Chronicle of my life, times, this n that

Been a few days  since he turned 15 months old, I do not usually do monthly posts and just pen down things about him as and when I feel like. Though I did quarterly updates in his first year.

Little V’s very social nature is at its best these days. We have been having many visitors at home, and they’ve spent certainly more than a week with us and all have been welcomed by him with such warmth. He treats them with all his antics – breaking into impromptu dances and doing all sorts of cute actions and gestures to floor them.  I think he loves all the attention and loves it when people go awwwwww and clap for him.

Now Little V has a sharp memory. I know most kids do, but I certainly feel he’s special. When Little V was about 9 months old, his dad went on a business trip and was away for 3 weeks. When little V saw him at the end of those 3 weeks, he had just remembered him completely and didn’t take even 2 seconds to recognise him. My sis-in-law used to visit us once a week, but many many months ago she could only manage once in 3-4 weeks and that must have happened while he was 6-8 months old and never once did he not recognise her.

He loves music and will break into a jig on his favorite numbers – currently being dil bole hadippa, dance pe chance marle. Some of his favorites he can recognise on the car radio, radio at home and of course on tv, even if it plays in the background of some program. He can remember the beats and the tune and will come running to the tv room to spot the song, if he hears it in the house.

Little V, can say a lot of words now chu(for susu), po (for potty), papa, mumma, teddy, di, bua, bye, jai, shaiki(for cycle), motah(for motorcycle), car, fa (for fan) , tee(for tv), baar(for bahar), maa(for water) and gol. I have taught him this cute action where in when I ask him ‘fan kaise chalta hai’ and he goes ‘gol gol gol’ and moves his finger in a circular motion, its really really cute!

Little V walks now and on soft surfaces like grass he will almost run! and I am so scared sometimes that he might fall and well he’s had some bad falls too, but I guess thats all a part of his learning now.

Little V has become so very protective of his mommy, he wouldn’t let anyone come close to me! The maid is not allowed to oil my hair. Hubby is not allowed to help me wear a saree or tie me neckpieces, forget holding hands etc. This weekend I took him to my tailor and he wouldn’t let the tailor take my measurements. If me and hubby happen to be a bit close to each other, Little V breaks into a cry until we are away from each other or else if we ignore his cries for even a bit, he just turns his back at us and starts going in the opposite direction, sulking and shedding these very big tears and sobbing until I go lift him. I am actually secretly enjoying all this protective behavior and this breaking into a scream when someone touches me and I don’t know how long it lasts.

Little V loves his lego pieces and is very engrossed in joining or disjoining them, initially he would just pick up the container, empty it out and run away. He was gifted this lego by his grandparents when he was less than a year old . Gradually I managed to teach him to understand ‘daalo’ and I would allow him the thrill of emptying all the contents and then say ‘daalo’ and he would put all of them back in. He could do this trick many times a day. Since many weeks now, he’s been making an attempt to join them and doesn’t throw them all out. I have seen him try to join together about 3-4 of them at a time and I am so happy to see him play constructively with these.

Of all the books that he has, he’s memorized them beautifully and knows the contents of the books from its pictures on the cover. And sometimes when he and I go through the books I keep asking him ‘yeh kya’ (whats this) and then he would tell me whatever it is. What this has led to is that any other book Little V lays his hands on or any object that he sees at home – he comes to me and asks ‘ye ka’ and I am so glad to see his curious spirit. And he’s satisfied by what I name it and gives a brief sigh!

Little V’s dad is again away for a few weeks on work and we have been video chatting over skype, and whenever little V sees his dad, he has an expression of deep surprise on his face, it seems he cant reconcile as to how his dad is appearing on a computer screen and talking from it. Its appears to be very unbelievable to him! and he follows daddy’s directions when dad says, ball leke aao, or something but he appears to be very confused.

Now little V’s dad has a habit of doing these official calls from home. And of course I have some of my own phone time at home. The result is that Little V now picks up our handsets or anything that looks like a cellphone(could be a tv remote) and puts it to his ear and has these very long conversations on the phone, with lots of gesticulations and talks very very animatedly, it’s hilarious. And this conversation goes on and on and he walks around the house with the phone next to his ear. It never tires him! and it’s all gibberish! only yesterday I heard him say ‘ya ya’ to a tv remote on his ear Once he actually lifted a landline (which was removed from its port) and was walking around in the house having a conversation while dragging the instrument along with him!

 These are such lovely moments of his growing up and he’s becoming this adorable little boy now!