Green Monster

If you see a little baby with a bright green face, and you're about to scream "Monsteeeeerrrrr", pause. It might only be Bobby. To start him off on solids, I made him have some avocado. As I put a tiny sliver in his mouth, he grimaced  slightly and immediately spit out a bunch of green drool. I used the spoon to collect the green drool and shove it back in his mouth. This went on for a few times after which i figured he probably ate at least some of it. We did this with a few more spoonfuls and then most of Bobby's face from the nose down was green. He tried repeatedly to grab hold of the spoon, deciding the spoon looks more enticing and must be tasted instead. In the end, to his delight, i handed him the empty spoon for him to feast on! Yeah to solid food! I suspect more work heading my way!

Back to School

We survived the first week back to school. 

This year has been most unusual. Due to the pandemic, and the numbers of people getting covid not abating, we were uncomfortable sending little miss Haana back to school. Most other parents have been in the same boat. So the school district had both options of traditional in class teaching, and online only option. With first few weeks being online only. 

So last week little miss Haana started her online school sessions at 750am. And while it is certainly not the same at all, i have to say, i have much to be thankful for. I actually, in my selfish way, am loving this arrangement! 

I can see little miss Haana all through the day, even though she's attending school, and i have started working half days. I can still see her almost every hour for a few minutes when she gets a break, and i can give her a pucchi (kiss). I can make sure she eats. And she gets done much sooner than traditional school. We can spend more time together, even if she has to do some school work on her laptop sitting next to me. She still has time in her day to do some of her arts and crafts work that she always keeps thinking up. Bobby and Haana can spend some moments together through the day. Unlike earlier, when i would pick up Haana after school, from an After-the-Bell program, we get home close to 6pm, she's home and with much more time to spend together, and doing things she likes. 

I am loving this! Much to be thankful for. 

Sitting and Standing

In a news update, little Bobby boy is now standing up on his own two legs, holding on to a sofa now! He's surely wobbly right now, and is not super stable yet, but he's going to get there!

Also when sitting in bed, he's started to sit up by himself. Wobbly too, but its getting there!

Tree, Hose and Bubbles

Last weekend I stepped outside in the front yard for a bit, and realized quite surprisingly that it was actually not bad outside. I went in and got my fancy folding chair (it reclines too!) and positioned it under the tree shade. Bobby boy had just fallen asleep. 'I guess I am going to have a few minutes of peaceful time', was my thought. Except, before i could get to the chair, someone else did. 

Little miss Haana placed herself in my chair under the tree. Not willing to admit defeat, i squeezed myself on to the chair right next to her as well. We sat there looking at cotton puff clouds in the blue sky, my favourite thing to do! After playing the have-you-never game for sometime, slightly drowsy, i said to little miss Haana, "It's getting kind of warm now. Let's go play with the hose". Resounding agreement. We tried to plot a prank in which we will ask dad to come out to the garage, and in stead, spray him with the water hose. But alas, he was too clever for us. He got a wind something was fishy and he took off faster than we could corner him. By the time i got to the garage, little miss Haana was already dripping wet! I got in the soaking fun soon enough. 

By now little Bobby boy was awake and had just fed. There he was sitting in his stroller, watching us playing with the hose in the alley. I decided he couldn't be having too much fun just sitting there watching us. "We must take this party to the bath tub where Bobby can join in". 

And soon, little Bobby boy, little miss Haana and I were amidst cotton puff bubbles in the bath tub. Bobby boy, with his new found grasp was trying to use both his hands and 1 leg to get a hold of the yellow ducky as she bobbed around. When he missed and splashed the water instead, it would send the yellow ducky farther away bobbing in the water. Little miss Haana helped out by sending the yellow ducky back his way. After a few attempts, he finally got a hold of the ducky, and of course it went straight into his mouth! 

No pee pee fountains this time! 

Only 2 Hands

In the morning when little Bobby boy wakes up, he feeds and typically falls right back to sleep. I keep watching him sleep in my arms. With my one hand caressing his head, another his back. Then my one hand touching his sweet cheeks, another holding his soft baby arm. Then my one hand holding his hand and another around his legs. Then one hand touching his sweet baby nose and ears and another caressing the side of his tummy. The only problem is, i want to do all of that all together and i only got 2 hands!

Crinkle Toes

Sweet Bobby boy now has a few friends.

I have to mention the Crinkle Toes. The friendly neighborhood yellow lion with crinkly toes. Bobby boy first met him when he got his new play mat. And there on one side of the play mat was Crinkle Toes hanging from one corner, looking kind of interesting. But once Bobby held out his hand to touch the yellow lion, he came alive in all this crinkly golden glory! Especially the toes! And so the friendship began, where Bobby boy feasts on soft crinkly multi-colored lion toes, and the lion hangs in there and gets eaten :). 

In another friendship news, we have on the crib, pads on all sides that feature Winnie (from Winnie the pooh), and Tiger, pots of honey and buzzing bees around the inside on the crib. When Bobby boy is laying in his crib either fixing to fall asleep or just having woken up, he has long conversations with Winnie and Tiger. They make plans of what games they will play in the dreams next: climb aboard clouds, grow some wings and hop on tree to tree, i'm sure. 

Scooter

My little Bobby boy likes to go places. When he's on the play mat, he starts out at one corner. And then, soon, decides staying at one place is for sissies. So he scoots and drags himself; and if he hasn't been seen in the past 5 seconds, he's well on his way to some place else. Added to his reportaire lately has been rolling, from tummy to back and back to tummy, which means he can get to places faster. Also means he can jump off bed and other places at the blink of an eye, and can no longer be trusted to stay one place at all. 

All of this means, leave the Bobby boy at one place on the play mat, and in a few seconds he's found at another location.

He's also figured out there's another way for him to move from one location to another. Riding on someone's shoulder. And the elevation makes for good sight seeing as a bonus!