Baby D is at a stage where he's learning new things everyday. He's already cooing an impressive array of sounds and has recently picked up two new coo "words". The first is "Aao". He's been practicing it until he can get it out two or three times in quick succession and he's pretty pleased with himself when he does that. The second coo word is "'lo' which of course means "Hello". Now I had been trying to teach him that and with a little attention and maternal bias you can see how he touches his tongue to his top palette followed by the "o" sound. Even I am not carried away into thinking he knows what it means. Though his timing might lead you to believe he does know, saying " 'lo " when nani comes visiting. No, in all probability he's just showing off his newly acquired addition to vocabulary.
The other thing he's learning, is to grab - he can work his arms up and down and out, but not inwards yet and he doesn't know the concept of bending at the elbow. So his success in this area is fairly limited at the moment. He manages to grab my face regularly and chortles delightedly at his feat. He attempts to grab with both hands "Mr Lion Rattle", but presently looks like he might be trying to give him a bear hug.
He's also beginning to show an interest in "Mr Spots", the stuffed toy giraffe with a wide smile that's been handing around his cradle patiently for a while now.
(He's got the biggest limbs you ever did see
And the tiniest tail you ever did see
He's got little ears and little horns
And he eats leaves all day long)
Well, with all the playing and learning, Baby D forgot to sleep last night. Try resisting a newborn who wrinkles his nose and gives a toothless grin and brightly indicates that he's willing to party. And so we partied..all night long, Baby D drinking copious amounts of milk and me fighting to keep my eyes open all the way up to 3 am when he suddenly nodded off.
He's now in a state of jet lag (as am I), sleeping throughout the day and being generally cranky during his waking intervals. He's been asking to be walked around and then trying to bungee jump off my arms ( I skipped two beats).
When you don't have any expectations of sleeping through the better part of the night, then it doesn't hurt so much. And so I am game for anything Baby D is. That coffee machine will be earning it's counter space tonight.
Hopefully, after a few lunar cycles we'll be back at the good place we were until last night..
The other thing he's learning, is to grab - he can work his arms up and down and out, but not inwards yet and he doesn't know the concept of bending at the elbow. So his success in this area is fairly limited at the moment. He manages to grab my face regularly and chortles delightedly at his feat. He attempts to grab with both hands "Mr Lion Rattle", but presently looks like he might be trying to give him a bear hug.
He's also beginning to show an interest in "Mr Spots", the stuffed toy giraffe with a wide smile that's been handing around his cradle patiently for a while now.
(He's got the biggest limbs you ever did see
And the tiniest tail you ever did see
He's got little ears and little horns
And he eats leaves all day long)
Well, with all the playing and learning, Baby D forgot to sleep last night. Try resisting a newborn who wrinkles his nose and gives a toothless grin and brightly indicates that he's willing to party. And so we partied..all night long, Baby D drinking copious amounts of milk and me fighting to keep my eyes open all the way up to 3 am when he suddenly nodded off.
He's now in a state of jet lag (as am I), sleeping throughout the day and being generally cranky during his waking intervals. He's been asking to be walked around and then trying to bungee jump off my arms ( I skipped two beats).
When you don't have any expectations of sleeping through the better part of the night, then it doesn't hurt so much. And so I am game for anything Baby D is. That coffee machine will be earning it's counter space tonight.
Hopefully, after a few lunar cycles we'll be back at the good place we were until last night..
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