Aditi goes abt her business in a very serious yet casual manner.
One day, last month, I stood watching her. She had begun to crawl fast and was done exploring the underground of the sofa. Abruptly she changed direction and turned towards the TV-cabinet. She reached for the handle of the drawer and i held my breath waiting to see what she's upto. Coolly she pulled it open and took out the umbrella from inside.
I didn't reach for my camera. It was the first time she was doing such a kurumbu but i didn't have an inclination to record it digitally. That's what happens with ur second child. you know the chances that u will go back and play the tape/dvd containing this particular scene is remote. Rather record it in your mind. i frequently find myself recalling Nidhi's baby-hood moments - the day she asked her first question, the way she would pronounce certain words... everything is recorded permanantly in my mind. In my experience, pics have a better chance of being browsed thru than videos being played back. Which is y once or twice a year we get prints made of all our fav pics. And every once in a while i sit seeing all the albums in our house.
However, with Aditi, i find myself less and less inclined to record/photograph. i just go with the flow and savour that particular moment. And, share it with Santosh when he comes home.
Blogs r different. Both santosh and i re-visit my old blog(which is full of Nidhi and 'Nidhi-ism') and derive immense joy in reading and refreshing our memories. Which is y even though a month has passed i am sitting and writing this down here - the first time Aditi opened the TV-cabinet drawer. The kurumbu is captured here and her cool and non-chalant attitude, captured in my mind.
In the same matter-of-fact manner, she surprised us last week. i was sitting on the sofa and she slowly held onto my dress and then the sofa cushion and stood up. Although she has been holding onto us and standing up, this is the first time she held a stationery/non-supportive object. A couple of days later i found her standing up using the cot and peering into the gap between the bed and the cot.
So, 7-and-a-half months and standing up with support. (What, i am making things clear so that when Santosh and i re-visit this blog in our old age, we won't have to peer at the dates and count and calculate her age!)
And, when i started writing abt it, i never thought every week there will be an update to the matter. Usually she will have a couple of spoonfuls and then start 'phoooooh'. Then, couple of days ago, she saw me 'peshanju-fying' the rice and started 'phooooh'. And yesterday was even better. In what can be described as an improvement of the very respectful manner in which she says phoooh, she went one step further - she stuck her tongue out at me and said phooooooooh. Yeah, thanks Aditi! i am most amused.
(The one thing i can't do is stick out my tongue and say phoooh. Nidhi and santosh are experts and have tried to teach me many times to no avail. Now Aditi has joined their club. Like i said before, i am the one who feels adopted in this family!)
The next post has to be of Nidhi - so much is happening and i am taking so long to blog abt it.... Plan, plan, plan... plan ur time, Sangeetha! Oh, that's me talking to me, pls ignore!
One day, last month, I stood watching her. She had begun to crawl fast and was done exploring the underground of the sofa. Abruptly she changed direction and turned towards the TV-cabinet. She reached for the handle of the drawer and i held my breath waiting to see what she's upto. Coolly she pulled it open and took out the umbrella from inside.
I didn't reach for my camera. It was the first time she was doing such a kurumbu but i didn't have an inclination to record it digitally. That's what happens with ur second child. you know the chances that u will go back and play the tape/dvd containing this particular scene is remote. Rather record it in your mind. i frequently find myself recalling Nidhi's baby-hood moments - the day she asked her first question, the way she would pronounce certain words... everything is recorded permanantly in my mind. In my experience, pics have a better chance of being browsed thru than videos being played back. Which is y once or twice a year we get prints made of all our fav pics. And every once in a while i sit seeing all the albums in our house.
However, with Aditi, i find myself less and less inclined to record/photograph. i just go with the flow and savour that particular moment. And, share it with Santosh when he comes home.
Blogs r different. Both santosh and i re-visit my old blog(which is full of Nidhi and 'Nidhi-ism') and derive immense joy in reading and refreshing our memories. Which is y even though a month has passed i am sitting and writing this down here - the first time Aditi opened the TV-cabinet drawer. The kurumbu is captured here and her cool and non-chalant attitude, captured in my mind.
In the same matter-of-fact manner, she surprised us last week. i was sitting on the sofa and she slowly held onto my dress and then the sofa cushion and stood up. Although she has been holding onto us and standing up, this is the first time she held a stationery/non-supportive object. A couple of days later i found her standing up using the cot and peering into the gap between the bed and the cot.
So, 7-and-a-half months and standing up with support. (What, i am making things clear so that when Santosh and i re-visit this blog in our old age, we won't have to peer at the dates and count and calculate her age!)
And, when i started writing abt it, i never thought every week there will be an update to the matter. Usually she will have a couple of spoonfuls and then start 'phoooooh'. Then, couple of days ago, she saw me 'peshanju-fying' the rice and started 'phooooh'. And yesterday was even better. In what can be described as an improvement of the very respectful manner in which she says phoooh, she went one step further - she stuck her tongue out at me and said phooooooooh. Yeah, thanks Aditi! i am most amused.
(The one thing i can't do is stick out my tongue and say phoooh. Nidhi and santosh are experts and have tried to teach me many times to no avail. Now Aditi has joined their club. Like i said before, i am the one who feels adopted in this family!)
The next post has to be of Nidhi - so much is happening and i am taking so long to blog abt it.... Plan, plan, plan... plan ur time, Sangeetha! Oh, that's me talking to me, pls ignore!
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