Confused Mama

Oh, my little girl, who is all set to be a 1st grader. But your mama is not ready yet, to be a 1st grade mom!!! Yes, you will learn new things, You will make new friends,  You will be on your own, But your mama is not ready yet to be on her own. Yes, you will carry your bag, You will eat all by your own, You will walk without holding my fingers, But your mama is not ready yet to walk alone. Yes, you will feel happy and worried, You will feel excited and scared, And you are capable of handling it all, I know. But your mama is not yet able to handle it all. Yes, the house is going to get much quieter, And I am finally going to get time for myself. Which you bet; I had wished for with all my might! Yet, now I know that I am not ready yet. Oh, my little girl... I wish you all the courage, which I never had. May you never be hesitant to do what you have to do, To tell what you have to tell To see what others can't see To hear what other can't hear. Oh, my little girl, you are about ...

*********************************************************************************** Me : You know, humans were monkeys long back. Kiddo : So you were a monkey when you were a Kid ? *********************************************************************************** Kiddo : Ammaaaaaaa, why are you giving me grass to eat..!!! [ By mistake she was about to swallow a coriander leaf] *********************************************************************************** A fact :  When she got introduced to 'Snake&Ladder' game , the thing which she wanted to do badly was ' to go down the ladder'{ which was not allowed by this stupid grown-ups though } and another fun thing was to get eaten by the longest snake.  *********************************************************************************** Kiddo : Amma, what is the job of  a Princess ? *********************************************************************************** I was in the middle of some work, and she was bugging ...

We were traveling in our car. My husband was driving, I was sitting in front seat next to him, our kid was sitting in her car seat safely and happily, and we were listing to our favorite songs, not  nursery rhymes, our favorite music, and she was happy back there, apparently looking at the view it seems!!!! I know you might be wondering why this is so special, this is a very normal thing. Yes, I agree. But if you are a parent, you might know that I just talked about a huge milestone in parenthood.  At least for us, that was huge. I never thought these days would come. I still remember the very first day when we put her to car seat. It was a nightmare. I never thought I will be able to sit in the front seat of a car again in peace , that too listing to my favorite songs. That is too much to even dream of. But that day has come, that too it happened when I least expected it to happen. Yes, there are other things which trouble us now, like constant questioning from a ve...

Amma when we will get our lover!!!   ( It's 'we', so I told her your dad is my lover, but she told he is just my dad 😁)   There are lot of working days and not lot of holidays. Need to make some working days to holidays.  ( I would really love to implement that rule )  Do dinosaurs also have the same God as humans do?  ( I could only answer by saying I am not sure )  Amma, you need to buy some makeup!!! ( I didn't even dare to ask her whether I don't look beautiful even without makeup, because kids always tell you the hard realities)  Do our legs and head fall off if our stomach is not there?  ( Apparently, the main purpose of stomach is to hold our other body parts together 😄)  Houseflies are dirty. They need to take bath.  ( Sure, we can request them that.  😐) Does Santa come only to snowy places??  ( In all the x'mas videos, there is snow when Santa comes, she is really hoping that it will snow in Bangalore on t...

Seems like her questionnaire preparation started from Day1 😁 It is not at all a big deal actually. She has got bitten by mosquitos like a thousand times or even more may be. They simply love her . Anyhow it’s been a while since she got bitten by a mosquito, and recently when that happened, it opened up  a wide range of questions which I had  never  ever heard before. Kiddo: Why do mosquitos bite us? [ Looks like a simple one, but that was the trickiest of all. I should have answered that with more care, but I failed because I told the truth]   Kiddo: BLOOD!!! Blood is NOT food......!!! Me: Yes, but mosquitos do drink our blood... Kiddo: But it is my blood. Why do they drink my blood? Me: May be they like you. Kiddo: But they are naughty. I don't want to be their friend Me: Okay. That’s fine. Kiddo: But what games do mosquitoes play? Me: Flying??? Kiddo: What toys do they have?!!! And it went on and on and on. Time to take my pretend sleeping card.  Lesson learn...

  Oh, my dear child,  I wish you never change. Oh, my dear child, I wish you find happiness in the silliest things, like you do now. Oh, my dear child, I wish you express your love without shame, like you do now. Oh, my dear child, I wish you enjoy your own company and love yourself more and more, like you do now.  Oh, my dear child, I wish you throw tantrum when you can't take it any more, as you do now. Oh, my dear child, I wish you never hide your feelings, as you don't hide now. Oh, my dear child, I wish your imagination never fade away and your curiosity never die off . Oh, my dear child, I wish your love for the world will never be lost. My dear child, Be as wild as you are, be as kind as you are, Don't let the world change who you are. Oh my dear child, I wish you never change...                                                      ...

What a wonderful statement " In a world where you can be anything you want "  I came across this statement while watching a kids show. Yes, that's what we tell our kids. But even when we tell them that, don't we wish inside that they choose something which will earn them a lot of money and respect, or something which we parents can brag 'proudly' in front of society? Do we imagine our kids happily doing what they like or  do we picture them doing what we like ? Not only we wish for them to be a successful professional, we even train them early in their childhood, mould them and make them interested in so called prestigious jobs. A safe and secured job with financial independence. That's what our parents wanted for us, and that's what we need for our kids too.  But do we ever think seriously about their talents and interests? Not only as a hobby, which they do in their leisure time or not simply to win the competitions and stock the shelves with trophie...

I asked my toddler with my smoothest voice, And she replied No. I asked my toddler with my strictest voice, And she replied No. I asked my toddler with my loudest voice, And she replied No. I asked my toddler with my yelling voice, And again, she replied No.   And I shouted and I wept,  And I stormed out to our bed room. And she cried and followed me, And we both hugged and kissed.   And who cleaned up the mess finally? Oh, that we did, together!!!                                                                                           ...