Applying for a Passport? Bite me!

Today we applied for Ishi's passport. The long story Ishi's first government office visit is here.

Ishi spent breakfast with her Dida, fascinated by her green pendant; then spent time with Maashi and Leela didi, before Maashi drove them both to join us at the passport office queue. We tried to time it such that she would not have to spend too much time in the queue outside and we were in, in about ten minutes or so.

Throughout, Ishi was mostly in her pram, first playing with her pram fan (she would put her hand to the blades! And no matter that the blades were kid friendly, it did not seem to be setting a good precedent!). There she amused herself with her pram toys and kicking about in her sandals. Towards the end of our wait, she got tired and went off to sleep in Daddy's arms. We laid her in her pram and asked Leela to take her away from the main crowd and towards the waiting area. Once all done, we were back home by noon after a short stop to say bye to Tuki Maashi and pick up our stuff from there.

Once home, we got organized and I started feeding her her lunch while Leela finished cooking. I realized I could feel a definite scrape on the spoon and with my finger, could feel her lower incisors! She was a bit cranky, so have not pressed her to show me her mouth yet...but I do believe someone's pearly whites are finally breaking ground! Her Dida also called me later and told me she though her left upper incisor was coming out.

Its 3:25pm now, and Ishi is sleeping. I hope she wakes in a good mood, so we can get ... well... a clearer picture! Waiting with a smile ... :)

Whats in a Roti...

Today, while we had lunch, we gave Ishi little bits of my roti (thinner piece). At first she kept dropping them down, and Nero stationed himself between her and me. But once I put couple right into her mouth, she managed to work them down and even wanted more! No teeth..but why should that stop me momma!!!!!

Crawling about...

Yesterday, Ishi had a gala time with Daddy, Dida and Maashi, playing on her playmats in the living room. Everyone encouraged her to start crawling. Today, she made full use of her lessons and spent time pulling herself around on her arms and tummy all over the mat!

Death to Velcro

Ishi has figured out how to undo Velcro fasteners. It started with her pulling her velcro bibs open. It has now graduated to her being able to get out of her diapers! Today I found her on one end of the bed, with her diaper left behind on the other end! uh-oh!

Potty in the Pot!

Ishi did potty in her pot for the first time today! I was eating lunch outside in the dining room, while Lila was holding her on the pot trying to make her go....and she did! Sadly I missed it. By the time I finished, Ishi was already on the bed and Lila was washing up. Still....her first ever successful poo in the pot! Whoo-peee!!!

Immediate calls went out to Dad (eating lunch out at Khan Market) and Dida (at her office).

Now to make this a habit!

Oh..and Lila tells me the pot did make music...but I didn't hear it outside :( ... Oh well.

Alimentary Learning

Sooo, we've got a brand new great looking Fischer Price (what else) potty! So now Ishi has a 'Royal Stepstool Potty" which works both as a potty and a step-stool. Its key feature is that it plays music if you have successfully done your deed! Ooo!

When we went to the shop, we were looking at the Basic FroggyPotty, but when we saw the music feature...ah come on...you would have got that one too!

We also got Ishi some Dora and Disney Princess jigsaw shaped playmats. So once back home, the play mats were laid out and in business. However, they are of course harder than the mattress she is used to...and with one floppy 'all fall down', the next 'downs' were all done quite gingerly. After a point, she tired of it, and when left on her own, started howling within minutes. So it was back to the play-gym. Since she had worked herself into a fine upset, we decided to save potty training for the next day.

So Sunday arose, bright and sunny. First thing in the morning, I'm jolted awake by eager daddy saying its 30 mins since her morning Cerelac...lets do it. So groggily, out comes the potty and then the tape recorder. Daddy helps her sit on the potty. At first she doesn't like it much, but with some help from her mobile phone toy and a newspaper insert, everyone settles down into an encouraging mood. We try various sounds, words of encouragement, random tummy rubbing and the like to get her to 'go'.

At the end of 30 mins, there is no music, but there is a little pee in the bowl!! Whoo hooo! First time lucky? Lets see how this develops :)

Ins and Outs

The booster seat is now well established into Ishi's eating routine.

Now its time for potty training! Plan for this weekend - poop pot!