Kyra - 10th Month

Dearest Kyra,

Oh my little love! You are growing too fast. It seems just like yesterday we held you for the first time. Each month you learn something new and however small it is, it just amazes us. Sometimes we do get frustrated and tired when you would not sleep/eat but mostly, we feel blessed to witness wonders of parenthood.

You started moving around. You were not crawling but by using an elbow and both the feet, you started reaching almost everywhere. You would not need somebody's presence to go inside a different room. You were able to entertain yourself. Bathroom, corner beside the bed, laundry room and pantry became your favorite areas. Just the noise of opening/closing door of these rooms was enough to draw your attention. Even though you could not see the source of noise, you could easily identify it. 

In between, you would lie on your side to take rest. This was just amazing. 

You would love seeing me cleaning the floors. Whenever you would see broom, you would just run to grab it.

Your cute smile became even cuter with two little lower teeth. Still we gave you 2nd stage/pureed food. You would simply throw up when we would give you textured food. But we started giving you Roti with Veggies and Rice with Dal instead of cereal.

You could very clearly speak 'mmmm', 'dddd', 'bbbbb', 'vvvvvvvv', 'nnnn' alphabets. In fact, when you were in a very good or bad mood, you would come to me saying 'mmmm'.

Your swing of moods became easier to identify. Or I should say you started communicated in a smarter way. Whenever you would be hungry or sleepy, you would find me and sit holding my feet. You loved our shoes/flip flops so we had to hide them from you.

We joined Germantown's Moms Club. There were about 35 stay home moms in this group. We went to their meeting/playdate couple of times. They were mostly Americans but you enjoyed company of other kids. And more importantly, you were started getting used to with new places and faces. I also grew more confident in our outings. I took you to the park for the first time. They had baby swings. I was scared whether or not I should put you there, but you thoroughly enjoyed it. 

We also went to restaurants, baby showers and birthday parties. If I could follow your feeding and nap time, you would be just fine. You loved going out so much that when you would wake up in the morning, you would sit near balcony door and bang your hands on it. So when weather was not favorable to step out, we started taking you the play area in nearby mall.

We went to New Jersey, your second trip. Be it rest area or Aayan's home, you were amazingly comfortable except 'drinking milk part'. Actually, you were more than comfortable that you bullied him in his own home. Although, you fell sick after returning home. Maybe it was restaurant food I had and you got stomach flu.

We put our big teddy on the floor. I would put you between its legs with toys around and you would not stop laughing. Another soft toy, which was a dog and we started calling it Tommy also became your best buddy.

We had a big collection of balls ranging in different sizes and colors. You learnt to throw and bang the ball on the floor. 

We bought hair pins in several styles and colors. You looked so pretty in that different hair do.

Your 10th month birthday coincided with Mother's Day, our very first :). We went to a mall and then to a restaurant. Unfortunately, you got cranky and we had to get the food packed and bring it home. Hopefully next mother's day has something better to offer :)

See ya next month!!