Drrrrrrrrrrrrr Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

This morning I was in a hurry and hence made Kulli stand in the Car below the car seat instead of putting her on her car seat and buckling her while dropping her at the home daycare (ok before you judge me, the homedaycare is 4 buildings away from mine and within the community, also i was driving at maybe 2mph).

Kulli climbs up on the carseat, hits me on the shoulder, holds the steering wheel and goes Drrrrrrrrrrrrrr Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Should I start driving lessons for her?

I can sing too...

This morning in our household.....

Amma sings : You are my chamak challo oho...

Appa sings: Chikani Chameli....

Kulli Sings: A B C D E F G.....

19 months and already independent

I remember my sister working really hard to teach my nephew when he was 19 months old to do quite a lot of stuff on his own like
--> eating on his own from his plate
-->potty training
-->playing on his own with the toys and give her some time off.

I kept thinking for a long time that I should start training Kulli too now that she is old enough. But guess what? Kulli has started doing almost everything on her own (except the potty training part)

--> she loves to eat on her own (ofcourse with more than half the food on the floor)
--> loves to play on her own with the toys
-->loves to play games on the phone
--> loves to run alone when we are outside and she continues to run even if she does not find me anywhere near her

As much as am glad that she is trying to be independent am also sad that she is growing up too soon, its true that girls grow up really fast. But hey she still holds my shawl or shirts when I am not around or she keeps saying "amma office". She hasnt grown that big and independent afterall :)

Blessing is when ...

-.> I pretend to cry and kulli runs up to me, gives me a tight hug and starts crying herself if I dont stop.
-> Shonapa pretends to hit me and Kulli stares at him and says "Chup' (meaning shutup)
-> Kulli wakes me up in the morning with a beautiful smile
-> Kulli for no reason comes to me and gives me a peck on my cheek
-> Kulli wakes up in the middle of the night crawls out of her crib climbs over shonapa to find me and snuggles
    next me.
->Kulli holds me tight when something startles her
->Kulli brings a book, climbs up the sofa, sits on my lap, opens the book and points at the book to let me know
    that I need to read to her.

HomeDayCare

Homedaycare is turning out to be a good decision for Kulli....she likes the new place....she likes her new friend who is a year older than her....

there are quite a few postiives I have observed with this setting...here goes

-> Kulli gets another child to play with and she is learning to share stuff

->the other child G, wouldnt eat Ragi before..but seeing Kulli eat hers, he has started it too

->G loves to keep snacking and Kulli has picked it up...she now eats fruits, nuts, biscuits etc

->they keep running around the house the whole day and are tired by 9 in the night...that is a win win for both me and S (who takes care of Kulli now) cos both the kids are off to bed by 10 (you may say this is still very late for kids bedtime...but wait Kulli's standard bedtime before this was 12:30 a.m.)

-->Kulli gets to eat homemade food and is fed well before I pick her up in the evening

I guess the only negative so far has been Kulli gets to watch a lot of television. But S and I are fine with it till the time Kulli gets settled and gets used to the new environment.

On the whole am glad.. I ve found a good place for her for now.

DayCare part 2

I know its been a while since I updated anything about the lead actor "Kulli" :)...since my last update regarding Kulli going to the daycare things have not been pleasant the updates are below:

 Day 1: Kulli was fine in the daycare the first day...with my mom sitting in a corner and watching her...she kept checking on my mom but continued to play with other kids all the while making sure my mother was still in the vicinity...
Day 2:  We felt Kulli should be left alone and check if she will be fine by herself...now that was the mistake we made...Kulli got scared not seeing any known faces around her and started screaming and crying....we left her there for an hour and then I joined her... she hugged me real tight and wouldn't look at me (her way of letting me know she wasnt happy)...you see we are all insanely emotional (except the father of course) and we cry at the drop of a hat....so seeing the leading lady wail was more than a reason for my mother and I to join her...now the teachers in the daycare were puzzled and didn't know whom to console...and we came back home....
Day 3: The father takes Kulli to the daycare knowing that the grand mom and mom are utterly useless in this task.... that's when Kulli realises that her wailing and such tantrums will not work on the father and that she should certainly do something more to get the attention....she plays and cries and cries...when all of a sudden the teacher felt her hand and found that she was running a temperature...the father immediately gives her the Tylenol and takes her home... madam is all happy...but poor thing had developed a mild ear infection...for those who know about kulli and her paranoid mom...you shud know that kulli getting fever is equivalent to hell breaking in the household...
Day 4: kulli is given Tylenol and ibuprofen every 3 hours day-in and day-out until she feels better...No Daycare today
Day 5: She feels better..again No DayCare
Day 6: Kulli is fine and taken to the daycare with grandmom...she starts crying and wouldn't stop for 2 continuous hours...the teachers follow CIO and we Indians well most of them are against this method...so mom and grandmom feel guilty again and bring the child back home...
Day 7: Mom starts hunting for a home daycare...where there is TV and people speaking in tamil (the language that kulli understands) and food that she can eat and lots of toys....luckily the mom finds one such nice lady who has a 2 year old and was willing to take Kulli (ofcourse mom has not told the lady the tantrums Kulli is capable of ;))...so Kulli is happy in a home daycare so far with granmom by her side though :)...and happily grabbing al the toys from the poor lil guy (remember somewhere my genes in Kulli too...)

So right now getting Kulli used to the nice lady and her son and making sure Kulli behaves and likes place...will update soon, hopefully with good news...until then wishes and prayers for the household please :)...

P.S. Sure you can go ahead and call me names...I know kids shouldn't be allowed TV time....I know sometimes kids should be allowed to cry...I know kids should be taught to share stuff....well I know them theoretically ...par kya kare Dil hai ki maantha nahi :(

Day Care

I am starting daycare for kulli today. My heart has been pounding since last night..its been long since I had this feeling. I guess the last time my heart beat so fast was when I had to give my exams...no matter what I did to divert my mind back then my heart would continue to beat faster..
this stopped only when i was half way through the exam...but the good thing was everytime this happened the results of the exam was extraordinary...going by this i really hope kulli also does extraordinarily well at daycare..

i guess she will since the first thing she did after reaching the place was to pull a cracker from another kid's hand :) and chase the kid till she gets one (you see she has my genes too :))