Too good to be true :)

That is what I felt about the 1 feed night the previous day. The boy was back to his normal last night. The first time he woke up, took about an hour to rock him to sleep. There were 2 feed sessions after that.

On the brighter note his vocabulary has improved - "tta" is the most frequently used word, followed by 4 to 5 cryptic words that end with "va". He longer needs to be lying on a pillow in the wife's lap when he is fed. He has become big for it!

1 feed night!

Last night for the first time (since he was born), the boy woke up only once for a feed (that lasted only 5 minutes) and slept till morning. The wife was worried and woke up once in a while in the night to check on him :)

 

I was under the impression that he will be wide awake in the morning. Once the wife left for work, the boy slept! After he woke up, A the Nanny fed him but he refused to eat the meal of oats. A walk in the stroller, back and he ate the remainder of the oats and slept again after that!

 

On a different note, I have been cutting down accessing internet (FB, Whatsapp et al) from my smartphone - only once in the morning and once in the evening - and guess what? A single charge is running for the 3rd day now. I always wonder if this influx of smartphones can be a factor for the power shortage in our country . Our old Nokia phones could go for 3 days on a single charge and now? These smartphones require charging everyday (atleast the heavy users have to).  Take an example of Samsung - 86 million smartphones sold in the last quarter, iPhone sold 51 million. Huawei sold 16.6 million smartphones and Lenovo sold 13.6 million. For the entire 2013, global smartphone shipments reached a record 990 million.

 

990 million smartphones being charged every 2 days? Mind boggling!

A dinner outing

So last evening we decided to head out for dinner. I went in to enquire if a table was available and once confirmed, told the wife, who went in, while I parked the car. The boy flashed his widest smile at the lady in the reception and when her friend fussed over him, he flashed even a wider smile!

At home, he does not enjoy sitting for a long time but here, he sat quietly in a high chair (his first one by the way). No fuss! We enjoyed our dinner, the boy was thrilled with the people, lights and slept on the way home. Got home, took him out of his car seat, moved him to the bed and waaaaaaaah!

Needless to say, we had a tough time after that - as in the past few days, after each of his feed session during the night, he threw up a big fuss before falling asleep.

On Saturday, I had the good fortune of attending a gardening workshop on a novel way of gardening - Square Foot Gardening - organized by the Square Foot Farmers at The Daily Dump. I was surprised when Vishwas, one of the organizers and a terrific guy, narrated his talk with a boy studying in 8th Std. Vishwas asked him where the vegetables at his came from and pat came the reply, "Supermarket"! Neither from a farmer not from earth. It is amazing how ignorant some of the children of today are. It is time workshops like these are introduced in schools. Unlike adults, these children do not come with a corporate baggage in their heads.

Sleepless nights are back...for now

The boy usually wakes up in the middle of the night (2-3 times), has his milk and goes back to sleep quietly. The last 2 nights - he just did not go back to sleep. He has been very cranky and I walked around rocking him. Put him back on the bed, he cries, wakes up again and the cycle continues. Needless to say, my morning routine has gone for a toss. The wife, who generally leaves home for work at 815 am has been leaving only after 845 am. I hope it gets back to normal soon!

The boy's first book has been delivered - Bedtime (Touch & feel book).

His first words?

I heard the boy say "Baaaaa" today. Most of us do not consider that as a word but that is the first syllable that he has uttered that comes close to a word :) The wife claims she heard the word "Maaaa". I was not around for that!

Another road trip

Another road trip for the boy over the weekend to Chennai. He sat through the 750 km trip in the car seat without any fuss. After Saturday, the boy saw me only yesterday evening and he was so thrilled to see the me that the wife was annoyed :) He does not react the same way when he sees her after a long time.

He has a distinct lack of interest in babies of his age and likes spending time with boys and girls who can walk, talk and play with him!

Cough cough!

The boy has picked up this fake cough habit to grab attention.  The Ragi concentration has been increased now. 3 scoops to the earlier 2 scoops. We also started him on mashed sweet potatoes which he loves.