Child’s Play - Akshara Rajaram

Something other than a body-suit for a change! Akshara was dressed up in a traditional pavadai chattai (frock and top for non-tamilians!) for the thottil ceremony. I guess that this must have been the change-over dress before/after the actual ceremony. I stand corrected. This was the dress Akshara wore when she was first taken from Vidhya’s house to my house. But the “Ah! girls” holds good, as it seems that lot of preparation went into this exercise along with a photo session…

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An occasion is all that is needed to dress-up Akshara and make her pose for a photograph. I am sure that something special would have been prepared and consumed by all in the pretext of Akshara’s second month birthday!

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Akshara went through the thottil ceremony, not once but twice, one at Vidhya’s house and one at mine. Vidhya told me that Akshara had calmly gone through the make-up and “dress rehearsal” inflicted upon her. Below are some of the photos from the 2 ceremonies. I can’t wait to go to India, at least to take good photos of Akshara

It is difficult to photograph Akshara without a flash, as she always seems to be in her stretching routines!

She really looks concerned in the photo above, with the amount of jewelry adorning her. She always seems to be more relaxed in someone’s arms, as is seen in the photos below with my dad and my brother.

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How do you get a few weeks old child to pose for a photograph fit for a passport, you know - the white background, both eyes open etc “special” photograph? Play the slideshow below to know how!

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Akshara had been out of the house only on official visits to the doctor until now. We felt that it was time she was introduced to our way of life as Akshara was already over a month old. So, we took her on her first “pleasure” trip to Yermasoyia dam, a short drive of 20 mins from our house.

Well, to be honest, it was not exactly a touristic trip, as Akshara spent the entire time sleeping inside the car. while we took many stops - to pick up a take-away as Haagen Dazs, to take some photos of the near empty Yermasoyia dam and then finally some corn over at the Limassol seafront. But, a small trip nevertheless should be a good introduction to what lies ahead!

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actually not one, but two! After the birth of Akshara, Guru (Dad to Yuvan and Samiksha) has always been asking for a snap of me holding Akshara. It seems that he still cannot believe that i can adapt to the responsibilities of a father and that such a snap would only make him believe so! So, today we had a photo session at noon (a holiday in Cyprus) after the necessary make-up (for me too!) was done. We had some shots taken. Here you go Guru, two photos of me and Akshara!

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As they say, kids do grow up pretty fast in the initial few months. So, in order to keep up with this pace, I am also constantly trying to change/add something on Akshara’s blog.
So, few things which may be different from your last visit:

• Added a Kiddie Blogs list instead of the generic “Links” in the sidebar. Now, you can visit all your favourite kiddie blogs from right here on Akshara’s blog
• You can leave a comment on the left sidebar, not for a post, but for the blog as a whole. I shall promise that i shall convey your message to Akshara!

More photos on the way very soon!

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already since Akshara was born. So, we decided to have a small inhouse function on that occasion and as every other function in the name of Akshara, we celebrated in her name and then all of us other then Akshara gorged on food!

The bigger baby (Sadhana) wanted to hold the smaller baby (Akshara) and take a photo. So, it was duly arranged!

Finally, we also managed a picture of Akshara with Vidhya’s mom in which she looks into the camera.

Yet another, “why do you compress me, if you want to take my photo” expression…

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No, I am not one of those over-eager parents who start teaching vedic mathemtaics to their kids the moment they are able to display an isolated finger, which the parent intreprets as an early sign of being good in counting numbers! Neither am i the over-ambitious parent who books a management-quota seat in university in the worry that one might not be available 18 years later.

I am just the normal parent who is trying to act smart by identifying a kid’s strength early on, so that Akshara doesn’t get pushed into the ubiquitous engineering or medical streams. So, what does Akshara seem to be good at?

Well, from what i have seen over the past one month, a clear area of expertise has emerged. It is not mathematics (She doesn’t respond to 1,2 - Buckle my shoe!), not Physics (the simple harmonic motion exhibited by the toy hung at the top of her bouncer only makes her dizzy!), definitely not chemistry (work of some of my genes!). After a month of decoding, i have realized that her interest lies in Escapology and she has a great potential to become an escape artist in the likes of Harry Houdini and David Copperfield.

How did i conclude so? However we wrap her, whatever we use to wrap her - be it a swaddle blanket, a turkey towel or even an ordinary cloth- it just takes her a few minutes and some convolutions to break free and go back to her “God save me” pose.

Now, i have to start worrying. I have to find a nice place where she can hone her skills, not in biology or zoology, but in escapology.

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