8 month status update

Abhay is well into climbing stairs these days. He loves to climb the stairs leading upstairs. He loves it when I sit on the top of the stairs and call out to him.

His latest game is to sit inside the plastic bin that we use to store his toys. There is one such box downstairs and he insisted on opening the lid and try climbing into it.

And the other thing is love to play downstairs in the basement.We try and avoid going there as we feel very cold but he is really happy there even though his hands and legs get cold. This and the fact that he does not like being covered at night leads us to believe he really likes the cold.

He also loves playing " Piddi.... Piddi..." (catch me if you can) when we are going up the stairs. He hangs on tight to the person carrying him as well as laughing at the person following him.

Sleep still seems as elusive as ever. There is no definite sleep patterns nor does he sleep through the night. We are winging it as of now. People said he will sleep better when he reaches twice his birth weight, 6 weeks, 4 months, when he starts eating solids, drinks formula, eats rice. All these milestones have come and gone but he still is not sleeping at night.

As for the indian food, we have tried rice/daal/ghee/salt, rice/daal/gerber peas ( his fav for now), idli, yogurt, mango/yogurt.

When it comes to food my hubby is a traditionalist - he loves his rice/sambhar/rasam. So, today Abhay was eating and infact relishing his avacado. Sampath was telling me - " paavu - ariyade kolundeke emithinde erike" ( you are cheating the innocent kid) and that as soon as he learns to talk he is going to say "amma - please do not give me healthy stuff".