I am the proud mother of a little boy who is about 6 and 1/2 months old and he is a joy to Madhujit’s and my life. Everything I do is for him. It is amazing how something so small and needy can make your day worth it with just 1 little smile. I might be a biased mother, but he is the most beautiful child.
He was born in February on the biggest snow storm of 2010, 2 days before his due date and changed our life for the better. ( I am so happy that he was a full term baby, it was hell getting to this point, but I did it. It took weekly progesterone shots, a cerclage, and lots of worries, but he is worth everything I went through)
His first month, his cries reminded me of a scene in Jurassic park, the baby dinosaur cries, short and squeaky… month 1 all he wanted to do is sleep and eat. He loved his swing that Uncle Justin gave him and would love to be held in his fathers arms. Month 2 came and Madhujit’s parents met him and fell in love with him. He loves spending time with his Buma-busia and DziaDzia and they dote on him. He would love to hold anyone’s finger. He loves looking at the fish tank that we have. It calms him to hold him where he can watch them move about. Month 3 came around. He developed better head control and loved traveling in the car. I would over-pronounce ” I love you” and he would giggle and smile. He also started to try make a wet sound, imitating my lip rumble. He loves the TV and computer. He will watch them with rapt attention. He loves to kick at things and has a lot better control of his legs then his arms. Month 4 came, and I went back to work. It was very hard leaving my little one, but I was ok with it because Mukul and Sibani are with him. He continued to grow and make noise and pull luckey and daisy’s hair. He also started grunting at Luckey and Daisy trying to get them to come to him. When he eats from me, he plays with my clothing and the days that he is very hungry he gulps with little noises that almost sound like “Mmmmm”. He loves his bath time. Buma-busia gives him a massage everyday and then he gets a bath. He kicks at his duck and loves to splash water at everything. Month 5 came and we gave him his first bite of solid food ( rice cereal) at Justin’s house. After that, we slowly introduced more and more solid food, oat cereal, green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, mango, papaya, pear… He is able to sit by himself with out support and he likes to make noise blowing air out of his mouth ( put-put-put). He absolutely loves his jumper. He will jump and giggle for hours if we let him. We have the fisher price precious planet jumperoo, and it is the best thing that I bought him. Month 6 came and he is rapidly developing. He loves to stand and it at the point where he can stand holding on to something. The crawling has not started yet, but he pushes himself backwards when we give him tummy time. He is almost to the point where he can bring up his body onto his knees. I said momma the first time on August 6th, although he is not discriminate on who he calls momma. He is very squirmy, never wanting to sit still, but always trying to reach for things and still continues to grunt and kick his legs to get his point that he wants something across. He goes outside daily with his DziaDzia and watches the birds and looks at Mukul’s flowers and garden. He loves rolling the ball back and forth. He can roll around better to each side and can flip on his stomach at times and prefers to sleep on his stomach ( we try putting him on his back first, but he ends up on his stomach) We are still working on the transition of moving him from cradle to crib, and it is difficult. I do not want to do the cry it out method, but he has us wrapped around his fingers, and knows when he cries, we come running and will smile at us, but Madhujit is getting frustrated that he will not sleep in his crib and keeps telling me it is time to do it his way 
. We tried to give him beef the in the beginning of the 6th month, but he hated it, and today we are going to try chicken….
I have so much documented in pictures, but I wanted to document so of his achievements with words.
Life with baby might be driven with sleep deprived nights and other hardships, but there is nothing more special then giving your child a hug at the end of the day and see him smile.
I will tell him about Angel and always miss her, my first child, but life goes on, and I want to do everything I can for my child here with me now and soon hopefully we can start the adoption process and introduce Lucien to his future sister….