daily tidbit 11- 28/08/2008

At 15 months and 3 days, Nadi suddenly decided that he didn’t need to baby us any longer, that we were old enough to deal with him decideing to go it solo. And suddenly, he was walking-not one or two steps but an all out walk from one end of the house to the other, with a [...]

and in their eyes…

Politically things are screwed up right now. We are possibly going to be led by the blackest leaders our country has ever known- and any chance of a well-lit future seems bleak. Many people I know are packing up, convinced our blip of a good time (?!) is definitely over, atleast for now. Pakistan looks bad on in the [...]

daily tidbit 10

Some days before Nadi’s birthday, I started lighting the candle in our room and blowing it out- just to give him a general idea of what this whole birthday business is all about. Although clearly fascinated by the concept, he didn’t really get that this power was also vested in him until a few weeks [...]

daily tidbit 9

Recently Nadi caught the flu going around and for a day or two his fever ran high and was accompanied by the expected listlessness and lack of appetite. Nothing got a rise out of him- he would just sadly look at things and then look away, burrowing further in my lap for a hug. It [...]

The Bitch in the House

 

“The ideas and belief- courtesy a culture ever more mired in materialism, consumerism and false advertising- that we should have it all, do it all and be it all AND be Happy. And if we are not, by God, something is wrong.”- Cathi Hanauer
Lately, having hit the 1 year mark with Nadi, I felt that [...]

compare, don’t compete.
July 24, 2008

As Moms go, I haven’t had a chance to get into the race yet. Perhaps Nadi is too young as yet, maybe I am just not that racing kind of mom or maybe I haven’t been challenged enough yet to go in there with all guns blazing. Only time will tell.
On one [...]

the walk of life

Recently I seemed to have run into a whole flock of almost and recently turned one year olds- all of whom can walk! Casting aside the girls walk sooner theory, it seems to be that most kids these days seem to be in a rush to get moving. After all there is a whole new [...]

daily tidbit 8

K really wanted a water baby, being part fish himself. And this summer of having to drag a screaming kicking one yr old out of the pool proved to him that this legacy of his will indeed continue.