Erkenci Kuş is a rom-com-drama from Turkey. It surely packs a punch with the main leads & supporting cast, music & literature references, eccentric characters & great plot lines!
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Aziz: Naming, 40 days & First Tooth
Baby Divit came screaming loudly into the world and we've become parents for the first time. There are ten fingers and ten toes and we feel immense relief, immediate elation and intense joy at holding him in our arms! Even within a few hours he becomes the center of our world and we're blissfully adoring his yawns, mild smile and experiencing happiness whenever he open his eyes!
Then comes the moment when we have to name him, Huma and I both have ideas, but we've been calling him "Canim" (our life) over the last few days.... and it is a natural choice for him!
Can, pronounced as "Jaan" means spirit, life, soul or heart 💗 and he's all that and so much more to us!
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We've been home for the last 40 days and Huma says the angels have given Can to her for life. She's incandescently happy taking care of him and showing him off to the rest of the world. Mother and son are inseparable despite the household help and I can see the mother and son bond grow incredibly within the those few days!
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There's a party to introduce Can Divit to the world and he missed the whole event by peacefully sleeping in the arms of whoever is holding him!
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Can's been grabbing and biting anything he can get his hands on..... and surprise, he's getting his first tooth at 6 months! That's quiet early for a baby but we're feeling blessed at having an early achiever in the home. There's a party and ceremony at home to celebrate the tooth "dis buğdayı" and it appears that Can is not enjoying the attention as much! He's been howling his little guts out and doesn't want to be with anyone other than Huma or myself. We check and verify everything, is he hungry, soiled or wet, bitten by something, having an allergic reaction, nada, nothing, everything is perfectly fine but he won't calm down even for a moment. He wants to be held, left alone with us and doesn't want anyone entering the sacred circle!
