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The battle of the bottle

Tuesday, Sep 3, 2013

In her early weeks when Nisha wouldn't properly breast feed, I considered the bottle a bit of an enemy. A necessary tool to get milk into her, but not something she should get used to for fear of disrupting my milk supply. However, I hadn't anticipated that she would go the other way and reject ...

Annaprasana and solids

Tuesday, Sep 3, 2013

While my grandparents were visiting, we took the opportunity to conduct a lovely little ceremony for Nisha called Annaprasanam. The ritual is when a senior member of the family feeds the baby its first solid food, normally a rice pudding. This is followed by a little game where the baby gets to pick out one ...

“Dadda”

Tuesday, Sep 3, 2013

So we are convinced that Nisha has said her first word. She's been babbling on and off for the past few weeks but it has mostly been a series of sound experiments with no real direction. However, this past week she said something with a clear sound and within the right context. Gallingly, for me, ...

Games for two

Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013

If keeping one small child amused is pretty hard, then keeping two amused is relentless. At around 8 weeks Nisha became more than just a feeding, pooing, and sleeping machine. She became interested in the world around her, and wanted entertainment. It's easy enough when it's just her;  just wave a brightly coloured object or ...

Four generations

Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013

With my grandparents visiting us in the UK the past weeks, we've had 4 generations of my family under the same roof. Despite the age and language gap between them, the kids loved spending time with their great-grandparents. Nisha had long conversations with my grandfather; it was all incoherent babbling to him but she was ...

A cold day out at Kew

Monday, Apr 1, 2013

What a beautiful day! Shame it's -20 though. No matter, it's Spring and since Spring has sprung we thought we'd best go off to Kew with Sreya Pinnie. We particularly wanted to see more of the David Nash sculptures which I've only has chance to walk past up until now along with my favourite part, ...

Daddy’s girl

Thursday, Mar 14, 2013

Nisha started to smile this last week.  It began small and it was obvious that she was thinking really really hard about what she needed to do.  To be honest in the beginning it was a bit freaky, you would have this plain faced baby who suddenly, just for a second would give a broad ...

First trip into London

Thursday, Mar 14, 2013

It's a scary world out there, and taking your precious new baby out in it only highlights that. Today I had to go to Victoria for some visa business and so strapped on the baby carrier and took Nisha on the train. The weather was lovely and sunny, and the trains were pretty quiet. But ...

Leave her on a bus or a train

Friday, Feb 22, 2013

Today Nisha is 5 weeks old and she is doing well, putting on weight and awake more. She is also much more interested in things we show her like the vibrant Lamaze butterfly or the finger puppet dinosaurs. Sleep is still very much on the agenda which is nice for us although she is definitely ...

Sravya Pinnie tags in

Friday, Feb 8, 2013

Just another example of her extraordinary aunting!