BOW BOW!

Ananya was gifted a soft toy-dog from Sanchita, my friend Sushma's Daughter. She liked it so much that she even used to take it sleep with her sometimes. Her Tata used to take her out and show her a dog in the opposite building. Maamma used to show dogs on the street from the balcony. Me and Naveen would take her out and while going in the car show her dogs, would tell see doggy doggy bow bow. She became so fond of dogs that every time she wanted to see them. Even in her sleep she started telling bow bow. Morning as soon as she gets up bow bow. Naveen comes from office she would tell take me to see bow bow. So all of us finally decided that we will stop using the word Bow bow in the house so that she will slowly start forgetting it and it finally worked.

Bow bow was gone but then she used to pick someother thing (word) and go on and on all the time for some days till she finds something else intresting.Few days she would say Thambi thambi, then Thangi thangi, then she saw cat and mee mee, mee mee. Now latest is BATA, had gone to buy Bata brand footwear to wear at home and after coming home she looked at the footwear and started telling Bata Bata. So all the time now she keeps repeting Bata, Bata and as usual in her sleep also tells BATA BATA.

Gunda!

Ananya is 16 months old (15th July 2007-her Tata's 68th Birthday) . She has a baby boy doll, which does not have any hair, so we used to tell her this is gunda babu, does not have any hair on his head. So when we all went out to dine and Naveen (her dad) was taking a stroll in the lounge with her, he was in for a little tight situation. She saw a man with bald head and amid all the people around she sharted shouting GUNDA GUNDA and everyone started laughing. That man did not know how to react. Naveen with out waiting a second more moved away from there.

Second month-April' 06

Sweeta was one month old and every month i would celebrate her monthly birthday, put new clothes for her. All her cousins Amrutha akka (15 yrs ), Akash( 13yrs) and Daivik(8yrs) anna were very happy to see their little baby sister. They wanted to carry her and play with her. Daivik told his mom that she is so soft just like cotton. The little cousins would discard her used daipers and even ocassionally change her daiper. I still remember when they were little ones, i would forget change their daipers would not even touch their washed daipers. Amrutha used to sing and Ananya used to look at her face all the while she is singing.

MY BABY DOLL

My tiny bundle of joy arrived! Never had i imagined that there will be so much to enjoy just looking at the baby. Had always seen people around me playing with babies and i used to wonder what is there to play with a baby, only when my little angle was born i discovered the joy. There she was sleeping next to me and suddenly for the first time i saw her eyes open and i could see the twinkle in her eyes and the slow movememts of her hands and feet. Those tiny hands and feet, oh she is not holding her fist like babies usually do- its open.

Just 2 days after she was born when she heard the phone ringing sound she knew exactly from where the sound came and was looking in that direction, while her Amamma was trying to figure from where it came. She had long nails when she was born. When she yawned you could see her teeth less mouth, ahh i am so sleepy, her little pink tongue. Her sleeping pose was hands up, when she slept her hands used to be held up near her head. when she she woke up she would stretch and stretch and strech so much. She would hold tight anything given in her hand, from then it self she started holding my finger when she would go to sleep, even after she is 16 months old now she still needs my finger to hold when she sleeps.

Days passed and her naming cermonay was done on the 21st day after her birth, and my sweet little baby about whom there is so much so say was named ANANYA, meaning unique, matchless.