R is still into Old Macdonald. A couple of nights ago he initiated the song with an "Ayi ayi O", and guided me through the rest. It went like this: Old Macdonald had a farm. E I E I O. And on that farm he had a... He said "mooooo". ...cow. E I E I … Continue reading The Old Macdonald story part four
Category: Rahul baba, habibo lal baba
My mum call’s him “Rahul baba”, a cute way to say baby. Maher created the phrase “Rahul baba, habibo lal baba”, by adding the Lebanese part about being his fathers darling! It stuck
Pacifier-free
Rahul stopped using the pacifier a week ago. I though it would be much harder than it has been. He asked for it only a handful of times since then and never insisted or cried. We simply told him he doesn't need it anymore. The trick was that for the first three days we were … Continue reading Pacifier-free
Floor art
"Olive greens and purple, with no one around." Non-washable colour crayons, on beige ceramic floor tiles Created by Rahul. May 2011
The Old Macdonald story part three
R climbed out of our bed this morning, still warm with fever, saying "ayi ayi". Same thing he said running towards xiao He when she entered the door. He picked up the cover of a Baby Einstein DVD he loves. There is a section on farm animals with his favorite theme song. He wanted to … Continue reading The Old Macdonald story part three
The Old Macdonald story has a part two
A few minutes after I published the last post R woke up from the night's sleep. He had high fever. 39C. He took some medication and drank 200ml of oral rehydration salts, bit by bit. That should help for a while. The sequence went like this: a week ago R got a cold. L caught … Continue reading The Old Macdonald story has a part two
Old Macdonald’s “E I E I O” inverted
Rahul sings the chorus "Ayi Ayi O". Ayi in Chinese means aunt. It is what he calls one of his most dear people xiao He, his nanny.
Rahul practices to Sharath’s live web class
This evening Sharath (Pattabhi Jois' grandson - the late ashtanga yoga guru), had a live internet broadcast of his class in NYC. We tried to catch it. It was 7pm our time. We were half an hour late. We saw was a picture of the class in ardha badda padma paschimattanasana or half bound lotus … Continue reading Rahul practices to Sharath’s live web class
Pacifier connoisseur
Rahul knows pacifiers! The fact that he is almost a year and a half and is still hooked to one is another story; but since I brought it up here is an interesting little thing. A friend who recently moved to Switzerland said she sees three and four-year olds there still sucking on them. Continuing … Continue reading Pacifier connoisseur
“Rrrrr”
Leila has been calling Rahul "Yaya" over the last month. He is now calling himself that! Nanu a.k.a Aniroodh or should I say Aniwoodh warned me about the "rrr" in his name!
Natasha Devalia 