Well what can I say Akshaj is still not speaking anything ..or his understanding/speaking of words is limited to 2 only ..
He is fascinated about fans/light switching them on/off so if u ask him where is fan he will point to fan and when he switches on tube light he will say 'light' ...once when I and P were talking something abut light Akshaj went and switched on the 'light'...
But sadly that's it ...it is not just that he is not talking, he is also not figuring out the words as of yet..he says mama and ba(for his grandfather) ..but there he says so randomly to know for sure if he actually means to us .He has absolutely no interest in showing us where nose ,head ,mouth is or understanding other words...
But I can't say that he does not know anything ..he is showing amazing progress and intelligence for things he is interested in(basically for his mischief) :-)
- he now knows in which drawer we keep our snacks item..If that drawer if full he can put his hand in and take out some or the other item.So if his luck is favoring him u can see him eating biscuits which nobody has given him..I even caught him happily eating uncooked maggi once ..And if the packet is closed he will bring it to us to open the packet and give it to him to eat..if we do not comply you can hear his shrieks almost immediately...same is the case when he cannot get anything out of the drawer to eat..
- He can open all containers with lid if they are not very tightly closed..and if cannot open again he will bring them to us for opening.
- He got a baby pushcart-cycle for his birthday ..he does not sits on it much..but he has devised a great use for it ..He uses it to access the things which are not reachable to him mostly over TV stand..he brings it near to TV stand and stand over it to get the thing he desires ..even if I keep the cycle a long way away then also he will push it and bring it back and stand over it.
- His grandpa normally works on the desktop computer which is kept in his room...so if Akshaj is playing with us in another room and his grandpa comes to talk to us, without wasting any time he goes and climbs on the chair and starts pressing keyboard..if pressing keyboard does not result in any change in screen appearance then we will start using mouse (combination of keyboard/mouse) till he gets the desired result on screen ...and don't be so foolish to think if u remove the chair u can stop him ..he can push it back and start his business again...If his grandpa is working on the system and he wants him to play with him rather then he goes and switches off the Internet connection(Our house is so supportive of our brat that all our switches are placed by builder in easy reach of him) and gives him a mischievous grin saying now what will u do!!
- When he goes for a bath he puts his tub in proper place and tries to open the tap..he does not even give mug to me he takes the water from the bucket and tries to put water on him himself...I feel really lucky if I get the mug from him.
- Same is the case with spoon ..he absolutely have to hold it himself..and he tries to eat 'daal' from the bowl with the spoon..now he can put 'daal' in spoon and take till his mouth but he still has not figures the part of how to put in mouth..and any help is most unwelcome..u just have to touch the spoon to get the most violent scream out of him..but he has figured a way around the spoon problem..he just takes the bowl and directly puts in his mouth .This all results in the most messy way of eating ..everyday we shroud in horror seeing him after he is done with his food...but in this process he easily eats one bowl of daal and one chapati so there can be no complaints .
- he just has to see what all we do in kitchen...he tries to see from close if he cannot see he even moves back a little and then tries to see !!Making food in kitchen has become a big problem as he will push us and cling to us till we hold him up and show him what we are doing ..
- he has started putting blocks also..he can atmost put 3-4 blocks now (if he has more blocks he just gets more confused ,also since he loves to throw them as well this many he gets in the end )..but the best part in this is even if he puts one block over the other he will start clapping and make that happy noise and look at all of us with a big smile and ofcourse we have to clap in return (which we are more than happy to do)...this is one of the best moment nowadays ..this makes me realise how happy parents become when their children achieve something and how important it is for parents to keep encouraging their kids and for kids to expect recognition and praise in return for the work they have done ..even a small baby of 15 months expects that recognition which we all so need in all our life..
- Since I go to office 3 days a week he happily stays with his dada-dadi..but for the days I am at home he will just be with me or his dadaji...he does not go to his dadi at all ..even if I keep him with her for 5 min to prepare his milk or go to loo he starts to cry..wonder how these oh..so innocent babies become such good blackmailers..while we are at blackmailing if you had seen these saas-bahu soaps and seen the vamp face when she hugs the herione ..she makes a that cunning smile seeing her scheme succeed...same face my little baby makes ...when Akshaj wants something.. like he wants his grandpa to take him out and he clings to him(dadaji) so much that he has to give in ..then when his dadaji is holding him in his sholder his face against him and where we can only see then that sweet baby gives the same kind of smile..saying 'see dadu had to take me in the end ..I succeeded"..
- He has started recogonising when we are going for work and starts becoming restless when we are about to leave ..and monday morning are tough on his grandparents since I go after a 4 day gap to office.
One of the most bratty things he is doing these days is he comes to kitchen breaks the basket ..and he throws all the potato-onion from the basket ..this has become his favorite pastime..
So much for his daily routine and his progress ...getting too much confused and wee bit worried about him now ...we had gone for his progress check to doc also ..she also said that his understanding should have been a little more till now ..speaking comes later..what she was saying is that whatever he is leaning till now he is doing it on his own but he should respond more to what we are saying to him..hmmm..with such a stubborn doing everything on my own kiddo wonder how that is possible ..!!
