The Immitator

                        Pranav until his 8^th month was more of an observer but now he seems to have become an imitator as well. He not only observers our actions but has started imitating some of them. Say for eg: his grand dad keeps singing a song to him where in he actions by closing and opening his fist. Pranav has got a clue or two from there on and keeps closing and opening his fist each time that song is sung J.

Further if he doesn’t want something or have had enough of it he will keep nodding his head towards left and right so as to say no, in a way in which grown up adults do..

Eighth Month

                        Kannan ( aka Pranav) is into his eight month now and ofcourse as expected he has shown some considerable changes in his behavior and pattern. The first of them ofcourse that he smiles quite a bit now. He interestingly has some criteria's in his mind when it comes to smiling at people who are not known to him. He doesn't oblige all strangers with a piece of his smile :-)

In terms of physical changes he rolls over pretty fast now.... moves across the entire bed and with some help and at times with no help, manages to sit over. Infact now a days he sits and manages to play a bit with some the toys he has.

While in his earlier months he used to go with anybody without any hassle or crying, but now-a-days when it comes to people not familiar to him he is really choosy as to with whom he wants to go. Even if a stranger lifts him he would observe the person for few seconds and break into tears incase he doesn't want to be with him/her.

But ofcourse he is really fond of his mother, no matter what happens doesn't leave a chance to be in his mom's arms. Even if she goes by without looking at him, he starts making all kinds of noises.

By the way we started trying different kind of food on him, though he is mostly fond of Ragi, we have tried dal rice, curd rice, big banana, some boiled vegetables, apple etc. The latest suggestion from a  pediatrician was to try the navadhanya mix, which supposedly has a mix of a balance diet for an infant.