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Growing out of it

When my son was four months old,
He discovered his toes.
He found these little things
Bouncing before his eyes.
He gazed at them intensely
And frowned in concentration.
He then told his tiny fingers
(Which he’d recently discovered)
To go and grab them hard
For they did look very tasty.
His little fingers obeyed
And brought his toe to him.
Which he, without delay,
Pushed into his mouth.
He liked the way they fit,
The toe and his mouth,
As though the two of them
Were made for each other.
He scowled at the taste-
“Well, that is surprising.
It’s like nothing I’ve eaten-
It’s like eating myself!”
He chewed, deep in thought
Like a connoisseur of food.
I tried to pull the toe out
Of his toothless mouth,
But once he had discovered it,
There was no turning back.
He bounced back like a spring,
Went back to his business.
He’ll grow out of it soon, said
A wise old woman, who has 
No doubt raised a few many
Toe-eaters herself.
He’s not gonna chew his toes 
Forever. He’ll grow out of it.
Soon enough, he began to put
The toes to other use 
When he started crawling 
And discovering the world.
He grew out of it, like she said,
Like he grew out of other things.
By |2018-12-10T11:14:14+00:00February 21st, 2014|My Son, Poem|26 Comments

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  1. samar khan February 21, 2014 at 3:50 pm - Reply

    Awww….very well written.

  2. Macro and Micro Looker February 21, 2014 at 4:20 pm - Reply

    Oh!My! that is why his big toe is a bit big!

  3. Abhijit Ray February 21, 2014 at 4:40 pm - Reply

    Nice!

  4. Eli Z February 21, 2014 at 7:08 pm - Reply

    Ha ha 🙂 great read! And so cute:-) PS- When I do yoga, I really wish I hadn't grown out of this skill….:-)

  5. Abhra February 21, 2014 at 11:31 pm - Reply

    Sweet, smiles. It is such a great fun to see them grow up!

  6. Deepa Gopal Sunil February 22, 2014 at 4:29 am - Reply

    Beautifully written *smiles*
    Cute baby 🙂

  7. Jeena R. Papaadi February 22, 2014 at 4:59 am - Reply

    Thank you

  8. Jeena R. Papaadi February 22, 2014 at 4:59 am - Reply

    😀 😀

  9. Jeena R. Papaadi February 22, 2014 at 5:00 am - Reply

    Thanks.

  10. Jeena R. Papaadi February 22, 2014 at 5:01 am - Reply

    LOL :-)) thanks Eli !

  11. Jeena R. Papaadi February 22, 2014 at 5:02 am - Reply

    Sure is! Thanks Abhra.

  12. Jeena R. Papaadi February 22, 2014 at 5:03 am - Reply

    Thank you Deepa.

  13. Nima Das February 22, 2014 at 6:55 am - Reply

    Grow out of other things……so touching!!

  14. Swarnam John February 22, 2014 at 12:14 pm - Reply

    Hey that is a really cool one!

  15. asteria's canvass February 22, 2014 at 6:20 pm - Reply

    your baby is indeed cutie pie, god bless him 🙂

  16. D.Nambiar February 23, 2014 at 12:32 am - Reply

    Love that.
    Can totally relate. 🙂

    Very nicely written, too. 🙂

  17. Jeena R. Papaadi February 23, 2014 at 4:05 am - Reply

    Yeah he did… and he still is. Thanks Nima.

  18. Jeena R. Papaadi February 23, 2014 at 4:05 am - Reply

    Thank you!

  19. Jeena R. Papaadi February 23, 2014 at 4:06 am - Reply

    Thank you very much.

  20. Jeena R. Papaadi February 23, 2014 at 4:06 am - Reply

    Thank you.

  21. Anita Jeyan Sandeep February 23, 2014 at 8:35 am - Reply

    Thats a very cute one Jeena !

  22. dxbnidblog February 24, 2014 at 3:44 am - Reply

    that indeed a thought very true we grow out of things.very well written.

  23. Jeena R. Papaadi February 24, 2014 at 7:09 am - Reply

    Thank you Anita 🙂

  24. Jeena R. Papaadi February 24, 2014 at 7:10 am - Reply

    Thank you for the comment.

  25. Khushboo Motihar February 28, 2014 at 4:40 am - Reply

    You have such a wonderful baby. I loved the poem, especially the way you've described what according to you must be going on in your son's mind. 🙂

  26. Jeena R. Papaadi March 1, 2014 at 3:54 am - Reply

    Thanks, Khushboo.

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