The independent passenger!

Today Sparsh sat alone in his own seat in our flight to New delhi. I realised that he is still so tiny when I adjusted the seat belt on his waist. he was very brave thru take off and landing and enjoyed all the attention and food that he got in between. I have a feeling he is going to love to travel..may he see the whole world!

Help me sit!

Sparsh can stand on his own but he struggles to sit back. It is a mixed feeling to see him asking for help to make him sit..he looks aggressive yet vulnerable!

Tease-Tease

I dont know where all he learns things from...the newest cute thing he does is that he would offer you some food or some other nice thing and when you reach out to take it..he would tease you and pull it back. I love the twinkle in his eyes when he does that!

Pain gain

Sparsh now has a sense of pain and can locate the exact part of his body where he is hurt. A big leap from when he used to just keep crying every time he banged into something..not understanding that the pain is coming from where.

Cadbury's has touched life!

Today Sparsh had his first taste of cadbury's....wish for many more to come. Check out the grin!

My baby's babies!!

Sparsh has discovered that all the soft toys that he has are his babies. He would copy me and treat the toys as small babies. he would put them to his shoulder and gently pat. he would put the milk bottle to there mouth and offer them food. The best is when he tries to put them to sleep by gently putting them on the pillow and singing to them. I am amazed and impressed with the little instincts.

Mommy don't cry!

Sparsh cries when he sees me cry!!! he would try to come as close to me as possible as if to comfort me and telling "Mommy don't cry"!

Tantra-wise

Saw some cute tantra t-shirts for kids t shoppers stop. Could not believe that they had few in Sparsh's size as well. Here are some of the designs that we finally picked. I love the wsh care instructions on them...it says- "Mummy..I am allergic to Dhobis" :-)

Shall we dance!

I held Sparsh's tiny hand and did ball dance like movement...he caught it very quickly and soon we were dancing and Sparsh was like-'lalalalala" :-)

Holy Cow!

Sparsh had his first feed of cow's milk today with lil choco flavour for added taste!

Wipeout!

Sparsh has understood the concept of a towel....he grabs any towel or napkin close to him and starts wiping himself!

With Love!

After a big debate on wht should we give Sparsh as a gift on his first birthday we discarded the options of cycle, gold, dreses, etc. to give him his first set of board books! We hope he likes them :-).

Happy Birthday to you!

We cant believe our lil one is already one!!!! May God bless him always!

Parenting guides for toddler years!

Frequent flier!!!

Sparsh is not even 1 year old and he has taken 6 flights already! He enjoys all the attention he gets from the pretty airhostesses and uses sign language to ask for water and other goodies to be served. On the airport his favourite place is the bagage claim area and he watches the bags on the belt with lot of interest..not to mention the frequent waves and smiles that he keeps giving to the co-passengers!

The ascent!

Sparsh climbed a few stairs for the very first time. I will have to be very careful now onwards but I am so happy on his upward mobility :-). See his effort to get on the sofa-

Discovering his own games!

With the confidence that he got from pulling up and cruising..Sparsh has started discovering new games that he can play. His current favourite is to stand behind my back and bend to one side to say "taaaa"! I love it!

Cruising!!!

Sparsh has started moving all over the living room carefully moving from one peice of furniture to next....the books tell me that this milestone is called cruising! So happy cruising!