A famous English quote
states “Nature betrays the beauty of God” but after my son came to my life I
personally feel it has to be changed as “Children’s innocent smile betrays the
beauty of God”!!!!
Indeed my son has brought a lot of meaning to mine and my
husband, Sriram’s life. Though soon after my delivery since my son was born 28
days earlier ,I faced a lot of lactating
problems with him yet once I overcame it with the help of my mother and lactational
consultant Dr Padmini whom I can never
forget in my lifetime, life was indeed wonderful with him after that.
We celebrated his naming function on 4th November
2010 at my parents house in mylapore. We named him as “Srivishnu”, which means “the protector of
the universe”. He was also given the names of four of his great grandfathers
and the names suggested by his grandparents, uncle Ajay and as well as by my
little cousins adding his total number
of names to seventeen!!!!
On 5th November 2010 we celebrated his first
Diwali followed by first Karthigai(festival signifying the birth of Tamil God
Muruga) on 22nd November 2010 which coincidentally was my actual due
date.
Slowing I could see and feel his growth..I could feel him
sense objects move around him..He started feeling angry at times when he
demanded more milk..He started gazing at bright colours, swinging objects and
so on, his favourite being Lord Krishna’s laminated picture in his room. He
started feeling at ease while sleeping on my lap, on my brother’s shoulders, and in the gentle swing on my
parents hands. It gave me a sense of pride when he started crying “amma” when
he was just two months old!!!
After celebrating his first Pongal festival too on 15th January 2011,on
6th February 2011,being an auspicious day, we went to Anna Nagar(to
my husband’s house) ..We were received
with red carpet welcome there..Our 2nd wedding anniversary on 15th
February 2011 was really memorable and special with our little "Srivishnu"…
Days were going on!!! Srivishnu now started smiling on seeing
everyone’s face, tried to converse with others in his own language…We could
realize that he was growing up making every moment spent with him so precious…I
had hung colourful toys everywhere inside our room and also stuck pictures of
God around the walls. Also played and sang songs for him..He himself started
developing an interest in music.When he was just nine months old he used to hymn
along with me for few of the songs that I sang for him!!!
Each activity that a child does will definitely be treasured by
its mother…So was I, astonished by his actions, recorded every new thing that
Srivishnu did : -
- 25th February 2011 – He turned over
- 26th June 2011 –He tried to swim along the floor
- 27th August 2011 –He started to sit by himself
- 8th September 2011-He started dancing to tunes
- 12th September 2011–He started crawling
- 20th September 2011 –Holding the objects, he stood
- 5th October 2011 –He started walking along the sofa
He gave “High Five” when we said “India win” and danced to Vijay
Tv Airtel super singer junior ad “Kaal
kilo karuppupuli” and Airtel ad ” ovvoru friend’dum theva machan”..
It was 25th October 2011,Srivishnu’s first birthday!!!
We celebrated it in a grand manner by inviting all our relatives . I had
collected all the items that Srivishnu first used these one year like the first
dress he wore as soon as he was born, his first socks and so on and gift wrapped
it and presented to him on his birthday. Also I wrote a letter to him describing about the precious
moments I have had as soon as I came to know he was in my womb till his first
birthday to be given to him when he grows up.
His first "Star" birthday was
auspiciously celebrated on 11/11/11 which was attended by all our kith and kin.
As I sat down to write this blog I got nostalgic, thinking about
those days with Srivishnu!!!Continue reading my blog for more interesting incidents
about Srivishnu!!!!!
