Balamory

Balamory in CBeebies channel seem to be the favourite TV programme for Anirud. Not only that he hardly bats his eyelid while watching that programme, but also hums the programme's title song very often. We were even able to wake him up from sleep saying that Balamory is about to be aired.

Sleep

Gone are the days when we can put Anirud into bed, close the door to find him dose off peacefully. These days, he refuses to sleep unaccompanied, which is bothering us a lot. We are struggling really hard to get him into regular sleeping routine, but that is easier said than done.

Building Set Blocks

Anirud has got a new set of building blocks to play with. He is so happy with that and eagerly builds on various shapes. Most of the time he ends up building a single column structure until it falls off. At times, when he does manage to build something with a good base, he treats the structure as a chair and wants to sit over it.

Operating the ATM

When Anirud was allowed to wander around at the forecourt of a supermarket, he promptly went near the cash point and started operating the ATM. Even after being dragged away from the ATM, he was running towards that as the beep sound coming from the keypads of the ATM sounded very attractive for this little fella.

Make it stronger please

Anirud refuses to take milk these days. No amount of cajoling with Horlicks/Complan/Nesquick works on him. He would consider a sip if only the milk was offered with few drops of dicoction. Thank goodness, he is happy with few drops. Touchwood!

Laptop-Mouse

As soon as Anirud saw me working on a laptop without any peripherals, he ran way to fetch the mouse from a another room. He tried to plug in the mouse and when I directed him to a different socket, he brushed my hands aside and tried on his own to plug the mouse in the right socket. What surprised us more was that he immediately moved the mouse a bit and verified whether it is working fine. All of this from a 1.5 year old.... hmmmm.

Happy Bappy!

'Happy Bappy' is Anirud's version of Happy Birthday. He is talking about 25 single words, which he would utter only if he desires. Apart from Happy Bappy, 'Gud Maaminng' (Good Morning) is the other dual word he speaks.

Duckling Award

Anirud successfully completed Grade 1 of his swimming lessons this week and has been enrolled for Grade 2. During the last session, there was an assessment in which he was made to swim without any help for 3 metres. There were few other drills too, which Anirud did with ease, but he refused to blow bubbles over water, which was one of the requirements. As he was the youngest one in the batch, the examiner just ticked him through.

Charger Mad

These days, Anirud is mad about plugging the charger in to the mobile while speaking. Now that he has learnt how to do that, he is always on the look out for a charger whenever he sees a mobile. The worst bit about that is, even when one of us is talking, he tries to plug in the charger into the mobile.

Adamant

Anirud is very adamant these days. Whenever he is refused something he wants, he rolls on the floor crying. Unless he is not well, his threats are not being heeded to.

Deepavali Savouries

Among the various sweets and savouries prepared for Deepavali, Anirud took a good liking for what we call 'Ribbon Pakoda'. He was so keen over having more than his share of the savoury. Given the fact that he has never had anything of that kind so far, that was a bit amusing.

Leftie

Many a time, Anirud goes easy with his left hand rather than the right. Not always, but quite frequently. We have a feeling that he would be a left hander in many of the things.

Signal Boy

Whenever Anirud is taken out in the buggy, he likes to push the button that would cause the signal to turn green/red in the pedestrian crossing. As soon as he sees a crossing, he gets ready with his index finger out to press the button. However,the buggy will have to be lifted to enable him do that.

Aggressive

Wisdom tooth is coming up for Anirud and that causes lot of pain in his jaws and gums. It hurts to see him hit himself on his jaws or trying to bite something hard. Sometimes, he gets so frustrated with his pain that he throws his hands and legs in turn hurting anyone coming his way. Coming so soon after we thought he is mellowing down, it took a while to figure out what was wrong with him and distract him towards something he likes whenever he turned aggressive.

Pal-lavan

Anirud has got his 11th tooth now. He is a pallavan at the moment. Pal Eleven would be more apt. Wouldn't it?

Down to Earth?

Whenever Anirud hears the knock on the door, he'll rush towards the entrance if he thinks that one of us is getting home. The main door being a stained glass door, he would be able to make out the person on the other side. If it is one of us, we will kneel down and keep our face closer to the door in order for him to see us very clearly. That appears so funny to him that he also kneels down on the other side and presses his face on the door. His already flat nose looks even more flatter when he does that. Its a joy to see him display all his tooth.

Mellowed Down

After last week's brief illness, Anirud is feeling a bit more closer and attached towards us. Whenever he sits on the sofa with one of us, he leans towards us and expect us to put our arm around him. His voice has mellowed down a bit and it looks like, he has turned soft. Not that he was bad earlier, his decibel level is normally high that at times it gave an impression that he is shouting and angry. But, that has changed for the better in the recent days.

Eating

Anirud prefers to eat all by himself these days. Only that when he is offered a bowl of rice, he picks up only a grain or two and puts it into his mouth. Within about five minutes, this gets boring for him (and for everybody), he loses interest in the food and runs away. We are glad that at least he is showing inclination to eat and the hand-eye-mouth coordination is working well.

Unwell

It is that time of the year when Anirud suffers from cold, fever and breathing trouble. Hopefully, he is getting more immune.

Swimming Again

Anirud's second swimming lesson was far better than the first one. He started enjoying right from the word go. The swimming instructor and the parents in the water would sing 'Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall' in chorus. When it comes to 'Humpty Dumpty had a great fall', the children would be pulled into the water. The collective, big 'thud' sound was so thrilling for Anirud and he was all smiles & noise till the end. He dipped his head couple of times inside the water, but was generally okay. He even floated on water for few minutes without being held. More than him, we are looking forward to his Saturdays.