Temple run (the second)

Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013

On Saturday we took Nisha to be blessed at the Hindu temple near Birmingham Shri Balaji Temple. Three and a half years ago we made this little pilgrimage, greeted by two great white elephants, with Nikhil strapped to my chest in a baby bjorn and in exactly the same way as Nikhil did, Nisha slept ...

Boys are blue and girls are pink

Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013

There's no escaping it. Girl clothes are pink. Not just a little pink, but an explosion of pinky pinkiness and cutesy cutiness. Even the more muted colours and patters get ‘enhanced' with flowery motifs and logos like ‘Little Cutie'. Initially in hospital we tried to re-use some of Nikhil's more neutral babygros, but after 2 ...

But can she play trains?

Monday, Feb 4, 2013

In line with all the parenting advice, we've been taking the time to prepare Nikhil for the arrival of a sibling. We did all the classic things, from reading books about brothers and sisters and talking to the belly, to giving him a present ‘from the baby' when Nisha arrived. So far so good; he's ...

Feed Me!

Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013

One thing is for certain, breast feeding is not like riding a bike. Just because you've done it once, doesn't mean it will happen again easily. And so my initial misplaced complacency was quickly stripped away when Nisha cried and fought her way through the first 4 days of feeding. Add to that her concerning ...

Feeding the 5000 (babies)

Monday, Jan 28, 2013

If there is one baby related thing my wife is awesome at it's producing milk.

One crazy birthday

Monday, Jan 28, 2013

Friday morning arrived and the labour ward conceded that 4 days of ineffective contractions were enough and gave us a time slot for a C-section.

Oh what a week!

Monday, Jan 28, 2013

With Supraja starting contractions in earnest early on Sunday morning, it seemed like we would finally have our new addition to our family later that day … worst case Monday.