Week 14

He’s been acting a little funny for the last couple of weeks. He spits up more than usual. Kavita thinks he has reflux. Sometimes he spits up like 3 hours later. He’s still eating 4-5 ounces every 3 hours. I wonder if that’s enough. I feel like he should be eating like 5-6 every 3 hours except for at night time. He’s been really good about sleeping thru the night. We put him down around 10-11 and he wakes up around 7. He loves his room. He’s been in his own room for about a week and half now and he’s doing great. I think he loves that the crib is much bigger than the basinet. He can stretch out and not hit his head.

Kavita and I took him out shopping for the first time on black Friday. He was great. Slept thru the whole experience. On Sunday, Anand and I took him shopping (Pilgrim Furniture, BJs, Target, and Kohls) and he was great. He couldn’t stop staring at everything, mainly Anand and I. He was probably wondering why the background keeps changing. He was pooped after that shopping experience.

My hair is falling out more and more. Today a white hair fell out. As much as I’m happy that it was a white hair, I’m still sad it was a hair.  Anand has started to complain that my hair is everywhere. He even found some on the doorknob. No idea how and why it was on the doorknob.

Here’s the little ninja at 14 weeks!

Week 13

Today’s date is a palindrome. I just wanted to make a note of that. Tomorrow Veer turns 3 months old. He is such a little cutie pie- this morning he woke up at like 3:30 so instead of consoling him and putting him back in his bed, we took him in our bed. We fed him at 6:30 and again a little at 7:30 and after that he was up. We put him back in his crib and I swear he was happy as a pig in mud. He loves the reflections of his light fixture. I swear I think he was having a conversation with them. He’s a little more relaxed with his hands, meaning he is actually opening them now. He holds on to my finger when I want him to.

On a side note, my hair is falling out. It comes out in bunches. Each morning when I clean my hairbrush I get a handful of hair. That’s not taking in account how much I must shed throughout the day. Sigh. I’ll miss the days of full hair. Breaking Dawn Movie Spoiler. Stop now if you want to watch the movie and haven’t had a chance to yet. I swear my hair was like Bella’s in Breaking Dawn when she turns. Yeah, the last scene in the movie. It’s alive and full. Speaking of BD – what a great movie. First time ever the movie is just as good as the book. Bravo, Mr. movie director!

Thanksgiving is the day after tomorrow. My absolute favorite holiday of the year. I love the new tradition we (Anand, Kavita, Parul, Gee, Jalpa, and Amit) have started. We usually meet at somebody’s house for the event. I love that it’s a small, cohesive group. We are actually able to sit around the dinner table. It all started about four years ago when we collectively came together because nothing else was going on. 12 bottles of wine and a feast later we decided we had to do that again the next year, and the year after that, and the year after that… So come this Thursday we will continue our tradition of eating until we need elastic pants. We will continue our tradition of watching Love Actually after dinner. We will continue our tradition of shopping at midnight. But this year we will start a new tradition. This year will be the first year where there will be kids at the dinner table. I have so much to be thankful for, but most of all I’m thankful for Veer. 2011 has been kind to me. It may seem like an odd statement given what’s happened this year. But despite all the bad, the best thing happened to us this year.  

 

Week 12

I can’t believe the little guy was born 12 weeks ago today. Time really flew by. I was looking at some of his older pictures today and I can't believe how much he has changed. I'm back at work now. It was my second day today and the day flew by. I have only informed about 20-25 customers (outta 450) that I’m back. Believe it or not I really haven’t missed him while working... granted I worked from home today. But still. It’s nice to have him upstairs. Since he still sleeps a lot more, I usually go feed him during my breaks and my lunch. His nani (my mom) is here this week taking care of him with my dad and my brother helping out in the background. I remember the last time I worked from home or at least was trying to, my water had broken, and my feet looked like they belonged to an elephant. The last time I was at work it was 90 something degrees outside, I had never felt an earthquake, and there was no snow on the ground. So much has happed in the last three month... most for the best. Next week is thanksgiving - my favorite holiday of the year.

So far the Target brand formula is working well. It’s $10 cheaper than Similac, so yay! I finally had a chance to go thru pictures my friend Tina took of him during week 2 and here is one of them:

Here’s my little monkey at 12 weeks - not quite 3 months though.

Week 11

He has started to try to talk to us. I swear this morning he said, “yeah”. I’m getting sadder by the day because this is my last week at home. I start work on Monday and it’s going to be tough getting back in that routine and more importantly leaving him. Although I work from home two days a weeks, I don’t think that’s enough. A friend/customer of ours (at the store) told us she tried the Wal-Mart brand formula for her kids and they were fine with it. So when I was at Target I checked out their brand of formula. Everything looks the same compared to Similac. I think the only different I saw was in one ingredients. Similar had like 1000 units of it and the target brand had like 800. It wasn’t anything important like Vitamin A, B or Iron. .. I guess it wasn’t a well-known vitamin so I don’t think it matters. So far he’s okay on it. His poop has changed color though. He sleeps a lot less now and when he does nap they are cat naps. He has been on a growth spurt because he drinks 6oz of formula all of a sudden. It went from 3oz, to one day of 4oz and now 6. So bizarre.

Oh, and he definitely has a mustache now. OH, and Nirali and Ankur welcomed Veer's baby cousin in this world during Week 11, Anya!

Week 10

We lived thru disaster number two. Two months old and seen two disasters. Veer really will expect this kinda hysteria when he is older. We got hit hard with snow Saturday... So much so that we were forced outta our house again. In a way it's fitting. I started my maternity leave with a big bang and I am ending it (less than two weeks left) with a bang too. We started our stay at Kavita's house and we're ending it here. We can add Parul and Gee's house to the list of people's house that he has stayed over. Our power is still out and we are hoping it's back by Thursday or Friday the latest.

On a positive note... Veer was a pea in a pod for his first halloween. It's funny because Anand's favorite vegetable are peas. I know, don't ask. Anand is a little odd and this proves it. But that's not the reason he was a pea. I didn't realize until we were paparazzi. 

He's learning to sleep thru the night. For about a week now he has been sleeping till 6:30am when we put him to bed around 10-11pm. He's eating more but not every three hours like he used to. He smiles a lot more. He makes a lot more noise. I think he's trying to talk. But the best is the smile he gives Anand when he sees him. I swear it's a hallmark commercial.