Boo boo happened!!!

So recently, because of the heat, bumling got a little rash on his neck... Everyday twice a day we've been applying some Nivea cream to cool it...

He loves this process... He loves opening the small cream box, loves putting his little fingers in the cream and applying it to his neck! 

Everytime we apply we tell him "boo boo happened no siddy so we are putting cream" 

And he will repeat what we say!!! 

"Boo boo happened to siddy, apply cream!!!"

One day while playing his car fell down from the table... So i said " oh siddy boo boo happend to the car" 

"Boo boo happened..." Thinks for a minute... And goes and gets the cream...

" Mumma apply cream"!!!!!

And that's how his cars smell of Nivea cream!!! 

Chappar chappar!!

Chappar chappar.... Non stop chappar chappar has started people..

Mumma who dat? 

Mumma give

Mumma choc - late.... 

Mumma mini car

Mumma le go Mumma

Mumma truck 

Mumma this Mumma that Mumma got a headache!!!! And stomach ache from laughing at the cuteness...

It's such a mad mix the annoyance of every sentence starting with Mumma Mumma and the adorableness of what he is saying!!! 

Bumling is loving talking... Somedays it's proper sentences... With broken up words like:

I going school or I going nai nai (bath time!!) 

And somedays it's just plain gibberish!!! 

Either ways it's super adorable! 

What's really fun is to ask him what he did in school... And you can see this concentration on his little face where in he knows what he did but the poor kid can't find the words to say it.. So he'll do one word descriptions like 'coloring' or 'dancing' or 'happy birthday' if there was a kids birthday!!! 

But that look when he's thinking of the words is so so so cute!!! 

And now that he is enjoying talking I'm encouraging him to talk more like when we went swimming last week I told him to tell his Mamu what he did... 

So he starts with " siddy swimming... Water...board ... Papa holding siddy..." All with these gaps while he's forming he words in his head and all with the cutest pronunciations of words!!!! Swimming is thwimming !!! 

And then he will kick his little legs to demonstrate the thwimming!! 

 

It's soooo much fun now that he is talking and understanding and reacting to what you are saying... Like the other night I was taking him to sleep and I asked him if he wanted his puppy ... He looks at the puppy and says " yes" so I said ok go get him... And promptly he went picked up the puppy and got him in... 

So not only did he understand me he thought about what I said then reacted!! 

My baby, my bumling is growing up... He not only knows what he wants but he can say it out loud... 

At night time.. When he knows his neneh is taking him to sleep.. He'll run around saying 'no neneh stop neneh ... Siddy sleep other room!!!!!! ' 

Now if he gets hurt he'll come and tell me and point to the spot that hurts... 

While his vocab is getting stronger by the day so his is awareness and sharpness... 

He remembers the chocolates are hidden behind the ketchup... He knows the apple is hidden in the oats... He remembers words and reactions to things... It's spooky!!! 

And man does he pick up words like a parrot!!! I could be randomly talking to Aadi about stuff and next thing I hear is he is repeating all my last few words ... So I'll say ' ya she came and picked up the bag' and Mr will go ' picked up the bag' 

Gotta be extra careful now with what we say ... And what we do... He's watching us and imitating is faster than we can blink... 

I love this stage though... I want to freeze this stage... This naughty adorable bite-his- cheeks phase!!! 

Working it...!

Working with a baby is tough... 

You have got to really really.. Seriously, really really love what you do... Because otherwise you're screwed! 

At the same time you have to have your priorities absolutely right..

I love what I do.... But I love my siddy more.... 

While work makes me happy that monkey face makes me happier!! 

I know there is this long debate going on forever about working moms vs stay at home mums vs working from home mums... 

And while I honestly believe that every mum does her best with her kid... My personal opinion is to be as much with the kid as possible till they start proper school.

Right now siddy is picking up words and actions so quick it's almost scary ... I mean he seems like a genius sometimes how he remembers things and connects things..

At this age kids are so easy to mould and expose to greater things.. That I feel one shouldn't miss out on the opportunity.... 

A maid or teacher will have a very different way of teaching the little one things.. Methods you won't always like. 

And so I prefer working from home...

So that I can focus on siddy and focus on my work..

For the most part this has worked for me.. But somedays it's broken me down..

Like the days I have a deadline and he will be super cranky and clingy that night... And I will feel so pressured because I know he won't go to anyone else... And I start to loose my temper and feel like giving up on the idea of working....

It's tough.. It's super tough and that's why I feel you have to really love what you do... Because to wake up the next day.. Or worse, to be able to work thru the night to catch up with your deadline... It takes a lot of effort...

But I think I'm managing... With a lot of help from my mum and aadi.... So ya! 

If you want to work make sure you have lots of support... Support that will help you grow your baby into the person you want him to be...

Clingy and ...

Super clingy!!

Post work time!

I'm There are days I'm sooooo exhausted with siddy I can't wait for Aadi to come and take him off my hands...

Mum too.. We are tired running behind him feeding him keeping him entertained! 

So when Aadi comes we both sit back.. Put our feet up and won't even get up to get the wipes when he is changing his diaper!!! 

I'm sure lots of women are like that... And even if the poor guy has been out and about at work it doesn't matter... Post work time for him is also post work time for you .. Only difference is your day job is the munchkin and that's his fun time!! 

And luckily Aadi loves that time .. He looks forward to it...

So he'll come back and siddy will follow him around while he changes puts his shoes away and comes back into the living room...

Then the two of them sit down on the floor and start!! 

Every car will come out... All types of blocks will come out... He will want Aadi to push him around on his little truck... They will play with the football... And sit and chat with each other...  

Siddy's favorite expression when Aadi come is "le go papa" which means "let's go papa" and he expects Aadi to give up everything to go play with him!!!

Well mama approves baby boy... Le go papa.. While mama rests up!! 

Love what I do!

When I share a picture or a video of Siddhant it isn't to get the likes and comments and sit back and feel all smug...

It's isn't to say to the world ' look how cute my kid is' 

This blog or my facebook Instagram pages have nothing to do with wanting to 'show off' the bumling. 

It isn't that I don't have a sense of a personal space or wish to make my life an open book...

It all started with being amazed.. Amazed at the tiny - ness of this miracle that was placed in my arms on feb 22 2013. 

And of the magic that followed every day since. 

Of being witness to a person growing up.. Of you being the one person that little thing has his utmost trust in... Whom he loves unconditionally... No questions asked...

I was amazed by it all.. Every time he blinked his eyes, or responded to my voice before he could even talk or make a sound, every time he tried to roll over or reached out for his toys...

I was amazed...

Amazed that something that grew in my tummy... that kicked me and curled up inside me...was out here smiling at me and hugging me and kissing me...

and i couldn't stop sharing it with everyone!

Im not a people's person... most people who know me know this... I'm actually quite reserved when i meet people, unless I instantly like you...  And then I don't just like you I love you.... but otherwise I take my time to warm up with people...

But this miracle of life... its made me a people's person... he's made me want to stand up high on a cliff and shout out to every one every time he does something maddeningly adorable...but instead of a cliff I choose social platforms on the internet!!!

Also i feel being a mum is a very tough thing to be... because just by being one you actually have to become a hundred things at one time... a mum, a cook, a maid, a joker, a singer, a doctor, a child, a teacher, a friend to name a few.... you have to know more than you can think of knowing, you have to understand the fine line between being paranoid and being carefree, you have to be strict and fun in one go...

its too much too soon...

no matter how much you prepare and read and 'study' before becoming a mum... everything goes out the window the day that bumling is placed in your uncertain arms... and suddenly you know what it is to feel immense fear and love!!

so while this blog is to document the amazement i feel every time i look at bumling do something new... its also to put down things i have learnt and experienced for new mums to read and feel a sense of community a sense of not being alone in this mad journey...

While i do enjoy and love the love i feel from everyone who likes my posts and comments on my bumling's funny pictures ( to whom I want to say thank you) to anyone who feels its too much... please happily click on the unfollow button!!!

Mumma put it in!!

A little note on how quick the little bumling is growing...

So remember the kid I spoke about the other day who came to visit us and took siddy's toy... But wouldn't share..

I'm not judging... He was a baby... So it's all cool...

But what's amazing is this:

We went to visit them a few days later... And when we reached, the other baby wasn't home... So siddy was in a good mood... Playing performing and all... 

Full on ' do your happy face ' and he'd smile , 'do your angry face ' and out came this big frown!!! 

Then while we ate the bazillion things my aunt had made for us he played with his cars...

So he has this car in his hand and he's driving it on the sofa..

And in walks the other kid...

siddy comes towards me, looks at the kid, looks at me , points to my purse and gives me his car and says 

" Mumma put it in" 

One: that's a full sentence so yayie!!! 

And two: how did this 21 month old not only remember the kid, remember what happened last time, and gave me his car for safe keeping?!!!!

It's something amazing no? 

I thought so...

This bumling is just getting bigger and bigger smarter and smarter and more and more amazing!! 

Of course later the two were fully playing jumpy jumpy on the bed!!! 

But it's amazing to see him grow! 

An update!

Posts are really getting fewer and more far inbetween... And I'm hating that...

I keep making little notes on my phone about all the fun topics I want to blog about.. But time just seems to be flying at a super sonic speed!! 

This last week back has been my craziest ever... Yes I know I say that often.. But it truly has been..

We were back from Jaipur Sunday night.. Monday I had a meeting in bandra.. Then I spent the day looking for furniture for my brothers new store..

Tuesday : worked on my art work for a birthday that happened today.. Went for a meeting too..

Wednesday: was at the printer practically the whole day.. Though my morning was fun.. We had a mommy baby day at school and siddy and I had a blast!!

Thursday: had two meeting plus helped the brother again...

Friday: started assembling 100 plates 100 napkin/spoon and forks 200 bottles .. With a lotta  help from the mommy..

Saturday : party setup...

And come tomorrow we are doing a small workshop at Nido's!! 

So as you can see it's been mental!! 

And in all this the bumling is growing at  super sonic speed too.. He's got taller and way more talkative... He imitates everything you do or say.. 

He's become a boy with scratches on his knees and lesser inclined to getting sloppy kisses!! 

He's also fast becoming a rascal.. A spoilt mind of my own rascal !! 

It's funny to see this already at 21 months... Thought I still had four months!!! 

Ah well!