back in Bangalore


We came back on Friday and moved into our new apartment. This is the third location we are trying in Bangalore and this one is spot on. It was recommended to me by another adoptive mom and it was a great tip! The apartment is almost half price of a five star hotel and we have a two bedroom apartment situated opposite UB city and two minutes from the Cubban park. It’s an ideal location, we can just stroll out. They have a small laundry room that you can use, free WIFI and cable tv. If anyone travelling to Bangalore wants more info, don’t hesitate to email me.

I miss the tranquillity of Kerala but Bangalore does have some nice things to offer: Cubban park, Lalbagh botanical gardens and Ulsoor lake are all great places to have fun with kids. For shopping there are some good malls such as Mantri square and Garuda mall as well as MG road. Tomorrow I am going shopping for souvenirs, fabrics, saris and pashminas.

So how are things going, well today was a bit of a battle of wills day. We had some very tough moments today as J still doesn’t like to be told what NOT to do (for example throwing sand at people, throwing rocks, standing up in the boat etc... the list is quite endless) but mommy always has more patience and a stronger will for the time being and the tantrums are less long in duration now and he seems to get over them quicker. I am sure there are many of those episodes ahead but all in all I am not complaining, he is a great kid and he’s making progress in leaps and bounds especially with his language which was my main concern. New words of the day were itching and scratching so now he will say; My eyes are itching, my nose is itching... I scratching my nose and his pronunciation is very good so I have a feeling with time he will catch up with his language.

His sleeping habits are very good and at eight thirty in the evening he is always fast asleep. In the morning when he gets up he comes for a cuddle in our bed. We decided not to let him sleep in our bed although many adoptive parents do this as they think it is good for bonding we think it is better if he learns to sleep in his own bed. We are close by if there is a problem and I think our bonding is going well regardless.

Still no passport although it is in print so that’s good news... fingers crossed it will come soon this week so we can organise our travel home!

 

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