sound and light show

Chikku is growing up, just like that , right in front of our eyes. Yes, we call him chikku and he really is quite chikku(small). He is slowly tasting the flavour of the place and the environment.

For deepavali we had strung up some colourful streamers on the walls. They nicely swing and sway in the breeze. Chikku was lying down on his back and generally gazing around. He spotted the colour and the movement of the streamers and his hands and legs started moving rhythmically and he started cooing,  'nga' 'gu gu' .His face was all lit up and he was focussing on the streamer show. We believed (from well thumbed books and seniors!) that the baby 6 weeks old can only gaze 3 feet distance. Just enough to see the mother's face when she is holding him in her lap . But then the streamers were a good 8 to 10 feet away. He could see them alright. So I told D, see your boy is well ahead of milestones!

So for the last few days we get tremendous kick keeping him there when he is in a good mood and watch him entertain himself (and entertain all of us eager watchers!)

He has been fascinated by lights in the room for a while now, and however much we try he will turn his face towards the source of light and look intently at it.Similar behaviour when he looks at the bright sunlight streaming in through the windows.D is a great fan of bright sunlight and rooms airy and lots of light. Like mother , like son.

Last night we were sitting around him and trying to make him play with some toys. There was a 'thanavur bommai' type of doll, which would also make a tingling sound in addition to swaying and coming back straight up when you push it lightly. It happened to be near his feets and he accidently kicked it. He heard the sound and was immediately excited and pushed his feet fast to see if the sound is repeated. Yes it did  and slowly you could see his face getting more and more animated and legs kicking out with more force. Just for fun, we pushed it a little away, so that he needs to change the direction of kick to locate it. He tried a few times in the same way, did not hear the sound, and in frustration was throwing his hands and feet haywire and hey! one such kick hit the doll. His face lit up and he tried to coordinate to kick again. He got it once more after a few false starts. By which time D said, too much excitement for today, so we calm him down.

We tried to take a video of this, but in my excitement i was viewing rather than pressing the video record button.

Not to worry, he would do it again, and we will be more alert to record the same the next time.

This is 16/6 subra's own 'sound and light show'!