campus walk

First three days in Guwahati went very very smooth. Actually too smooth in fact. On the third day he slept through the night and D had a solid 8 hours uninterrupted sleep. She got up not knowing if she has woken up from a dream and she woke up to her body rhythm, rather than the needs of the baby( or me, asking her to wake up to attend to the baby).So we thought he has nicely settled down in his home in Guwahati. Despatches were sent to all immediate family who were sitting with fingers crossed !

And it started to pour from the fourth day. Rather chikoo was coming back on his own in his home turf! Unpredictable sleep patterns and unpredictable feeding patterns started. He was as usual in his best behaviour when we had guests.He would flash such a winsome smile at them that they would not believe a word when we tell them that he is a very demanding kid.  The 101 ways of putting an infant to sleep did not work. So D and S bundled him up to make him resemble a junior astronaut and took him out for a walk. Rather they walked and he was nicely perched up. Only his beady beady eyes were exposed to the world and he had a jolly ride. He was turning his head first left and then right as if there is a tennis match with a longish rally going on. He was exhausted from taking in so many new sights and bird sounds in the campus, that soon he fell asleep in his father's arms. So they came back victorious with a big grin pasted on their faces. They now have a key to his mysterious sleep room!

He slept for a while and woke up and the show continued. The next day the campus outing was less dramatic.He was peaceful and he did sleep off but only towards the end of the walk. The day after he did not sleep during the walk, but did once they were home and put him in bed. The day after he was peaceful when he got back but sleep, no way. You get the pattern.

My friend had gifted us with a baby backpack.Or front pack. We tried it out today. D had opened it and declared that it can be used once he weighs 7 kg. So it was put away for a later day. Yesterday I was curious and picked it up again. It said 7 lbs and not 7 kg.So it was taken out. Chikoo was all strapped to D and we went for a walk around the lake. His view was blocked, he could only see mama's face and that was okay, but not enough. So he kept up turning this way and that and generally saw to it that sleep did not make any entry.

But we did stop by to listen to the rustle of the leaves and waited for a yellowish brown leave to slowly disengage itself and fall on the ground.We saw the ducks in the lake, having a soporific mid morning siesta.And one duck flapped his wings and then one by one all the ducks took to the skies. Against the backdrop of the hills in the distance and the spotless sky blue sky they made a grand spectacle. We stopped by at the children's play area and spotted a host of bees humming away at the pink and blue flowers in the bushes.

Chikoo did not see this, but he would in due course and more and tell me in his own words.

Waiting for that day, today.