Baby D is now seven months old, an assertive little fella with a knack for getting his own way. Last Saturday, Baby D was "insisting". It takes Mommy D a while to figure out what he's insisting on, and she suspects sometimes Baby D himself is unsure what he'd like done, but that doesn't deter him one bit. More often than not though, when she hears the high pitched, unrelenting "ummmm ummm", Mommy D knows he is bored.
All that remains then, is to find a way to entertain him! There's no one right solution, but one that works quite a few times is communing with nature! It isn't ideal to take Baby D to the garden in the middle of the afternoon, although Mommy D gave in and did exactly that one time. At most times, a compromise does work - we go to Scotland. "Scotland" is what we call nani's balcony for it's potted plants greenery and it's view of hills. Once here, Baby D is perfectly content to gaze dreamily out or play vigorously with the leaves. Then Mommy D brings on the music. Baby D loves hearing such soulful stuff as "I can't help falling in love with you" or "Fields of Gold" or Chitra Singh's "kiya hai pyar jise humne zindagi ki tarah".
Daddy D wanted to find out which "can't help falling" version Baby D preferred, so he played it over skype. We had a truly wired family time, Daddy D singing along and Baby D dancing with Mommy D. Well the correct answer was Elvis Presley. Baby D prefers him to UB40 and he seems to find the lines "take my hands, take my whole life too" extremely funny. Go figure!
On a more non-spiritual plane, Baby D is definitely on the move. His first attempts at crawling began in mid December, when he managed to raise himself high up on his knees. but then he thought the correct way to move forward was by grinding his head into the bed. Since then Baby D has devised new methods of movement like rolling over in every direction, the head grind zig zag roll move. Even though he hasn't been officially crawling or even army crawling, Baby D manages to move all over the big bed. It now looks like he may have reached the penultimate stage, before we can leave him to crawl around on the floor. Baby D has managed to get up on both hands and knees. His victorious grin when he does this is something else! Having raised himself up, he teeters backwards and forwards, unsure what to do, until he collapses again. Still he senses the goal is in sight and is a rather cheerful baby for it.
Amidst all the focus on crawling, his one skill that is in fact fully developed went unnoticed until quite recently. We one day sat him down and lo and behold, he could sit! Baby D can sit without support for a full five minutes before toppling over. When asked when he learnt to sit up, he seemed to look puzzled - "what this? Sitting? Yeah I can do that, what's the big deal?" And then off he went attempting to crawl again.
Mommy D wishes him speedy success.
All that remains then, is to find a way to entertain him! There's no one right solution, but one that works quite a few times is communing with nature! It isn't ideal to take Baby D to the garden in the middle of the afternoon, although Mommy D gave in and did exactly that one time. At most times, a compromise does work - we go to Scotland. "Scotland" is what we call nani's balcony for it's potted plants greenery and it's view of hills. Once here, Baby D is perfectly content to gaze dreamily out or play vigorously with the leaves. Then Mommy D brings on the music. Baby D loves hearing such soulful stuff as "I can't help falling in love with you" or "Fields of Gold" or Chitra Singh's "kiya hai pyar jise humne zindagi ki tarah".
Daddy D wanted to find out which "can't help falling" version Baby D preferred, so he played it over skype. We had a truly wired family time, Daddy D singing along and Baby D dancing with Mommy D. Well the correct answer was Elvis Presley. Baby D prefers him to UB40 and he seems to find the lines "take my hands, take my whole life too" extremely funny. Go figure!
On a more non-spiritual plane, Baby D is definitely on the move. His first attempts at crawling began in mid December, when he managed to raise himself high up on his knees. but then he thought the correct way to move forward was by grinding his head into the bed. Since then Baby D has devised new methods of movement like rolling over in every direction, the head grind zig zag roll move. Even though he hasn't been officially crawling or even army crawling, Baby D manages to move all over the big bed. It now looks like he may have reached the penultimate stage, before we can leave him to crawl around on the floor. Baby D has managed to get up on both hands and knees. His victorious grin when he does this is something else! Having raised himself up, he teeters backwards and forwards, unsure what to do, until he collapses again. Still he senses the goal is in sight and is a rather cheerful baby for it.
Amidst all the focus on crawling, his one skill that is in fact fully developed went unnoticed until quite recently. We one day sat him down and lo and behold, he could sit! Baby D can sit without support for a full five minutes before toppling over. When asked when he learnt to sit up, he seemed to look puzzled - "what this? Sitting? Yeah I can do that, what's the big deal?" And then off he went attempting to crawl again.
Mommy D wishes him speedy success.
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