Go out, dada Ranjit

Putting Yo to bed has progressed through many phases.  We used to first hold his hand while he fell asleep; taking one's hand away would result in plaintive cries of 'hand, mamma', or 'hand, dada'.  Then we moved to just sitting in his room while he fell asleep.  And the next step was sitting in his room but out of eyesight. (Btw, God bless the iPhone - it was heavily used during all these stages).

Over the last week we've tried just walking out after saying good night and tucking him in with his 'foft blankie'.  Worked pretty well, with the occasional aforementioned plaintive cry for a parental unit (that was largely ignored by said parental units), but definitely making progress in the right direction.

And today, the boy surprised us all.  Before I could even tuck him in and say good night, he said 'Go out, dada Ranjit' in the sweetest manner possible. A goodnight kiss and a tuck later, he booted me out with another 'Go out dada', and then quietly fell asleep.

Our little boy is growing up. Hold on.

Talking about growing up, his private tutor mamma Susan has been teaching him to recognize shapes.  Here is a cool video showing progress thus far.

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In other news, here is a video of dinner time with Yo.