Ash says I love you Aishwarya!

Yesterday my little boy told his sister he loves her! Priceless moment! 

And he shakes the rattle for her ad Toa her not to be sad Aatha will give her milk' 

Only thing- when I'm feeding her he likes to ask me ' is thangachi papa kicking Aatha?' haha.  Does it to be cheeky coz he knows I'm giving her milk! 

Cuddly Aishwarya

Baby doll is going to be one month old tomorrow! How time flies! I love cuddling her on my chest- such a calm warm feeling! 

Charming ashwin!

Saro says he's a charmer! And he is. He has a lilting voice that melts your heart when he asks you things. 

He can't take it if we say Tsk Tsk to him. He bursts into tears and asks 'why do you do that?'

After his recent hernia opp doc has said no jumping or running for about a month

When he forgets and runs we say ashwin! No running! And he responds wide eyed saying I'm not running- and he slows to a slow motion walk! If he's jumping and we stop him him he says I'm not jumping! I'm going lound and lound! Coz he can't say 'r'! 

He loves music/ can just sit and listen to it for ages:) 

He likes particular songs on the car radio

He loves playing the piano with me- dots and requests for rhyme after rhyme! Clamors for his turn with the music teacher and when I practice with akshaya. Ironically she can't stand piano practice! Likes class bit not practicing. 

He has specific complicated bed time routines. Involves reading all books in sight- so we gotta only take in 3 at most! Getting ready for bed then sitting up asking for milk and puts on pampers them getting ready for bed and wakes up again asking off potty and the. Finally really getting down to bed

Saro has been putting him to bed this past month- ever since Aishwarya came along! 

Aish me and akshaya go to bed together while the other two take the master bedroom. Nice arrangement actually - kind of worked out naturally; 

Diff children diff strengths

Akshaya is my sensitive child- sensitive to the moods of other , lots of empathy , sometimes lacks confidence 

Ashwin is my resilient one- finds ways to make things work natural negotiater 

So sweet the two! Akshaya saw me lose my temper with ashwin and then later when I was discussing with my mum how to discipline ashwin more - she gently offered a suggestion- Aatha maybe you can eat dinner around 7 and then when you feed ashwin at 7.30 you won't feel like hitting him- she didn't say hitting she gestured :) I kinda whacked him on his legs for spitting dosai.,

Akshaya's song: round and round the field

Round and round the field (x3) 

Oh how I like to run

Round and round the field! (x2)

Oh how more than anything I like to run round and round the field! 

Baby ashwin

Sigh he's been I'll quite a bit? 

Fever at 8 mth- high fever

Hfmd twice

Hernia 

Ridiculous 2 mth long cold at age 2.5 

Hope it ends and he's all well:) 

Aish baby sleeping

So far no thottil for her. 

Everyone being careful not to carry her for too long! We are trying to get her to fall asleep on her own! Hehe! 

Primary school for akshaya

How to decide which school to ballot for? Rosyth or hougang? 

Which is our back up school? 

Zhong hua or Punggol primary

What about our lady of nativity and other such convents? 

Aishu's first colick attack

On her 16th day she got her first bout of colick. ;( akshaya had hers in day 7. Ashwin had his early too. Baby Aish only now. But it looked so painful. I'm kicking myself for greedily gobbling potatoes yesterday when I knew I shouldn't be doing so. Sigh. No more potatoes for me then! 

Brocoli is fine. Little cabbage is fine too. But no potatoes!!!

Ashwin baby surgery

Sigh. Ashwin had his hernia operation two days ago. Yesterday he was in pain feverish and so quiet. Too much tv and screen time for him already. Plus too many meds. He tells me tearfully " I don't want medicine Aatha! " heart breaking. 

Punniyasaam

Yesterday we did the punniyasanm Pooja for baby Aishwarya. She was a darling throughout the function. Awake and quiet craning her neck to hear the iyer singing. We named her too- Aishwarya and lakshmi! Very nice. She wore a beautiful orange and red paavadai / presents from her grandparents and a beautiful chain from them too. Bangles and anklets from appatha and iya. 

Ashwin the negotiator!

My darling son! 

When he doesn't get something he wants- he doesn't burst out crying or throw a tantrum straight away. Instead he negotiates in his sweet lilting voice and it's very very hard not to give in! 

He asked me - at 11pm- to rearrange some random shapes to form a ship. It was- to me- a random request and I asked him 'how can I do that I can't ' he replied ' you can try?' in a sweet voice and of course I had to try! 

When he wants to watch a programme or use the iPad he asks once- if we say. I he starts bargaining- how many minutes Aatha? How many programmed Aatha? Only one! 

He'll go a long way this fellow! 

Kids

I'm missing akshaya. Been putting her to bed for 2 weeks now. Last night she chose to sleep with my mum. I'm praying she stays well and healthy. don't want her falling sick. 

On the upside- I managed to put ashwin to bed instead! He 's missing me I can tell. Keeps telling me ' hug me Aatha' 

I miss my darling

I hope in 10 days or so we can all sleep together again in one room! 

Ashwin was saying he was scared and I was telling him not to worry pillayar and murugan are with us- inside our hearts and will protect us. He checked inside his shirt and asked to out on the light so he could see them:)

Such precocious innocence! 

Aishwarya on day 5

Her Umblical cord fell off yesterday - fastest ever! Everything is speedy with little aish! 

Her birth weight was 2.89 -she lost a bot to 2.65 then gained another .1 so at discharge time she was 2.75. Yesterday's visit she was 2.92- so back to weight at birth. 

50 cm- as tall as ashwin on birth. Akshaya was 53 cm. other details I can't quite tell

Weight wise- akshaya 3.1, ashwin 3 Aishwarya 2.9:) 

My weight gain: 13 kg with akshaya 12 kg with ashwin and 11.8 kg with Aishwarya