My favourite Martian!

Tummy time!!

Signs of growing up

- looking at the door when someone opens it
- laughing loudly
- greeting people with a smile and some gurgling sounds
- falling asleep on his own without having to be rocked to sleep in someones arms
- realizing that all his clothes are suddenly shrinking super fast and that he needs new clothes almost immediately
- when he doesn't cry too much while getting vaccinated
- keeps himself engaged without wanting / demanding to be surrounded by people all the time
- is particular about his things - has to be put to sleep on his little mattress and wrapped up in his gold-spot / Popeye blankets
- expresses likes and dislikes very clearly: spat out a spoonful of formula that we're trying to introduce him to, eagerly licked some honey off my finger and kept sucking my finger till the sweetness was gone, demands to be kept warm and will keep screaming until we make him wear a sweater / wrap him up in a blanket
- long conversations and an increasing vocab - aaaa, oooo, aagoo, tedbaded, deessss, pphhbbt, phrrrr, mmmmm, mannan, angeya, ummmemmemm
- lots of drool!

In 2 days time, Tiny will be 3 months old! Yayyyy....first milestone! :D

one of my fav pics

sticking his tongue out at the camera!

Puttu Brahmana

Well, some fancy dressing mood this morning and this is what happened! :) Didn't have the traditional panche-shalya (Dhoti) to complete the look.

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A 3-day old Tiny and my mom

An almost 3-month old Tiny with my dad!

Playthings

Tiny is alost 3 months old now. He can see clearly, recognizes familiar people, voices and places, loves to see anything new and colourful, grasps things that come close to his hand, laughs out loud, curls his lower lip to make a perfect crying-face, catches hold of my manglsutra and pulls himself up(!!!), rolls down from the lap, turns over when am holding him in my arms and kuchiku-wuchiku-kissy-wissy him and so much more.

So, while at the mall recently, shopping for sweaters for him, I wanted to buy some toys for the little thing. I saw some small micro bead turtles and frogs and dogs. Tempted, I picked up one animal each, tossed 2 sweaters into the shopping bag and went to the counter for billing. Somehow, when shown the bill, I calculated and re-calculated and checked the items and asked the fellow to check the prices properly. I realized that the finger-sized toys were priced at an obnoxious Rs 499 each!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Promptly and shamelessly, I picked out all the toys and placed them where I'd picked them up from. I attracted some strange looks from others in the store. I didn't care. It just doesn't make sense spending about Rs 2000 on 4 teeny-weeny stuffed toys for a 3-month old infant who doesn't even know what he is looking at. Also somehow nothing can justify spending so much on toys. Little kids get bored of stuff very quickly, they throw them around break them, spill stuff on them and what not. So when something simpler and less expensive can entertain them just as much, why not. Here are a few things that have Tiny's attention, make him laugh and play by himself four hours together.

With his kangaroo skull cap!

His FAVOURITE fruit bear & strawberry towel

Yes those are some red leaves that Tiny is staring at. 

Some colourful pieces of cloth tied to a white string. He just loves looking at this :)

Tiny's day(s) out

So far, Tiny has visited a mall, an art and furniture exhibition at Nehru Centre, gone saree shopping by auto and to a relatives place to visit another great grandmother and of course several visits to the hospital!!! I must say, when not at home, he's such a well-behaved baby. No crying fits, no crankiness, nothing. Just a calm, gentle little fellow who even spares onlookers a few of his precious precious smiles!

One of the rare Mamma-baby photos! Taken at the art exhibition on 12 Dec 

Fast asleep at J-aunty's house: Taken on 19 Dec