Child’s Play – Akshara Rajaram

Akshara must be watching too much TV!

written by Rajaram S

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!

written by Rajaram S \\ tags: outing, yermasoyia dam

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!

written by Rajaram S

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.

written by Rajaram S