Here we are again, and, let's take stock of what has changed and what hasn't since the last year.
Pranav is fully potty-trained now - what an unpleasant topic to start with, eh? I am not surprised I am leading with this, as I know how parents and kids alike, struggle in that department. The food department has seen major progress, although, it would be nice if he faced vegetables full on, instead of my having to disguise them in his rotis. Still loves his meat, and recently, his eggs. Sunday ho ya Monday, roj khao ande is our principle with him. The tantrums have kept coming and were at the worst just after he turned 3. He can get extremely cranky about the silliest thing; more like, childishly obstinate about something unimportant. I find his tantrums are easy to deal with when I am in control of my mood myself; else it gets pretty ugly between us. It's a different thing we exchange 'I love you mama' and 'I love you too, Raja', soon afterwards.
He has grown into an extremely shy child, socially. When he is faced with the prospect of entering a room full of strangers, he literally hides behind my skirt at best and pulls me by my hand out of the room, at worst. I remember being extremely upset when I was first confronted with this behaviour from him. Now I understand better(a girl is allowed to delude herself, right?) and think about how I can make him more comfortable in the surroundings. It does draw a lot of attention to you, when your child behaves like he is being ambushed by aliens, which makes me uncomfortable too. It's a journey of perseverance, just like everything else. It's clear he needs more time than the average child to warm to new people. Definitely not an extrovert in the making!
Pranav is fully potty-trained now - what an unpleasant topic to start with, eh? I am not surprised I am leading with this, as I know how parents and kids alike, struggle in that department. The food department has seen major progress, although, it would be nice if he faced vegetables full on, instead of my having to disguise them in his rotis. Still loves his meat, and recently, his eggs. Sunday ho ya Monday, roj khao ande is our principle with him. The tantrums have kept coming and were at the worst just after he turned 3. He can get extremely cranky about the silliest thing; more like, childishly obstinate about something unimportant. I find his tantrums are easy to deal with when I am in control of my mood myself; else it gets pretty ugly between us. It's a different thing we exchange 'I love you mama' and 'I love you too, Raja', soon afterwards.
He has grown into an extremely shy child, socially. When he is faced with the prospect of entering a room full of strangers, he literally hides behind my skirt at best and pulls me by my hand out of the room, at worst. I remember being extremely upset when I was first confronted with this behaviour from him. Now I understand better(a girl is allowed to delude herself, right?) and think about how I can make him more comfortable in the surroundings. It does draw a lot of attention to you, when your child behaves like he is being ambushed by aliens, which makes me uncomfortable too. It's a journey of perseverance, just like everything else. It's clear he needs more time than the average child to warm to new people. Definitely not an extrovert in the making!
He has learnt to write his name, as of today. I believe he can write most of the alphabet, sometimes writes 'M' like a 'W', and once, added an extra stroke to 'E' when I asked him to write two E's together, but other than that, I think he is on his way. Not much progress with numbers; there's apparently a number that's called 'eleventeen'. We have to work on our numeracy pretty soon.
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