Third baby in the house

Looks like Alman has finally settled down for the night. Big baby has sunk into the sofa. Since yesterday, Alman hadn’t been taking long naps during the day as he used to, but last night he only woke up twice for milk, so that’s not bad. Mummy and daddy can get some restful sleep. He is starting to make baby coos and gurgles, enjoys morning walks in the garden and seems to like his play gym too. He doesn’t mind his bath but cries a bit every time his head is shampooed….reminds me of his uncle ijaz who doesn’t like anyone to touch his hair.

Cikmina has been coming to stay during the day whenever Aya has to leave the house to run her errands or to attend to her business appointments, which is almost daily. For the first few days, Cikmina’s steel rods kept knocking the side of the bathroom door and once my specs got hooked on them when I was helping her to dress. Balance is all-important here especially as Cikmina is rather top heavy and maneuvering my way under her armpit on the wet bathroom floor (of the tiny bathroom downstairs), “concentration” is the word. But she doesn’t make much fuss, is happy to be fed her lunch at about the same time everyday and seems to accept her predicament quite well. Aya fetches her back in the afternoon everyday and takes her to the clinic to change her dressing. She seems to look forward to these sessions too and always has little clinic anecdotes to relate to me whenever she catches me alone. No kidding, Cikmina loves to talk, gossip and she can laugh too. She counts how many times Alman smiles at her…indeed.

Time passes so quickly, but yesterday I managed to catch up on new CVs sent through the email and recorded them for easy retrieval later. Am I glad I have the back porch gym as with another baby at home, I’m rendered less mobile than ever. It’s ok, I’ll try to embrace each season as it comes. Alman remains the life of the party. He is getting to be more handsome, wearing new clothes everyday as he is beginning to fit well into the “3-6 mths” size clothes which so many aunties, uncles and friends gave as presents….such excellent taste, folks…..thank you!