Kiran 8 months

I just wanted to note a few milestones before they slip away and I can't remember what happened when. Just today, we noticed that one of Kiran's top front teeth has broken through the surface. Two days ago, he sat up from laying down and this has only happened once, but still remarkable. His signature move is to balance on his side while laying down and put one foot up in the air. It is like he is doing a Jane Fonda exercise class to work the inner thighs. Yesterday, he has started getting up on his knees and rocking back and forth. Crawling on all fours must be around the corner any week now. Currently, he very efficiently moves forward dragging himself across the floor by pulling himself forward with his arms, alternating sides as though he is rowing.

Kiran is into everything and moves from one thing to the next. His favourite object would have to be balloons as they hold his attention the longest of anything else in the house.

He is able to arch is back so well that he can reach many things much higher than ground level. His core strength is amazing and I can just see him getting more agile and stronger as each day passes.

He loves to eat and his favourite fruit combination is mango - banana.

When David arrived to the US at the end of July when Kiran was just 6 month old, he had just started moving in a circle quickly and moving back again. He could actually get around by doing this and rolling and this was his mode of locomotion until he started the drag in his seventh month. He broke is bottom two teeth by seven months, but I can't remember the exact timing of it.

Kiran is the BEST little baby to put to sleep. Since he was eight weeks, we trained him to be swaddled and put to sleep without too much fuss and he literally is swaddled at night and he falls asleep without so much a peep.

Maia is his best friend and he LOVES her. He laughs and his face lights up when he sees her as does her little face looking back at him. Maia loves to play with Kiran and is the best big sister. She is so helpful and so interested in him. This makes my life easier as I try to get things done around the house.

Maia and Kiran are such easy little kids and such nice little people. Wish sometimes I had more patience and focus to get done what I need to each day as I find myself frustrated by the constant motion of getting tasks done in the household while caring for my little ones. My best days are when the housework is done or there is a very minimal amount of cooking and laundry to do and I can just do something creative with Maia like painting. Today was not one of those days. There are many highs and lows in parenting and despite how much I love my two little kids, sometimes I just want a little bit of space for myself. I had to do yoga at 6 am this morning just to be sure that I was able to fit in my practice.