Sriram's teeth and I

Sriram is stressing me out everyday. Rather his teeth is stressing me out. No, the lack of his teeth is.

Sriram is going to complete 15 months and doesn't show the slightest symptom of developing a tooth. Everyday I worry about it. Whenever I call home to speak to my mom or my mother in law or whoever it is I speak to, I can't help stop cribbing about his lack of teeth. Its awful. Its become a compulsive habit of mine to talk about Sriram's teeth to Guru everyday. If I didn't Guru starts wondering what's wrong with me.

My everyday prayer to God is to give teeth to Sriram as soon as possible and release me from the everyday tensions due to it.

Viva voce - Sriram

Somewhere round his first birthday, Sriram started understanding what we were saying. He would grasp the single words we utter, and he would be able to point at them.

In the past couple of months, he started pointing to things in context as and when we told him to. He would also be able to repeat simple syllable words. Sriram also started asking us for food with his words like 'mummum', and to go out for a stroll as 'bai bai'.

It was a surprise for me today, when I called home and Nisha gave the phone to him. I asked him what he was doing. He answered 'mummum' (When I asked him he was eating). Then, I asked if he was eating without crying, he answered in the affirmative with 'ahn'. Then I told him to give the phone to mother. He promptly handed over the phone to Nisha(Subhashree) – my wife.
This is a key development for a kid which as a parent, one cherishes. Me and Nisha pleasantly surprised and cherished, when he replied and reacted to my questions in context.

This was first viva-voce conducted with Sriram, and he came out with flying colours.