kaa kaa

All vehicles, in Nischal's mind, are a variant of 'kaa'.
Its either 'kaa' or 'kaa kaa'

He points to pictures of buses, cars, tractors, etc. wherever he can find, and smile at you and say 'kaa' or 'kaa kaa' with a lot of enthusiasm.

So his dad set out to teach him.
He would point at a bus and say 'bus' . Nischal would smile at him, and say 'kaa kaa'

Dad would smile a " I'm not giving up with you yet" smile, and repeat 'bus'. Nischal would also smile indulgently while saying back 'kaa kaa'.

This back and forth went on for a while.

Dad kept wondering why his son wasn't learning. Then he tried to see logic in Nischal's uttering. 'kaa' for a car, and 'kaa kaa' for a bus seemed kind of right.
Finally, dad said 'kaa kaa'.

Nischal smiled with relief. Teaching this dad of his was turning out to be real hard!

1 am and the master is still awake..

Nischal now likes throwing the ball. And to encourage him, ppl around him do an appreciative 'aawww' each time.

Now he's found a Vicks bottle which he throws, and then rolls both his hands saying 'aaaawww'

He also tried waking up his sleeping brother - by first talking to him, then trying to put his forefinger on his nostril, and then just patting him and talking to him for a while.

He also went upto mom, and got dad scolded by pulling her hair while trying to chat her up (" If you can't put him to sleep, just tell me.. instead of waking me up so PAINFULLY!!") .

The last (so far ) was to bang his head at various locations on the side of the bed. His head finally succeeded in finding a hard spot. And the bawling started.

Now he's back in the cradle.. with dad hoping this might be the last round of 'in the cradle-out the cradle' game.