Name Calling...

Another one...Tagged by Suni...

My "tiny tot" has completed an healthy(touchwood) 40 weeks :) (no she is not OUT as yet...)

When we got a confirmation of this "tiny tot", being really really there, it took us couple of dayz to digest it and get used to the idea :) ( and that feeling seems so lonnggggggggggggg ago)
The next step was to break the news to our family...
After the entire checkup...I had spoken to my mum a couple of times...infact I had gone over a couple of times ( and by my actions, mum could make out I was expecting...she didn't ask though) still I didn't know how to tell her.
After the first sonoscan and the cute pictures, I just couldn’t wait to tell my mum, I called up and told her. And the Transcript was something like this:
Mum : Kaisi hai tu?
Me : Main thik hoon mum, aap Kaise ho?
Mum : doctor ne kya bataya hai?
Me : Doctor ne medicines diya hai
Me : aur bolo hai ki sab kuch normal hai
Mum : acha
Me : aur mum, bola hai ki ek baby hai :)
Mum : who toh mujhe pata hai, phele se pata tha :)
Me : {stunned}

Anyways, after that there were and are many conversations involving/about “my baby” and especially with family n closest friends.

I find it quite irritating to use the word “baby” makes it seem like a very distant and some stranger’s kid…(like me asking my colleague, “toh aap ki baby ka naam kya hai?” Or if I all of a sudden forget the kids name, I will ask baby aap ka naam kya hai??)

So here it goes…
Thonnu : that’s the first name that Suraj n I ever gave to our baby
Konnu : the other name we had given our 8 weeks old baby…My mum didn’t like and I realized it sounded more boyish than girlish so I changed.
Shonnu kutty : is reserved for the times when she is extremely active(touchwood) and hyper…kicking around moving around…and I want her to settle down and not be so naughty…
Bumpy : this is when I move my hand on my tummy and feel that there is a huge lump(making the shape of my tummy irregular) I somehow feel its shonnu kutty’s bum and hence the name Bumpy…as in “is this ur bumpy, shonnu kutty?” or “can I bite ur bum, bumpy??”

Lil Person : When she is 'irritatingly' restless (now don't ask me how do I know...I just know...rmbr I m the Mommie :) )

Excuse me : as in "Excuse me can u move a lil to the left??" This is when she has gone far far too the right of my tummy n i feel that my right side is gonna burst open :)

And the hot favorite name:
Mummu : I don’t remember how I coined it (oh I m damn good at it but now I just don’t remember…) besides we both loved the name cos it sounded more girlish…and its stuck with everyone who is close to us, family and friends…it still is the best name as of now, for all seasons and weathers.

After quite some time my mum asked me what if the baby is a boy? So what would you call him?

Me a genius, simple solution :
Ladki hui toh : Mummu di
Ladka hua toh : Mummu da

Or simply…
Ladki hui toh : MuMMu
Ladka hua toh : MuNNu


There the names…and many more to come when she comes…

Winning Theory...

Making her presence felt is more like it. Mummu is gonna be a Libran baby, and true to their characteristics she is this massively show off baby.

U recollect all those flashy tiny tots, who can talk, and you coax them to call you didi, aunty or to say a poem and they would never do it, and just when u turn around, u have this cute voice following ur ears from amidst these huge crowd, whom this tiny tot is eagerly entertaining. Mummu is no less.

Her timings are perfect and the end result, people staring away to glory at this tiny wave so clearly visible on my prominent tummy(I have quit wearing some
of my flashy yet hot short and fitting dresses thanks to the wave)
Mummu (just like me..Thank God and I thut she is carried ONLY Surajs genes) wants to have the last word or to be more precise the last action...

We had a Senior Manager from Korea (from our client site) over for a month for meetings/discussions. I started interacting with him when I was in my 7th
month. Mummu's behavior during this month was more or less subdued, well to wellphrase it, I thut she was a lazy kid (surprise awaits me).
She had a set pattern, the minute she would hear her dad she would be awake and if she didn't hear him, I felt she thought it was time to sleep.
So evenings, when Suraj would come to pick us up, Mummu would be happily playing, kicking around and swimming around. She would be awake as late as 2am with
herself and daddy talking n playing. Mornings she would gimme a couple of kicks to be happy with and then off to sleep. Like a sweet child she would be asleep through most of the day and I could get away with doing a whole load of work.
Couple of weeks in the 7th month, I had a meeting scheduled with this SM, we (3 of us, me another colleague and the SM) occupied a meeting room, we had to really crowd together (at the round table) mainly cos we had just one laptop we had to stare at.
The meeting began, with my colleague starting off on queries and I was listening, the SM was attentive at this point of time listening as well. After about 5 minutes, it was the SM's turn to speak, and speak he did, thankfully (or not) I was sitting at the corner a lil away from the table, giving space to mummu n sitting in a relaxed position.
And suddenly, I felt my tummy moving from one end to another, I thut I dreamt. I was caught so off-guard with the movements, that I got distracted (I was in a meeting rmbr...I had
to take back loads of stuff in my head and then document it).
For a couple of minutes, I couldn't figure out why the movements??? Mummu was sleeping...I could swear by anything...okah I knew I had a good hour to find out what was the movement all about.

I stood up for couple of minutes and the guys realised I wanted a break (so sweet of them).
I went for a walk, sat at my desk for couple of minutes, checked my mail and mummu didn't as much as move an inch. Surprised haan? My theory, She moved cos she likes the foreigner speaking :) now I have to get into the meeting room n prove it...

Alrightie so we went for the meeting again, my Agenda was clear "Aakhir Mummu move kar kyon rahi hai??"
1st Round :My colleague started off the meeting,
Mummus reaction -- No movement
I spoke, Mummus reaction -- No movement
SM spoke, Mummus reaction -- a slight butt wiggling (not so noticeable but it was there)
(Okah... theory proved right once...)
2nd Round :I spoke, Mummus reaction -- No movement
SM spoke, Mummus reaction -- movement...from left to the right (quite prominent)
(Right twice...)
3rd Round (and this is my final observation round):I am quiet...mainly cos I don't want to be distracted and want to prove that my theory is correct.
My colleague spoke and spoke and spoke (he had to explain a huge example with the help of numbers so that went on for a good 10 min..good enough for me),
Mummus reaction -- No movement
SM spoke, Mummus reaction -- movement...
SM paused...Mummu stopped
SM spoke (this time he reiterated that 10 min example) and Mummu moved from left to the right (quite prominent) and I felt I had this tiny tot an professional swimmer inside me, doing
her regular laps.
My reaction...I was staring away at this major show-off put in by my baby...
(Winning theory!!!)