Rishab at 33 weeks

This week was very busy and lots of new developments took place on Rishabs Front.

The week started off with Rishab mastering to sit up from the sleeping position. One night my hubby got up to go to the bathroom and saw my son had sat up on his bed at 2.00 in the morning. He was so tensed that he woke me up. I gave him milk and he went off to sleep. Actually we realized he had sat up in his sleep, we guess he was practicing his newly learnt skill.

A good colleague of mine made some khichidi powder for Rishab. He ate it with not so much of liking, and for days he had diarrhea. Seems like the new food did not suit my baby.

Rishab also fell and hurt himself for the first time this week. It happened so that he was sitting in the park with a friend and lost balance and bumped his forehead onto the ground. He cried for real this time.. no crocodile tears. A big swelling on his forehead and how he hated to apply ice on it.The good part however was that the swelling subsided quiet soon.

Another new thing that Rishab has mastered this week is step climbing (with support obviously!!). When we take him to the park he will climb up the step and is currently so fascinated by climbing that want to climb up everything ...the door, the fridge. He has become a Spider-Baby !!! He can also stand up with support on his own the only criteria being the support should be the right level (about 9 inches).

Another milestone achieved this week is crawling. Now Rishab can crawl quiet well. I think in another 2 weeks he would have fully mastered the art.

Awaiting his next milestone eagerly!!

We shifted to a new house this week .. will write more next week. Too tired now!!

Rishab at 32 Weeks

Last week stared with a visit to a friends house with Rishab. Whenever we go to someone place he will find it so new that he will keep looking around and observing things and people. If our friends lift him up and play with him he will he happy to play with them. But if they just lift him and talk to him, his face will change to a cranky face within minutes.

The week also saw Valentines day, so a brought a rose for Rishab and guess what he did!! He smashed the rose with both his hands and then gave a beautiful smile.Now he has also become very affirmative in certain things. If he does not like being in the walker and want to come out he will keep crying with crocodile tears and these will stop the moment any one picks him up. We have managed to trick little Rishab in eating more atleast for dinner. He will eat about 3/4th of a bowl and then he will seal his lips like someone has applied fevicol on them. No amount of coaxing of distraction can open his mouth. So to make him eat more we will change his taste and offer him some fruit puree which he likes, so he will take some more spoons till he is finally done. After this we don't force him or it could mean asking calling for trouble (he may puke out if too full).

This week during one of his trips to the park he learnt to climb the steps with our help. He has now understood how to lift his leg to take the step up. Quiet an achievement for his age.The funny part however is his going down the step. He is so anxious to get down that he jumps down the step instead of putting down one leg at a time.But I am sure he will pick this up sooner or later. He also did a funny thing at the park this week. There was a chinese girl who came to play with him. He gave her a nice smile she touched him and ran away. So he forced himself out of my arm and wanted to walk can go behind the baby girl. He was literally following her everywhere until he got tired. Chasing girls has started now itself. Lets see what the future holds for him!!.

The weekend was not so good, Rishab had major teething problem he was biting on almost anything and everything. Right from his blanket, to the remote, to the strap of my purse, to the his own finger, veerything was in his mouth. Guess the first teeth are anywhere around the corner. Lets wait and see.!!

Rishab at 31 Weeks

This week Rishab started playing a new game - hide and Seek with us.Once he is done with his food, we put him in the walker and push him to one side of the hall, then one of the family member will go an hide behind one of  the bedroom doors. We will knock and call out his name. Rishab responds with great enthusiasm. He will run in his walker and come over to the first bedroom door. He will then analyse with the help of the knocking door whether we are behind the first bedroom door. If not, he will move further down to the next bedroom and find us. Once he find us - What a smile!! We repeat this game a couple of times, this helps him digest his food too. So a fun game for all of us.

Another thing he has started enjoying is eating curds (yogurt). Even though he will be full to the brim after his lunch, if we offer him curds he will jump for it. He will put his finger in his mouth and try to hold the spoon and cherish his curds to the fullest. He has also started enjoying egg yolks. So whenever his grandpa has half-fry he offer the yolk to Rishab and my little baby will eat it will a lovely smile on his face.

When hubby and me come back from office in the evening Rishab is very happy to see us. He will actively start kicking his legs to show us his excitement. He also started making some weird noises like "Hee Hee Hee". His dad calls him a donkey ("Hee-Haw" minus the "Haw")

Rishab has also become very strong. Now he will not open his mouth if he does not want food. Any amount of distraction is a waste of effort for us. He will close his mouth very tight when a spoon come closer. Also massaging him nowadays has become an effort. he will not bend his legs to cycle, like he would do earlier .. I guess he is bored of the massage now.

Rishab has now reached the maximum height in the walker... he has grown taller... so now he bends his legs and walks in the walker.. An he has become a pro with the walker. He can maneuver the walker like Michael maneuvers his F1. He run across the room now. Its a lovely sight to see. Love to see him grown.

Rishab at 30 weeks

My sweet little baby is now 30 week old and he is growing very fast. He continues to understand new things everyday and now his world seems to have some meaning. He has learnt the meaning of STOP, SIT, STAND and JUMP. And his reaction to all these words is almost spontaneous. Just yesterday he was jumping and one of us said "SIT" and he immediately reacted and sat down. This was followed by all of us clapping for him thus encouraging him. But little Rishab gave a confused look as he did not realize why we were clapping. I feel his brain makes him spontaneously react even before he understands that he has reacted.

Another very prominent change that we noticed in him, he has become very expressive. When he wants a particular thing he will make some sound to indicate it. Once we ignore his request, he will change his cry tone and make it more expressive for us to react. Sometimes he will leave us with no choice but to let him have it his way. We like to give in sometimes and at other time we are in awe - about how he gets it his way :-)

We have also seen him being patient at times. In mornings and evening when he know he will be taken down to play he will patiently wait for us to get ready and also allow people to get him ready. He will sit quietly observing us getting ready. Once we are ready and go over to him he will stretch out his hand to indicate "Carry Me and Let go out!!"

We have observed the start of another milestone, crawling... to reach out for objects, Rishab will raise his butt and try to go on his knees and will succeed to an extent but is still not so confident. He has also gathered enough strength to lift himself up to a standing position when we offer our hands to him. Lots of exciting moments ahead!!