9 months

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On Shivarathri when we went to temple. You folded your hands when an elderly person there told namaste to you with folded hands.

You are very cheerful and happy again after that short span when you were irritable. We feel it had something to do with teething. You are socializing well. Though you don't go to anyone's lap that easily, you do talk and play with everyone. Your smile is infectious.

You can now sign chewing and show us that you are hungry. Last day you managed to put a small piece of chappathi to your mouth and started eating. You know very well to push any food that comes out of your mouth back using your hands.

Now that your hair is long, we try different hair styles!

Achan has taught you to get out of the bed safely. So now you turn side wise or push yourself back and then get down. You have learnt to play peek-a-boo by pulling a blanket up to your face by yourself. You love it when any of us try chasing you on all fours. You take breaks in your crawling and look at us. When we start crawling towards you, you laugh out loud and speeds up.

Our Shuppu with the center partitioning

You are a naughty girl. Last day I saw you trying to shake the floor lamp holding onto its stem. when it did not budge(because your father has secured it under the bed frame) you held onto the bed and tried pulling harder. You now climb onto fire place on your own. You also kind of say umma while giving kisses. You have also started telling Chitta consistently. Your chitta gets all excited whenever she hears you telling chitta.

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8th month

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You know to open and close kitchen cabinet doors now.We are going to childproof them soon. You give kisses to us when we demand. And you are blabbering a lot these days. You call acha as if you have some serious topics to discuss with achan. You want to be lifted up whenever you see any of us standing and doing some chore. You will come to us while we are standing, hold on to our legs and stand up and then look at us or even raise hands showing you need to be lifted up. You like having having breakfast with us.

Your achamma has taught you to identify bangle, fan, flower, stuffed toy 'panda' and light. You can identify achan and amma. You fold your hands as soon as we say we are going to light the lamp. You also fold your hands when we stand in front of our pooja place. Some days when you get up and you still feel sleepy , you put your head on your achan's or my chest and try to sleep again. It is adorable. And you give us lots of kisses and hugs as soon as you wake up.

Your fascination with laptops and mobiles continues. Last day you wanted a prayer book that I was holding. I kept it at the far end of the sofa thinking you will not be able to reach there. I was sitting near sofa. You climbed on to my lap and then onto sofa to grab that book. When I took that out of your reach again, you saw all your stuffed toys sitting safely on top of the headrest of the sofa and you pulled down each of them. You are trying to stand without  support a lot these days. Mostly you hold something in your hand and then try to balance yourself. It is amazing how babies know such tricks. You sign us to come near by stretching your hand and opening and closing your palm.

Valentine's day photo shoot!!

You hate your car seat these days. When we free you on reaching our destination you climb onto my lap, hold onto the seat in front and then stretch your neck to look at your achan and then keep on calling "acha acha".

The very next day of turning 8 months your first teeth popped out at the bottom.

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7th month

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You have become an expert at standing up yourself holding on to tables. You also walk from one end of the TV stand to the other end by holding on to it. You are more demanding these days. You get angry if someone tries to take the remote or phone out of your hands. You can pick up small things from floor. You love strawberry, plum, orange and banana. You give numerous kisses to baby photos you see around. You give kisses to all of us once in a while. Also you squeeze our cheeks,hands, neck wherever you get a hold of. Your laugh is really sweet. You are also trying to stand without support these days. But you just stay that way for may be 5 sec and then you are down.

You always try hard and never give up once you set your mind on something. You know to find a way out yourself. If you are not able to get something from a cardboard box you now know to turn it over and get what you want. You are again blabbering these days after stopping it for quite a while. It is really sweet to see your happiness when we return back from work. You don't cry when we go to work.  It is difficult to snap a photo of yours these days as you crawl towards the camera whenever you see it. You want to hold it. You also come crawling very fast if you see laptop and any wires for that matter. You are trying to resist sleep these days. Looks like you are scared you might miss something when you are asleep.

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6th month

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You started trying to sit up at the beginning of this month. By five and a half months you started sitting up properly and started crawling too.

We traveled back to US this month. You were fine with the flight journey. We stopped over at Dubai and met Gopesh chitappan. We directly came to Shankar vallyachan and Resmi vallyamma's house. You are loved by everyone and you are being a nice baby. You love your car seat and start giggling when we put you in car seat. By end of the day you get tired of sitting in it but still you don't make a big fuss of it.

You have learnt to clap your hands and understand when we play peek-a-boo with you. Now we give you bath by making you sit up. You love splashing water in the tub.

We have started giving you ragi porridge once ina while. You like idli these days. You are trying to stand up on your own. But seems like your legs are not strong enough for it. So we are not at all encouraging you to do that. You love to jump while we hold you in our lap. Also you tilt your head either ways when we show that to you. 

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5th month

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At the beginning of this month you started trying a lot to move forward. You are always on your knees these days. You lift your hip and take push ups. Ammamma says she has not seen anyone trying this hard and lifting this high. You have moved few steps to the front. But you are not strong enough yet to lift your hands to move forward. But you have managed to find a way to move forward, that is by making a jump to the front, lying on your tummy and then moving your hands and pushing yourself up. You are also trying to sit up.
You have succeeded in reaching a half sitting position.

Till this month you used to love leaves more than flowers but this month you have started noticing flowers and you also pluck them if you get a chance. You know to make sound with a rattle. You can identify the source of a sound perfectly these days. You have a special liking to your appoopan and achachan. Your ammavan has become an expert in handling babies now that he got to handle you. You peed on him the other day and it looked like he peed himself. Ha ha that was a hilarious sight.

You started telling "acha acha" couple days before your achan reached home from US. When achan came home, you were shy at first. But now you are becoming a daddy's girl day by day.

You laugh a lot these days. It is super cute. On Dec 2nd you had your choroonu at Ettumanoor temple. You enjoyed seeing chenda and the lamps lit in the temple. You didn't cry at all. But you didn't know to swallow any of it that everyone gave you.

We tried giving you solids this month. We started with arrow root which is supposed to be very good for your stomach. But you didn't like it at all. So we might wait for another month before starting to give you solids regularly.

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4 months

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At 3 months and 12 days you rolled over on your own. Now you are a pro at it. You also know to roll back now. And you are making a huge effort to move forward, but the result is that you are moving backwards. That does irritate you  at times when you are trying hard to reach a toy kept in front.

These days you want your chitta to sing different songs to you. Till last month you preferred hearing the same song over and over( "kannan thumbi poramo" being your favourite). Your chita claims you love "Enthu paranjalum nee endethalle vaave". Right now your favourite song is "Attirambile kombile" according to her.

Now you grab things. Initally you were holding things that we give you, but now you try to grab anything that appears near you. When we take you out for a stroll, you try to grab leaves and flowers. You also try to snatch the toys in the toy mobile that appoopan has made for you. It keeps swinging,but you keep trying until you are able to hold it.

You make raspberries and spit a lot these days. You do it either when you are left alone or when someone holds you up and look at you.

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Third month

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Malootty you loved your first international flight journey. You were marveled by the sight of all the tiny lights on the roof of the airplane at night. We met Anu and Renu, my very best friends. We stayed with Anu and the first day you slept so much that Anu nick named you "kumbhakarni".

You got a very warm welcome at Nedumbassery airport. Your achachan, chita and ammavan came to the airport to receive us. Achamma stayed home to prepare for your stay.You got adjusted to the new climate very quickly. Jet lag didn't affect you much.

You love to hear your chitta singing. When she stops you try to imitate her. You are loved by all. Gopu kochachan and deepu kochachan pampers you a lot. You get excited when your ammavan talks to you. Last day you laughed a lot when he was talking to you. Ammamma made him shave his beard and mustache saying you may not like it. :) You respond a lot when peramma ammoomma talks to you.

Your muthassi prepared virgin coconut oil specially for you. I am so glad that you have a great grand parent who will adore you and whom you will adore. It is such a big blessing.

And you have become a chechi real quick. Parvathy appachi was blessed with a baby girl on Oct 6th. We went and met your aniyathikutty.

You are trying to roll over but needs someone's help to come to one side. After that you manage to roll over and looks like you are enjoying laying on your tummy.

You coo a lot to calendar. You are amazed by it, especially when a page lifts due to the fan. You also love clocks. Hhmm may be you are fascinated by numbers, who knows.

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