This Week's Round Up

Baby D has been upto plenty this week past and that includes keeping his Mommy on her toes all day and night long. Which is why while Mommy D would have loved to regale blogosphere with a number of leisurely posts, she now has to be content with a single post of this week's  happenings.

So, first among the headlines - Baby D has visited the local Starbucks (the very first in his city) and has approved of it - strongly. Perhaps it was the smell of all the caffeine in the air, but Baby D seemd to have gotten a real high as soon as we entered. He talked at the top of his voice, which is nothing like his size, expressed his admiration of a poster of coffee beans on a weighing scale and was fairly bouncing off the walls. It was a while before he calmed down enough to settle down to his bottle (of milk) even as nani, nana and Mommy D tucked into their cookies and their coffee.

Baby D is learning new things - like the "brrm brrm brrm" sound indicative of a motorbike starting. Mommy D had been going "brrm brrm" in order to impress and entertain him. She of course hadn't dreamt that he'd not only learn to make the very same sound, but once learnt, he'd be unstoppable. Baby D now goes "brrm brrm brrm" all day long and honestly believes it is an important component of vocabulary. Mommy D can't bring herself to let him know otherwise - not until he's learnt some real words anyway.

There's this particular brand of wipes that Baby D likes to use - it has a bright pink coloured, noisy crinkly wrapper. Baby D is extremely attracted to the wrapper, and smiles in glee every time he espies it. When it's full of wipes, Mommy D has nothing to worry about because Baby D can't actually pick it up. But when it's not then Baby D likes to lift it up and chew at its crinkled edge, which in Mommy D's opinion is living dangerously. She's too weak to snatch it away when Baby D has made such valiant manoeuvres to get at it, so she desperately tries to hide away the packet while pulling out the wipes and generally keeping it out of Baby D's line of vision.

With regards to his gear, Baby D has now accepted his bouncer and is content enough to sit in it, listening to the music and tugging at Appu and Simba (the lion). Mommy D hasn't had much luck chosing him a car seat though. The car seat shopping didn't start on a very encouraging note, with Baby D yelling his disapproval in the first one he was strapped into. Since then Mommy D has been back and forth over different models and has been vacillating between convertible and an infant carrier. With Daddy D being in the land of "toys R us" at the moment and Baby D not offering any opinions, Mommy D has given up on reaching any sort of conclusion in the near future.

For entertainment, Baby D has really warmed to "Johny Johny, yes papa". Repeated renditions never fail to evoke a smile and Baby D laughs in anticipation of the concluding "open your mouth, ha ha ha". He's thus the subject of numerous videos and photos and is fast filling up all digital storage media around the house.

In the past, Mommy D has waxed eloquent about Baby D's growing independence and his need to hold his milk bottle on his own. Well now, not only can Baby D direct his bottle fairly quickly to his mouth but can also hold it steady for a couple of minutes as he eats. This evening, Baby D, wait for it, held his bottle with a single hand, and fed himself as he followed the state assembly election results on tv. Mommy D is already starting to suffer pangs of separation anxiety. The day is not far away when Baby D will be off to college!