Hibernation

Don't know how the past months have passed, really! My daughter is already 8 and a half months old, my son is about to celebrate his 7th birthday next month and I have only one and a half months to rejoin the office. One good thing is that my first maid is coming back and I can do half day for six months after joining work.

The kid is growing fast, she sits, stands holding things and at times even stands without holding anything. It is inviting trouble to leave her unattended even for some time these days. She's got two of her lower teeth too and bites everything that she can get hold of. She loves her father and brother a lot and their voices can take her out of her deepest sleep(as I realized after 15 mins of effort to put her to sleep)! She's cute, not fussy, loves to be outdoors or in the balcony but keeps catching cold thanks mostly to her brother. Her present toys hold no attraction to her and I'm at my wits end to supply her with something interesting every day. She imitates some of my actions like putting the tongue out, tightening the fist, clapping etc and can say words like "atta", "tata", "dada" etc. She wants to eat everything that I eat but her own raagi she hates the most. It's a wonder to me how she manages to resist my hand with the swift movement of her own however quickly or from whatever angle I try. She has selective stranger anxiety I must say.

My son is growing tall too - he looks easily like a 5th grader. One thing that has come about after we got busy with his sister is that he has started playing with the boys on our floor which he had always resisted before. Of course it has its own problems because since he's not used to hitting anyone, he used to get beaten by smaller boys and come home very dejected. But I guess he's mostly in control of the situation now being the eldest boy in his group and the tallest.