28 mth old niece, who has spent half her life at home in quarantine, reminded me so much of @complexityist's fearless badass daughter. Climbing anything & everything, falling often, but beyond a 10 second perfunctory whimper, just keeps going like a dynamo. Then she cut herself!
It was an errant tiny shard of glass broken by her brother earlier in the day (very common when you host a family with kids in a Manhattan 1BR 😂). Cut her finger and she started bleeding. She cried for exactly 30s as her mom washed off the wound. Then @k_rupal got a bandaid.
And the little girl's face lights up like she saw a mountain of candy. "BANDAGE!!" she chortles as Rupal takes the protective strip off and carefully wraps the bandaid around her tiny finger. Our little Navya is watching the process with a wide happy smile, looking at us all. 🤣
With an expression of delight like "omg! I'm so happy this is finally happening!"
And when Rupal was done, this 28 month old stared at her palm happily for a few seconds. Then ran to her dad and said "dadda, fusht bandage! 😊" Then goes to her brother, "vian, fusht bandage!"
And when Rupal was done, this 28 month old stared at her palm happily for a few seconds. Then ran to her dad and said "dadda, fusht bandage! 😊" Then goes to her brother, "vian, fusht bandage!"
Then to me, "fusht...😁😁😁". She is so delighted by this point that she can't even finish her thought. Just starts dancing happily. At 28 months, she is jumping around celebrating the first bandaid of her life. By 28, I think she'll have free-solo-ed the burj khalifa!
I love it when relatives raise kids without making them stick to gender norms. Her older brother, 8, is a chilled out, artistic, creative, shy soul. Not really too keen on physical activity. This little girl sees anything and wants to climb it instantly!
In case long time followers are wondering, yes, same niece whom I identified last year as a 20 month old foodie. I can already tell that this girl is going to be someone I will be boasting to people about being related to for decades. 😍😍
https://twitter.com/gauravsabnis/status/1307552424522141696?s=19
How many 20 month olds do you know who feast on spicy kerala banana chips like other toddlers feast on Cheerios?
Earlier today I asked "Navya, may I please have some of your banana chips" and she stared at me intensely for a second, as if thinking, hmm it seems like this is his house and he dispenses food, so I'm just gonna say "okay kaka" and keep watching TV as I snack.
This girl is moving back to India with her family next month cos visa etc. They plan to return in a year or two if possible. I hope they do. Cos I think this little girl would flourish way more in Connecticut than in Madhya Pradesh.
I'm already thinking of registering the #Navya2036 domain name cos I want her to be President asap.
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