Dyuman, our strength, is what the French refers to as “un enfant précoce”. His ever-lasting charming smile gave him the name of ‘smiley’ baby of Prasun Dham. Belonging to the Aries Zodiac sign, Dyu possesses all the traits of those born under that sign.
As yet, Dyuman hasn’t had the time to make too many friends. But he does have one with whom he spent quite a lot of time in his infancy before moving to Philadelphia. The memory of their playtime always bring a smile to my lips…Even now I can picture the two of them pulling each others’ hair...though at that time, they didn’t have much of it!!! It was always a miniature version of a wrestling competition, with one sitting on the other’s back, pulling hairs, and punches and kicks thrown around.
As a parent, I was both amused and worried about this behavior…but soon other moms assured me that this was just a phase of the growing-up process.
In the past one month, Dyu has evolved from a little explorer (crawler) to an expert trekker. He took his first step on February 23rd. Within one week, he became an expert, moving everywhere within the house. He goes into the closet, climbs on the chair, walks into the kitchen, back to his toys, sits himself up, plays for a while, puts it down and goes off walking somewhere else again. Mostly it is to the television set, or the kitchen where he knows his momma must be up to something.
And naturally, all these explorations come with countless number of knocks and falls. But they don’t in any way stop him. Within three weeks of walking, he started the inevitable…running around – and that too without any sense of direction - , and doing all sorts of ‘baby stunts’ which bring a rush of adrenalin into my blood!
Most definitely an outdoor kid, this guy shows signs of irritation and frustration if he’s kept indoor for too long. He shows signs of grumpiness, outbursts of anger by pulling hairs, and crying for no particular reason. But the moment he’s taken out for a walk- even if it’s for 5 minutes – he brightens up.