LG turns eighteen months today

June 18, 2008

“Your child is coming of age”, read the opening line of Baby Center’s monthly newsletter. Can’t be more true. As Lil’ General turns eighteen months today, he doesn’t lose a moment or an opportunity to assert his independence and behave like a grown up who can very well take care of himself. To begin with, he hates holding my fingers while walking on the road even if it means tripping over a stone - will someone teach him to see what lies beneath before taking the next foot forward? He is fine being fed because that’s convenient while his fingers work on something destructive like breaking the coaster box or ripping apart the TV remote.All energy is channeled towards throwing objects, deconstructing toys, stacking food containers and unplugging telephone.

There has been very little improvement in his vocabulary. From from talking coherently or even saying sensible words, it is limited just to a handful. “Hello” is “ow..ow”. “Doggy” is “bow bow”. “Ball” is “baw..baw”. “Candle” is “ca..”. Words he pronounces legibly are “bhabhi”, “baby”, “papa”, “akka” and “amma”.

His working knowledge of appliances impresses me at times. Aqua Guard is turned on and off with precision once the bottle fills. The timer is first set in the microwave and then goes the start button. If it’s on for too long and it gets boring, there’s always the start button that leaves mama wondering what the heck happened - if the power went off only to realise someone was upto his mischief.

I spend a good deal of time everyday searching for things like gas lighter or V’s lunch box’s cover that are strategically hidden under the sofa or on the parapet wall or in some corner of the lawn downstairs.

Playtime in the park is what the family is highly fond of and look forward to every evening.

Tantrums are rising by the day. What he eats and when he eats is dictated. The shrill shrieks of his sends my pulse racing at times.

Aversion to books continues. He has grown tired of the nursery rhymes ..I hate to admit this but he loves watching the song “mauja hi mauja” from Jab We Met and dances to it.

His achievement of the month was locking me out.

It’s been over three months since he started pointing to things in our neighborhood that were familiar to him - like waving at the laundry uncle or pointing to the house of his favorite doggy Caesar’s house with a bow bow or jumping form his pram as we reach the park or bringing his hands together to pray as we cross the temple.

There’s certain predictability about his daily activities too - like he has to ring the bell as he enters the home from a walk, climbs the stairs and hits the pot midway before proceeding further, water the plants every morning before going for walk or opening the flush tap while seated on his potty seat.

After months of resisting mango, he finally took a liking as the season draws to an end.

He loves going on a ride in the scoot not worried about hanging onto dear life. It’s not funny when he turns off the key in the middle of the road. When he does this two times, he loses his chance of standing in the front and is duly transported back.We run small errands on the scooty as he loves the ride and hates going in the car - it’s the view folks!

Finally, I present you with his first art work.

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One Response to “LG turns eighteen months today”

Manish on June 21st, 2008 12:54 pm

It was fun reading about LG’s antics. My daughter is just 3 months yet but I can’t wait to see what she’s going to do. She is a handful as it is.
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