Rishab at 47 Weeks

Rishab is growing up so fast. Every day he is becoming more and more expressive. He is now proficient in walking .. still walks with his hands out stretched and tries not to touch or take any support while walking. Sometimes he is so fast that I feel he will almost fall down. Now he has become quiet expressive and understand a lot of things.

His nani has taught him concept of fat and thin and now he also know Tall and short. When we say " Giraffe is tall" or "Papa is tall" (he is a six footer) Rishab will very cutely lift both his hand to show tall. He is adorable. He tries to speak also .. tries to say "bye" "mmmaa" he also say "baa baa" when he hear baba black sheep. He tries to copy what we say. If we say "Blue" he repeats with "booo" when i sat "catch" he will say "cas" for "car" he will say "caaa". One very funny thing about my baby is ... when we try to tell him "Rishab that day we saw so many apples and papaya in the supermarket" he will look up at the ceiling and try to recollect what we are speaking about.He is a darling and very cute. I feel he has one not so good habit... Many a times it so happens that he is crying to either carry him or to come out of the bath tub during bath. At such a time if the person he is requesting does not help him by "carrying him" or "getting him out of bath" he will request another family member to help him... (now is the interesting thing..) if the other family member lifts him or removes him from bath he will look at the other member with and smile .. which say "So what if you did not lift me I got someone else". It quiet funny.

He also loves to play hide and seek with his papa. Once his papa is back from office he plays hide-and-seek with Rishab. At that time my house is full of laughter. Rishab will start giggling each time he finds his father. For him its a big achievement. Rishab will roam around the house like a little man. 

Fun never ends with the little man running all around my house !!!

Rishabs routine at 10 months

Well I posted his routine at six months and now its changed and very drastically. Nowadays Rishab gets up anytime between 7 and 8 in the morning. He will stretch like a king and then we make him sit on the potty. Like a good boy he will shit. It will take him about 10 minutes. Then Papa will dress him and make him sit on the high chair and eat his egg yolk. He has been eating egg yolk since he is 6 months and he still loves it.. like his first love.

Then we will put on his shoes and he will go down for his morning walk in the with Papa or nana. Once he comes back we give him powdered almonds with honey. This is followed by his breakfast which is cerelac or oats or raagi. Now being mango season he eats mango and loves it. This will be followed by lots of walking and playing. Then he will nap for 45 min to an hour. Once he gets up he is again energetic. He will have his orange juice and cheese and then see some ABC phonic video on the laptop. This is followed by reading the picture word books which he loves. He will walk around and play again.. then we will bathe /sponge him and make him eat food. He eats rice and day mixed with vegetable. Sometimes its paneer with palak or peas. He also eats fish rice or chicken rice. Very good baby. Does not fuss over food. You just need to give him something in the hand for him to be occupied and he will finish his food like a good boy. This will be followed by a 1-2 hour nap depending on his energy levels.

In the evening he will have either some fruit or some baby biscuit with cheese. We will dress him up and then take him down to play on the slide and do some exercise in the Gym. He loves to run behind bicycles and touch the pedal. He can recognize the seat, pedal and wheel of the bicycle.The will walk in the gym and see the trains/buses and cars on the road. Around 7.15- 7.30 pm  we will get him back home, wash his hand and legs  make him have water and then his dinner. This will be followed by play , massage and bath.

The one thing that we all fear is giving Rishab water to drink. Most of the times the water will go in the wrong gullet and he will vomit out everything... out savior at that time is the Cerelac Wheat and Honey. If he vomits we will wait for 10min and give him this cerelac which he will happily eat.

He is in bed by 8.45pm to 9.00pm and asleep by 9.30pm. The night story is ... we are still getting up once or twice or on worse night thrice to Rishabs eh eh eh. Now we have actually given up counting the night wake ups as its become quiet unpredictable.. Also because the poor boy is teething and is  in between his walking milestone.. we think he must be disturbed because of the pain or some nightmares.

One thing is for sure.. each day is more and more enjoyable with Rishab!!

Milestone on 14May2012 - WALKING

I had to post this.. little Rishab took his first steps independently on 14 May 2012. A memorable date for me!!.
I also need to describe this eventful moment. I was massaging Rishab, did his legs and stomach and then as usual he was not ready to continue lying down. So I made him stand up and do the "titanic" and then turned to take some oil for massage... and guess what I saw.. Rishab has walked 2 steps. Not believing my eyes, I made him stand again and tried the same .. and he walked again... oh my it was wonderful.. He was so excited to walk himself. so me and my mom made him walk again and again.. and he totally enjoyed himself. He walked almost 10 steps at one time.. What an achievement!! Truly commendable son!! Keep it up.!!

So now my inner wish that he walks on his first birthday will come true :)

My first mothers day !!! Rishab 44 weeks

13 May 2012  was mothers day!! My maiden mothers day!! It was a fantastic feeling and a day that made me feel special. Although Rishab cant yet wish me a happy mothers day verbally he can very much show it in his actions.. Infact he always does things which make me sooo happy that I feel its mothers day everyday!!.

This week we saw another progress. Now Rishab does a "Titanic".. Whats that??? Well it  means he tries to stand without support. He will lift his hands above his waist and stand for a couple of seconds without support laughing loudly.. like he achieved some miracle .. then he will sit down.

This weekend saw another milestone being achieved. Rishab first pearly white projected out like little knives.. well the whole week before that was nightmarish as he would get up so often because of his teething that we were left totally exhausted.

This weekend we took him out to the mall and to West coast park He enjoyed a lot at both the places At the mall he love sitting on the baby car and moving the steering round and round.. He was not ready to allow any other baby to sit on it. He also bullied a bigger baby to give his balloon to him.. It was a rather funny scene. We also took him to a supermarket and he was very excited to see the apples, banana and oranges there. At the west coast park he was thrilled to see kites flying... something he sees in his books daily.

We actually look forward to the weekend to take him out and see him enjoy!! 

Rishab at 43 weeks

Now Now Now.. baby Rishab just wants to walk from the last week.. He just needs one finger and he will take you to the place he want to go... not yet walking without support but will soon start doing it.

He is becoming cuter  by the day!! He now bends his head to the left and right to see us. He looks like a doll... now more so because he is wearing a hair band... his hair has grown really long. Whoever see him cannot believe that he is a boy!! he looks like an adorable girl. Now he expresses himself a lot. he will take you to the thing he wants to hold.. he enjoys playing with his cars and buses. He hates dressing up... its a war he fights with whoever trying to dress him up. He is also kissing family member when he is in mood.

We are really enjoying each moment of his growing up!!