Week 9

Week 9 flew by. I can hardly remember what we did. We did visit my co-workers so they can meet Veer. They loved him as expected. He was so well behaved that I couldn’t believe it. Over the weekend he met his buddy Niam. They were obliviously of one another but we had some fun on their expense. This picture proves it.

 Yesterday he got his shots (Pneumovax II , second half of hep B, and DTaP). He cried his eyes out but did okay overall. He is now 11.4lbs and still 24 inches (although yesterday the MA said he was 23.75inches). Only because he looks like an old man, but doesn’t mean he is actually shrinking. His next appointment is right after Christmas for more shots. Anand and I have now decided to put him in his basinet before our bedtime. Usually he sleeps downstairs in his little rockers until we are ready for bed. We find that occasionally he will open his eyes and look around. Even though he falls right back to sleep, I feel like it disturbs his sleep. Plus less than 3 weeks until I am back at work, so we need to get him ready for bed way early. So yesterday he went in his bassinet at 10pm (compared to midnight). He did really good and woke up around 12:30 to feed and then straight at 6:15. Yay!! He is cooing a lot more. He actually smiles when he talk to him. One of my favorite parts is when I have to do the middle of the night feeds and he smiles at me. I am cranky and sleepy. He is crying and hungry. The minute I see him and start talking to him, he smiles. I am no longer cranky or sleepy. He is, however, still hungry but now smiling. I love those moments.

 

One night Veer wouldn’t go to sleep in his rocker and just kept looking around even though he was super tired. He falls asleep in my arms in minutes, so we decided to put him in Anand's arms lay him on his body and in seconds he was asleep. I captured this moments a couple of hours later when Anand had fallen asleep too.

Today is Diwali- Veer’s first Diwali! Here’s is season’s greetings and 9 week picture!

 Oh, Welcome to the world baby Dhru!

Week 8

Week in New Jersey flew by. Veer was well behaved. He had a ton of visitors. He started this new thing of not sleeping after 4pm and staying up till like 10. His sleep patterns have really changed. He sleeps like 12-15 hours a day. He is his dad's son. Last night he went to bed around 10:30 and woke up at like 4:30am. I couldn't believe it. He is his mom's son after all.

He's doing this new thing of sticking his tongue out. I'm. It sure if that’s a good thing or bad. I feel like he thinks that's how you talk. He's smiling a lot more. It's pretty evident that he's going to have chicken legs when he grows up. He kicks and spins his legs all day long. We are looking at a future Beckam or a Armstrong

Week 7

It as been a long week for both Veer and I. He took his first road trip to New Jersey on Thursday and then another trip to Maryland on Friday for Rachealmasi's baby shower. He slept in baby Brooks' crib, which was his first time in a crib ever. He acted a little funny and wouldn't fall asleep as quickly as usual because I think he had a lot of space versus his bassinet which is snug. But the fact that he slept okay in a crib makes me happy. He met his friends Shiv and Nandi. Even though in baby years they are much older and bigger than him, I can't wait until they are a bit older and can play together. We are in NJ for the rest of this week and returning home next tuesday. His acne comes and goes. He is losing the hair on the top of his head but the back is staying put. So odd.

I feel like I am going thru menopause because I am constantly hot. Hot. All. The. Time. I have sweat mustache and eyebrows multiple times a day.



Nandini and Veer



Week 6

We changed his formula at the end of this week. We finished off the alimentum and gave him the rest of breast milk we had frozen and started him back on the normal formula. Let's cross our fingers and hope he is okay with it. The trouble with alimentum is that 1) it stinks. I mean it really smells 2) it's expensive 3) it's hard to find (our local BJs didn't have it) 4) did I mention it stinks?!

This past Saturday we took him to the temple to get blessed. He was such a cutie pie because he was sleeping when we got there and mom put him in front of the deities like he was a donation. He just slept there without waking. On Sunday Kavita hosted a Sip & See. It was nice to see everyone and for everyone to meet Veer. He also met his friend Sanya for the first time. They were so cute together. I think they were oblivious of each other’s company... but not to worry, we have plenty of pictures of their first meeting together. You're welcome, Sanya & Veer! Yes, you’ll thank us one day for these pictures. I'm super excited for this coming weekend because Veer gets to meet his new friends Nandi, Niam, and Shiv! More babies-in-bed-not-knowing-what-is-going-on pictures coming next week!