Big pool... small pool...

All I could think was........... My mum can swim... she can swim... she can swim and still keep hold of me! Where is she? She is screaming for help - is anyone listening? I am going up and down in water and I am screaming and in a busy pool as it was this weekend, nobody heard us! We both screamed some more...  Within seconds my Suhas bava and Susanth bava came to help me. They got me and kept me afloat while my mum could now swim with both hands!

Couple of minutes ago...

We almost finished that day's swimming and were ready to leave. Suhas Bava, Susanth Bava, Mum and I were in the swimming pool just under an hour already and had so much fun! We played with the spider man toy, we splashed in the baby pool, I moved my hands and legs as my mum held on to my waist - lots of cool fun on a very hot day. We just wanted to go back into the pool one more time. I agreed to even put my arm bands this time and off we went. Mum and I were jumping around and followed bava. Suddenly, my mum lost control of her footing - the pool was hardly 5 feet at this point but she couldn't keep her head above water level while touching the floor any more. She thought she could swim with me in one hand, but lost control and we both were pulled down! My arm bands probably saved both of us. As this was a pool in a hotel, there were no life guards and with all the splashing everyone else probably thought we were playing.... we both were very very very scared. Thank goodness bava was here to rescue us!

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As my mum's friend said - something like this only happens once in a lifetime - it is a lesson that you never forget and she is so true!

I will ensure I will stick to the small pool until I can swim by myself. I will wear my arm bands. My mum will make sure she learns more swimming skills to be confident when I need her.

Stay safe all!

--- Lots of love from Kian

My travel companion for warm milk

Travelling is all super interesting until I get super hungry and need my milk right there and then! The slight problem in giving me my milk is that I like it slightly warm. At home, it normally takes 5 minutes to warm my milk in the bottle warmer and that is acceptable limit for me. In the car or out and about - I need it faster as I am restricted in my car seat and don't have enough distractions!

My mum and dad tried different ways - getting this weird car battery powered warmer that took forever to warm (literally forever), stopping at a restaurant and asking them for hot water (parking and asking take time!!). Then my dad found this Tommie Tippie bottle warmer online and decided to give that a try. I have to say, I am a much happier little world traveller knowing I can get my milk quickly! You carry hot water and pour it in the lid when you need to warm bottle. Much faster as it is boiling water! Well spent tenner!

Have a look here - Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Travel Food Warmer https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002L3TEN8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ciaTxb9M4TJ48

I can happily go around now! 

Huggies vs Pampers

Ah! Other babies tell me this is the eternal war for the nappy King award! Now most of the babies I have spoken to (yes, we talk many things during weigh in or play sessions and nappy discussion is one of the hot topics!!) use Pampers in the UK. But, mum and dad are members of this big shop called Costco and they saw a really good deal on Huggies and decided to give it a try. (My Atta was shocked I was not using Pampers!) I absolutely loved Huggies - it had cool pictures I could see when mum was putting me in it. Gave me assurance I was looking cool all the way 😎. And I loved the pictures so much that I wanted to see them more - so, I used to make the nappy full quickly and my mum had to change! And the, one day, mum received Pampers nappy in some promotion and decided to give that a try. This one also had pictures but not as cool as Huggies! Still, a boy needs entertainment and I tried my usual trick - it did not work!!!! Howmuchever I filled it, it was not really full! I think mum had her first full night sleep (almost as I still woke up for feed) as she didn't really have to change me. And she was so happy - and I slept well, too. May be Pampers is not bad.... I gave my permission to mum and dad to use Pampers going forward... A good night's sleep is worth losing a little bit of entertainment ☺️😉 zzzzzz

Disclaimer!

Hi! My name is Kian and I have too many things to say in my small head. So, I keep saying them to anyone who is close enough. 

My mum then translates them into these posts. The disclaimer is that my mum is still learning my language... So, she may miss few of the very important things I am telling her! Enjoy my selfie in the mean time 😄

What's in a name?!

This blog post is named on the three words we have been using repeatedly over the last couple of months (from 11 August 2015 - to be precise!)

Pee - or wee in nicer terms...

Poo - no explanation needed 😱

Paalu - Milk (in Telugu language)

Literally - we probably never discussed so much about poo before Kian was born on 11 August! My mum (who has been an absolute super mum as always ) jokes that Kian left flowers for us (in Telugu poolu means flowers!) - his gift saying that 'all is well!'

I have now started this blog for a variety of reasons 

1) Chronicle the little things happening in our now slightly expanded family

2) Get back into writing

3) Review key baby stuff - products and services.

Feel free to drop a line as a question, smiley or a comment 👍🏻