Dine out

We went for dinner to NoodleHeads – B’s birthday treat. The boy ate the flat noodles after folding each of them. Once I proceeded to wash his hands and mouth ( I had to hold him in a weird angle at the basin) he proclaimed with a loud sigh - “tired!” Back at the table, he decided to take tissues and wipe all our chairs. He asked me to get up so that he could clean my seat. I had to stop him as he started to move towards the adjacent tables.

Quick weekend trip

A hard and tiring drive to Guruvayur over the weekend. The wife’s cousin’s son’s (R) rice feeding ceremony. The boy gets jealous when we talk to or carry R.

We also met relatives. On the drive he learnt about paisa, toll and singal (signal). 1 rupee is 100 rupees for him – the wife gave him three 1 rupee coins during the journey which he lost and wanted more. The return journey took a long 13 hours instead of the usual 8-10 hours because of heavy traffic.

Dusshera camp

The boy's 2 week Dusshera camp comes to an end. During this time, he has picked up a prayer (he says it loudly once in a while and I think it has Om shanti shanti shanti at the end), learned to do a yoga posture, learned many other things which he has not demonstrated it to us yet and talks a lot. A good decision to enroll him.

Golu and no midnight milk

Chinita – We went to this wonderful Mexican restaurant for lunch.  One of the best nachos I have ever tasted. The boy had a sip of Almond Horchata, a taste of the Tostadas – Zucchini and Corn and hogged the Chocolate Chilli Cake and Ice Cream. It was hard to get him back in the car, diverted his attention with a couple of tractors and he was in.

Yesterday we had Golu visits and the boy was quiet and well behaved. The wife decided not to give into his milk drinking at 2am. With the neighbors away on vacation, we could put up with the crying in the middle of the night.

Today, Ah and Aa came with us to drop the boy to school. And so he chose to walk rather than being carried or sit in the pram.

Bite and fizzy drink

We were called to the school urgently because the boy was bitten by a classmate on his cheek. The  teachers gave him first aid - washed with Savlon and applied Soframycin Cream. After that we took him to the general physician who prescribed Mupi cream.  She suggested Rabies(!) shots but we declined. His tetanus shots were holding good. He is fine. Once in a while he does point to it ruefully. The next day we checked with Dr S and he said the Mupi is good.

The boy had his first taste of fizzy drink thanks to Ah.

No diapers

Took the boy to the park wearing no diapers. Fingers crossed!

Ever since he has started wearing undergarments, he tells us when he wants to pee or potty - most of the time. There have been a couple of mishaps though.

More words and third person

Spicy
It is raining
Daiper
Running race…Ready Un Tow three
Pizza
Come here
What is this
No talking
No kissy
Awesome
What are you doing?
Tired?
What is in the bag?
Paisa
100 rupees

The boy resorts to using the third person. I read that they do not understand the concept of “I” or “me” until they are close to three.