one year and two weeks

This week my baby had his twelve months health review with the health visitor...the schedule clashed with his babbling babes session....so had to skip the babbling babes this week. I didn't want to cause this week we were supposed to paint the clay imprint of his hand taken in the previous class. On the way to the health clinic I at-least manged to pick up his clay imprint... shall paint it some other time at home.

The meeting with the health visitor was a simple one, we had to measure his height and weight. My baby surely doesn't like to undress in-front of others, cause as soon as we took his clothes he started crying just like the other times..and refused to get his weight checked by all means. Alternatively the health visitor suggested that I weigh myself with baby in my arms first and then just weight myself.So that was how I manged to check his weight. We measured his height as well....but I very much doubt the accuracy of it , he kept on crying and throwing his legs while we tried to keep him straight for measuring height.

a decent cook am I ?

After the height and weight  simple exersices like handing him a cube , a small raisin to measure his motor skills..the health visitor seemed quite happy with the outcome and so was I. As for his weight  babies are supposed to triple their birth weight in the  first year and my baby gained much more than that so all in all I am quite happy.

Weekend some more friends visited us over dinner for my babies b'day...I decided to cook everything cause I was not quite happy with what the cook had made the previous week. I enjoy cooking and people say that I cook quite decent...?!?

After an enjoyable night ,the  next day my baby fell sick with cold and fever. With the season change and  mercury dropping to subzero , everyone around was getting flu ..I had anticipated him to get flu sooner or later...however he was running very high fever.

The next day was my friend's daughter- Meera's first Bday.. with my baby so sick looked like I was going to miss it. I wanted to go to wish her B'day very much..she' a very special friend, we share a special bonding which further got strengthened as coincidentally we started this journey of motherhood at the sametime..Meera and Aaryan were born with a difference of just 8 days.

Smiling B'day girl and her friend

I still remember going for her first scan as her hubby fell sick . We started in a cab on that rainy day and were a bit late cause of traffic. It was overwhelming to see 10 weeks old, 2 cm  Meera for the first time...the day was phenomenal had never experienced life that way...and now she's one year old!

I knew my friend wanted me to come very much for the B'day but didn't say it cause she knew things were not fine at home.

Thankfully by night his fever came down and we made a quick and short visit to wish the lil one a very happy first Bday! Meera was very pleased to see us..she started making happy noises to see my baby...besides she's a happy baby ,keeps smiling most of the time..May she always be smiling like this now and forever.

My baby's cold and fever which looked like a viral infection subsided in the next 2 days.

No matter how cautious I am ..accidents happen. My baby's finger got pressed under the door , he gave a shrill cry ..when I saw his finger a tiny bit of skin had peeled near his fingernail and lil bit of blood too ..picked him put his finger underneath chilly water ..some antiseptic cream and loads of love..I feel guilty, wished had been more careful.