Well, he doesn't approve of being kept waiting for his milk bottle for anything over 30 seconds. After this time he lets his displeasure know by loud angry complaints. As it takes a minimum of 3 minutes to get his bottle ready, this is a source of considerable stress to his harried parents.
Baby D hates being surprised. Any sudden movements or sounds annoy him and he cries as if the world has personally conspired against him. For instance, his beloved "Mr. Lion" rattle once sneaked upon him suddenly only to be greeted by a very rude yell. He was asleep in my lap and I happened to choke on my food and cough..the same indignant yell. On the other hand, in the run up to Diwali, a very huge and noisy "chatai" was set off right below our window. All Baby D did was to appear mildly puzzled, frown in concentration and then shrug it off. So I'm not really sure where he stands on this at present.
The other thing he most disapproves of is TV shows or movies with "language" and content that a mildly conservative person might consider inappropriate. He's been known to sit through episodes of "Big Bang Theory" or "Master Chef", but he wouldn't let me watch the weekly "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps".
The last weekend we found a movie called "We are the Millers", hooked up the good ole "home theatre", made sure that Baby D was fast asleep, broke out our very own pints and crisps and settled down on the bean bags. Well, Baby D broke that party within the first fifteen minutes. His excuses were plenty - diaper, milk, cranky, etc. Point is he disapproved of the content. He didn't want us getting corrupted.
And so today, spotting a clandestine opportunity, we thought we would try to see it again starting at the very beginning - a very good place to start. Bad move, we should have started where we left off. Soon enough Baby D was up and protesting. He wanted to be fed. So we did, and then too he looked haughtily disapproving. So to cheer him up we walked him around at which he continued to grumble but protested even more loudly at being put down. Finally putting his bad mood down to the wrong clothing for the weather, we gave him a complete makeover.
He came around at this, flashing his smile and wanting to forget past differences and have a heart to heart chat. Daddy D wanted to continue the movie right then and Baby D insisted we spend some quality time at baby talk. Baby D of course won that round. And so it went on...Baby D slept in brief spurts where we grabbed our dinner, caught snatches of the movie, finished other chores, shushed Baby D again.
It took our determination and diplomacy and the better part of four hours, but we have now seen "We are the Millers". Will probably need to have our entertainment pre-approved in the future.
Baby D hates being surprised. Any sudden movements or sounds annoy him and he cries as if the world has personally conspired against him. For instance, his beloved "Mr. Lion" rattle once sneaked upon him suddenly only to be greeted by a very rude yell. He was asleep in my lap and I happened to choke on my food and cough..the same indignant yell. On the other hand, in the run up to Diwali, a very huge and noisy "chatai" was set off right below our window. All Baby D did was to appear mildly puzzled, frown in concentration and then shrug it off. So I'm not really sure where he stands on this at present.
The other thing he most disapproves of is TV shows or movies with "language" and content that a mildly conservative person might consider inappropriate. He's been known to sit through episodes of "Big Bang Theory" or "Master Chef", but he wouldn't let me watch the weekly "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps".
The last weekend we found a movie called "We are the Millers", hooked up the good ole "home theatre", made sure that Baby D was fast asleep, broke out our very own pints and crisps and settled down on the bean bags. Well, Baby D broke that party within the first fifteen minutes. His excuses were plenty - diaper, milk, cranky, etc. Point is he disapproved of the content. He didn't want us getting corrupted.
And so today, spotting a clandestine opportunity, we thought we would try to see it again starting at the very beginning - a very good place to start. Bad move, we should have started where we left off. Soon enough Baby D was up and protesting. He wanted to be fed. So we did, and then too he looked haughtily disapproving. So to cheer him up we walked him around at which he continued to grumble but protested even more loudly at being put down. Finally putting his bad mood down to the wrong clothing for the weather, we gave him a complete makeover.
He came around at this, flashing his smile and wanting to forget past differences and have a heart to heart chat. Daddy D wanted to continue the movie right then and Baby D insisted we spend some quality time at baby talk. Baby D of course won that round. And so it went on...Baby D slept in brief spurts where we grabbed our dinner, caught snatches of the movie, finished other chores, shushed Baby D again.
It took our determination and diplomacy and the better part of four hours, but we have now seen "We are the Millers". Will probably need to have our entertainment pre-approved in the future.
Lol! Of course you'll have to take his approval:)
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