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Flipping, crawling, etc.

Nischal's dad has been busy doing a lot of useless things other than updating the blog.

Nischal flipped around 4.5 months, and since has been threatening to crawl or sit up.

His mom & grandma have debates about whether he's going to sit first, or crawl first.

After flipping, his first task as General Nischal was to get the big picture. So, he spent a few days circling on his tummy. Then he started doing pushups. The pushups vary in style and intensity. He has followed this next with various yoga poses that his grandma knows all names of.

He has started crawling.. but barely. For a while, while the " I'm going to sit now " act was on, he'd raise his one leg up like a dog about to pee - and the crowd at home would go wild. Then he half sat on one butt, and decided not to continue - too much adulation.

He has figured out that the bed has a different surface from the floor. On the bed, his locomotion is achieved by a series of pushups and slamming his face down on the bed to move forward.

On the floor, this movement has a disadvantage in that his head gets banged up a bit. There, he prefers to slowly move his legs, alternatively rock, and in most cases just bawl until somebody brings him that damn toy.

Its in this arena his intellectual development exceeds his motor skills. He's figured whom to smile at, bawl at, or just abuse incessantly - to get what he wants.

His mom occasionally worries :

"His brother stood up at 7.5 months .. "

"This guy isn't even sitting at 7 months .."

"The donkey next door was braying at 3 months .. " etc.

Nischal continues unfazed, with his yogic postures and pushups.

Introducing, Count Droolula

Before I explain the title, I'll put forth a small quiz. You've seen the movie, 'Aliens' with Sigourney Weaver? Allow me to change your mental image from Sigourney's nightwear to the alien. What was the scariest part about the alien? Maybe 'scariest' is the wrong term.... I should say 'most hard-hitting'. I know many of you will answer .. 'the saliva / drool/ fluid / gooey stuff it had all over its fangs, body.. etc. ' Nischal hasn't seen 'Aliens' yet.. but he somehow knows this. As reported in a previous post, he initially had good success with head butting. But after seeing his dad's persistence.. Nischal has changed his tactics. Now he drools. There's drool on his face 24x 7. There's drool on his chin, on his cheeks, neck, his tshirt..everywhere. And if you get close to kissing him, he gets you first and is very generous with his drool. In case you think you can dodge, think again. He has a maneuver - shaking his mouth left & right to apply error corrections - and gets you anyway.