An eventful week!

We’ve been away from this blog for quite some time now. Chittu has been keeping me little busy these days, that I couldn’t even login to update an important milestone. Yes, Chittu has started moving on her tummy. Last week, for a couple of days Chittu was awake till 1 AM. So in the early morning hours of 2^nd April 2011, Chittu was trying hard to move in our bed and after a number of trials….Woo Hoo! She started moving. The flooring in my mom’s home is of Vitrified type and is a little slippery. So if I put her on the floor, she is finding it difficult. But guess she will do it in the floor in another couple of days.

Another significant objective is achieved too – Bottle feeding. For the very first time, I have gone against my pediatrician’s advice to feed water in cup & spoon. Instead, I have started training Chittu with a feeding bottle. Initially she had trouble getting used to it, but since yesterday, she is taking it pretty fine. After hearing lots of stories from friends and relatives about breastfed babies completely refusing bottle, started with a lot of uncertainty. She was also letting the water go through the corner of lips. But thankfully, my perseverance paid off and this is more comfortable than the spoon.

We went to S paapa’s aayushyahomam on 4^th April. A anna said it felt as if he was lifting a bundle of cotton when he lifted Chittu. She had never been a kashku moshku baby. She is on the leaner / taller side but is of the correct weight for her age. S papa was a darling. She thought Chittu was a bigger doll and tried to touch Chittu, but A anna and V aunty kept her at bay. S papa was making cute sounds of “uuuummmm” frequently. Her ganeer voice was so different from that of Chittu’s squeaky one. Met so many of our relatives and as expected Chittu was exchanged between 25 – 30 people. She was a sweetheart and didn’t mind at all. Though that night, she should have had extreme body pain as she refused to sleep on the floor. She was in my mom’s lap for almost 2 hours and every time we tried to put her on the floor, she started crying. Later, we shifted her to bed and she slept like a log for 12 hours continuously. We met J who played Veena during my Seemantham. She gifted Chittu with a rattle set. P akka has become the unofficial Ko Pa Se of this blog. She has made this page popular among her friends and in fact introduced me to one of her friends with my screen name – chittu’s mom! A anna got Chittu a couple of clothes and Playskool Explore and Grow Musical Gear Center. We gifted S papa with a frock, skirt, sippy cup, couple of fairy tales book and a bowl

Purrrrrrrrrrrr is the buzz word these days. This is Chittu’s favourite time pass. And I am worried about her thumb sucking habit. Even while feeding, rarely she puts a finger through the corner of her mouth. I keep removing her finger whenever I see. Hmmmmmm…Fingers Crossed that she shouldn’t make this a habit. Nowadays, when I put Chittu face-up on my legs to bathe her, she tries to lift her head. When I put her face-down she licks my keens and tickles me. Also, she responds when we tickle her and laughs profusely. The other day S mama casually said “Cho Chweet” and this provoked a non-stop laughter with Chittu whenever we say this. May be she loved the tone which he used. Because of her beating habit, the thin bangles which she was wearing started breaking. So J paati has got her a pair of thick black bangles. The silver & muppuri kaapus that her athais got her for punyavaajanam are fitting only now and she is wearing those along with her anklets. In the nights, she moves closer and closer to me, pushing me to the edge of the bed. I call it “Chittu’s aakramippu”. Keeping up with the TN assembly election fever, I keep Rettai elai & Lotus symbol bindis for her though I make sure I don’t take her out on those days. Thanks to the achu that Big paati got.

I had a gift voucher from Odyssey and it was expiring on 8^th. So on the way back from aayushyahomam, got some board books for Chittu – Alphabets, numbers, animals, flower, Winnie the Pooh, Jungle Book and stuff.  The toys that Chittu had all these days were a couple of rattles, a projector soother and a pull and sing Dalmatian dog. Last week, J paati got her some non-toxic rubber toys (elephant, horse, lion, fox, teddy bear, duck with 3 little ducklings) which make a poing-poing sound when pressed. S wanted to get her a key based toy for a long time now. So, we bought a drumming brown bear which plays drums when we give key. Another one which I had bought was a cat sitting on a camel and the camel moves when key is given. So it has been a shower of toys week for Chittu.

By the way, Chittu watched India thrashing Aussies in the quarter finals, beating Pakistan in the semi finals and Dhoni’s winning shot of six and India lifting the world cup, though she wouldn’t have understood anything. I have got the last few moments of finals recorded. An interesting family trivia here – I was born in November 1982 and India won the world cup in 1983. Chittu was born in November 2010 and India won the world cup again in 2011 J

The count down which was started by S in days, has boiled down to hours. Yes, we have another 40 hours before we go home!!!! J paati started her crying sessions from Monday. She says she never cried even when she got her daughter married off (Yeah!!! Thatz ME!!) My mom’s house is at a distance of 40 minutes from my place and she can come anytime she wishes to. When she is unable to bear that, I wonder how grand parents who stay away from their grand kids in different states within India, worse in different countries cope up. I have started packing and have already sent one set of things with S last Monday. Chittu is busy making rounds to C maami and T paati’s house and they are trying to make the most out of the last few days with her. R athai & Al athai came home to visit Chittu. Sidhu (R athai’s 2 year old grandson) was such a sweet fellow and we had good time listening to his gibberish talks. He was amazed looking at the cows around here and kept running to the main grill door shouting “maaadu, kannukutti” And when he fell down he beat the floor shouting “Eiiii, enna??” which was such a pleasant sight to watch

That is it for the time being. Our next post will be mostly from our home. So until then…..Bye Bye!!