Jaanu's Today!

Its an amazing feeling to see someone grow and when its your own child ,the joy and happiness doubles! All toddlers are autodidacts by nature. It amuses me every time my daughter does something new all by herself.The unconditional love they show by just hugging us or by just resting their tiny head in mom's lap. They truly understand the love and make sure that they give back the love in their own way.

Things she can do now :

Snatch the keyboard from the desk while I am typing or browsing over the Internet.

She can hold on to something and stand for a while. She stands with the help of TV stand and tries to catch the subtitles.She throws stuffs at TV,those include,plastic spoons,toys,plush etc.

I play rhymes for her from a CD and when ever I play it she is looking all around the house in search of lady who sings the rhymes in TV. Its very funny.

She is like wildfire in her walker. She claps,runs and jumps (sometime all together) accompanied by a loud scream when she sees our maid.

Tries to hold the broom when our maid is sweeping

She talks(Blabbers - something like "voooozo") when ever I am over the phone.

Sometimes she bites me with her tiny teeth on my cheeks ,I take that as a kiss or love from her.

She can open the drawers and take out the things thus making a mess .

She can reach the tip of the counter top ,she is on her toes when she does this. I was really horrified to see this.. What am I gonna do if she grows even an inch taller Lol :)????

She loves to explore refrigerator. She stands right in front of the door without letting me to close it.She takes out all the items and drops them on floor. Thank God! she cannot carry the juice cartons yet.

She makes me happy everyday!

Luv u Jaanu!

Jaanu's Today!

My girl is keeping me really busy. I feel I am raising a toddler already though there are 3 more months for that to become official. I dont know what's left in store for me ,but definetly its pushing my limits..

Things she can do:
I was teaching my princess to clap her hands for quiet a long time.. Every time I clap my hands ,She will pat the floor.

She was watching her favourite commercial and at the end all she did was clap her hands.

I was thinking I should have tried teaching her this by keep playing the commercial for her ,once she realized she was clapping ,she did that again and again .

I was so happy. I was able to see the happiness in her eyes. The happiness of something she was trying to learn for long time. My daughter is learning things. That's amazing and wonderful.


She talks to me "Voooooooo" (put a surprised emotion on her face)

She is atrracted to metals n steels now. She loves snatching our plates.
She is amused by shadows and sun light. She plays with both :)



I am happy about the thing that now we can start introducing her with some of our food as she can deviate a little from the strict baby food routine. She started asking for buiscuits,juices,chocolates and everything we eat ,If we dont give her she imitates like eating. That's so cute that noone can resist the feeling of giving her atleast one bite.


She spits the food when ever I feed her. The fountain of cereal falling on her face makes her giggly. She spits the food and giggles. This is her routine!


One thing I learnt from parenting so far is "Patience" . Each day my threshold raises yet I am enjoying every bit of this. Love you Jaanu!

Jaanu's Today!

Today my baby is 9 months old. Phew!!!
I often ask this myself every month,How did that happen??
Ohh!! My baby girl is growing fast.. .

Things she can do:
Vasanth has a routine of kissing our munchkin (regardless of what she is doing) before going to office. We(both Jaanu n myself) stand by our front door to wave him "ta ta"

Today Jaanu was probably tired because of yesterday night's repeated jumping sessions . She was just awake and Vasanth waved "Ta ta" to her ,half asleep she opened her tiny eyes and winked at him then came a angelic smile and waved her hands.We both were flabbergasted. I was like when did she ever learn that?

This was probably the first thing she learnt from us. Waving "Bye-bye".

She can roam around the whole house in her walker and do all naughty and dangerous things.

She jumps in walker when she is happy.

She goes near the coffee table and bangs any solid thing on it.The louder the noise ,the harder the hit becomes accompanied by a squeaky laugh.

She can reach the switch board at lower levels. She puts her fingers inside the switch board.

She plays with the garbage and broom.


Few milestones achieved and yet more to come. The more I achieve the happier I get and more courageous I become. Thank you God for giving me enough strength.
Love you Jaanu.

Jaanu's Today!!

She is 8 and half months already. Having my cutie in my lap and watching her doze was a beautiful and a mesmerizing feeling. I carefully laid her on the bed and lied down near her watching her sleep . As soon as I lied down she turned towards me and put her soft cushy,mushy hands over my neck. Its amazing that this lady knows I may slip away from her. But with these tiny and adorable hand over you ,Never!I have never felt so cozy and calm. I wondered whether we have changed roles,We will be sharing same love eitherways

Her Do's and like's:

My bubbly baby can hold on to anything and stand for a while. The fun part is she stands on her toe like a ballerina ! She loves the "Vodafone -Zuzu" commercial on TV. She can distinguish between the commercial and others.She can clap now . She loves to be cuddled by me before bedtime.She is most energetic and all hyper person after midnight. I love what her outfit says in this picture!

"Im pretty,Mummy is prettier,Papa is luckiest! " If its not clear from the picture. How true Isn't it??? I so wanna hear this again and again.

Jaanu's Today!

There are some moments which are beautiful and cherishing when there is 'silence' &'peace' in it.Sometimes If I am not able to go for a walk, I spend some time with my angel either on the couch cuddling or in our balcony . Today I was in the balcony with Jaanu in my arms and gazing over the three teenagers giggling,Children playing at the park,Old people chattering on the sidewalk and smell of some food made by our neighbour.I looked at my angel ,When ever the wind blowed ,her soft hair will fly,She will gasp for a breath and give me a killing smile folled by a ticklish laugh. I wonderd what she might feel about the cool breeze? But I am quiet sure that She was enjoying it. I love this sweet nothings with her. Love you baby.

Jaanu's Today!!!

When ever I write something under this subject ,It gives me a feeling that I am a columinst of a Newspaper "Jaanu's Today" . Lol ;D

Things she can do :

1. Can crawl utterly fast on her knees. If she is locates her favourite things the speed increases proportionally!
2 .She can say "Ba ba ba ba" when I say "Ba ba ba ba" and "mamama" when I say the same. Still depends on her mood
3. She raises her voice if we raise our voice.
4. She can point her index finger like she is warning us,It looks so hilarious!
5. When I play peek-a-boo ,She comes near me and takes my hand from my face and feel happy that she saw her mommy. My heart melts even thinking about it.
6. As she got her first teeth (25/03/11) and she prefers munching our fingers. I love it though.
7. She can nod "no,no,no" when we do and shakes her body up n down for saying "Yes ,yes,yes" . It amuses me how the kids learn to do the things which are not required at all.
8. She loves to play with both of us at 3:00 am. She just keeps looking at us, If we open our eyes she gives that deadly smile with wink.Irresistible !
9.She tries to clap her hands by tapping the floor. She is yet to learn the realy clapping.
Observation
We got her toy which has different actions in them like push,pull,slide and turn buttons ,While doing each action right the box pops open.
Thinking that it will be helpful for logical reasoning we showed her the toy. The first thing she was attracted to was the box popping out.
But the funnier part was ,She concentrated more on closing the box rather than doing the required action. Probably she was thinking why we are there for?
Kids learn at their pace. That's what I told myself.

Jaanu's Today!

My munchkin is 7 and half months old now.

New Learning's!

1. Last month she learned to get on her knees ,go back and forth as if she is warming up to crawl .

2.One fine day we were watching TV and all of a sudden she has started crawling on her knees (05/03/11).The first thing she does after learning to crawl is to head straight towards the coffee table. I remember when we were buying the coffee table I rejected so many nice ones because it was not child proof.
Moral of the story : Go with your child's intuition. Don't go over board in child proofing thingy! Kids body is designed to absorb little shocks!!!
I have kept the coffee table behind the couch now as I am tired of fearing she may get hurt :(

3.She can also sit without support in an awkward way as if she is doing Yoga!! Lol ;)

4. She can say "Abbbbaa" in spite of me trying to teach her say "Ammma".

I feel two sides of me,the one which feels so happy on seeing my gals little learning's and the other which makes me feel "Aw www!! My sweetie is growing fast !"

Luv u Jaanu!

Letters to my baby(Jhanvi) !!

This post has been lying in my drafts for a long time. I was confused whether to just take the picture of my letter and post it or rather write the same content .

I chose the later as I wanted to show the hand written one only to my daughter when she is old enough to understand that.

The moment I realised that I have a new life in me ,I was first amused that how will my baby know me? I started thinking how much she has developed now ,When can she hear me? ,Who she might look like? I wanted to connect with her by all possible ways. There are few things which you always treasure and one among that would be the letters ,then it occurred to me why not write a letter to my dear most ? It's not because to show her how important she is to me(Isn't that Obvious??) ,Its for the fact that I wanted to share something (exclusive )to her .When ever I was feeling down with something I used to tell her that you should be always with me. U should not go to anyone and find secured in me and with me. OH boy ! My daughter is a listener ! She sticks to me like a fevi quick. :) and I smirk when ever she stops crying the moment she comes back to me. OK back to my letters. I am not a poet neither I am good with words. I know for sure what ever I wrote was true from my heart .

On 15/02/10

Hi My baby,

As I dunno whether you are boy or girl . I just don't care ! I love you in all ways. The fact of you in me is an emotional and an intense moment for me.I wanted to share this fact with you. I am the luckiest person to be chosen by God to keep you in me for 9 months and after birth share with your dad for rest of our lives. I will be born again with you as a mother and thank you for giving me that identity. If you happen to feel sudden jerks ,Do not worry its just me jumping out of joy for just having u in my tummy. I Love You !!



Your Mom ( I giggle when i say this ) ,



On 15/03/10

Hi Dear,

I am so happy today though I am always but today is extra special. You made me feel that you are there in me . You responded by giving me a twirl in my tummy. Yes ! You (so called) Kicked me . Mommy din realize it at first but eventually I understood that its You who is playing with me, I cried out of joy . I wanted your father to feel the same . I am telling you its definitely a wonderful moment which can be shared only among us(You and me only) .I promise I will treasure this for life time. I Love You !!
Your Mom .

On 16/03/10

Today ,At last your Dad felt Ur tiny kicks. Oh ! the joy on his face was priceless!

Your Mom

On 17/06/10
Now that you are growing quiet fast in me and the time to wait is getting shorter ,for the day I can hold you in my arms .Hear u cry,laugh,whine,sleep. Your twirls are more powerful. You are not able to kick hard probably because you don't have enough space there. Hold on baby .You will be out in this world soon. Though we were together for past 8 months ,the joy of seeing each other face to face is overwhelming. I love you and Meet me soon baby!

Secret : I have a childhood picture of your Dad . I see it before i write these letters to you.

Era-My Pregnancy

I was supposed to rave about this when i was pregnant. But some how I was not able to or I was not interested at that time 'coz of so called pregnancy hormones.After giving a big thought about this I was like why shouldn't I write about it now??

As everyone says and knows.. I was on top of the world after i came to know i was pregnant.. I wanted to scream.. Vasanth usually accompanies me every time .Irony is I chose this day(Dec 8 ,2009) to go to the Doc alone :(

Called everyone at home.. Went to buy some juice and some healthy food as i was pregnant. Taking extreme caution that i choose everything organic. Doctor gave me an appointment for Ultra Sound Scan(USS) to know how much my baby has grown.

On the Day of USS I was tensed and highly excited .I dressed up nice as i was gonna meet my baby for the first time ! Doctor was looking at the screen and I couldn't hold the excitement and asked doctor what was his observation. The first word came out of him " Yes! There is a Single Live baby with Heartbeat" . I was like "There is a heartbeat?"
I was captivated by the thought that I have a life in me. I asked doctor whether i can meet my baby?? He was so generous enough to show and explain. He showed the heartbeat . I was finally able to spot that tiny bean :) I stopped myself from crying like a baby in front of the doctor. Phew !!!! I was 8 weeks. I was standing in front of mirror and expecting a bump right away.

This is a picture of 12 weeks of Jaanu ! By this time she was playing tennis and football in my uterus already. My daughter waved a "Hi" . This might sound too melodramatic but I witnessed it and everyone have to believe that.. I have the proof .
In India doctor don't reveal the sex of the baby. Its against the law. Sigh!! I wanted my baby to be safe.
I was advised by doctor that I should be keeping my mind free and happy.
I was already on cloud nine.I used to remind people around me that I am Pregnant ask them to make or keep me happy as far as possible. I kept myself away from sad novels, serials,movies and chats. Listening to good music. Ate healthy food and hogged on cravings when ever i had any.
Few things makes me wonder :
1. I am a coffee lover but in my first trimester I literally hated the smell of it. It made me so nauseous.
2. I never liked Pickles but in my first trimester I used to mix rice with the Pickle for meals .
3. My mood swings were higher and used to be all over the place sometimes.
My first trimester was over before i knew it. I spent all of it by sleeping and vomiting ...

On March 16th I was having my morning breakfast, watching tv and I felt something on my tummy. i just waved my hand on my tummy thinking it to be an insect
After some time again i had the same feeling. All of sudden it strikes me that it might be a baby's kick.

I muted the Tv and kept a hand on my small bump ,Now it was powerful one. She gave me a first kick. I was jumping out of joy and told my husband who was in office that i felt her for the first time. I was thrilled ,cried for sometime ,giggling like a small girl. I was talking to her.
I was thinking to write to my baby before she/he lands on this world.
I wrote a letter to her .
Time flew so fast. Vasanth used to take me to beach just to have a nice air. I loved beach and in my pregnancy i loved it even more. I used to feel that my baby will breathe this fresh air with me. I imagined my baby playing with waves with her/his father holding her/him so that she/he wont go far.
I was happy ..very happy.. There are lots of things which left unsaid. But its like a princess story in my mind.
It brings tears to my eyes even now wen i am writing this. :)

The above picture was taken during 28 weeks.

Love you Jaanu.

Jaanu's Today !!

It was 8 p.m Saturday night(05/02/11) . Jaanu was playing with her toys on the floor while I was preparing her cereal. I kept the cereal cup near her and went inside my room to grab a towel. Suddenly I hear Vasanth screaming Whoooooo!!! and when i reach the spot ,the cereal cup had a major accident. It was upside down and Jaanu's hands were making pictures on the floor with the spilled cereal. It was fun to watch my baby do that.We make a note of the date ,take pictures laugh ..blah blah blah.. Trust me ! It will not much of a fun to watch this again and again as there is something that you have to do after that hodgepodge and that's called "Cleaning" .

Couch... Ouuch!!

After coming to Bangalore I hardly had time to do anything other than taking care of my Jaanu... I got so used to just engage myself with her ,I was not at all interested to do anything else.
One fine day when Vasanth asked me "Do u remember how to cook?"
Yes ! He was right(That's what i told myself) ,its been 7 months I went inside kitchen .Well all good things comes to an end..I resumed my job-doing house old shores. We went out for shopping for furniture wen my parents were here...We decided on things placed order for couch...The couch arrives on 24Th and guess what??? My daughter threw the bottle filled with milk on new couch on 25Th.Most of it was on me though but had tough time cleaning the couch...

ManyaSri - Jhanvi

What to blog about this girl???
She was born on July 22nd,2010.
Named "ManyaSri-By our Acharyan" ,"Jhanvi - by us" on Aug 1st
She is officially 6 months old now and identifies me :) and her eyes follows the direction where ever I go without a blink
She gives the widest smile on seeing her father and gives "Who's She?" look at the maid.
She can roll over on her tummy and move backwards :)
Keep a toy in front of her and she moves away from it by crawling backwards..This is followed by a frustration of not been able to reach the toy
The more frustrated she gets more far she goes .. LOl.. Fun to watch..
Started giggling and blabbering "Ayyaaaaaaaaaah" "Inga" "Aphoooooo- accompanied by a fountain of saliva from her mouth ".
The rest of the world is a big "NO" for her.She's totally a mommy's girl and hates to go to strangers...
Playing with her wen she's with me is not a problem.. The moment some one else takes control.. The lioness starts roaring ,but I was surprised to see the ease and comfort she shared with my Mom wen they were here for the New years.It was really nice to see the Grandma-Grandaughter bonding..

She keeps pulling her legs in front of her face.. Probably wondering what are they for??? Rest is next..
P.S..Im just writing all rubbish.. It may not mean anything to readers but it means a lot to me. I just wanna keep track of daughters growth now and then.. I luv u JaanuMaanu !