Baby D can't wait to get out the door. He'll insistently "swim" at the main door. When you oblige and take him to it, he bats at it until you open up and go out on the landing. Once there, Baby D frantically works his arms and legs at the lift door! After some convincing that he'd be taken out at a more suitable hour of the day, he reluctantly agrees to come inside again.
On the weekend, at the decent hour of 5:30 pm, when Baby D has had his afternoon nap and bottle of milk, Mommy D dons the carrier to follow through on her promise. Baby D who was once very wary of his carrier, now all but jumps into it. We get out, into the lift, and the adventures begin!
Our walk is divided into two segments - country walk and city walk. For the country walk, we go into the garden and in the playground. Baby D loves to reach out and touch the see saw and the merry go round and the swings. Mommy D was once reckless enough to sit in the swing, when she and Baby D got stuck in it. Panicking, she called out to one of the little girls playing in the park to help her out. As the girl was disentangling the swing chain from the carrier, Baby D saw no reason to worry. He blithely reached out to touch her cheek. Perhaps he was saying thanks or just "hello", we shall never know. Baby D loves kids though, he calls out to them and they invariable respond, so he has a large acquaintance in the neighbourhood within the space of a week.
It also helps that he has learnt to blow kisses and baby girls respond back with flying kisses, sending Mommy D reeling!
It's not just the people, both little and big that he loves, Baby D appears to have a botanical bent of mind too. He looks up long and hard at the trees and throatily voices his approval. He often requests a stop at certain hedges and bushes where he'll vigorously play with the leaves and the flowers and end up plucking them off and trying to eat them (naturally). It's lucky he's still too small and above suspicion or Mommy D would have to answer to the garden committee.
The city segment of the walks pleases Baby D no less. Baby D turns every way when a bike zips by. He grins when Mommy D points out various cars and explains which one is "parp parp" and which "pom pom". Baby D has now seen first hand what a "meow" is and what's a "bow wow".
On week days, nani and nana take Baby D down for a turn around the park and so he now has a number of going out outfits - a pair of cargos, jeans, dungarees and t-shirts. With his expanding social circle, he needs to make the correct sort of impression!
Mommy D has never seen Baby D so content as when he's out and about and this does seem to have become his favourite hour of the day. So much so that when we are back home again, and just shutting the main door, Baby D looks up in surprise and expresses his loud and angry disapproval!
In this respect at least, Mommy D is glad to report, he takes after her!
Mommy D is already planning all the vacations we'll take together. We'll go to Goa and Munnar and maybe some day the London zoo. We could go driving on the Auto Bahn (Baby D hopefully won't mind a car seat) and visit the Oktober fest and perhaps see kangaroos in their habitat.
And then Baby D, one day you'll be off on your own. You'll live it up in Vegas and take a walk along the Seine with your sweetheart. Perhaps a trip to Mars? What adventures you will have Baby D.
On the weekend, at the decent hour of 5:30 pm, when Baby D has had his afternoon nap and bottle of milk, Mommy D dons the carrier to follow through on her promise. Baby D who was once very wary of his carrier, now all but jumps into it. We get out, into the lift, and the adventures begin!
Our walk is divided into two segments - country walk and city walk. For the country walk, we go into the garden and in the playground. Baby D loves to reach out and touch the see saw and the merry go round and the swings. Mommy D was once reckless enough to sit in the swing, when she and Baby D got stuck in it. Panicking, she called out to one of the little girls playing in the park to help her out. As the girl was disentangling the swing chain from the carrier, Baby D saw no reason to worry. He blithely reached out to touch her cheek. Perhaps he was saying thanks or just "hello", we shall never know. Baby D loves kids though, he calls out to them and they invariable respond, so he has a large acquaintance in the neighbourhood within the space of a week.
It also helps that he has learnt to blow kisses and baby girls respond back with flying kisses, sending Mommy D reeling!
It's not just the people, both little and big that he loves, Baby D appears to have a botanical bent of mind too. He looks up long and hard at the trees and throatily voices his approval. He often requests a stop at certain hedges and bushes where he'll vigorously play with the leaves and the flowers and end up plucking them off and trying to eat them (naturally). It's lucky he's still too small and above suspicion or Mommy D would have to answer to the garden committee.
The city segment of the walks pleases Baby D no less. Baby D turns every way when a bike zips by. He grins when Mommy D points out various cars and explains which one is "parp parp" and which "pom pom". Baby D has now seen first hand what a "meow" is and what's a "bow wow".
On week days, nani and nana take Baby D down for a turn around the park and so he now has a number of going out outfits - a pair of cargos, jeans, dungarees and t-shirts. With his expanding social circle, he needs to make the correct sort of impression!
Mommy D has never seen Baby D so content as when he's out and about and this does seem to have become his favourite hour of the day. So much so that when we are back home again, and just shutting the main door, Baby D looks up in surprise and expresses his loud and angry disapproval!
In this respect at least, Mommy D is glad to report, he takes after her!
Mommy D is already planning all the vacations we'll take together. We'll go to Goa and Munnar and maybe some day the London zoo. We could go driving on the Auto Bahn (Baby D hopefully won't mind a car seat) and visit the Oktober fest and perhaps see kangaroos in their habitat.
And then Baby D, one day you'll be off on your own. You'll live it up in Vegas and take a walk along the Seine with your sweetheart. Perhaps a trip to Mars? What adventures you will have Baby D.
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