The Eighth Month

Watching your child grow day by day in-front of your eyes is a different pleasure altogether... and I feel fortunate enough to see it and feel happy every time he does something new..

We got Abeer's head shaved on 12th of this month (12th March 2011) according to Hindu tradition the baby is supposed to get his scalp hair shaved before he turns one year old.

Abeer now stands without support for more than a min or so and crawls in super fast motion... lately he has learned to open chester at our home and has special hidouts like under the dining table, in th kitchen under the slab etc... He now loves to play with water and as its summer already i let him do so by making him bathe in his lil frog swimming-pool.

He has started eating food on his own since he turned 8 months old. Generally kids don't start that early but in Abeer's case i feel he has got teeth quiet early so he now wants to chew and eat everything he gets on his own. I give him apples in a bowl, grapes, chick peas (boiled), boiled pasta etc and he eats them all on his own picking up one by one. He sometimes make a mess also whn he doesn't want to eat... Making him drink water is a huge task for me.. the only thing he is making me struggle for... as he doesn't like to drink water.

I keep his sipper beside me every time i feed him and give it to him in between meals but he seems least interested in drinking it...

he has learnt to make faces now and since yesterday been crawling with his eyes closed and banging his head here and there... i wonder wht thrill he is getting from it :D...

On 16th of March the date he turned 9 months old he walked around the bed with support for the first time :)

That is it for this month see u next month with more updates

that it for this month

The Seventh month

Am bit late this time in updating my blog... and its quite understood why... as I have an active kid around who gives me little time to do my stuff.

Abeer now crawls, sits while crawling, can stand up with support and dares to leave the support and stand for 5 seconds or so and sometimes even moves around in small steps and started pincer grasping uffff.... so much in one month... :D

My last blog was on 19th of Jan and after that the date chart is

22 January - Upper Central Incisor left and then I lost the track and by 28th of January he had 6 teeth 4 upper Incisor and 2 bottom. on the same day he started standing up with the support of the headrest of the bead...

On 31st of January onwards all of a sudden he started crawling properly on knees and started sitting in following two days in between of his crawls.

Since 19th of February he started Clapping... he still sleeps a lot for 5 to 6 hours in the day and whole night... stools still are not in any fixed pattern and got cold and cough for the third time since birth... Bye till next blog

Sixth Month old wonder

A new year has come... and few days back my bundle of happiness turned seven months old... but am here to share his sixth month developments... I started feeding my baby with semi solids and water from 16th of last month ( DECEMBER). I was surprised to see his reaction to food... believe me he is just like his parents when it comes to food... he made no fuss, no tantrums and from day one he was having food full on.... though water is something he still doesn't like but food any type any form he ate everything i have made him eat in last one month :D

I started with Kheer on day one and then suji in milk and with salt... khichri, dal with zeera tempering, cerelac, mashed veggies, chapati sometimes (as he wants to eat whatever his parents are eating) and milk dipped biscuits.

Abeer also cut his first tooth on 28th of December and that too an upper left lateral incisor :D and second tooth appeared on 16th of January 2011 upper right middle incisor... few more are partially visible as if now but are still under a gum layer, 4 upper incisors and one lower and the count is 5 in total... :) He sits now for a longer period of time and still crawls on tummy as well as knees... can say a mixture of both. He started saying ma ma ma ma from 11th of January 2011. Till now these are the developments will see you next month with more updates till then ba bye....

The Fifth Month

I couldn't update my blog in November as it was a very busy month due to festivals and birthdays. My baby who is right now 5 months and gonna turn 6 months in just three days from now is a BIG BOY :)

Fifth Month developments were crawling by his tummy, he also try to raise his knees ( I sometimes wonder how he knows the act). One funny thing that he does is raise himself on his hands and move his neck back and froth :D

He has become very chipku now and doesn't want me to leave his site even for a second... He also understands that BYE BYE means that somebody is going out of house so who so ever it may be my domestic help or a neighbor he is ready to leave with them as they bid him Good bye waving their hand. He sometimes makes a fuss also to move around in the house. As usual he likes to grab everything around and now a days tries his best to reach it by stretching his arms. he has also learnt how to make noise with a rattle ( i mean now he knows how to bang it in the air or on floor to create noise) He has started saying mummmmaaaa while crying and it started on 12th of November.

On 25th of November he fell off the bed for the first time and on 12th of December for the second time. It really hurts to see your baby crying in a loud pitch due to the hurt of a fall. I also cried with him both the times :(......

First time it was due to my negligence and second time my husbands... :(

We met Doctor for his Hepatitis B injection day before yesterday and he told us to start semi solids from 16th of this Month.

He has asked me to start with one thing and make him eat the same thing for at least 2 days at different intervals so that he develops a taste for it and then introduce the second thing...

I have to give water also from that day ( Doc said boil a glass of water for him in the morning and store in a bottle for which will enough for him for a day)

I am thrilled about his starting eating but scared too as i don't know how he would respond to it... will update about his eating in my next blog till then ba byeeeee

Full Circle... and Month 4

From Last October 2009 when I started blogging till today October 2010 ( a full circle) life has been a roller-coaster ride... last year I was bubbling with happiness and chirping like a bird as I was to be a mom and this year I am a MOM already rather a super MOM ( Abeer will agree to it am sure)... Its really fun to have a baby... his little accomplishments as he grows, day by day and month by month is such a fulfilling emotion that only a parent can understand....

My baby is now 4 months old and easily rolls over his tummy and back... every time he dose it in front of me I make sure to applaud for him to encourage him and my claps and hugs do get a wide smile on his cute little face...

Now my little wonder recognizes me and my husband very well. As he returns from work he is welcomed with cycling kicks and hand tabs on the mat by my baby (and of course a kiss from me). Bonding between parents and display of affection in front of the babies is very essential I personally feel... it bonds the family well.

As the winters are onset I have started giving my baby an extra layer of clothing and pyjamas or tights for the legs. As he has started urinating quite often so I have to change is dippers at a regular 2 - 3 hours difference.

At four months his process of teething has probably started as he grabs on everything (even my mobile) and wants to chew it hard... I have got him silicon teethers or gum smoothers which keep him busy.

After roll overs on his tummy he has also started raising his chest with support of his hands like mini push ups... and he also goes round and round on his tummy easily by now...

bye till next month...

Month One, Two & Three

Its been three months I could pullout time to update my blog.... I think its enough to understand that how much it takes in terms of time also to raise a kid... I will separate all the three months in this part of my blog to cover up

Month One

My little one was still tiny then... he smiled but occasionally and am sure it was not our talks or cuddles that amused him but something going on in his own mind.

Me and my husband are sooo lucky to get a sweet and calm baby like Abeer. He has never been a a cry baby and is a sound sleeper at night. One thing that troubled us and him almost since his birth was RED rashes on his hips at the anus area. As per doctor his intolerance to lactose (Lactose is present in Mothers Milk) made his potty acidic. These were gone once I started giving him ISOMIL - lactose free milk's 2 feeds in a day when he was 2 months old. His potty before I started giving him bottled milk was loose, bright yellow and frequency in day was 4-5 times. After ISMOIL in second month it became once in a day early morning. During his first month I once suffered from cough, cold and fever and he also got it from me but only the fever. We gave him Crocin drops 2 times in a day for a day after doctors advice and he was fine.

(Abeer's clothes size for the month Infant - Small)

Month Two

The tiny one was now little grown up and his smiles also became often... the thighs now with regular massages looked plump. My son caught severe cough and cold when he was 2 and a half, we had to nebulize him and gave him steam alternately as per doctors advice. Watching him in body pain due to fever (he moaned while sleeping) and coughing with a khur-khur sound was terrible. He got bronchitis which takes 7 days to recover no medicine practically works during this time but yet kids are provided with them probably to stop the infection to grow. I did some home remedies too like warm mustard oil massage on the chest, pouring warm water on his chest while giving him bath, patting his back while he coughs to make the cough go down his food pipe etc.

During second month his head movement became little controlled and his cycling kicks hard and rigorous. See him kicking and squealing in joy is JUST AMAZING.

(Abeer's clothes size for the month Medium)

Third Month

My Baby today is 3 months and 11 days old. He now recognizes me and my husband very well, he smiles back at our every smile and sometimes show tantrums when we lay him down on the bed from our lap. Now he knows very well that i am the one who provides him with his staple so he turns towards me as soon as i lay down beside him. He has started turning and tossing side ways... roll overs are rare but he is still unable to free his arms when he turns on tummy. He now can join his hands and take them in his mouth, grip is also there he holds his rattles or my hand firmly now.

For past three four days he wasn't passing stool which is absolutely normal as per doctor till baby is on mother's milk. But as yesterday was the fourth day I inserted a glycerin bud dulcolax for children 5mg and he cleared his tummy. Alternately what I do is put lots of soap on piece of cotton and insert it in his hips which also make him pass stool.

(Abeer's clothes size for the month Medium and Large)

My Bundle of JOY - A baby BOY

Sorrrrrrry for such a late post... but the reason is forgivable as am a Mother of a cute little wonder... I was blessed with a baby boy bang on my Due Date 16th June 2010

As I never got the natural pains my Doc started to induce pains from 15th of June morning 9:30...

Inducing was done by inserting little tablets inside my vagina. I went through 5 inductions in total till the real drama began...

I was almost fine till night almost having a negligible pain and only 1 cm opened cervix... At 11:30 the pain started reaching the bracket of 40 to 50 (this is measured by a machine attached with a belt to your tummy) and the doc said the cervix will start opening fast when the pain will reach 100 or above...

Around 2:30 when my waters broke the pain was unbearable... though its difficult to define the pain but it was for sure somewhere in my back may the hip bone....and was sooo sooo sooo acute that i cant put it in words.

I pucked, screamed, begged for a C section and epidural but as the anesthetist was not available I was left in the pain till 8:30...

Around morning 8:30 the cervix was 4cms open... and around 8:45 something I was given an epidural.... I remember very less after that as I slept after an epidural for 2 hours...

Around 10:30 cervix was full 10 cms dilated I was taken to the labour room an 11:00 I was a MOM...

The Labour room process was easy for me as I was on epidural and couldn't feel anything below my back... they asked me to push and here he was....

It was a journey I can never forget... the pain I can never ever forget... and a moment of joy I can never forget....

'Now more to come about my baby's growing up... so wait and read........:D