For some time now, Baby D's evening walks have included a visit to the society park. It's a miniature place but so is Baby D, who immensely likes it there. So every evening Mommy D overcomes her natural introvert instincts that prompt her to run in the opposite direction when she sights people and "hellos" other mommies at play.
Baby D who'd initially hide his face coyly in Mommy D's shoulders when approached by folks (how like the family after all) has slowly picked confidence and looks other babies in the eye, babbles up and generally has a good time. We start nice and easy with the swings, Mommy D holds him securely and swings him "back and forth" and "up and down". Both are really the same, but Baby D doesn't know that and he giggles out loud. We then do the slide and the bouncy. Baby D has attempted to crawl up the slide, which is obviously an uphill task. So now he's content to stand at the bottom and bang away with his fists.
There's Baby Kuhu, an year and half old who excitedly repeats "Baby" every couple of minutes on sighting Baby D. She greets him and pumps his hands up and down. Baby D, a little overwhelmed at first, warmed to good intentions and himself grabbed on to her shoulders and "spoke" to her.
Then we have Baby Kiara, two years old, who equally loves Baby D, is enthusiastic in her advances and despite her size, and boisterous mien, Baby D stands his ground and actually smiles back.
Baby D does have a nemesis though - Baby Bani. This impish little girl, all of an year old is normally found kicking a ball around the park and has now made Baby D cry twice! She once patted his cheek a little to firmly and another time pulled his hair. Mommy D would have passed this off as unintentional and put it down to high spirits, but Baby Bani giggles when Baby D cries! Needless to say, the barely germinating relations between the two Mommies are now well in the Arctic.
It's quite a Charles Darwin world, this park. Baby D himself has been known to try grabbing a pacifier off a smaller baby - Baby Adam.
Well, all the activity around him - the cricket and running babies, and ball kicking has spurred Baby D on to try walking himself. He now won't crawl if he can somehow walk, if he can find something to hold on to. Once reluctant to try things in the big scary world of the park, he now clasps Mommy D's hand, and tries to get where he needs to at top speed. Baby D has just learnt to stand without support, about thirty seconds at a time. But he has rightly decided, that this is rather like riding a bicycle - you don't fall if you keep moving. And so one day, with a whole lot of cheering from Mommy D and Daddy D he took his first couple of independent steps - in this same park. We have been seeing some progress since and it's not for want of trying that Baby D isn't quite walking just yet.
Talking of play, Baby D has three new additions to his cloth book library - The Tale of Sir Prancelot, Where's Elmo, and another title about Elmo's bedtime routine. Baby D, it turns out loves a book with a story to it and so he has taken to "Sir Prancelot" even as "Are You My Mother" remains an all time favourite. Mommy D is proud to report that Baby D can now turn the pages himself - one at a time.
Mommy D and Daddy D are turning the pages too, only a few more weeks until his first birthday!
Baby D who'd initially hide his face coyly in Mommy D's shoulders when approached by folks (how like the family after all) has slowly picked confidence and looks other babies in the eye, babbles up and generally has a good time. We start nice and easy with the swings, Mommy D holds him securely and swings him "back and forth" and "up and down". Both are really the same, but Baby D doesn't know that and he giggles out loud. We then do the slide and the bouncy. Baby D has attempted to crawl up the slide, which is obviously an uphill task. So now he's content to stand at the bottom and bang away with his fists.
There's Baby Kuhu, an year and half old who excitedly repeats "Baby" every couple of minutes on sighting Baby D. She greets him and pumps his hands up and down. Baby D, a little overwhelmed at first, warmed to good intentions and himself grabbed on to her shoulders and "spoke" to her.
Then we have Baby Kiara, two years old, who equally loves Baby D, is enthusiastic in her advances and despite her size, and boisterous mien, Baby D stands his ground and actually smiles back.
Baby D does have a nemesis though - Baby Bani. This impish little girl, all of an year old is normally found kicking a ball around the park and has now made Baby D cry twice! She once patted his cheek a little to firmly and another time pulled his hair. Mommy D would have passed this off as unintentional and put it down to high spirits, but Baby Bani giggles when Baby D cries! Needless to say, the barely germinating relations between the two Mommies are now well in the Arctic.
It's quite a Charles Darwin world, this park. Baby D himself has been known to try grabbing a pacifier off a smaller baby - Baby Adam.
Well, all the activity around him - the cricket and running babies, and ball kicking has spurred Baby D on to try walking himself. He now won't crawl if he can somehow walk, if he can find something to hold on to. Once reluctant to try things in the big scary world of the park, he now clasps Mommy D's hand, and tries to get where he needs to at top speed. Baby D has just learnt to stand without support, about thirty seconds at a time. But he has rightly decided, that this is rather like riding a bicycle - you don't fall if you keep moving. And so one day, with a whole lot of cheering from Mommy D and Daddy D he took his first couple of independent steps - in this same park. We have been seeing some progress since and it's not for want of trying that Baby D isn't quite walking just yet.
Talking of play, Baby D has three new additions to his cloth book library - The Tale of Sir Prancelot, Where's Elmo, and another title about Elmo's bedtime routine. Baby D, it turns out loves a book with a story to it and so he has taken to "Sir Prancelot" even as "Are You My Mother" remains an all time favourite. Mommy D is proud to report that Baby D can now turn the pages himself - one at a time.
Mommy D and Daddy D are turning the pages too, only a few more weeks until his first birthday!
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