Ronan is responding to his name

There are so many things which a child learns when he is growing up. One among them is responding when someone calls out their name. Ronan started recognizing his own name. He has just completed 5 months. Whenever Ma, Pa or we call out his name, he turns around and smiles.

He has this cute gummy smile and what makes it even more cute is that it looks crooked as his face is chubby.

Ronan's favourite pastime

When Ronan is in a playful mood, he loves to play with his hands and legs. Ma caught him putting both his legs in his mouth. He opens and clenches his fist and admires his lovely model like long nails (if we have forgotten to cut them).

He loves to makes noises and shouts loudly with happiness which can be heard far off in the kitchen too.

Another one of his favourite pastime is blowing raspberries/bubbles and making the sound "brooom, broom". When I imitate and join in his activity he smiles and does more. But I must say he is an expert at blowing bubbles. I am yet to succeed. ;)

Ronan and Dada share a special bond

Ronan and dada share a special bond. Ronan has a habit of getting up at the same time everyday.
He gets up and plays on his own. After sometime, when dada wakes up and says "hello" to him, he turns his face towards him and gives a broad smile. Then Ronan and dada share their stories with Ronan responding quite well in the conversation. He does "Ga, gee, goooo, wow, hiii" inorder to say he is understanding what dada says.

Dear Dada (who are reading this blog), do you also share such a special bond with your baby? Wouldn't you share your story with us too?

Ronan seeing the world from a different angle

Ronan has become playful and moves his hands and legs in the air. When kept on the bed, he tries to turn 180 degrees with his head in the position of his toes.

When kept on his tummy, Ronan can lift his head and balance himself well on his stomach. He loves it. He can see the world from a different angle now. He sees the trees and birds outside through the window. He enjoys the wind blowing and the leaves swaying.
I sing this song for him (tune of Una, Paloma, Blanca),

The wind is blowing,
The leaves are swaying,
Singing a sweet song specially for you.
You are my sweetheart, you are my darling,
And I cant stop loving you.

Tummy Time for Ronan

Ronan is trying to roll over on his tummy. He is 3 months old now. He turns his body half way but cannot lift his head completely to roll over, as he is on the heavier side. He turns on his side and then shouts angrily as he cannot roll over. I give him a little push and lo, he shouts with glee as he reached his mini-goal. :)
Then he does mini-pushups to strengthen his little shoulders. He tries to grab the toys around him with lot of puffing and panting to reach them.

3 months old baby - Mama, mama, what is this?

Kids nowadays are really smart. They also have a very good sixth sense. They start understanding the outside world at a very tender age. Ronan completed 3 months and he already wants mama to tell him what is happening around. When I take him in the garden, he looks at the plants, birds, the blue sky as if to ask "Mama, please tell me what is this?"

When we go for a walk, he looks at the cars, motorbikes, cycles, buses and wonders what sounds are those? I repeat "whrooommm, brooooomm" and he stares at me. He looks at the neighbours cats and dogs and when I say "The dog says, bow-wow", "The cat says, meow-meow" , he looks at me and smiles.

Yes, Ronan is growing up fast. You can feel the difference and know that you have a budding individual who wanna make a mark for himself in this world.

How is your baby growing up? Isn't he or she inquisitive about the world? Does she/he ask you questions?