Food Habits

We started giving Rice, Dal and Vegetables from the month of February and it was like not much, just introduced one by one vegetables to her. Initially we fed her only vegetables for a week, then started adding Rice and Dal to it. She liked to have this as till then she was tasting only Raagi Porridge, cooked fruits and juices. All kind of semi solid and this is solid thing.

Dr advised to give Carrot, Beans, Peas and Potato. Initially each vegetables for 2days and from next week onwards we mixed all these vegetables and gave it to her. Later we started including other vegetables like beetroot, cauliflower, ladies finger and other kootu vegetables like peerkangai, poosanikai, keerai. Really she liked to have all these compared to raagi and cooked fruits.

I have to clearly say one thing about her food. I don't add salt or sugar to her food and even Raagi. Dr. told that it is not necessary to start any sugar and salt until she gets fed by me. But others used to complain me that how she will eat without any salt / sugar. When i asked Dr about this , she told how does she take mothers milk, Is there any salt or sugar added? Likewise even fruits and vegetables don't need anything else extra. Her answer satisfied me and after that I never bothered to listen others.

Once I started going office, I regularised her food timing. She gets up in the morning around 7:30 and after 1hr she takes raagi porridge then after some time she gets bath. After 1 to 2hrs I will feed her and make her to sleep then I will march to the office. She will take lunch by 12:30 - 1:30 and the food menu will be, whatever I said above. Around 4 or 4:30 she takes one cup of Orange or Musambi juice and around 5 she will take cooked fruits either Apple or Pear. Now days she does not like Pear much , but Apple is ok. But she likes banana a lot. Our work will be easy when i feed her banana.

And in the night, Dr advised to give Ceralac wheet. She liked it for a week and that is it. After that she does not take it to her mouth at all. So now days I'm giving rice in the night. I have to ask Dr for alternate foods. Everyone must be surprised why I'm depending on Dr. for everything. Because I'm really comfortable with her and I followed her advises for my baby till now and really my baby gained weight as per the charts. And ofcourse, this is a proof, when others come and interfere on her food habit. I can stop hearing their advises and tell that Dr will not allow this. :D

Helping Amma!

My sweetie stated helping me now only! I know everyone might be wondering what am I talking about. Yes, she understands what I'm telling to her and acts for it. Check out the video to know in which way she is helping me. I'm really happy for this this eight month old cute pie!!!

It Hurts.

I hate Train journey in a seating class (Chair Car). I had talked about the journey in the last post itself. Everything started after few days since we reached Chennai. Thursday night Thamizhini did not sleep well and she was crying while sleeping. She was simply turning left and right of her. I was simply sleeping by thinking that why this little one is not sleeping. How dumb I am?

When she (either me) woke in the morning, I could see her nose is oozing. She has got cold and that is why she was not able to sleep in the night. And I could feel the baby's temperature also bit high. But it was not like very high to give Crocin syrup. I thought she will be alright by evening as it is just a cold. But everything turned out of my way, as temperature keeps on increasing. Unfortunately her father need to go out of station that day and I felt sad that I have to manage Thamizhini alone in this situation. Somehow I made her to sleep but she was not able to sleep because of cold and fever. I fed her Crocin in the evening but she was not ready to take that. But I forced her to drink and she took only 2ml out of 5ml. I did not want to force her as she was crying from the morning. She was not able to sleep in the bed as her nose is getting blocked so I put her on my shoulder and made her to sleep. She slept for some time and when she woke around 1'O clock also fever was not reduced, so thought of giving Crocin again. This time also she was reluctant to take it, but I forcefully gave her. As she was hesitating to drink that, she was getting sensation of vomiting and suddenly she vomited everything that she had from the evening. My goodness, I was totally shocked as she is not taking medicine and even somehow we force to drink also she vomits. I was worried, how this fever will get reduced without medicine??? She slept after some time and again in the morning also I tired to give Crocin but again she vomited voluntarily.

I was looking horrible and did not know what to do to stop her vomiting. I thought of taking to Dr but getting appointment is tough and as that day was on Saturday, hospital will be over crowed. I called Dr and briefly told what is happening to her. But the Dr is very cool and told me to take care of myself. I worried as the next day would be off to everyone and no Dr. will will be available in hospital. Somehow i argued her and managed to get an appointment.

I tried to give food in many ways to her and she is not at all ready to take a bit. I passed the time till evening and we started to hospital, by the time fever was 102.5. I never seen Thamizhini like this and even in hospital also she was just lying on me very calm. I felt really bad on myself that I was not able to give medicine to her, or somehow make her to drink. Waited for my turn for around 1hr, then we met the Dr. Dr was so angry on me as I asked her to give Antibiotic to the baby when I talked on the Phone. But I'm not angry on the Dr as she used tell me every time that Thamizhini is very healthy and gaining weight as per chart and doe snot prescribe anything other than necessary. And basically the Dr. does not like to give anti biotic for each and everything. she tries to heal without it. But after checking Thamizhini she felt that she is suffering too much and she told her throat is sore and infected  a lot. Now I realised the reason why she is not taking any form of food. I was hoping that she will give injection and to my disappointment she suggested powder kinda medicine which i need to dilute and give to her. I was in terrible shock and thought how can I give her this medicine as she is not taking anything in her mouth. While coming back to home I was thinking this only . Then got an idea that my friend Preetha used to tell that give the medicine or put the filler in deep throat where the syrup cannot touch her tongue or where she cannot taste it. After coming home I tired that idea, and she was crying like anything to take medicine. I felt like I'm heartless! Antibiotic for 3 times a day and Crocin was still 5hrs once. Somehow i managed to give, but  still she vomited sometimes.

 That night she slept with help of medicines and i woke her in the middle for giving Crocin twice, but still she vomited little and the bitter thing was all the medicine came out. but i forced her and fed as i thought to myself that if i do not give forcefully, then this will not be cured. i continue this medicine and Crocin for Sunday too. and fever started coming down. I made her vegetables soup and gave little warm. she drank that as she was starving from 2days.

By Monday she was OK and only thing we wanted to continue that medicine for 5 days. I stopped Coricin as fever reduced. I cannot forget these whole two days in my life. Her voice itself changed because of cold and throat infection, also she cried like anything for 2 days just to take medicines. Even though she had high fever and cold, she cried only for taking medicines;  Whenever or wherever she sees the filler or spoon with syrup she started crying. but otherwise she did not cry for anything. She was simply laying on me or on the bed and as she was so tired and like to lay on my shoulder and reluctant to go to others.

Poor baby! I felt really bad for this and main cause is that train journey. I HATE train journey.

Ear Piercing Video

Nothing much to say about it. You can see how she cried and how did that guy pierce her ears. I must say that she is looking very pretty with studs in her ears and with mottai too!

MundanCeremony Video

It is time to see Thamizhini's Mundan Ceremony's video. As I said in earlier post, she was crying like anything when he shaved her head.Check out the noise and the way we pacified her.

And wait for some more time to see her Kaathukuthu videos.Will post soon.

Mottai Thamizhini

Thamizhini is mottai now :P Yesss... We did this mottai ceremony in our temple in our native. We started from here on friday morning in train and we reached my house around 1:30pm. I have to admit that journey was horrible, not for me. Thamizhini was not able to sit on our lap for long time. As it is a seater, there is no way for us to put her in the seat. And the same continued when we returned back also. I do not opt this kind of travel anymore, that in the summer season. 

 

Ennathu, enaku mottai -ahhh???

We have put mottai to Thamizhini on Monday (7th March). We woke early that day and made Thamizhini to get ready to reach temple on time. Look at the below picture to see how Thamizhini got dressed, especially the Rose flower on her head. :P

En poo -eh partheengala!!!

The auspicious time for mottai and piercing ear is at 9 to 10:30. So we started mottai by 8 O clock. I know you guys would be thinking, how Thamizhini managed mottai and piercing ears as she is too small for this procedures. Look at the photos and you all will be knowing. Even I was so much worried by hearing the crying sounds that is coming from the room where all other people are doing the same for their children. She was very quiet and i guess she learnt that something we are going to do for her.



oh! I'm so miserable..!!!

Once we entered the room, she started crying little and was bit scared. After we placed her on her Mama and by seeing the guy who is going to shave her head, she started crying like anything. The videos I will post later as I have to edit for the moments and make it small to upload. Look at the below picture that how she looks after mottai and I could see her face and sense that she is relieved from one procedure and Yes, of course ME TOO.

Naan mottai ayitennnnnn :-)

After giving bath to her, we applied sandal paste on her head to make her head to feel cold. She was enjoying by looking here and there in the temple for some time and as she does not know what is next, she was in over joy.

Click me, Im cool now.

Later we were getting ready for ear piercing by applying some lotion to her ears so that it will make the piercing part numb. The guy who is piercing the ear, came and sit infront of us. Then started the music, yeah, she started crying again. He kept the mark where to pierce in the sketch pen, then he started piercing it. Oh! it was really a pain full thing to see her cry by looking at us. It was like, amma I'm crying but you are not comforting me, just looking at me. But i thought to myself that, this is the better time to do this, if we do it still later, it will be more painful to her only.



Kozhi amukkra mathir amukiteengale!!!

Atlast we completed all the rituals then finished the Abishekam and pooja to the Goddess Kariya Kaliamman. I felt really relieved from stress that I had taken from morning. It was almost noon when we completed the pooja and then we had our breakfast in temple.



Finally...!!!

She had her breakfast in the middle, ie after mottai and before ear piercing. After pooja and everything i fed her lunch, she was bit hesitant to take as she felt tired and sweaty. I know she will be too tired more than ourselves because of the crowd and the weather that we had on that day. But I have to say that somehow she managed to be there for long time.

Maama, Thnx for your Lap :P

8th Month

This month special is Thamizhini's studio photos and our family photos. Have a look at some of the photos!!

She is exactly like me, my 11 months photo is ditto to this.

Just a pose, she never does this voluntarily

Chwweet Family

This one too just a pose! I was holding her leg ;-)

I like this one very much, I was sitting beside her talking something.

My brother commented this photo as a cute one and suggested to do a blow up like wall paper and stick it in a room. As we stay in a rented house, we cannot do this. But Anna, you can do this in your new flat. We are all waiting to see that and Once Thamizhini grows up, she will know that her Mama liked her very much.

As I said, the photos came out very well. Now I think of the moment when I felt lazy / tired to go to studio for taking these snaps. I think, If I would have missed it, I wouldn't have had these precious photos with me and not any time in future. I mean Thamzhini's this age photos (even though we click now and then).

And about her developments, I don't see much improvements in crawling but she likes to sit and sits properly. I think she enjoys sitting and likes to see the surroundings of happenings (?). And nowadays she blabbers more and more. Her little mouth does not stop, always chanting some slogans :-)

I want to share about her food habits. As I said earlier, these days she does not like to eat Apple also. Likes rice, dal and vegges, but no apple or pear. But as usual likes to eat banana and juice.

We are going to visit our native shortly, this weekend. Guessed the reason? Yeah, going to put mottai (mundan ceremony) for her in our temple. She will be in 9th month as per Tamil calender and this is the auspicious month for doing this ceremony. But I'm little bit worried about the journey becoz, as I started working, I don't want to take off and go in day time in sleeper coach, as train will start after 11 in the morning and reach native only in the late evening. So this time we are going in seater and let us see, how the travel going to be. So, in next post you guys going to see Mottai Thamizhini :-)