6 weeks and counting

chotu (that is new work in progress name - we've moved on from peppercorn) is nearly 6 weeks old. and i'm finally holding her like a real baby and not a ticking time bomb by which i mean with a firm but casual grip like i've been popping out babies since i was 15. and not gingerly and watching my feet to make sure i wont trip and then watching her simultaneously to make sure i wont squeeze her and then looking straight ahead also simultaneously to make sure i wont bump into someone.

and i think chotu somehow read south beach diet for infants - because she firmly belives in very very small meals every 40 minutes. which leaves me exhausted and with a very numb bottom - which is good, becos it takes away feeling from the beeegest part of me just now.

and chotu's other name in progrss is mohawk jerry - becos she has a major mohawk to compensate for the male balding pattern whorl on her head. and jerry from tom and jerry becos she looks like she would want to do something bratty if only she could get up and move about without giant hands swwoping in to do that for her.

i loved the name ananya - which means unique but husband thinks it will become anu and anu is a dumb girl's name, i would love to argue but i kind of think anu is a dumb girls name too. but what is wrong with that - when being smart has only landed me with a big ass and a very badly dented naughty boyu instead of a giant e-class merc???
so, we think it will be soraiya which means princess in farsi!!