Adventurous Vidur

Vidur has become more of everything. He is more naughty, more active, more accident prone, more violent, more stubborn, and the list just continues. He has so much of restless energy in him. I was told by my boss that this is the beginning of the 'Terrible Twos' phase. I must admit that sounds very scary. Weren't things terrible enough? :)

What does he do with all that energy?

Event 1:
The TV cabinet is Vidur's favorite hangout. It looks like this (given on the left).

Vidur loves climbing the side where the books are stacked and watching out of the window. We have to be careful though, things may fly out of the window. Based on his mood, he tries one of the following:
a. Climb the grills to hang on the curtain rod.
b. Climb on the TV to explore the colorful glass vases kept on the other side.

As you can imagine, both are extremely scary!

Event 2:
He throws everything down the balcony. I have to share this with you. It was a Saturday and after cleaning up my cupboard, I was watching a movie with Rajeev. Vidur was playing with his building blocks. I sent an SMS to a cousin and then left it near me on the floor. After this, I went to the kitchen, made dinner and then watched another movie. Sunday, I start looking for my phone. I was unable to find it. Rajeev and I searched the entire house, but no luck. I get the message 'The phone is switched off.' when called my number. This was weird because there was some charge left. I declared the phone lost. I had a fleeting suspicion that Vidur must have something to do with it. He must have thrown my phone down the balcony. Anyway, we give up and I decide I am not going to replace my phone till Vidur is older.

Monday evening, a few auto drivers come looking for me. I know these auto drivers as they are from the auto stand I use to go to the bank or take Vidur to his doctor. I wondered what they were doing there when I suddenly see my phone in the hand of an auto driver. He asked me whether the phone was mine. I said yes and asked him where he got it from. I had not traveled in an auto for over a week and was sure that I had not left it there. He said that some children in their colony were playing with different parts of the phone. He put it together and found my photos in the phone's camera gallery. Therefore, they thought it might be mine. I was stunned at how my phone had found its way back to me. My guess is that my son did throw my phone down. Some child must have entered the compound and found the parts of my phone. The rest you already know.

I thanked the auto drivers profusely. I offered them money, but they firmly refused it saying that they returned it because they knew me. They said they were not expecting anything in return. Nice people.

Event 3:
Vidur climbs everything that has a grill on it. He climbs the windows using the headrest of the bed as footing. He hangs on the curtain rail to switch on the air conditioner. He also climbs the small grilled part of the balcony to get on to the bigger grilled area. Though the grill is locked always, it is scary because he climbs all the way to the top. There was this time when I was talking on the phone and this boy climbed the grill. I run to ensure that I am near him. Vidur decided to try free falling. He just lets go. Thankfully, my reflexes worked well that day. I dropped the phone and immediately caught him. I take no chances these days.

He is extremely accident prone these days. He falls often. He has cut his tougue, burnt himself slightly, and cut his chin. He had to get stiches on his chin. Overnight, my over cautious boy had converted into an adventurous daredevil. Just today, he walked into the wall! Off all things! So, am hoping that this phase passes over quickly and Vidur is safe from himself again!