Month of April, 2007

Neil completes 7 months next week. We had his ‘namakarana’ in the first week of April. Through all the smoke from the ‘homa’ and the naming ceremony, Neil was perfectly content and happy to watch the entire goings on. He did get a little fussy during the naming ceremony but only because he was really hungry and he had not had his milk. People fed him “bhaje” using their finger/ring, who knows with what hands! But the little guy took it all. By the end of it all, he was really tired. The following few days he caught a cold and started coughing a little.

Through this week of April 9, 2007, Neil has been struggling through his first cold/cough. He has thrown up a few times and he fusses/cries through his feeding. Its hard to watch him go through this but there is really nothing anyone can do. I have tried applying baby vicks but he doesn’t really like it. He keeps rubbing it off.

He has started having formula in his cereal and a few times in the bottle as well. As far as his solids are concerned, he’s eaten peas, carrots, beans, sweet potatoes, squash and even potato. I started giving him rice and daal this week and he absolutely loves it.

Neil even had his full blown fever on the flight back to US from India. But he did just fine on the flight. God bless him – he was such a sweetheart. My only complain: he still does not sleep through the night very well. Sometimes he turns on his side and sleeps – that just looks so very adorable – I even got some snaps of it!

By the end of April, Neil is moving super fast all over the place – he doesn’t quite crawl yet but “creeps” on his belly using his hands and mostly just his right leg. But that doesn’t slow him down. I have to wonder what I will do once I am back in SD, all alone with him!