Thursday, June 4, 2020

Bud at 16 months


It’s marvellous that Bud( that’s what I have decided to call the little one here) can communicate everything with his limited vocabulary of 6 words. With gestures, sounds and actions he somehow manages to put his point across.
I used to think that if you talk to your kid a lot, they catch up and start talking. At least that’s what happened with Angel. She had a vocabulary of at least 50-70 words at this age. This kid proved me wrong. I am in India since last 4 months and he has access to words more than ever but he has not started speaking a new syllable in these 4 months. It’s still ta, da, wa and ba. 

He still has no teeth which stresses me out sometimes.

He doesn’t walk independently yet. MIL says it’s hereditary since J* and his siblings were all late walkers. Bud walks by holding one hand and steers us in a direction that’s desirable to him. And he walks and makes us walk the whole day. And I am not exaggerating!

He understands everything is what I feel and grasps new things real quick.

He knows 9-10 of his body parts.

He is a foodie and loves junk food ðŸ˜¥ and things like pav bhaji daal baati, idli as opposed to the regular daal chawal.

He loves water, not drinking but playing with it. His bath time is so much fun and I think it’s his favourite part of the day.
I mostly feed him his milk in the sink while he is playing with water.

Angel gave me perspective the other day, that previously you used to tell him to sit up, now that he is sitting up you are not happy about that and want him to move on to the next challenge of standing up. He is doing so many things.

I love my girl ðŸ˜˜ðŸ˜˜

Bud loves books.
He can read two of his favourite books repeatedly for hours. He recognizes so many things from his books, and connects to the same things in real world, it’s fascinating!

He loves to ride his toy car which used to be Angel’s like a pro forwards and backwards. Thanks to grandparents for preserving her stuff so nicely that Bud is using them now.

Can khisko forward and backwards.

Loves walks in his tricycle with grandpa.

He loves adores mangoes.. that’s usually the last thing he eats for the day because if he says no for mangoes I know that he is full now.

He loves the song “lakdi ki kathi” and even hums along “lala” in almost exact tune.

We are enjoying him. We are a little carefree this time around also knowing that he is the only baby in our family for many years to come now until one of them have their own kids!

He must have forgotten his car seat and home and toys.. let’s see what challenges lay before us on our return!