Like all mothers, I was paranoid about how Vidur was going to react to the blade. But my paranoia was absolutely unnecessary, he was a brave little boy. He cried only when he realized that his father was holding onto his hands.
Children get so used to the fan or the air conditioner. I had taken Vidur to a village, Srirangam, in Trichy. Powercuts are common thing there. Every other house is either contemplating or purchasing inverters. Power failure lasts for 10 hours! The first night was quite an adventure. Vidur and I were sleeping in a small room. Sleep eluded me because of unfamiliar surroundings. Vidur slept peacefully till 3:30. Then, he got up and decided he wanted to play and say 'amma', 'appa' and 'thatha'. He had some milk and went to sleep by 4:00. Power supply was cut around 4:40 am. This is when the army of mosquitoes attacked. They were ruthless! I had to sit next to my son, using a hand fan to protect him from these merciless creatures. Regardless of this effort, his forehead and hands had several mosquito bites! The power returned by 6:00 am. The next power cut was from 2:00 pm to 6:00. Can you believe it? We had to live with it.... Vidur, on the other hand, was extremely cranky because of the heat. He is used to having at least the fan around to cool things down.
He was in the best of moods when we went out!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
What's Vidur upto?
It has been a long time since I posted. In this time, Vidur is now walking holding anything (chair, cupboard, door, bed, sofa) he gets his hands on. He spends most of the day strengthening his legs by standing. When in a really exploratory mood, he toddles around at a reasonable speed.
He now very excitedly waves bye-bye to anyone in his vision when he is held anywhere near the front door. He shakes his head vigorously from left to right when anyone sings Pappu can't dance salla (this his maternal grandma thought him). He sings with his maternal grandpa. He makes a very seriously face and says aaaaaaa. He is very excited that he can reach the table. He stands on his toes to see what he can reach. Since this is now my work space, his face lights up when he sees the mouse or my phone.
On the whole, Vidur is very busy these days exploring new territories and mastering new skills.
He now very excitedly waves bye-bye to anyone in his vision when he is held anywhere near the front door. He shakes his head vigorously from left to right when anyone sings Pappu can't dance salla (this his maternal grandma thought him). He sings with his maternal grandpa. He makes a very seriously face and says aaaaaaa. He is very excited that he can reach the table. He stands on his toes to see what he can reach. Since this is now my work space, his face lights up when he sees the mouse or my phone.
On the whole, Vidur is very busy these days exploring new territories and mastering new skills.
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