing such obnoxious odours.After some time the memory of the milk I placed on the stove came crashing out of my memory.You should have seen the sight.The vessel was pitch black and the kitchen smelt horrible.I somehow heated some more milk on the microwave and poured some curd and retired for the day.The next day our Kuttu woke up very early as usual.I found him playing with his toys and I went to the washroom to brush and freshen up.It would have been hardly five minutes.When I went to the kitchen I found that my darling tall toddler had toppled the set curd from the kitchen counter and had spilt it all over the floor.And he had curd on his feet as well.So first chore of the day was cleaning up the curd on the floor.So mommy and sonny together ensured that daddy gets no curd today!!!!

I hate sitting in the pram!!!

My kiddo is now nearing seventeen months and one of the latest developments is that he can climb on to the stroller all by himself. When we are all set to go out he would come running,climb on to it and secure the safety latch also.But the other side of the coin is that he can also climb out of it.Well not exactly but he can free himself of the safety belt and stand on it like Houdini who has just freed himself from a tight lock.Obviously we cant push him around like that.The end result is that its becoming a tough experience going out now.As long as the pram is in motion he is fine.But if I stop at some point immediately he would be up on his seat.This becomes all the more difficult when the things in the shop arouse his curiosity.And most of the shops that we visit would very much fall into that category including any department store.No amount of tightening of the belt has been of any help.So now the only option is to carry him around!!! Its fun in its own way though.

Chubby Cheeks Dimple Chin Purple Lips Teeth Within

This afternoon I was having my lunch...kuttu was going around here and there inside our house....i got immersed in something on TV for around ten mins...that was more than enouogh for my daring tiger to wreak havoc...i went around looking for him and he came out running from the bathroom with purple hands,feet and lips....i took a look inside...he had climbed on top of the covered toilet commode and picked our Regaul Liquid Blue used for whitening clothes.And that was the source of the color change.I quickly washed his hands,feet and mouth and brushed his teeth....Luckily its not poisonous or anything.....what a sight he was with chubby cheeks and purple lips.....

Laptop becomes key less

Yesterday we accidentally left our laptop on our mattress and thats one place easily accessible to our little brat...it was hardly five minutes after that...we noticed that he had skillfully plucked out the X,B,N,<,V keys from it.....And b was missing also.....my husband painfully spent an hour and somehow managed to put the keys back in place...Despite that some of them are standing at an angle of the Leaning Tower of Pisa right now...i searched all over the place for the missing B but could not find it all....Full of frustration i started typing a message on facebook when i realized that the space bar was not working...and viola!!! our missing B was under the space bar....we used my tweezer and managed to pull it out and put it back in place.....