Our little kitty !

That's you in today's carnival. You were a bit sleepy. You were not so happy with the crowd and noise :) I am not good at drawing , so please excuse me ! :)

25 months and breastfeeding still !

I can't be proud enough Anisha. People who think long time breastfeeding has no benefits are so wrong. You rarely fall ill , even if you do , it takes only couple of days for you to recover completely , yes completely ! In these two years , only once I took you to doctor for being unwell ( at 8 months ). They found redness in your throat and prescribed amoxycilin. That's it. Only when in India you caught cold couple of times , that was so mild. You didn't cough , you didn't have long periods of running nose. Just four to five days you had running nose then you were back to normal. Touch wood - you never had diarrhea or any other stomach problem. It was a cake walk for you as well as for me. But , it's definitely hard to feed you all the time. Nowadays , you constantly stick to my boobs  -  if you are bored , if you need solace , if you need milk , if you need to sleep and for many other reasons ! Sometimes you go on sucking , my nipples start to get dry and ache. Once you were doing so midnight , I got so angry , I told you that it hurts. You immediately turned to the other side. After few minutes , you turned back , held my chin , and said sorry. My heart just melted , I fed you without complaining afterwards :) Sometimes you come with your doll and ask milk for that too. I feed your dolls too :) I have heard enough criticisms. I don't care. As long as we both are comfortable , feeding will continue. The protection it gives you is enormous ! And the magic it has done to me is enormous too. I was never this thin. Especially my tummy fat has gone down a lot. Breastfeeding is not easy for both. To suck breasts you need lots of energy. To breastfeed I need lots of determination , patience and energy too. I am happy that we did it together.

Manju

Goat love !

Anisha , when we go back to India , we will have some pets at home. Pets teach many beautiful things which humans can't - the most important among them are unconditional love and mortality !

I am sorry - haven't written for a while !

I was not in a great shape , mentally. Was in no mood to write. Or , I wanted to stay way from everything for a while. Did it help me ? Unfortunately , not much.

I think I must also apologize to people who are visiting my blog for updates. We are fine , thank you !

Anisha , you have grown a lot. You speak a lot. You try to speak sentences. As you are hearing two different languages , it's a bit hard for you. But you understand both languages very well and follow all the commands. Next week onwards you will start kindergarten. So , you need to learn one more language - German ! I hope we are not confusing you too much. I really feel sorry for you. But you know what , you will come out much more intelligent by being exposed to so many languages. I am very sure about it. And you already know lots of words in English - by watching rhymes and cartoons !

You now want to have friends. Staying at home is boring for you. We went to India and came back. You had a friend named Shakthi - your first friend ! You loved her company. You even woke up saying her name :) As usual you enjoyed the India trip , and all the pampering that comes with it. After coming to Germany you were asking about Shakthi , Karthi and Deepu ( Anju's sons ). You were also saying thathaiya ( grandpa )  , mamaya ( uncle ), athaiya ( aunt ) , aachi ( my mom ) all the time. It was so clear you missed them all very much. It was a struggle for two weeks for all of us to get used to the life here in Germany.

You also enjoyed the company of all the animals. Goats are your favorite. There was a little goat , a very little one , born a week before we went to Madurai. You enjoyed every moment of your time with it. I see myself in you at such times. You even wanted to kiss the newly born buffalo in its mouth ! We need to forcibly remove you. Love for animals is of course controlled by genes , too.

You love birthday parties. You loved your second birthday party , too. You love the candles , the cake and singing " Happy to yooou" :) We are forever thankful for your presence.

I and you

nowadays fight a lot. You don't listen to what I say. I don't listen either. Your dad says we make a great combo :)

Will talk a lot later !

Here are some pictures of your birthday party ! That little girl is Shakthi.