Our new favourite!

Our new favourite is 'crawling'!!!!Ananya has been creeping on her belly for over 3 weeks now and gradually, this new mode of movement seems to be replacing her 'rolling'.While earlier, she used to move over the place, rolling, now, she makes sure she creeps and crawls. What's amazing is, she knows the most appropriate mode of movement for different occasions.
She is also very close to sitting up now. She pulls herself up from a lying position, though not to being fully upright, but far enough to rest herself on her elbows, and get a different view of things.Last night, I sat her on the floor, surrounded by pillows, and she balanced herself well for a couple of minutes, then lost interest and brought herself down on her tummy.
Her new 'hang out'is, under the cradle!Yes, under the cradle.She crawls and reaches under the cradle, lying on her back,rests her feet on it and swings it with great speed.And she has great control too..She can bring the cradle to a stop when she wants to.And all the while talking to the cradle and singing.....Absolutely love this!!!What ideas for newer forms of entertainment..Babies have so much to teach us.
Meanwhile, taking it slow on the food front.Very, very difficult to get her to eat something.Have started trying out new tastes, to see what interests her.May be, there will be something that she will happily eat.Seems to have liked Heinz oatmeal porridge.So, just sticking to that, for the moment.
It's getting colder here.Though the thermal insulation in this house has kept us warm so far, we are increasingly feeling the need to have the heaters on at night.Ananya's is now snugly sleeping in her cute lil sleeping bag and seems to be liking it's soft feel.
She also has a small new teddy that she likes cuddling.The other day, I rubbed this teddy against her cheeks and made the noise'kshhh' and she was roaring with laughter and me and Murali just went crazy.It was not just a smile or a simple laugh.She was laughing with her belly, mouth, hands, legs and it went on for like fifteen minutes.Finally Murali got me to stop doing it because he was scared she would choke or gasp(like I do, when I laugh a lot), having laughed so much.
Real happiness...can be experienced,not explained.