tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34297387607261808242012-02-05T03:39:41.711-08:00My experiences and a guide to pregnancy & child care.Riyanoreply@blogger.comBlogger1871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-4637654619322720382011-09-14T03:28:00.000-07:002011-09-14T03:45:42.625-07:00

It is almost 3.5 months since Richie joined playschool in our native place. We can see tremendous change in him. He can sing a lot of nursery rhymes with proper pronounciation. His favourite songs are "Humpty, Dumpty sat on a wall, Jack and Jill, Johnny, Johnny yes papa, Incy Wincy Spider, ABCD song etc.". He also does picture coloring, paper craft, finger painting etc. He can recognize and read

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Just the last week I had written that I am in my ninth month. And today I am already holding our dear lil one in my arms. He came 2 weeks before the due date. As I was saying, he/she doesn't follow any trend. He tries to take his own decisions.Last Saturday, I started getting slight pain at 4am in the morning. I felt that maybe itz just that the baby was uncomfortable when I was sleeping and

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We are happy to announce the birth of our second baby. Welcome home my dear lil second angel. :) We are so happy to have you amidst us. Richie is all excited to have a lil brother to play with him.

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OMG. I am already in the ninth month of my second pregnancy and I have hardly written anything of my second baby. In fact time passed so fast that even I did not have a breather to realise that the 8 months have already flewn by.Richie has joined school and I was working too so I hardly got time to update my blogs.Now I am on maternity leave and feels good to be back writing my blog.Baby is

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Nowadays every second is learning time for Richie. He picks up words spoken by others and repeats them whether it is in the native language or English. He has started speaking in short sentences.His cousin sister loves music and dance. And whenever she puts music and dances, Richie imitates her and dances with her. If we look at him, he feels shy and comes running to us.

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Richie loves to play with Pa. He will try to sit on his lap by climbing on the chair. They watch action movies together and guess what, Richie tries the new stunts he learns on Pa. He tries to do "dishum, dishum" and Pa has to defend himself. He throws objects at him and poor Pa is at the receiving end.One day while playing with Pa he hit Pa and fell down and he uttered "Sahii". We were

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It was just another day. As usual, we were playing and Richie expressed that he was hungry. I brought and gave him his favorite choco biscuit. He said "more biscuit", "2?". I gave him one more. And he said "Thank chu". O' wow!! He could say without anybody instructing him to do so.and btw he also says "Oh Wow" and puts his hands to his mouth if he likes something very much. ;)

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As Richie was going for a day care in Japan, he learnt a lot of Japanese words too. He is practicing saying opposites in English and Japanese. He says "Big car" ,* "Chisi (meaning small in japanese) car" and arranges them together.Some more words he is learning are : Long stick * short stick, fat book* thin book, heavy*light, empty cup*full cup with ice cream. We try to add his favourite foods

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These are the days of fast learning for Richie. He can recognize and say the basic 12 colors and describes things with 2 word sentences like "green ball" ,"red car", "blue bedsheet", "pink pillow", "orange t-shirt".He also tries to count objects and says he wants "5 balls", "2 biscuits", "more sugar","4 trees" etc.He looks at picture book and says numbers till 10.

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-64191164549353927462011-04-20T18:55:00.000-07:002011-05-20T21:35:47.013-07:00

Richie is 2 years 3 months old now. We are at our native place after the Japan earthquake and Richie seems to enjoy with his cousins. He tries to imitate them and does cute new actions everyday. It is fun to watch him grow.These days he has started a craze for alphabets. I got him a puzzle where he has to arrange the alphabets and he does it quite well. He can recognize and read the alphabets. He

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It was yet another normal day. We got ready to go to office as usual. Since it was my turn to drop Richie at the nursery, I tried to hurry up. Usually Richie makes a big fuss to get ready and it takes almost an hour before he is tucked in his baby-car and is off to the nursery. But today was different. Richie willingly got ready and I was so proud of my young boy that I prayed hope he is like

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-579099730205163522011-03-03T20:17:00.000-08:002011-05-02T20:22:20.341-07:00

Wow !! There is news. I am expecting the second one. I am excited. Time passes so fast. Just the other day I thought I was pregnant with Richie and here it is again. Richie toddling away and I am preparing for the coming of the second one. :)

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The Japanese Doll Festival (Hina-matsuri), or Girls' Day, is held on March 3. Platforms covered with a red carpet are used to display a set of ornamental dolls (雛人形, hina-ningyō) representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.Richie celebrated this festival with pomp in his nursery. They made dolls depicting the prince and princess and

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Richie has unique ways of surprising us. As he turned 2, he has become sweeter. He understands and responds well. Says a lot of new words everyday, some in Japanese and some English.He also tries to tell stories of his adventures in the nursery but we cannot understand much of it.But we make it a point to listen and respond to whatever we can make out of his stories. :)Yesterday, after dinner, I

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-31501474292926255022011-02-04T15:35:00.000-08:002011-02-05T16:18:07.777-08:00

Completing 2 years marks another milestone. Kids are considered to be big enough to understand their body as well understand whatz happening in the world.These days Richie has started with potty training in the nursery. Today marked the 1st day of his training and Richie completed it successfully. Soon after he got up from his afternoon nap, he was taken to the toilet. He was told to remove his

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Richie loves colors and he can recognize and name most of them. He usually scribbles and makes a circular drawing. Yesterday was different. In the morning, he attempted a full circle without overwriting it .In the evening, dada and he were playing with colors when I was in the shower. Dada did some straight lines with him with all the different colors and then went to do his work. When I came

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-5315896349478754942011-01-20T14:29:00.000-08:002011-01-29T15:08:42.187-08:00

Richie completed 2 years now. Wow, kids grow fast.He is going to Japanese nursery school and learning a lot of new stuff. So his language is a mixture os Japanese and English.As you are reading through, you will realise there are lot of cute lil expressions and words he uses in both the languages.Here are some of things he loves to do:running fast and balancing himself at turns.kicking the ball

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Richie loves to say the words starting with B. He points to the ball and says "Ba". He chases the pigeons in the park and says "Baa" meaning bird. When we go out on the cycle, he shouts "Ba,ba,baaaaa" which means Bus.When I am reading, he goes "Ba", which means book. When going to the nursery, he waves to dada and says Ba,ba. When he sees the yellow fruit which the monkeys eat, he says "Ba"

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Richie's latest in the series is saying the letters O, T , I and P. Where ever we go, whether it is shopping mall, tourist spot, TV etc, he recognises those letters and shouts out loud. :) He knows Pooh, peas, start with P. When he sees T he starts "grrrooooow , groooowwww" meaning T for tiger. He can also draw O and tries some straight lines to draw T and I.

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Wondering what Richie is upto these days. He is trying to enhance his skills by practicing it more and more everyday. Thatz the thing I like about kids. They never give up. We as adults tend to give up soon, if we feel we cannot do a thing. That is the best lesson I learnt from Richie. "Mama, don't give up, keep trying".Here is Richie at 18 months.Maybe I am missing a few. Will add it up as I

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Wondering whether Richie is already wearing his socks and shoes!! Yes, he does try and I help him a little. He calls shoes "shees". If dada or I are wearing shoes, he will run to get his too. He knows that it is time for an outing when we wear it.Today being a Saturday, we decided to go to the park. Richie was very excited and dressed up in no time. He does not like to waste any more time at home

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From the time Richie was 4-5 months old, we used to lit candles and pray. He used to like it and become happy. Now when we say the word candle, he takes the candle stand and indicates that he wants to light candles. You have to see the look in his eyes when he sees the bright candles. He sits with us, hands folded and all and prays. After the prayers are over, he knows what needs to be done..

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It is summer time in Japan and the temperatures are soaring. I guess many parts in the world are experiencing hot summer this year. The heat is unbearable, though sometimes, the rain gods do shower their praise.Richie has started pool in his nursery and we heard from the teacher that he enjoys playing in the water. Now in a nearby park, we have a fountain where children have fun. Richie used to

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Richie makes a lot of fuss when it comes to eating food. So I am always on the lookout for new recipes or learning to prepare some new food stuff. Recently, I have started making Japanese style miso soup and vegetables. My latest experiment was to bake a homemade cake. The cakes which we buy are sometimes too sweet and Richie tastes little and says a BIG NO. It was Sunday and a good day for

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Today is a Sunday. And what do we usually do on a Sunday? Get up late? or go for mass? or just do nothing.For the past one and half year, the moment I was awake in the morning, I used to get out of bed quickly and used to start my daily chores. The first thing being getting the milk ready for baby (as he would cry/scream loudly) as he would wake my husband up who loves to enjoy his lovely weekend

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Yesterday when we were coming back home from the nursery, Richie noticed the moon. It was shining brightly and we could see it all along the way. I jokingly said to Richie, "Richie, look, the moon is following us". He was happy having the moon for company.We reached home and I was cooking. Richie came to me to see what was cooking. He inspects my cooking many a times to know what is in store for

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Richie has adapted to the nursery well and has loads of fun. He also loves his teacher which we can see when he interacts with them.There is this incident which happened some days back and is still fresh in my mind.I picked up Richie from the nursery and was putting him in his stroller. He was not ready to sit in the stroller and was crying loudly. Usually he is well behaved and has no problems

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When Richie reaches his classroom, all his friends gather round him and they shout "yeh,yeh" loudly, moving their hands in the air. All his classmates are Japanese, with the exception of him, but where does it bother the kids? They are happy to have a friend. He adores them and they too in turn do the same. Sensei (means teacher in Japanese) says that they play together, but it seems sometimes

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I am creating a category called "Richie's nursery adventures". Here we will be posting what all Richie does at the nursery. I guess, one day when he grows up, he will read these posts and feel good that he had been doing so many things when he was small.Richie's first day at nursery started on the 1st February 2010 when I joined back work. It was a small private nursery, but we paying more than

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-35687785206806851262010-07-04T07:53:00.000-07:002010-07-20T04:14:19.266-07:00

We have bought Richie some "magic" coloring books. They are special in a way that when you use a paintbrush dipped in water, the color shows automatically i.e it already has built-in colors. Some days back, we thought it is time that we can introduce Richie to new ways of drawing/painting. He already scribbles using his crayons. We first demonstrated how to dip the brush in water and paint on the

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We usually have our dinner together with Richie sitting in his high chair. Sometimes, Richie feels too hungry so we feed earlier. We have cultivated a habit of saying our prayers before and after meals. Richie has observed us and he too folds his hands when we start the prayers (mind you, without we telling him).The other day, he had finished his food and was watching TV. We started our prayers

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Some days back, we had gone shopping in the mall and got a bit late. It was dinner time so we thought of eating at one of the restaurants in the food court. We ordered "unagi no kaba-yaki" (steaming rice with grilled eel+sweet sauce on top of it). Unagi(eel) is a delicacy eaten in Japan specially in summers to survive the hot and humid summers. It is said to be highly nutritious with vitamin A,

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Kids start learning and imitating whatever they see. They will minutely observe you and then start doing it themselves. We might not even realize that we have been doing it. One fine day, you suddenly notice yourself and say, yeah we saw our girl doing it, are we imitating her? Here is an incident of what Richie did when he was 15.5 months old. While we were having lunch one day, Richie started

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-24716057734374386922010-06-27T07:55:00.000-07:002010-07-16T06:11:52.436-07:00

It was Richie and dada's day. It was a Sunday. I had a project release, hence I had to be office. Richie hasn't stayed much without me at home for a long interval of time. I had come back home in 2 hours or so even when I used to run errands. Hence I was a bit concerned how the things will be.But to tell you the truth, both the guys had a gala time. Dad told me that they had a man-to-man talk,

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-77553765190423233832010-06-24T07:12:00.000-07:002010-07-12T16:40:27.718-07:00

Richie started drinking milk from the cup since May 2010. He was 15.5 months old then. If he sees us drinking water or juice from the glass, he immediately points and indicates that he too wants the same.As kids always do, initially he used to spill all over (even with a bib) and there was extra trouble of changing and washing his clothes. Actually I guess they love to mess things a lil. Must be

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For Richie, weekends means park-time. Since we are both working now and Richie is in nursery, we make it a point to go to the park over weekends. He eagerly waits to go out with us. Specially, if dada starts dressing up, he gets excited and tries to put his shoes on. He will also keep an eye on dada to see whether he is still there or left without him. One day, while he was watching TV after

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-53713973539950907252010-06-12T00:03:00.000-07:002010-07-10T19:01:39.523-07:00

It was a weekend. We had taken Richie for his HIB vaccination to the clinic. On our way back, we thought of dropping at the 7-eleven convenience store. In Japan you will find a lot of convenience stores like Am-pm, 7-Eleven, FamilyMart, Sankus, 3F etc at every nook and corner of the place. They are really convenient when you need to fetch yourself a sandwich or an ice-cream and you don't have

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It was a while since we last went out for a short trip. Last one was for Richie's birthday. So without thinking twice, we all set out to aqua city in Odaiba-Tokyo. Aqua City is a gourment and shopping mall. There are also some lovely attractions close to it. The main attractions are:- Odaiba Kaihin Koen (Odaiba Seaside Park)- a small, but beautiful man-made beach.- the miniature version of the

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Richie is 16 months old now. He has become very active and interactive too. He has an Anpanman (Japanese cartoon) ball having various shapes cut out on it. It has dual purpose. He can play it like a ball by rolling it or match the shapes with different colors.He started to match the shapes one-by-one. Some seemed pretty easy like circle,ellipse, but some others were a little difficult at first.

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For people who worry that their child is a slow walker, do not panic. Every child grows differently. Richie started sitting down on his own at 8.5 months old. He started cruising holding onto furniture when he was 10.5 months old somewhere in November 2009. Now we were waiting for his next major milestone. When will he walk on his own? Most babies start walking by their first birthday (and some

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-20629693568752109302010-05-20T18:36:00.000-07:002010-06-26T00:51:19.077-07:00

Sometimes kids experience a growth spurt and suddenly they will be doing so many new things all at one time. But it is not that they learnt it at one shot. When they see or are taught, they observe and learn and silently practice and once they are ready, they show it to the world.Richie used to watch these videos in which kids point to different body parts. He would sit and admire them. After

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-59880957791972550412010-04-24T21:01:00.000-07:002010-05-25T19:01:35.763-07:00

Today Richie stood from the sitting position without holding onto support. He touched the ground and stood on his feet. Seeing his achievement, he started smiling and clapping for himself. He he he. Isn't that cute? He loves to admire and reward himself on his accomplishments.He then squatted and retrieved a toy from the ground and stood again. He was practicing it over and over again. And like

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Richie is gaining his strength back after some tough days. He was down with gastrointestinal problems and high fever for 5 days continuously. But I am happy he is trying his best to be back to his normal health. He feels hungry most of the time and demands for food by crying loudly.Nowadays, he goes "koati-koati, bu-bu for aeroplanes, ba-ba for sheep, hey dada (calling out to dada),pa-pa, wa-wa

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-74931721471463349312010-04-12T06:05:00.000-07:002010-07-03T21:02:33.189-07:00

Richie loves music and he shows liking for pop,jazz,country and Japanese songs too. I have also seen his taste varying over the months gone by. The songs which he did not like some months back becomes dear to him. So there is no hard and fast rule. The more we expose him to music the more choice he has.Richie also loves to dance his heart out. Earlier (when Richie was 9 months old), he used to

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-47181463325217964752010-03-27T17:29:00.000-07:002010-05-25T18:44:26.503-07:00

Richie seemed all happy today and was playing a lot. He started a new game. The game was about collecting all the multicolored small balls in one place. Then he would take 2 balls in his hands and crawl in "Commando" position i.e on his elbows and meticulously keep them on the chair, so that they don't slip down. He didn't stop till he finished placing all the balls on the chair. Inspite of all

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Richie is walking holding onto furniture. He cruises everywhere and specially checks out things on the dining table. When it is time for dinner (he senses it somehow), he comes near his high chair and indicates that he wants to sit on it. When we tell him, go and get your cushion, he crawls and gets the cushion with dada's help. Recently he has acquired a new skill. His dada taught him to get

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-64579663147504758922010-03-04T18:04:00.000-08:002010-05-25T18:23:41.876-07:00

Richie is 13.5 months old. These days we are experiencing a lot of give and take. He uses the spoon and feeds dada and me. He feeds us biscuit and bread too with his tiny little hands. While feeding he goes "haap, haaap, haap", which means "open your mouth, open your mouth". If we are not around, he feeds pooh and pooh becomes happy and smiles.;)

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-56244332198227719832010-02-27T06:07:00.000-08:002010-03-27T04:02:03.338-07:00

The day I joined back office was an eventful day.I was home for a year taking care of Richie and relaxing. The day finally dawned to join back work. I was happy, but at the same time apprehensive about how Richie will cope up with a whole day at the nursery, will he eat or not? how will the new work and my new office colleagues be etc. etc.Dada dropped Richie to the nursery. Richie already had

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-67742397750130300232010-02-24T07:22:00.000-08:002010-03-27T02:09:43.202-07:00

1 year of holidays made me a little relaxed as I laid back and enjoyed my time with my baby. Time really flew and it was time to join back work. I was apprehensive and wondering how will I manage home, baby and work.I made a conscious effort and have made a schedule for myself. My working hours are reduced in order to match Richie's nursery timings. In the mornings, I pack Richie's stuff for the

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-49930301708068560932010-02-20T07:22:00.000-08:002010-02-20T08:07:14.283-08:00

Richie has a very good sense of music. He has his likes and dislikes, which keep changing often. Looks like he's so hungry for music that he wants new stuff all the time, and he keeps us on our toes to find some real good music of his liking.He has demonstrated to us his ear for music in so many different ways, many of which have already been documented by Riya earlier on this blog:Relaxing with

Rickynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-63049031242484292132010-02-20T05:06:00.000-08:002010-02-20T20:27:07.987-08:00

Hello everyone, it's Richie's dad making an appearance again after having been in hibernation for a couple of months. This time I'm coming with a vengeance, LOL!, and hoping to contribute to our blog more often. After all, I have to make efforts towards getting the title of this blog changed to somehow include 'fatherhood' as well so that all the dads out there know that there's something in here

Rickynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-5195137722065557292010-02-04T17:16:00.000-08:002010-02-08T19:57:28.451-08:00

After a 1 year hiatus, I am back to work. It is going to be a nice challenge handling home, baby and work. Not that I am the first one to walk the road, but it is a different challenge for every individual. Richie has just started going to nursery school and he is adjusting himself very well, though he cried a couple of times seeing his mama go.. after all mama was in his vicinity all the time

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-86920162232331364192010-01-25T21:07:00.000-08:002010-01-30T19:00:25.195-08:00

Richie is becoming stronger day by day. He throws his toys around, just for fun. And sometimes when he is angry he hurls them at us. And if this is not enough, Richie has a habit of sleeping on our bed and many a times he turns and his head lands on ours. Booom!! Oooouuccch!! It does hurt. I wonder how much it must be paining Richie. He scratches his head indicating the part of the head which is

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-46605642887029677532010-01-19T07:13:00.000-08:002010-01-23T18:26:13.208-08:00

Richie completed 1 year a few days back. A very hearty congratulations to you Richie on reaching a major milestone in your life.Here are some of the things Richie is doing:scribbles on his magic board, does some abstract drawings. :)walks efficiently holding onto furnitureblabbers a lot.says da-da-da and ma-ma-ma and looks at us while saying.understands commands like "Go and get the car, where is

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-21706432629425925672010-01-18T20:54:00.000-08:002010-01-28T15:25:11.737-08:00

Today was Richie's first day at the nursery. He completed 1 year just a few days back. And there he was, big boy, going to pre-school. I had to pack his bag with the necessary clothes and food items. Since it was the first time, it took a little while to arrange all his items. I was excited and looking forward to his days at the new place. My son was going to pre-school and going to be

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-24323536086533344992010-01-17T18:07:00.000-08:002010-01-19T07:08:34.351-08:00

It was mid-afternoon. Richie and dada were playing in the room. Dada took Richie's animal shape toys and started telling him jungle stories. The Lion says "I am the king of the jungle, the mighty one. I will eat you up". From the stories, Richie has gathered that the lion is strong and dangerous and all animals are afraid of him.I was in the room arranging Richie's toys a little far from where

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-78992194956463353322010-01-16T07:00:00.000-08:002010-01-19T19:34:07.448-08:00

Its time for celebration. Richie has reached a new milestone. He has completed 1 year of his journey.Congratulations Richie!!Wish you a very very Happy Birthday!! May you always have abundance of everything good in your life.

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-57403586695036621462010-01-06T17:00:00.000-08:002010-01-19T06:56:50.767-08:00

We had taken Richie to our hometown when he was 12 weeks old. He could not understand much that time but he was happy to get all the attention. Specially his 4 cousins who would sing nursery rhymes and play with you. He was cooing and making cute little sounds. He would talk to the poster of babies on the wall and smile at everyone.This trip was different. He was aware of the surroundings and

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-16804887499970145422009-12-28T19:29:00.000-08:002010-01-19T06:45:18.482-08:00

This was Richie's first Christmas. It was great to celebrate X'mas with the big family. More than him, I was excited for Richie, because I know how much fun we have at X'mas time. We started playing christmas carols one month in advance. He would dance to the tunes of the songs. His favourites being "Feliz Navidad, Do they its Christmas, I met an angel on Christmas day". Few days before Christmas

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-91564676443684935432009-12-20T13:14:00.000-08:002010-01-09T16:50:15.549-08:00

I remember this song "Travelling home for Christmas" and brings back nostalgic moments. Yes, we are all going to our hometown for X'mas celebration. This is Richie's first Christmas and we are going to have a blast.

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-38120809496142875672009-12-19T23:02:00.000-08:002010-01-09T16:59:13.984-08:00

After the formalities at the city office are done, you need to apply for the passport and visa for your little one within 30 days after birth. We had found out the procedure for obtaining a passport for our baby. So we took the necessary documents i.e baby’s birth certificate, our alien registration card copies, our passport copies etc. and proceeded to the embassy. Now there is one interesting

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-54769443468095012282009-12-19T20:44:00.000-08:002010-01-19T07:12:26.317-08:00

As I have to join back work soon, we are on the lookout for nursery for Richie.There are 3 types of nurseries in Japan. The first type is the government owned ones, wherein the nursery fees depends on the tax paid by the working parents. Higher the tax paid, higher the fees. For the government nursery you have to apply in the city office (Kuyaksho). Second is the semi-government one, which is

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-64614103443920850712009-12-12T19:23:00.000-08:002009-12-13T03:21:02.819-08:00

After 5 days in hospital, Richie and I came home. Giving birth in a foreign country, you have to abide by their rules. We were given a birth certificate by the hospital of which one side was filled by the hospital and the other was supposed to be filled by us and submitted in the city-office. My hubby went to the city-office with our passports, alien registration cards, mother-child handbook and

Riyanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-29240222419899776202009-12-08T06:25:00.000-08:002009-12-08T07:05:28.042-08:00

We were just preparing to have our lunch, when Riya said she can smell papaya. Now, we had papaya last night, and we even disposed off all the leftovers last night itself. How could we have the smell of payapa around?Oh, by the way, did I mention that last night was the first time Richie had papaya? He liked it a lot!Now, Richie has the knack for doing it when we are about to have our meal. "

Rickynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-63483495369204421192009-12-04T09:34:00.000-08:002009-12-08T06:52:06.161-08:00

Babies are voracious learners. They explore the world with their touch, eyes, ears and specially with their mouths. Whatever is in their hands goes in their mouths, however much you try to stop them.Richie wants to do new stuff everyday. He easily gets bored with the same things. So I am always on a lookout for new toys, games etc. Last week we got him the Magic Board. With the Magic Board, kids

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-21549382516109952342009-11-26T06:12:00.000-08:002009-12-08T19:10:55.348-08:00

It is Autumn time in Japan. Richie is 10 months old now and this is his first experience of autumn. The weather is pretty cool, but he seems to enjoy himself.Richie loves nature and the moment he steps out of the door in his stroller, he gives a broad smile with a "yeehh, yehh" meaning we are going out "grrrrooom, grooooom".We thought of making a trip to Hibiya park to enjoy fall. The trees

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-45482873686249959772009-11-24T07:45:00.000-08:002009-11-24T08:25:50.254-08:00

Here's the thing about the white balls. Riya placed a couple of them in the vessel, poured in some water and kept them to boil. I was carrying Richie, who was intently watching what mama was doing. Seeing the white balls in the water and the vessel on the flame, he immediately expressed his surprise. "Huh!?, Huh!?", he said, and "Huh!?" again.Richie has recently become very curious. Rather, he

Rickynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-85179179947874736712009-11-24T06:47:00.000-08:002009-11-24T07:44:54.835-08:00

A couple of weeks ago, Riya brought Richie some colored balls - blue, orange, yellow, pink and green, which instantly became his favorites. He'd hold one in each hand, and we'd have fun seeing him trying in vain to grab yet another one though his two hands were already fully occupied. He was almost obsessed with the balls and, for the first few days, would just not want to let go off of them.

Rickynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-23175518613945529942009-11-23T02:38:00.000-08:002009-11-23T02:38:00.762-08:00

Thank you, Riya!Well, hello everyone! As you can see from the URL, little did my wife know when she started this blog that I would also contribute to it someday. She was pleasantly surprised when I said to her the other day that I would also like to write some posts, from the perspective of a dad.The truth is that I have been wanting to take the time out to write, ever since Richie was conceived

Rickynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-60550284165930938972009-11-21T08:28:00.000-08:002009-11-23T19:34:36.014-08:00

The other day Richie's dada told me that he too would like to pen down sweet memories of our baby. I was thrilled to hear that. I have invited him to contribute to this blog. I am looking forward to his contributions of the journey of our lives together as parents. I am sure Richie will enjoy reading dada's posts when he grows up. And I hope you guys too.

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-90480078941991866622009-11-18T20:18:00.000-08:002009-11-18T22:42:53.731-08:00

I am very fond of singing and dancing. I often put on music and dance my heart out. It helps me to exercise and also keeps Richie entertained. He usually smiles and bounces while sitting. The other day he did something different. As soon as my dance was over, he started clapping. O wow, my heart skipped a beat. Happily, I phoned my hubby and told,"You know what,I actually got a loud round of

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-85926057979257952832009-11-15T17:57:00.000-08:002009-11-19T05:03:57.943-08:00

Richie is 10 months old today. He has been doing a lot of things. And bringing a lot of joy to our lives.Some of his things he loves to do are:Saying mama, dada, baba, haba, nene, mammam(when hungry),huuhun(for questions and asking about new stuff),roaring sounds.Crawling well on his 4s.Pull up to a standing position from sitting, holding onto support.Walking a little holding onto

Riyanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-84239938611787139642009-11-12T10:09:00.000-08:002009-12-08T06:48:38.668-08:00

Richie is close to completing 10 months. He started eating solid foods after completing 6.5 months. We tried leafy vegetables,carrots, corn, beans, lentils, sweet potatoes, potatoes, rice, wheat etc. with a mix-and-match combination for the past 3-4 months. And also fruits like banana, apples, pears etc. I used to usually puree or mash the food before feeding him. He has kind of got used to the

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-13046833077236927142009-11-11T18:17:00.000-08:002009-11-18T19:19:37.869-08:00

Richie watches a lot of videos featuring animals. He has started liking them a lot. His favourite one is the animal sound video, "The dog says bow-bow, the sheep says baa-baa" and also "Mom is taking us to the zoo tomorrow". He gets happy and claps when the videos are played.Now that Richie has started liking animals, we decided to take him to the Nogeyama zoo.We make half-day trips so that he

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-77942013971919033002009-11-06T18:22:00.000-08:002009-11-14T17:55:37.069-08:00

I am wonder-struck at how babies starting from nothing reach such great milestones. I will surely attribute it to their constant practice and determination. They observe, study and do it themselves. Wish, we as adults also could learn something from them. When we reach a certain age, we tend to stop learning. We feel we know everything or if we do not know, sometimes we tell ourselves, "it is too

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-73461903565826665102009-11-04T07:53:00.000-08:002009-11-12T18:17:00.829-08:00

Richie has got a fancy for his keyboard (meant for children)these days. He has his own unique style of playing the keyboard. He uses his legs more than his hands to play the keyboard. He is our Mr.DJ. Sometimes he will put on auto song mode and go to play with other toys. If the song gets over he will come over from wherever he is and play another one.As I said earlier, he has a great liking for

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-71378470426664060792009-10-29T17:44:00.000-07:002009-11-12T18:16:25.021-08:00

One of the child-care center (jidokan)had organised a halloween party for kids. So I woke up Richie early in the morning to get ready for the party.We reached on time for the party. They had made costumes for the kids. Lot of other Japanese women had come with their children. I guess I was the only foreigner. There were lots of games, songs, and dance. Richie enjoyed it because he loves music

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-9294583286141444692009-10-27T17:19:00.000-07:002009-12-08T07:13:54.400-08:00

In Japan, medical facilities are free for kids till they go to elementary school. Also many a times, for special checkups (i.e 6 month checkup, 9 month checkup), the city office gives coupons so that we can avail those checkups free of charge too. Even some of the regular vaccines like polio, BCG are given free of charge at health centers.Last Saturday we took Richie for his 9th to 10th month

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-45176854913604581182009-10-26T07:54:00.000-07:002009-11-12T17:18:12.078-08:00

Last weekend, Richie, me and my hubby went to our nearby park and played a lot. Richie was in a jolly good mood. He loves to see children playing and tries to imitate them. He sat on the panda, with the panda giving him a good ride moving forward and backwards. He was holding panda's ears and bouncing. He loved it.Then we put him on the slide. Since he is just 9 months old, he needed us to give

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-82276701079678687232009-10-24T02:35:00.000-07:002009-11-12T17:17:37.364-08:00

Our baby has started to become more and more independent. He wants to eat with his hands and throws food all over the place. All these days I used to mash the fruits and feed him. But today he bit an apple with his tiny-miny teeth, mashed it with his tongue and ate it. Another step towards enjoying new ways of eating food and feeling the textures. He also loves bananas and pears too.

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-89429639560483413332009-10-21T07:55:00.000-07:002009-10-27T19:28:54.089-07:00

Usually, Richie finishes his dinner first and then sits on his high-chair to give us company. Actually he observes what we are eating and how we eat it. He also pulls our arms to give him a taste of what we are eating. Now that he is 9 months old and can mash food with his tongue we give him variety of food.After food, we have fruits and Richie waits for that. He loves fruits. Today, after

Riyanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-89052139372766627042009-10-20T18:52:00.000-07:002009-10-20T19:22:50.061-07:00

Richie has become very active and wants to explore the world. He is very curious of his surroundings. He wants to touch and grab whatever comes in his vicinity. He throws down things to check how they land down. For e.g, balls goes bouncing, rattles make "zing-zing" sound, soft toys fall softly etc. He is learning cause and effect and how it is different for different things. He tries it several

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-66187093147395649292009-10-18T18:21:00.000-07:002009-10-27T19:12:41.336-07:00

Richie has added another feather to his cap.He decided to go on his 4s rather than pushing forward on his belly. Yes, he has started crawling. I was wondering whether he would prefer to walk directly rather than to crawl. But he has his own plans, which he doesn't disclose in advance. ;)He realized that crawling takes him faster to his destination, than pushing on his belly. Initially, he would

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-1893132261160918612009-10-17T18:20:00.000-07:002009-10-20T19:19:29.480-07:00

Today, being a Saturday, we were all relaxing at home.My hubby was at his computer and I was doing my Japanese studies. Richie was very busy with the toys, playing and lost in his own world. I was glancing at him in between my studies just to check everything is in order.He was singing "aaaa, iiii " and suddenly I saw him bringing his hands together and clapping. Was it real? I signed to my hubby

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-46189933556473112202009-10-16T18:54:00.000-07:002009-10-20T19:18:47.821-07:00

Richie loves to sleep till late in the morning. He plays till late in the night as his dada comes home late. Today we had a health care programme in one of the childcare center (jidokan in Japanese) close to our place. It was a tough task waking Richie up and getting him ready for the early morning session.Nevertheless,we reached on time. It was a good session with other Japanese moms and their

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-60593288812632348292009-10-13T23:10:00.000-07:002009-10-18T17:57:06.645-07:00

Richie is very fond of music. When he was 7 weeks old, I played nursery rhymes and he was listening and watching it. He has a good ear for music. He likes pop,reggae and soft music. If he doesn't like a particular song, he indicates it by doing "huuum, huuu" and turning away his head. He eats well if his favourite music or song is played. So I have kept a list of his favourite songs ready, which

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-51372927526237060232009-10-11T20:55:00.000-07:002009-10-13T02:23:47.200-07:00

It was a long weekend in Japan as Monday is a holiday. We decided we will take Richie for an outing to Palette town in Odaiba. He loves the outdoors and gets excited when we tell him we are going on a trip. I told him that he can drive real cars and go "grrmmm, grmmmmm". Yes, he knows that because he does it with his toy cars and the wheel on his stroller.Afternoon came and we all set out,

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-40572155592272750252009-10-08T19:12:00.000-07:002009-10-13T01:46:22.161-07:00

It was a rainy week. Richie and I were kind of stranded at home. One of these days there was a typhoon(cyclone) too.It was a strong one with everything being taken away by the wind for its collection.;)We could not enjoy our trips outside nor could I go for Japanese classes due to the incessant rains. But our hopes were not dampened. We decided to have fun at home.I took out my sketch book and

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-80554571728990172392009-10-07T21:16:00.000-07:002009-10-13T01:46:10.988-07:00

Richie is getting curious and smarter day-by-day. He wants to know all that is happening around him. He watches and listens to every small thing or sound and does "huuu,huuumm" asking "what is it mama?". Whether it is the sound of pressure cooker whistles, mixer, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, cutting vegetables, water splashing, washing utensils etc. I make it a point to explain to him and

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-34322445993286693632009-10-05T17:03:00.000-07:002009-10-08T19:11:31.904-07:00

I am full time working mother and currently on childcare leave for 1 year. During the week, I am alone, taking care of Richie, rather we both have loads of fun together. Our daily routine is somewhat fixed. I wake up little bit early to make breakfast and to finish most of my daily chores. When my little one wakes up, I am around and take care of his needs. On weekends, the schedule is different.

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-14165897943484524732009-10-03T18:15:00.000-07:002009-10-07T02:21:32.961-07:00

Richie is 8.5 months old now. He has started having his collection of favourite things. Can you guess what they are? You might say, stuffed toys, cars, ball? No, those are not the ones. He is fascinated by the labels attached to the toys, pillow cases, bedsheets etc. He will sit holding and feeling them with his hand for a long time. After a while, whatever is in his hand, then goes in his mouth.

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-52382422265538373692009-09-30T17:51:00.000-07:002009-10-06T18:05:17.829-07:00

Richie, now shows off his 4 pearls when he smiles. He cut his 4th tooth as soon as he completed 8 months. 2 teeth of the lower jaw came out first and now the upper jaw ones. There are 2 more canine teeth trying to make their way out. His first 2 teeth were seen when he was six and half months old. It seems babies get cranky during teeth eruption. Luckily, Richie sailed through it with minor

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-77443256105701532812009-09-28T19:05:00.000-07:002009-10-06T17:51:34.165-07:00

"Yataaaa (Japanese phrase for 'to do')", he did it. Today Richie sat on his own. I witnessed it. I felt so very proud. What a beaming smile he gave me!!:)There was a sense of great achievement in his innocent smile. He looked happy and relaxed. He sounded confident and tried it a couple of times. I propped some pillows around him, just in case. As you know, moms are always the worried lot. ;)

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-82239137358604399662009-09-25T00:09:00.000-07:002009-10-05T02:15:56.986-07:00

After a long time, we thought of stretching our muscles a bit. So I and my hubby decided that we will play soccer in the park. Evening came and we all 3 marched to the park in our sportswear. We played whilst Richie sat in his stroller, watching and cheering us up. After a while, some kids also joined us. Richie was overjoyed and was almost jumping out of the stroller to play with us.After coming

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-35249775716361394682009-09-23T23:28:00.000-07:002009-10-05T00:06:51.062-07:00

Richie is trying his best to sit on his own. Everyday he practices by putting weight on his hands and pushing himself up. He is almost there. Just needs to shift his leg position once he gains control. 1 week back, he was in his bed, and I was in the kitchen. When I turned back, he was sitting and smiling at me. I don’t know how he did it, maybe took support of the pillows or side of the bed. But

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-15294938852727257972009-09-18T21:12:00.000-07:002009-10-05T00:05:53.887-07:00

Richie has completed 8 months and life feels wonderful as a mom. Yes, credit definitely goes to Richie. He does so many wonderful things. With Richie in my life, everyday is a happening one and is different. To jot down a few things,-Richie has a very understanding nature. If we tell him to do something, chances are that 90% he will listen.-he is a sweet little angel and I love when he looks into

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-64452398962864654182009-09-13T18:07:00.000-07:002009-09-16T18:30:35.288-07:00

Richie wakes up in the morning and makes a fuss to have milk. It almost takes 1-2 hours by the time he finishes just 100 ml of milk. We could not go anywhere in the mornings as we used to get delayed on account of this. Recently I got a nice idea. As soon as he gets up, I dress him up, take all his food stuff and go to the park. He loves nature and feels hungry after a good round in the park. And

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-55088345452020192992009-09-11T20:20:00.000-07:002009-09-11T20:20:00.368-07:00

Today was yet another lovely day. Richie and I had fun. We usually sleep in the afternoons and by the time we wake up, it is late in the evening. Though I decide to take him to the park, we hardly manage to do so.But it was different today. It is the onset of Autumn and the weather was wonderful. Soon after lunch, I decided, let us go out. I had my Japanese classes at Kumon center, hence I had no

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-88065675052305589162009-09-09T20:39:00.000-07:002009-09-11T03:50:58.036-07:00

Some babies are born bald, some have little hair and some are gifted with a lot of hair. Maybe the environment plays a vital role or is it hereditary? I don't know. When Richie was born, he had lot of hair. We used to have trouble drying his hair after bath. It seems that baby's head is soft and care should be taken not to cause any harm.Now Richie is 7.5 months old. As his lustrous hair were

Riyanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429738760726180824.post-55255379455832974442009-09-08T19:21:00.000-07:002009-09-09T20:38:48.252-07:00

Richie is now sitting unsupported when kept on the floor.He has completed 32 weeks i.e 7 and half months. Though he is not yet sitting on his own,he is doing his "precrawl" exercise, rocking back and forth on hands and knees with his trunk parallel to the floor. He gets excited and giggles and laughs. I kept some toys in front of him (a little out of reach) and he went a few paces on his fours

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