Good afternoon all :)
Hope you, babies and bumps are all doing well!
So I thought it would be a nice idea for me to do a weekly
post on what we’ve been up to during the week. Some weeks will seem a lot more
interesting/heavier than others! I have such a severe case of baby brain that I’ve
had to jot down what we’ve been up to in a notes page on my phone on a daily
basis!
I’ve only just started writing this post and Arjun has just
woken up, I’ve put him next to me in bed whilst I write this post and he’s
lying on his belly (meant to be sleeping!). Every time I look at him, he smiles
and so do his eyes. He makes my heart
melt. It makes me want to cry :( One day
my baby boy is going to be an independent man who no longer dotes on his mummy!
Decided to take a break to enjoy that little moment!
Back to the post ...
So here goes..!
This week we hosted a dinner for Preetam’s newly married
sister Mane and her husband Jas and their family. Arjun really enjoyed it as he loves
socialising with big groups – probably because the whole room centres around
him! Who doesn’t like a bit of attention!?
I’ve noticed he especially loves grandmas and Jas’ Maaji (grandma) is by
no means an exception! He absolutely
adores her.
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| Arjun and his Puaji (aunti) x |
Sunday we took Arjun to his weekly swimming lesson with
Water Babies. He’s on term two now but
still really doesn’t like his head being dunked under water!
We specifically chose Sunday classes because I’m not a very
strong swimmer and I’m certainly not a confident one (my feet have to be able
to touch the floor and there is no way you’ll ever catch me with even my ears
below water let alone my eyes!) so we thought it would be a better idea for
Preetam to get in the pool with him. He looks a little less like a drowning
fish than I do! Plus it meant Preetam gets to spend some quality time on an activity
with Arjun too.
I didn’t want Arjun to pick up on my fears but it looks like
he may have inherited some of them! He enjoys the water until he’s under. I’m hoping with time it’ll get better!
I always go try and go to swimming lessons to watch my
little man – it’s fascinating watching him change so much in different
environments over time. I often feel the drag of a Saturday night on a Sunday morning
(weekends are generally pretty busy!) and don’t fancy getting up and getting
dressed especially in this cold, but the thought of missing out on anything he
does jumpstarts my backside right out of bed!
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| Arjun and Daddy at swimming |
I also took Arjun to Kew for some holiday shopping this week
with my friend Fiona and her baby Estelle.
Probably not the best day to have taken him, his teeth seemed to cause
so much unrest that it made parts of the trip quite difficult. I often fall in to the habit of not doing too
much in public with Arjun incase he “plays up” – there’s always that fear as a
new mum of “what will people think” e.g. if my baby screams the restaurant
down. But slowly I’m becoming more and
more confident in just getting on with it – so what if he cries? Babies cry,
people just gotta deal with it! I was one of those people before that used to
get irritated in a restaurant by a screaming baby – karma hey! Plus he had a legitimate reason – his rosy
cheeks and lumpy gums tell me he’s teething. He was a gem the rest of the trip (when he was
asleep! Haha).
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| Arjun entertaining himself at lunch during our shopping trip |
Arjun also met his Sav Masi (aunti) for the first time. Sav is one of my best friends of ten years
but has recently embarked on a new adventure in Japan. She wasn’t here when Arjun was born so met
him through Skype. It was lovely seeing
them meet face to face for the first time.
She’s a natural :) Arjun took to her.
He’s good with new people at the moment – probably because we have an
open house and always have people coming in and out so he’s used to it!
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| Arjun with his Sav Masi x |
This week Arjun stumbled upon new found fame too! His face
got published in a book ... ok not quite but he got his first personalised book
from Sav which included his face. It’s
soo cute and I’m sure he’ll find it fascinating seeing his face amidst all
these other characters! You can find this and other personalised picture books at www.itsyourstory.co.uk.
Arjun also got his teeth (well no real teeth but gums!)
brushed with Colgate this week. Prepped
him for his play dates with all his little lady friends! I thought now that he’s
fully weaned, it would be a good idea to start especially as he has slight
reflux and the smell of food vomit is slightly less bearable than milk vomit! Mean
mum!
We attended two baby groups this week; one at our local
Church which was really more for mums to catch up whilst babies played with
toys and the other was music and movement – my favourite of all the baby groups
we’ve been to so far. They have a
mixture of play time, rhyme time and baby sensory and Arjun loves it. His favourite thing today was a tomato soft
toy (wonder if he thought it was real!?) and the fibre optic string lights.
This week Arjun has slept through the night five out of
seven nights. Not holding my breath that this is the new found routine as I
know it can revert back to as quick as it came on!
Other things; Arjun tried black beans and strawberries for
the first time and also told me he wanted water for the first time(I thought that’s
what he was doing at least) by grabbing his sippy cup – but really he thought
it would be funny to get water all down his clothes! We also visited my friend
Pav who is also about to have a baby and embark on the journey of motherhood!
:)
What have you and your babes been up to this week?x
