Hi dear
Good to see your message after a long time... so nice to read about Radha. She must be a big girl now na? Sometimes I dream of those tiny little fingers and face and certainly miss them. Rishi also has grown up and is 9 months now. Can't believe she has four teeth as Rishi has not got even one. He is also standing holding to everything and crawls real fast. In fact he is in all fours crawling only for the past one week. Otherwise he was comfortably swimming!

Its interesting that you give parathas to her. Rishi eats dosa, idli and rice with dal. Yet to start roti, may be I will soak it in milk and give.
Has she put on weight? I remember you telling me that she was under-weight. Post some new pictures of her. And hey, we still have no idea how you look. Post some pics of yourself too. Have you shed all your weight? I still have 4-5 more kgs to lose. God knows if I will ever get back to shape.

Take care and kisses to Radha. Please do write regularly.

Love,
Vani Archana replied. Hello Vani,

We started giving Radha chapati first.. and she used to eat on her own !! She refused to have it from our hands.. infact I used to call her \";firnag\"; because if I offer her something with my hand she used to turn her face away. If I offer same thing with spoon she was atleast ready to consider it once
:-))

All that was changed for last 1 month.. She accepts if I feed her small bites of chapati/paratha/banana with my hands. She is also learning to drink water by small glass.
And main wonder of all is she is ready to eat atleast little amount of rice (with daal made for us, with tadka and spices!). Earlier she refused rice in ANY form.

Regarding weight, she is still low weight baby (7.8kgs at 10 months). But she has gained weight at steady pace in last 2-3 months and is very very active, so doctor says its perfectly fine.
I am sure your doctor will also say the same about Rishi.
And do not worry about teeth at all. My friend's daughet did not have a single tooth even when she was almost 1 year old and that was also normal.
And you are spared of the crankiness and small small illness which usually accompany teething for now, so be happy. Rishi's teeth will come when it's time for them to come :-)

And regarding my weight.. ummm.. not a topic of my interest. I was always overweight.. little more overweight before I got pregnant and put on and put on and put on till the date I delivered. I gained around 20kgs, lost 12 or so. Still to lose 8 more kgs to come to my nomal overweight stage and then need to lose7-8 kgs more to become not-so-fat.. so you know how tough the task is. And I do not know if I will achieve it in near future. BUt yes my size has reduced. And I could fit (rather JAM) into my pre-preg jeans and could wear it to office for whole day. Also could get into my even older denim skirt with LOTS of difficulty (things which I thought were impossible in this \";janam\";). So it's getting better hopefully.
I will surely post some nice snaps of Radha and not so nice pic of myself too.. soon.
Take care and love to you and Rishi,
Archana.