Welcome, Fall!

I think the year was 1999 and Natalie merchant was on the radio. Her song Kind and Generous was a hit. Things were so different. Life was a little less hectic and chaotic. The summers felt like summer and fall was months away. When did we start fast forwarding thru summer? I had such big plans to enjoy the summer with Veer. I wanted to take him to the beach, the zoo, to NYC… I did none of those things. Little Veer is a rascal now. We are knees deep into the terrible twos. He’s become super picky about his food. I can probably count on one hand what he eats aside from snacks. Here he is in his school photo; I love this picture despite the cheesy background.

Welcome fall!

life.

With his second birthday approaching, Veer is getting very naughty. We found out today he’s been hitting and puling hair at school. It seems normal but I don’t have to have a kid who does that. Those are bratty kids. I refuse to have a brat. He did a little bit of pushing and shoveling this past weekend in Parsippany. He pushed baa around because he didn’t know how to say “please move”. He is an angel with us, but when he is with others he misbehaves. Brat. 

Veer tickling Baa

Baa & Veer

He now recognized the route to his school, so as soon as we are near traffic light by his school, he starts saying, “No, no, no…” it’s actually pretty funny and cute when he does that. He is talking now but not as much I as I expected. I guess it’s a blessing because one day he will start and won’t stop talking. I can already tell he is going to be a chatterbox. 

Life in the household is pretty calm. Wait, did I just say that? Now that the store is sold and Anand has a 9-5, we actually have a part of our life back. We can do things on the weekend and have dinner together. Or dare I say, go shopping and spend time with Veer during the weekdays.

Our view from Lowe's Hotel in Philadelphia this past weekend

Coloring table

We got Veer a little Mickey Mouse table yesterday and he is in love with it. He drank his milk there last night and this morning. He also is coloring at the tables. He’s really into crayons right now. The first thing he wanted to do after watching (Yogi &) Booboo in bed was to color.

 

Little bit of this and that

We celebrated the fourth yesterday at Guilford. It’s been so hot and muggy outside that, we were literally so uncomfortable until like 6:59pm. If we stayed put in a one area it was fine but other than that I was sweating in places I shouldn’t be (like my cheeks).

Kavita had bought Veer an inflatable pool and we tried to fill that up yesterday but that was a big FAIL.  We didn’t have a pump and there is not enough air in my lungs to manually fill that. No sir.

The last few weeks have been really tough. Veer is still getting night terrors and in the last week he has become the pickiest eater. He wants snacks through out the day and has completely stopped eating grilled cheese and bhakari/puri. It’s so frustrating because he’s so skinny. Sometimes I see him stumble and it makes think he is stumbling because he’s weak. I know that’s probably not the case but I just wish he would start eating a regular meal again. Is this part of the terrible twos? 

He’s also become super attached to me lately. I’ve noticed when we go to either of the grandparent’s house now he won’t let go of me for the first couple of minutes. Before he could care less about me when others were around, now he wants me to hold him and once he’s familiar with them he is okay. Last month I was away for two nights at a conference and when I got back from the conference this super attachment started. That Sunday following the conference we went to Ron and Hetal’s house for a BBQ and he would not let go of me. He wanted to play with the kids and me. And that has me started that maybe he needs a sibling. He sees Anand and I like 50% of the time and when he is home, he gets 100% of our attention. If he had a sibling to play with, I feel like he would be better. That being said, I’m just not ready to have another child. Like me -physically, mentally, economically, just over all. I wish I could pause him from growing up and in the next two years or so when I am ready to have another child, I can un-pause him so there is not a big age gap. 

my doppelganger

Night Terrors

We are experiencing night terrors now. The last couples of weeks or even a month now Veer has been getting night terrors. I thought maybe they were nightmares… but that’s not the case. I told two people at work about his odd behavior (gets up in the middle of the night and starts hysterically crying and sprints for the door to get to us) and they both described it as night terrors, not nightmares. I guess they usually occur around this age. Everything he is doing point to night terrors: he wakes up crying a couple of hours after falling asleep, he opens his eyes and starts walking toward the door, he sometimes won’t stop crying for a while. 

I hope he does grow out of it soon. I read articles online that they could last up until they are like 12. 

I wonder what night terrors are? Meaning, what exactly is going thru his head that makes him wake up. Look at this cute little face; the idea of him dreaming/thinking about something bad is upsetting.