Joy's major milestones

1. Learned to roll @ 3 months
2. At 5 months leaned to be mobile by rolling and moving wherever she wanted to go.
3. Continued this till she was 7 months.
4. Started eating raji porridge in her 5th month.
5. Learned to raise herself on her arms and used to swing back and forth in an attempt to crawl.
6. Learnt to crawl  and also sit @ 7 months completion.
7. Immediately learnt to hold onto things and stand up in May 2013
8. Started to walk all independently @ 10.5 months. To be precise, she took her first steps on 12th August 2013.
9. Has been running around since.
10. Started calling all the family by their right names by her first birthday.
11. Learnt to follow instructions by her first birthday.(She fed cake to the right person we asked to)
12. Speaking a lot of words @ 13 months.
13. Can point to parts of body like eyes, ears, nose, mouth, tummy, hands, legs etc.
14. She can tell if she wants to sleep, if she is feeling hungry vocally @ 14 months.
15. Expresses her happiness by hugging and kissing.
16. Replies back saying "happy" if I asked her if she is.
17. Loves books since she is just 3 months old. She just loves letters printed, written anything and loves looking at them.
18. She knows to hold and read a book in the right direction. Calls it her "Booka".
19. Is a big fan of her father and can keep endlessly saying "Nanna Nanna Nanna....."
20. Loves her granny a lot and hates to share her with anyone, even her father.

More updates to follow.............

Joy's first fever

Joy was sick and down with fever for the first time. She was down with cold and cough on 28th, but I took it to be only due to a seasonal change. On 29th November morning she had terrible cough and was vomiting lots of phlegm. Shan was out of town, so as usual I panicked and took her the doctor. She checked and said every thing was fine and inquired if she had Fever. I said no. So she just gave me a cough syrup and said Joy shd be fine with it with the cold lasting for a few days.
We went home and later in the afternoon Joy developed her first fever. Nothing bad... but I totally freaked out. Was up the whole night with her, trying to ease her out in every way possible. Thanks to MIL who is always around to help.

The fever lasted for 48 hours(just like the doc said.. viral), She had cough and cold for a few more days. But all in all she is fine now. Very Happy for that.

Many people were surprised when I mentioned that this is her first fever. (Don't want to jinx that).

I want my Joy to be Hale, Healthy, Happy and Naughty always.
Love you lots sweetheart.



 

Updates

Time has moved fast. It has been a very bumpy ride for me till now with it equal share of ups and downs.
I should say I enjoyed all the ups and have gone very upset with the lows. But am living every moment of it.
To start with,
I have come to know of importance of health in a nasty way. Completely out of my hands.
I am a healthy eater and am very conscious about my diet habits. But, it was a shocker to realize that you can fall sick and you have not done anything wrong to be ill.

On the brighter side, we introduced a new member into the family, our little princess "Joy". She has keeps me on my toes and is making me realize all my hidden skills and short comings.
Love her for what she is, now she has become a major contributor for my life--"My Jaan".
Love you "Joy" for making a new me..