A couple of months ago, Dhruv & I went to pick Tanay from school. Just as we were entering the class, another parent was there with her toddler. The kid came up to Dhruv and gave out a mini scream. The mom immediately apologised and began explaining to the kid that screams like those could scare a baby like Dhruv. Now, only if she knew Dhruv & his older brother Tanay, she would have never bothered.

Not only is Dhruv used to hearing screams, and not just any screams, the mind numbing types, he very much enjoys them. After all he has been exposed to them ever since he was just a tiny peanut, all cozy in my belly. In fact, I am pretty certain that he can actually identify the various dinosaur screams based on their category and names.

In the last few weeks, Dhruv has gotten more and more vocal. And the first sound that came out of his mouth was, you guessed it, a scream! These days, he has been exposed to a different kind of a scream…. rather a yell. A karate “Kiaaaaaaaa”. Tanay goes for karate almost every day and Dhruv is a silent spectator at the class. Sitting there in his car seat, he is constantly watching his brother’s every single move. He is so focused that I am worried that the Sensei may actually start charging me for two kids. The other day, Dhruv was sitting in his high chair and Tanay was practicing his karate, when for every “kiaaaa” that Tanay let out, Dhruv threw back a similar sounding scream at him. Quite entertaining, I must say. Of course I got it on tape. Just need to do some editing work on it. In the meantime, here is a video of Dhruv & me having a tiny scream fest of our own.