Hari turns adjusted one-year old today. This means, he should have been born a year ago on this day. But Hari being in a hurry, rushed out in October of 2024, over 3 months earlier than the doctors expected.

He's doing wonderful, gaining weight steadily, and gets a lot of care and attention from us, his older siblings, his daycare teachers, and the numerous therapists, nurses, and doctors who see him multiple times a week. Could not ask for a better care team for him.

So Juliet and I have come up with a way to describe what Hari does when he's sleepy. We're not sure when it started exactly but whenever he is tired and wants to sleep, he tries to shove his hands UNDER us when we are laying down in the bed. Since his hands are still very tiny but with long fingers, it feels like a racoon clawing at our bodies. We weren't sure what was going on initially but now we're pretty sure he's just doing this to get some warmth and coziness. As we discussed this behavior between us, we started to refer to it as "racooning". Now racooning has other slang meanings, like misbehaving or rummaging through trash, but in our house, it has a new, slightly painful meaning, thanks to baby Hari.

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