So what if I haven't posted anything for 9 months? I've been raising a toddler for goodness sake! But let's try this again shall we? Ranjit is 18 months old (as of yesterday) and my goodness he's doing so much it would be a shame not to record it! As it is, he has changed a great deal since my last entry in February, so here is a quick update.
SLEEP:
This is probably the least important to any of you, but the absolute most important to me...He is (practically) sleeping through the night on a nightly basis. At least 7-8 hours goes by before he asks for milk early in the morning so that he can sleep for another couple of hours. My body is still recovering from the last year and a half of broken sleep but I see the light and any day now I will begin to feel normal, hooray!
EATING AND GROWING...
I hate saying this out loud because every time I do, Ranjit gets skinnier, but Ranjit has definitely gotten some meat on his little bones. During his last doctor's visit he jumped from the 3rd percentile in weight to the 6th percentile... that's double, not too shabby right? He's pretty tall although don't ask me how tall he is (he never stands still enough for me to correctly measure him) - I think at some point in the last month he had a growth spurt because one day all of his 18 month pajamas stopped fitting him. Believe it or not, he has a little friend who's a month older but shorter and skinnier than him, a little Indian munchkin named Ram. Everytime I see them together it gives my heart relief that he is not the smallest person in the room!
What are a few of his favorite things? Berries, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries... he likes them together with bananas and cheerios. He also LOVES fruity sweet yogurt and will eat it practically any time of day. He calls it "ego" and pries opens the fridge, takes it out and hands it to me when he wants to eat it. He likes pizza (no surprise there considering his parents are pizza fiends) and also eats kichadi pretty often. His other love is veggie burgers, specifically Subway - style veggie patties (although he has been known to scarf down a pizza burger every once in a while). His number 1 food? Good ol' fashioned milk. His Aaji taught him to say "Doo doo" too which has made it even easier for him to get his hands on it.
MONKEY IS AS MONKEY DOES
To summarize Ranjit, I must say he is a monkey. He runs around like a monkey, jumps around like a monkey, says "ooh eeh ooh ooh" like a monkey and screams like a monkey when he doesn't get his way. His favorite activity is bouncing up and down on our bed while listening to a Canadian fiddler's rendition of "Sailor's Hornpipe, O Susannah and Turkey in the Straw." He does this 10 times a day, at least. I believe only a monkey would do this. My son is a monkey.
TOP TEN WORDS I THINK MY MONKEY SON IS SAYING
I think I mentioned 10 and 9:
10. "Doo doo" (milk)
9."Ego" (yogurt)
8."A phoh" (phone)
7. "A phoo" ( shoe)
6."A cah" (car)
5."Agay!" (again)
4."Ah dun" (All done)
3. "Toh-too-teeee!" (one, two, THREE!)
2. "No! Thasee!" (No, that's silly)
1. "Eeya poopoo" (I'm about to go poo)
SINGING MONKEY
Yes, my monkey has been singing since he was 15 months old. And I'm not a crazy mother who has lost touch with reality, he really sings, I have many witnesses!
His first song: Twinkle Twinkle ("Ticko ticko leeto tah!")
2nd: This Old Man
3rd: Happy Birthday To You
4: "Pio Pio Pio"
5. The clock song
6. Old Mc Donald Had a Farm (Sung while changing diapers)
7. Beethoven's 9th symphony (don't ask)
8. "Ring around the roses" (Mostly the "Ashes ashes" part)
And that's my updated for you fine people. He's entertaining, don't you think?
This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend, I'm sure that there will be plenty of monkeying-around to report soon... happy Turkey day everybody!
