Naina kind of likes water. When the words "kind of" are used I mean "not that much". When grandmother was here, N was taken swimming on and off for about 5 weeks with little progress or success. Naina would cry on walking to the swim school, cry changing clothes, cry as the teacher took her into the water, not let go of the teacher and generally be miserable. Even shower time after swimming wasn't that pleasant. The sight of me was enough to bring on more howls of protest.
The instructor advised I should get in next time. Deadbeat dad in the pool with a clingy two year old. Lol. This could be unhappy.
Play the film (last Monday):
N cried leaving home, cried getting out of the car at the pool and cried at the sight of the pool. But something happened. N was confused when she noticed I was getting changed as well. We got to the pool's edge and more tears and some more stunned confusion as I got in first. The tears dried up. N floated nervously by herself, grabbing me on and off. She played the games, she jumped in the water. Definite progress. Father daughter bonding occurred. When it was time to go back to change, N looked at me like "is that it?". She enjoyed the shower, she ate like a horse and refused to get in the car as she wanted more swimming.
All week N's been asking "swimming?". Good progress is being made.
30 August 2010
29 August 2010
Nayan Kailash
Most people chose a name before birth, a few months in advance or even on first sight of baby. Not us. We *thought* we had it sorted but turns out we didn't. Like Naina (Riyaa), we had decided early on in the pregnancy he would have both a school name that would be easy to pronounce and spell and a house name that all our friends and family would call him by. It took us about a week after birth to find and chose the name Sarva and then another week to find the name Nayan.
Nayan (school name) was born under the star sign, Jyestha, which is apparently not a good start for me! Jyestha children are meant to have names starting with N or Y. Nayan was chosen for above reasons of simplicity. It doesn't really mean anything, quite similar that respect to Riyaa. It's spelling and sound is straightforward, which we did like. Other runner's up for official name were Yash and Naman but neither really gelled for Deepti and I.
Kailash, this was my choice. In Hinduism, the most important mountain in the Himalayas is Mt Kailash. It is the home of Shiva the creator and destroyer of the universe. At its base is a lake called Mansarovar from which the three great rivers of South Asia originate from - Brahmaputra, Ganges and Indus river. We've got a couple of photos of Mt Kailash in the house now which we'd be glad to show. It's a stunning mountain, with some saying that the rock formation on one of the faces looking like the religious symbol of the swastika.
Finally Sarva. This was complicated! Deepti really wanted a name of Shiva for him as he was due to be born during a festival of Shiva. So Rudra was a name we really liked (roo-drah). However, we were advised that it wasn't a great name as it translated as "the terrible one" or "the howling". Determined, we hunted for similar names. It was hard, but the internet won. Sarva (pronounced Shar-vah) is a form of Rudra and is mentioned in several places as "The Archer" or "He who defeats the forces of darkness".
However, wonderfully, Sarva can also be pronounced as "Sar-vah" which means "Everything". So you may find Deepti and I swapping between the two.
So to surmise, he's got about four names - Nayan Kailash, Rudra, Sarva and Sharva. And a big sister that adores him (even though she keeps calling him didi, meaning elder sister, lol).
Nayan (school name) was born under the star sign, Jyestha, which is apparently not a good start for me! Jyestha children are meant to have names starting with N or Y. Nayan was chosen for above reasons of simplicity. It doesn't really mean anything, quite similar that respect to Riyaa. It's spelling and sound is straightforward, which we did like. Other runner's up for official name were Yash and Naman but neither really gelled for Deepti and I.
Kailash, this was my choice. In Hinduism, the most important mountain in the Himalayas is Mt Kailash. It is the home of Shiva the creator and destroyer of the universe. At its base is a lake called Mansarovar from which the three great rivers of South Asia originate from - Brahmaputra, Ganges and Indus river. We've got a couple of photos of Mt Kailash in the house now which we'd be glad to show. It's a stunning mountain, with some saying that the rock formation on one of the faces looking like the religious symbol of the swastika.
Finally Sarva. This was complicated! Deepti really wanted a name of Shiva for him as he was due to be born during a festival of Shiva. So Rudra was a name we really liked (roo-drah). However, we were advised that it wasn't a great name as it translated as "the terrible one" or "the howling". Determined, we hunted for similar names. It was hard, but the internet won. Sarva (pronounced Shar-vah) is a form of Rudra and is mentioned in several places as "The Archer" or "He who defeats the forces of darkness".
However, wonderfully, Sarva can also be pronounced as "Sar-vah" which means "Everything". So you may find Deepti and I swapping between the two.
So to surmise, he's got about four names - Nayan Kailash, Rudra, Sarva and Sharva. And a big sister that adores him (even though she keeps calling him didi, meaning elder sister, lol).
On Rakhsha Bandan (brother and sister day)
23 August 2010
Hannibal and Omnophage
N proudly announced yestreday "Nancy kai-yan-gay" meaning she was going to eat the four year old girl next door for dinner.
S put on an astounding 50 g a day last week.
S put on an astounding 50 g a day last week.
16 August 2010
Positivity
Trying to stay positive with all the sickness and gum disease going around, Sarva's on the path to baby-zilla. He's been putting on 40 g a day for more than 10 days. This compares to N who struggled to get 15 g a day at best. Admittedly, baby-zilla is still only 3.5 kg, but in three weeks he's gained 25% of his lowest body weight.
I'll get my act together and post more photos and anecdotes soon, but everyone's so coughy and wisdom-toothlessy that its not priority number 1 at the moment. I'll be glad when spring arrives.
I'll get my act together and post more photos and anecdotes soon, but everyone's so coughy and wisdom-toothlessy that its not priority number 1 at the moment. I'll be glad when spring arrives.
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