Tuesday, 17 July, 2018

Avani woke up at 8 am. She played around on the bed - twisting and turning around; falling backwards from a sitting position which she loves doing. Mumma-Papa are really scared she can hurt herself. The other thing she does is stand against the wooden headrest and babble cutely. She loses balance in between and ends up bumping her head. This happens quite regularly and Mumma-Papa want to find a way to protect her from this.

Avani seemed ready to sleep again around 0830. Papa played some slow songs on YouTube on his phone and Avani feel asleep at 08:35 slept. She woke up at 09:20. She seemed still sleepy when she was brought to play near balcony door on the yoga mat. Mumma saw this arrangement for the first time. Generally this arrangement is done for Avani after she leaves for office. Mumma was happy that Avani is getting enough natural light and stimulation through the balcony daily. She played with Mumma for a while, did puja and then sat down to have boiled apple as breakfast. Papa put a tiny flower over her right ear.

The cute little Flower girl had many expressions to share her mixed emotions.

Mumma left at 10:40. Avani said bye cheerfully and came back with Papa into the bedroom and played look-at-Avani-in-the-mirror. Nowadays she makes herself totally horizontal while in Papa’s arms to stretch out and touch her image in the mirror. She smiled and taps her face on the mirror and looks at Papa through the mirror sometimes in between. This is clear indication of her jolly mood. If all this doesn’t happen, it means baby is not totally happy. Papa uses this as a rule-of-thumb through the day. Avani played around with Papa and peeked into the camera to get a few selfies.

She had her first 50 ml of milk at 10:55 am. She continued playing around the dining table area near the balcony door on the yoga mats. This continued till a potty situation happened around 11:20. Avani had changed her potty time to early morning or late evenings. So Lakshmi saw Avani potty after 10 odd days - Lakshmi’s luck is back.

Avani continued playing on the floor-bed once she had her diaper on. She was sleepy soon. Papa had to try walking and sleeping since Avani resisted going to the horizontal lap position right away. However, she was fast asleep at 11:55. Papa administered the Soliwax drops at 12:00 and Avani woke up at 12:38 pm.

Her milk was readied and she had her second 50 ml at 1249. Followed by some more playing, Avani got a massage at at 1325 followed by a long bath (soap and shampoo). While cleaning, Lakshmi saw that skin on Avani’s neck was peeling off slightly leaving behind reddish tinged skin under her skin folds. Papa asked Lakshmi to oil this area more henceforth. Avani had her third milk 50 ml at 1350.

Avani slept at 1440. She led Papa into understanding when she was ready to sleep comfortably in his arms in the horizontal position from the walking and sleeping position. Soliwax was administered at 1445. Avani made her personal record of sleeping the longest. Lakshmi did sit beside her in between and patted Avani when she rustled a bit in her sleep. She finally woke up at 1715 when Mumma was on her way back. She had her fourth 50 ml milk in 5 gulps straight. She was quite confused when she finally woke up. Papa was right in front of her on the phone with Mumma and picked Avani up. He took her around the house and finally to the balcony. She seemed a little grumpy, surely still in sleep but finally smiled on seeing Mumma on the video call.

Papa opened the door when Mumma arrived. Avani was alone near the balcony door. When Mumma called out to her, she first cried looking for her realizing she is alone. The dining table was blocking her view of the main door. She moved to her left and finally saw Mumma and shrieked with mixed emotions on seeing Mumma. She started to frantically crawl to her. She was so overcome that she couldn’t crawl properly and her dress was getting entangled in her small toes. Mumma ran to pick the little baby up and she was finally content.

Avani and Mumma enjoying the yoga mats soon after Avani’s late lunch