Hi.

Thanks for ur replies. I wanted to write but kept postponing.

After seeing the replies on speech, I feel its normal. She can understand things and now she is able to point at things and ask for it. She can say the sounds that animals make, parts of body n also trying to repeat the words..she knows many words but doesnt say it out when asked for. One day she saw horse on tv and went straight to tv and started shouting horse horse , me n my dh were totally surprised.

Now am teaching her abcs n 1-10. she can say A is for apple, b is for baby , cis for cap, n then h is for hat. and with numbers she counts 1,2,3. more to go.. Apart from this am trying to teach her what isdaddys , Ammas, n her name? She can tell daddys name. n my name' she says \"; THA\";\";ThA\"; for laya she says \";aya\";

And her latest craze is writing n coloring.. she wanna write, scribble. and sometimes she wants me and my dh to hold her hands and wirte ABCs she is so intersted. She has also strted to scribble on walls.. :) and she uses her crayons on all books her books my magazines, notepads. what not. if we dont draw ,write with her she gets angry n bcomes sad..

And she also wants to cook.. When i Do the seasoning she wants to put jeera and stir it and also i would hve cut veggies n kept in plates, she would show them and ask me to put them, n then she would wanna stir it.. SHe is so demanding that i cant say no to her.. I really wonder what a girl I hvae whose passion is cooking at the age of 1 n 1/2 yrs .

And regarding her food I hvaent introduced spice to her..and i have a few questions on it.

1) Have u introduced chilli powder, chillies in babies food?
2) DO u give all the foods that u eat. even if it is with spice?
3) What do u make for lunch n dinner for toddlers?
4) Have u started adding horlicks or anything else to babies milk.? Is it ok to give them those at this stage?
5) WHat juices do u give the babies? Do u freshly make them at home or is it ready to drink? Pls lemme know the brand names?
6) HOw abt introducing Nuts n honey to babies? I see cheerios with honey is it ok to give them?

This is layas schedule
1. Breakfast: apple cheerios with soymilk, sometimes uoma, dosa, idlis, pongal
2. SNacks(morning evening): I give her apple pears, gerber mini fruits, biscuits, raisins, tortilla chips
3. Lunch: for lunch some curry with rice n dal.
4. Evening tiffin : apple cheerios, chappathi or bread or pasta
5. Dinner: Rice n chicken curry
I still Breast feed laya.
Addl suggestions tips welcome.

She keeps me occupied full time. SO how are ur toddlers doing?what do they do n keep u busy? DO share . It would be really nice and we feel warm to read abt kids. isnt it>

Hetal n Priya? Hows ur pregnancy ?

Love to all toddlers
Anitha n Laya
Bhairavi replied. Nice to see Laya's update. She is a really smart kid..:) Hope she is doing well now.. Kids really do grow so fast isnt it? Our little babies are already learning numbers and alphabets..:) Nikku also says lots of alphabets and numbers like 1-2-3, AB, IJK.. that ways. She says lot of words, some phrases some times.. Her talking keeps going up and down.. like for some days she will start saying things very clearly and then after that she will be back to her normal self..
About spice, I give her all spices except chilli.. What I do is I put the chilli in end, and just before that remove curry for Nikku.. Whenever I give her something really spicy she will eat 2-3 bites and then scream.. Also I observe that wherever the spicy food touches her face, it turns red.. So I have thought of not introducing chilli till arnd 2 years. Sometimes she eats spicy food with curd.. Also I keep feeding her our spicy food when I eat.. Her schedule is mostly like this--
For breakfast: 1 bread toast with 1 scrambled egg some fruit and 3oz juice ; Barley flour halwa made in milk & almonds with some fruits (I alternate between the two)
After 2 1/2hrs: 6-8oz milk with fruits sometimes
Lunch After 1 1/2 hr from snack: rice + roti+ sabji + daal
Then she goes for a nap.. After nap, she has 6oz milk..
2 hrs after milk, evening snack: boiled veggies with apple + cheerios or biscuits or any snack I make like pakodas/ maggi etc..
2 hrs after snack, dinner: same as lunch + milk
bedtime snack: parle-g biscuits + leftover milk
I give her plain whole milk, not adding anything to it.. Abt juice, I give her readymade orange juice (I use Tropicana light & healthy, no pulp, 1/2 sugar, calcium fortified orange juice) Sometimes I add little pomegranate (anar) to the orange juice, grind it and then give her. Thats all from my end. Hope it answers some of your queries..
love to Laya,
Bhairavi. Hetal replied. since 8months and onwards,,i introduced nirja with mild ones before and now she eats all mild foods that we eat. she is just like me,,does not prefer too much spicy foods but she makes sure its delicious n juicy ;)love to see her being moms girl ;)

1. breakfast,,nething that we eat,fresh or her cereals,,cherios,corn flakes(original flavour..not the high frutcose corn syrup one,,,,you will have to add in some fruits to it ),,and her toddler cereals..
2.snacks - her fruit jam bars, sandviches, parathas with jams,whole grain tortillas with some sour creme,,,parlae g, and some oatmeal cookies,,most of the times, avoids it or takes it less..

3.lunch,,all we eat,,i make mild spice food(has everything,garlic,onions,ginger,chillies,all),
if it happns to be spciy,i add curd, orsome ghee and cheese to it...goes well ! eats half on her own,,rest mom has to make her eat !

4.tiffin,,/brunch - mostly juices and some toddler biscuits or chopped fruits..she eats herself on her own, with glass and her fingers,,sometimes spoons,,,and its a mess time ! if she miss her before lunch snack,,she will have the same as her brunch...

5. dinner--all we eat,,sometimes after dinner,she takes snacks like dessert or just some chopped mango,,or so,,dpends on how early or late her dinner was...

see if ne of above helps you...i will send you my number in messenger.
take care, love to laya. Smile replied. Hi there, Good to know about Laya. As you said we feel nice to read about these kids.
I don't cook anything separate for Savir. Whatever I cook for us will do it with less spice. I introduced chilli powder long time back. But I put very less. I introduced horlicks in milk. As he refused to take plain milk when he had ear infection. Everyone suggested Jr. horlicks, but can't find one in our Indian store. I have stopped giving him gerber veggies and fruits. He doesn't show that much interest in gerber food, as he did before. He eats all veggies and fresh fruits. His favourite veggie is bindi. He eats it just like that in the sense very well roasted. Aftrenoon I give him rice and egg. ANy rice like sambar, rasam or rice kichdi. Nights I give him rice too he prefers curd rice, that is what I learnt. He feels full and eats better. I give some currries with it or rotis, idli, dosa. I give dosa with cheese in between. He keeps me occupied too. But sometimes plays by himself. He spends most of the time in the kitchen. Arranging the dishes. He tries to talk few words. Now a days he says gi for giraffe. Previously he gets to say dha and tha syllable. If I force him he won't say anything he would surprise me all of a sudden. That is amazing. He identifies all the alphabets as A. He says zee for c and z. It is funny. Thats all for now. Take care and love to Laya. Priya replied. Hi
Dylan also wants to wash dishes out in diswasher crush jeera in morter and pestle wants to stir things. I must say i have a little halper in the kitchen also. I am not giving spices he eats daal rice and padi gathia for snacks also sometimes cheese toat yogurt etc. he still looks thin.
pregnancy is going well
Priya