All my new stunts

You must have figured that I am super busy these days as I have not written in a long time. I have finally started crawling - yes fully - and am exploring all the rooms in the house. The journey from the time I started doing caterpillar/breast strokes to now it has been fun. The thing though now is that I really do not want to be in one place/position for more than a few seconds. I have to constantly move around. So I am either crawling or am pulling myself up to a standing position, or wriggling my body in all funny ways. Sitting is simply not my cup of tea yet! I love standing up, so much so that I want to do it all day long. And I want to stand up, and leave both my hands free to explore things. I do not yet have the strength to support my entire body this way or know how to lower myself slowly and sit and explore (as I said I am not yet a very big fan of sitting down yet, you know I am not going to like going to a school where they are going to make me sit the whole day!). But I do not want to wait till I learn that, so I try this anyway. Result: I fall back on my bum and sometimes hit my head against the floor! Oh well - actually most adults dont understand that it is only by trying so often that I will learn ;-). I am getting there.

The next big news is that I am now babbling - dada, vava, amma, gurgle etc etc. I now know that Amma exists, so when she is not around I look for her and if I do not find her I get upset and cry. Even when she is around, I will go to someone else only for a little bit and then I want to come back to her. Amma is hoping that this phase will pass soon, but I know better, hee hee hee. I am also starting to distinguish sounds, so some sounds that never used to bother me startle me these days - like a sneeze, the cooker whistle etc. On the other hand I am also recognizing soothing sounds like songs, and rhymes. I continue to love finger play and am enjoying peek-a-boo games. And am expressing more - joy, happiness, displeasure, etc.

I am now more interested in the foods that everyone eats, the cup that they drink tea from, and the things they use. Who wants my toys that are only for me!!!! Not me :-)

Well that is all news from Nidhi land for now. Come crawl with me and have fun :-)