Cough and cold is thankfully over, but eating habits are still giving mom a heachache...I am coming to live with it now...no extra efforts on my part as its not working..just some sssighs now and then..thats all!
In the monthly visit to the Child health Clinic this week ,I was told by the health visitor that baby's weight gain is not as per schedule.He missed it by margins! But she also told me that at this stage many active babies stop gaining weight cause of their constant movements and activities.She asked me in details about his diet and was happy with all that's been offered to him! When my baby's awake he's not still even for a moment, always cruising along the furniture, crawling or wriggling around to reach something or the other, besides he was down with cold.
He's so wriggly that at times I find him hard to handle, as a result a mishap! After his bath, I had put him on our bed and was trying to dress him up, just like other days.For some reasons, these days he has developed a distaste for dressing up after bath and I have to chase him all over the place to dress him up.That day he was howling and was trying to escape by crawling all over the bed.I was trying to pacify him and trick him into dressing up, at-least try and make him put on the nappy when all of a sudden he jerked away and eventually slipped off the bed.It was too sudden and I lost my grip on him..he landed on the carpeted floor...in an attempt to balance himself he managed not to hit his head on the floor and landed on his side !
As such I hate carpeted floors cause I find them unhygienic but this time I was more than happy to have one , as it cushioned the ground and he didn't hurt himself much, I shudder at the thought of what possibly could have happened otherwise!Thank God nothing adverse happened to him. He was lil hurt but very scared, kept on crying and clinging to me for a minute or two.In fact both of us were scared and clinged to each other. I kept pressing his hands and shoulders gently to check if it hurts, any possible injury :(
That day ,I wondered if I should take him to the Dr..and kept watching him for any signs, all's well thankfully.I also checked with the health visitor and she said it's alright, nothing to worry. When I narrated the same over the phone to hubby, I got a nice earful for missing the catch which I so truly deserve! I used to think I am cautious enough to handle such things.Lesson learned is days of changing on the bed are over...no more putting him on the bed for what so ever reasons.
Other changes , I note are sleeping times have drastically reduced.He sleeps for less time during the day,mostly one nap of 45 mins or an hr, and at times another nap of just 15 mins or 30 minutes..rest of the time he's playing and enjoying himself being naughty.Occasionally he does sleep soundly for two hours at a stretch.
He keeps discovering ways to entertain himself, he's latest fascination is swinging the door! Childhood and the Joys of discovering happiness in such small things!As adults we forget to cherish the simple and beautiful things in life. Once he even squeezed his finger under it while playing, so I have started keeping the doors closed , if I am not around to keep a vigil.
Cherished Moment :Sometime this week , I found him trying to stand on his toes to reach to things kept on top of the chest of drawers...
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