Aarush - the Li'l Champ

Dear Aarush You are a three year old now. You have grown so much... from a quiet baby who just wouldn’t cry much to a toddler who can’t stop being stubborn. You like things your way, you do whatever you want to do... but you also listen to us when we explain things... You like reason, you like to believe. You like music, you love to dance and you love to make everyone dance with you. You talk a lot too. With proper grammar and words, though we don’t understand some words. You like to involve everyone around in everything you are doing. “Hey, what are you doing”, "Hey, what’s this?”, “Pappa look” and “Mama, no talk, shh...” are some of your favourite dialogues. You like to explain everything happening around you. We all obviously can’t take our eyes off you J This year, I decided to study further and complete my Masters. I try to spend as much time as possible with you. You enjoy your Nursery and Dayhome and rarely cry on being dropped to school. Needless to say, we are gl

Aarush is two They say every day is a surprise when you have a baby. So very true. Dear Aarush, you have turned two today. I still remember the day when you were born. So delicate and so quiet. You slept all the while. You were quiet and observant while awake and cried only in sleep sometimes. You paid attention when we talked to you. Liked whatever we showed you. All said I was lucky to have a “quiet” and “obliging” baby like you. Well, no one can call you that anymore J J J... When you were over one yr old, you would persist for whatever you wanted to play with, even if I said no. The light switch for instance. I used to tell Dad, that I like it that you were a little stubborn. Pls note... “little” stubborn!!! I had no idea that the cute little obliging baby would turn into a devil-may-care (in this case devil refers to Dad and me), stubborn child that you are now. Don’t get me wrong. We do love the little masti that you do. We record every moment of it whenever we get

Dear Aarush, It's been two weeks since I have  joined office and you have started going to day care . When I was small I was.always.at home with mom as she was a house wife. When dad was small he was always at home with his aaji because she lived with his parents. So the concept of day care, a home away from home as they call it, is quite new to us. You cry a lot when we drop you there and though your teacher there insists that you are fine the whole day, dropping u at the day care is the hardest part of our day. And unfortunately this hard part lasts the whole day. Well, there is a reason why we decided to put you to day care at this age. The reason is NOT that i HAD to join office. I was already on a career break since you were born and could have joined office any time. The main reason was, we felt  that the separation will hurt you less at this age when you are ready to accept new things. Experienced parents told us that older kids get more emotional and find it harder to p

Well, babies are so innocent, they sometimes do things unexpectedly and make everyone laugh.  This list does not include milestones Aarush expectedly attained. It includes all fun things he did in the last one month - While babbling in the thirteenth month,  he unexpectedly said 'Dabaang' when we were planning to see the movie. His Aatya (aunt), who is a BIG Salmaan fan was obviously happy - His grandpa is his favorite as he takes him to the garden and makes him laugh. He got so angry when Grandpa stopped him from doing something that he cried when he saw him and refused to go to him.  But this anger didn't last for more than 10 mins!!! - Started saying Atta non-stop in the thirteenth month (he started saying this when I was teaching him "apple" and the word just stuck). This was around his Attya's bday so she was very very happy - Screams very loudly when we take him to the door (as he loves going outdoors). The immediate neighbours when he is going out

The Panchgani Trip was special for 3 reasons - this was Aarush's first holiday trip with family; the family went together for a trip after almost two years and it was Aarush's Aunt's bday. Aarush is not new to traveling, we travel between Pune-Mumbai every two months. We had also made a short trip to Kolhapur to visit the Mahalakshmi temple, when Aarush was 6 months old. Nevertheless, this trip was special because Aarush now understands and reacts to new things, new environment and new people. We planned to leave early. But when u have a baby in the house, everything revolves around his routine. Since outside food is still no-no for Aarush, we prepared his day's meal in the morning. We reached Panchgani at around 2.00 pm.   We stayed at Hotel Ravine , located at the Sydney point, facing the Krishna valley. The scene we first saw outside the hotel window was breath-taking. The afternoon sun lit the mist in the environment, the nature took over a

Hi all :-) :-) :-), I am an year old now. Mom says that in a year, I have grown into an individual with my own mind and will... very curious though stubborn (only a little bit, u know). I like smiling and babbling at others and like it when people talk to me. I also like to make Mom and Dad feel proud by accomplishing newer feats everyday... putting spoon into my mouth, putting toys back into the toy bin, climbing on the sofa, pointing at objects, waving bye-bye, showing the wheel of the car when asked, keeping the car on top of shelf, etc. In fact I go from room to room in the house to do something new and different but Mom keeps stopping me. I listen to her when she says "no" if I do something bad, u see I am a good baby. But then I do it as soon as she is out of sight ;-p. My Dad calls me an alarm clock as I wake up at 7.30 am everyday and wake him up too. Mom still tries to stuff me with food, but now I check out what exactly is being fed to me and turn my head away when

Hi All Well, this is Aarush alias Aareen (S/O Vipula and Vishal Waghmare). My parents thought of changing my name at the last moment before the naming ceremony. Thought of sending an update since I had some free time today. You see, now-a-days, I am very busy exploring my house as I can move around on all fours now. I have lots of toys but I am not interested in them. I love to play with Mom's and Dad's stuff - mobile chargers, spoons and plates, mobile phones, the camera - in short all things which are unfairly restricted to me. Dad has brought me a play gym but I love to play on the floor, under the table, in the kitchen, etc. Mom seems to have no other work but feeding me every 3 hours. Somebody please tell her that I am more interested in eating the mobile phone cover, my stuffed toys and every other thing lying on the floor. In fact, I am helping my Mom loose a lot of weight my making her run behind me. I don't cry and throw too many tantrums. You see, I am not stubbo