I've learnt that ...

- All kids would be wide awake when it is impossible for the parents to keep their eyes open.

- All kids would kick away quilts whenever the weather is cold and parents would have to sleep in chunks of 30 minutes throughout the night, to ensure that the baby remains covered.

- All kids would perform their potty rituals when parents are halfway through their meal!

- All kids would resist with full might when parents try to bathe them, but would play for hours in water when left unattended.

- All kids wouldn't leak a drop when parents take them to the bathroom, but would wet the bed/sofa/chair within  next few minutes.


- All kids would definitely try to lock the bathroom door from outside when you're inside & have forgotten to secure the latch (so that you don't get locked in accidentally).

- All kids would kick away the adorable teddy at first sight of laptops (love at first sight).

- All kids would instantly fall in love with noodles, chips, burger, fries etc. (love at the first bite).

- All kids would try to eat everything that is within their reach, except the food that they should be eating.

- All kids would continuously & happily recite poems, names of different persons, objects, etc., except when asked to do so. Probability increases in ratio with no. of guests present.

- All kids would preferably try to wear their parents' footwear leaving their own unnoticed.

- All kids would have desperate urge to throw important objects in the commode.

- All kids would be fascinated with balcony railings. Higher the distance from ground, higher is the fascination.

- All kids would cast havoc upon their parents, but would behave as the world's best baby in presence of guests!

My vocabulary is improving



I'm not talking about increasing list of English words in my knowledge base. The vocabulary I'm talking about refers to list of words that are part of my kid's ever changing language. 


It all started few months back, when Piku returned from Lucknow after a gap of nearly two months. After few hours of display of emotional bonding by Piku (shying away as well as trying to come closer to me simultaneously), he started speaking to me; and all I could do in response, was to nod & smile affectionately.


My nods continued for a week or so, gradually becoming clueless rather than affectionate


I got so frustrated one day, that I brought one of my friend's daughter (who is around 1 year elder to Piku), and tried to observe if she understood Piku's babbles. Of course, that didn't help. Now there were two kids in the room, both with their unique languages, and I understood neither of them. 
I concluded two things out of this:
1 - Every baby builds his own vocabulary. 
2 - Never take a baby's help to deal with another baby :)


Surprisingly (& annoyingly), while all I could do was look fooled, wifey seemed to understand everything. She assured me that after sometime, I would be able to decipher the codes....... and she was right again! After a practice of few weeks, my vocabulary also improved. Now me & Piku can (fluently) talk gibberish and still be able to communicate.



Here is a small list of words from Piku's vocabulary. See, how many can you decipher.


Piku's Version - Our Version


Apar - ऊपर
Baa - बाहर
Bho bho - Doggy
Caca - Cow
Choochoo - चाचू
Coke - Clock
Kha - खाना
Kuck - Truck
Mum - Water / Milk
Moosh - Mouse (aka Tom & Jerry)
Nee - नीचे
Ota - Auto
Owk - Vomit :D
Paata - पराठा
Shoosh - Shoes
Tight - Light
Tytil - Cycle



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