bad to worse

So, Friday I get home from work and Diya had pooped only once all day. Finally…relief...we thought. She didn’t go rest of the evening then Saturday morning she goes again, but it’s very little and it’s really hard. Great. She was now constipated. How does she go from one extreme to the next…no idea. Doctor said it’s pretty common nothing to worry about. So we start giving her the regular diet. Saturday night she felt little warm so we took her temp and sure enough she had a fever. We gave her Tylenol. Sunday morning she still had fever, but seemed better. Sunday evening she had a nice, big, normal poop…finally! Monday morning she still had a temperature. Ended up taking her to the doctor. She has ear infection in both ears. Great. She’ll be on antibiotics for next 10 days. Premal was most upset that for the first time she has actually lost weight. By now she should’ve been over 18lbs, but she’s only 17lbs 3oz. I'm sure she will make up for it soon.

no improvements yet...

It's been a whole day and Diya's diarrhea has not gotten any better. Infact it seems to be worse. Yesterday, she have even more poops and even more leaks from her diaper. She woke up at 5am and I went to check on her...I felt her belly and it was wet. I picked her up and her whole back and side were wet. I had to change her and wash her from chest down. I took her under the sink and just washed whatever I could. Of course by this time she is crying up a storm. I don't blame her...she was expecting me to just help back to sleep. She didn't want to be stripped down naked and be washed and changed while she was half asleep. Poor thing...I felt so bad, but it had to be done. Premal and Neha obviously woke up cause of all the crying and helped with the whole process.


She still doesn't have a fever or is vomiting so that is a little relief. Today we are going to try not giving her any milk and try some other things people have advised us on. If she doesn't seem better by tomorrow we'll probably visit her doctor.


On a slightly lighter note...these photos are some more of her random sleeping positions(before she got ill).

poor baby...

Yesterday I got home from work and Diya was playing in her bouncy chair. She was her usual self...good mood and happy to see me. I picked her up and in few minutes I felt some wetness near her diaper. She had pooped and leaked through her diaper. Four or five months ago this wouldn't have alarmed me, but yesterday it did. I soon learned that all day she had been pooping more than usual and having very loose bowel movements. Poor thing has diarrhea.

I called the doctor and she said as long as she doesn't have fever and isn't vomitting no need to worry. Her guess is that it is probably a viral infection due to her cold and cough. I find this little hard to believe because she's had this cold and cough on and off for a month and she didn't get diarrhea before...so why all of the sudden? I was expecting her to say it was cause of her teething. She has at least one new tooth coming in and her gums have gotten sooo swollen. The inside of her mouth looks so different from just a month ago. Food poisoning was another thought. She puts everything in her mouth so she might have just picked up a dirty toy or something.

Whatever the cause doctor said give her fruits and no fruits that start with 'p' like pears, peaches or prunes. She suggested bananas, apples, and sweet potatoes for veggies. Luckily Diya likes these a lot. But there must be something else we can give her. Anyone has any ideas please let me know even if the remedy isn't specifically for babies.

Knock on wood that this hasn't caused her to be extra cranky or fussy. She's just her usual happy self. Hopefully she will get over this fast.

Diya springs into her 8th month

Spring begins on Diya’s 8 month birthday. I was recently looking at her birth pictures and I can’t believe how little she was. I don’t realize how much she’s grown until I look at old photos or videos. People have been saying that before you know it she will be a teenager and I’ll wonder where the time went. Not sure about being a teen, but the ‘baby days’ seem to be flying by.

In the last month Diya has gotten very clever. She knows how to give a fake smile to butter me up. If she wants to be held she will flash that fake smile. She knows that when she drops a toy from her high chair mommy(or anyone sitting close by) is always there to get it back for her. She knows how to fake cry too. If there is a delay in getting the toy back she knows that by giving that fake cry she can get it faster.

She also knows how to pick up a cheerio with her fingers and put it in her mouth. Sometimes when the grip isn’t right she will switch the cheerio from one hand to the other. It takes her few minutes per cheerio, but it keeps her busy while we have dinner.

She recognizes her milk bottle and cries for it as soon as it’s in her site. If I have the bottle in my hand and her in the same arm she bends down and starts licking the cap. Even when she sees the bottle by accident and there is no milk in it she wants it.

She can also crawl backwards now. When she’s on her belly she will push with her hands and move her body back. On the carpet its a little tough cause there is more friction, in the crib she slides easily. But she’s little lazy and hates being on her belly for too long so I have a feeling she’ll learn to crawl late or she might go straight to walking.

Anyway, so here are her pictures from the last month. Sadly, I still haven’t made too much progress in being able to upload the videos from our digi camcorder.

Diya's 8th Month

pattu pavadai and squeaky shoes

A pattu pavadai with a Cinderella story...I found this amazing. Let me explain. Premal’s family is guju, but I consider them South Indian because they live in Chennai (which is located in southern India) and they are very much into the culture there. So naturally one of the dresses that Neha(Premal’s sister) got for Diya is a very traditional south Indian dress called ‘pattu pavadai’. In this picture Diya is modeling this dress. Basically, it is a very rich colored, two-piece dress that has a contrasting thick border. Looks almost like a choli, but there is no dupata. Now, look closely at the orange border in Diya’s pavadai. Can you read what it says…can you see the ‘ABCs’? Might be hard to see in the picture. I dunno why, but I think this concept is really cool. Apparently, they make ones that instead of the ABCs they have the story of Cinderella printed. Isn’t that amazing? Apparently, this is the hottest new craze going on right now. I can understand why.

Neha also got shoes that squeak(I didn’t take a picture of them). They look like regular sneakers and when we push the soles they squeak. I enjoy them more then Diya does. Sometimes when she’s in the car seat and pushes against the back seat and they squeak. I don’t think she realizes where the sound is coming from, but it gets her attention. When I squeeze them on purpose and she loves it.

Why don’t they make something like that here in the US. Maybe they already do, but I have never seen them. I’ve seen shoes that light up and that is cool too. The squeaking doesn’t require any electrical wiring so you’d think they are safer and more popular plus you’d be able to keep track of where your kids are running off to. I guess the noise could get annoying for some.

There are lot more things that Neha got for Diya that I liked very much like hair pins, bangles, bindis, sandals, regular dresses, soft cotton summer clothes…but the pavadai and the squeaky shoes were my favorite.

Taare Zameen Par

This might be the first entry in a long time that is not baby related…well, mostly. So past weekend not only did we watch a movie, but we watched a Hindi movie. I can’t remember the last time I watched one. In high school I used to watch them all the time. I never had time in college. Premal doesn’t like them so after marriage I rarely got to see any.

Neha(my sister in law) is visiting us from India. She brought some DVDs with her. We watched ‘Taare Zameen Par’. I had heard so many good things about this movie and really wanted to watch it and I’m so glad I did. It is very good...a totally different kind of movie with a very unique story line. It doesn’t have any of the usual, flashy Indian drama. It is about a 9 year old boy. It doesn’t have the usual boy-girl love story either…infact there is no lead actress at all. I won’t give away anything else.

We watched it during the day so we had couple of interruptions cause of Diya. But most of the time she played with her toys and let us watch the movie in peace even though it was a typical 3 hour Hindi movie. Since it all worked out pretty well I would love to watch more. There are few more movies from Neha’s collection that I’d love to watch. Instead of fighting boredom by going out in the freezing cold this was a great alternative(and a money saver).