First Cry Day

I will want to tell you about this day. I can call it as the first cry day since Adi was not a cry baby from the time he is born. He cried if there is some severe reason.

I had to spend 5 days in hospital post-delivery. Everything went smooth and doctor has given discharge sheet post five days. We were so happy and excited that we are going to take Adi home. Delivery happened in my hometown and it takes almost an hour journey from hospital to my home. After finishing the hospital settlements, we were able to start only in the evening. A heavy rainfall has also slowed down our journey. It was almost eight o clock in the evening when we reached my place.

As soon as we entered the house Adi started crying. No one knows why. I tried to feed him and make him sleep. He will sleep for five minutes and start crying again. Both his experienced grandmothers also tried all they could, but he wouldn't stop for anything. I and BS got so worried. We didn't know what to do. My dad was not tensed, may be because he had more experience than us. At last after four hours of crying and consoles we decided to take Baby back to the hospital.

As soon as we entered the car having him wrapped up in a woolen cloth, he stopped crying. He was calm and slept nicely until we met his doctor next day morning. Duty doctor available in the night was not able to find anything wrong with the baby. But still me and BS decided to stay back at the hospital until his pediatrician arrives next day morning. Pediatrician did a complete checkup of the baby and confirmed that he is alright. Maybe he was confused with the new place or was just feeling cold due to heavy rain.

Anyway, this was the first cry day for our baby and a start of many horror days to come for us.

Potty Training - Better!

I have not started potty training for Adi yet. Night time he still sleeps with the diapers on. Day time I leave him with his casual dresses.

Adi thinks that the entire house is toilet. He pees every corner of the house. Today Adi peed on our bad and I changed and washed the bed sheet, seeing that Adi did his job on my dried cloths kept in sofa. What will I tell? How will I make him understand mom has very little time after running behind him, so tell mom every time he feels to go so she will take him to the toilet.. No way that’s happening. Every time he pees and looking at me with an emotion “mama, I just felt and it came... What else I will do?”

It's not your mistake baby. It's completely alright for you to go anytime anywhere. It's mom's mistake. Mom should have started potty training loooong back...listen to your parent’s mom......

Weekend Stories

Monsoon has started everywhere, but Chennai you can't expect to have rain in early June. Here still sun is at its peak. Weekends can be spent only at some malls or beaches. We have not taken Adi to beach yet, so the other option is mall. There is a not so bad mall near to us and weekend was obviously about some window shopping there.

No, this weekend was not one like that. BS has decided to change his phone. That means, me spending time with Adi at some gadget’s shops... Believe me BS shops more time than me. Especially he is crazy about advanced mobile phones. Lucky or not so, my MLaw decided to come with us. So, it's about we two with Adi while BS selecting his new phone. He has already made his mind to get one iPhone, but he will go to all the other shops and make the agent to talk about advanced features of other phones. At last, will end up buying iPhone from an Apple Store. Anyway, he has given us a good idea to have a coffee from a restaurant while he does the purchase. My MLaw wanted to try some doses in these mall restaurants, so we opted one over a coffee shop. BS idea turned out not so good since we had to spend almost three hours inside the restaurant with a thirteen-month-old who is ready to explore anything on the table. Ours or nearby doesn't matter for him.

Waiter gave us a middle table first, but later we moved to a side table with cushion seats which will be easy for us to keep Adi sit for some time. Don't think he sat their silently, he is a one year old, just started walking. He tried all he could to go down. But we didn't allow him to and had him sit on the table with a spoon to make the table a drum. He got the entire restaurants attention. People enjoyed him very much. We sat there for three hours having just one coffee and a Masala Dosa. Two with a one-year old sitting in a six seat was too much while there was a queue waiting for a table.

Then this lady came with two men sat in our next seats. Like to everyone else Adi started showing his charm to them as well. As soon as this lady saw Adi, she fell in love with him. She wanted to take few of his pictures, and I didn't hesitate to allow. Then she requested to hold him. I thought Adi might not go but to my surprise he went with her since he saw the big phone she has in her hand. She was playing and enjoying with him all the time until her friends finished their coffee. I felt so happy that a stranger like her loved Adi from the first time they met. He is a kid everyone will love him for sure, but all might not show that love like she did. I didn't even ask her name, but I will never forget her face for sure. Not the love she showed to Adi. Wherever she is I thank her for that and wish we meet again.

After three hours or so, BS came back. And told he has not bought the phone yet and will go to the Apple Store. I told you....

Adi was so excited this weekend since his Achachan (my Dad) came to see him from Kerala. He was keep going behind him and showing him all the new-new things, he is exploring now days. He even went for walk holding Achachan hands.

My Dad came on Saturday morning. I and BS along with Adi went to pick him. Adi didn't sleep the previous day night and he was so tiered in the morning. At first when he saw his Achachan he just gave a vague smile and didn't go with him at all. I thought Adi is not recognizing him. While we were coming back home, he slept in the car nicely. After sleeping he becomes so fresh and from that time, he was with his Achachan. He was talking to him in his language and giving kisses, it was as he never forgot him at all. Then I realized one thing that my dad didn't even ask how am I. :). How these dad's and mom's changes when they get a grandson.

We spent the entire weekend together and I didn't want my dad to go back home at all. Not forgetting my mom here, I wish she was there with us. Since she had to take care of the house and some other work, she was not able to join my dad. I think she was jealous about my dad since he was gonna see Adi. :).... I hope she comes here next month. 

Weekend was so occupied, and I didn't realize it went just like that. Monday evening, he left back home and Adi said a tat ta and send him back home.

Is it Safe to Eat Food?

Can you believe that there are hazardous chemicals in the food we eat? It's not just something unthinkable now days. It’s happening. 

A famous instant noodle is completely banned in the country. It's our kids who were eating them. The next generation, are we feeding poison to them?

This is an era of business. Everything has business in it. But is it not inhuman to commercialize food, education and medical service. And here we are where these three are most commercialized. 

Veggies are the healthiest. But is it so? Is it healthiest or more poisoned? Can we really eat any of the packed items which we get in markets? What about drinks? Are they really good? Are these Ads about all these items which is flashing in our TV screens every second truthful? 

While commercializing food, labeling becomes another fashion. How are these dates calculated? Any of us know that? Is it true that these are repacked after the expiry dates printed by the manufacturers and brought back to the market again?

We can ask hundreds questions like this... Most of the answers we know as well. But we may not able to stop buying or eating them. We are forced to. We are living in such an environment. We are forced to eat these foods which we know might be harmful to us. But we just trust them. We just trust that humanity has not taken over by business and marketing. 

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International Yoga Day

June 21^st 2015, world celebrates its first International Yoga day.

Why don’t we start practicing yoga at least from today? Some of you might think, oh! You too. Yes, me too. I am an experienced person who got transferred through it, physically and mentally. But, out of practice for some time. Today I have a determination to restart it.

In our college we had a compulsory one week training of Yoga. We had to get up early morning and go for the session. Being in college hostel it was not that likely to get up and go for a Yoga session. My mind was Oh! Man, who invented this?   But now I thank the people who decided to have the sessions. Now I know the importance of Yoga.

If you know at least few of the benefits of Yoga, you will also think the same.

There are lot of benefits, may be hundreds. I will list some of the benefits which I know,

·         Makes you happier

·         Gives you peace of mind

·         Founds a healthy lifestyle

·         Lowers blood sugar

·         Helps you focus

·         Relaxes your system

·         Helps you sleep deeper

·         Boosts your immune system

·         Better Digestion

·         Weight Management

·         Increases your blood flow

·         Improves your flexibility

·         Builds muscle strength

·         Perfects your posture

·         Protects your spine

Don’t you think these benefits are enough to include Yoga in our daily schedule? I am sure it is. There is lot more as well. So, Go for it. 

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Funny or Interesting

Recently I have noticed one thing while I feed Adi. Not sure it's funny or interesting. Whenever I feed Him, be it vegetable or fruits or anything, whether Adi is opening his mouth or not I am opening my mouth. :) Every single time... I tried to keep my mouth shut consciously but it keeps opening within one or two minutes.

is it just me or have any of you experienced the same? I found it very funny. And when I thought about it, seems interesting as well.

Favorite Quotes

Some of My favorite Quotes'

Some are just so good, that it will keep reflecting in our Mind.

“Break the Rules and stand apart, ignore your head and follow your heart.”

Return Home

Things have changed a lot in these fifteen years. Age has touched every corner of this place. I have expected it anyway. I have also gone through the life's art work physically and mentally. Why not a place? 

The old muddy road has given way to a not so busy cemented one. The tall rubber trees in each side of the road are not much seen. It has been replaced with many beautiful houses. The roadside river has also taken its looks. From a village river rather it turned to a canal. 

I have not seen anyone walking through the road till now. But many known faces have gone in a motorcycle or car. It's hardly 1 km from my house to the main road. People who chose foot years back opt for vehicles now. 

One car passes by me with huge dust ahead. Seems like, it rained long back. Those muddy roads were not so dusty. It rained always then. Each dust particles were so attracted towards each other. Now that has also changed.

Most of the faces I meet are not much known. Lots of new people. Many of them were kids when I last met them. 15 yrs. do you expect them to be kids still? They have grown. I might not recognize them that easily. But some of them remember me and said Hi. I too acknowledged, bit confused. Who really is he/she?

Every footstep has changed. But one thing has not changed at all. My memory about this place. The morning rushes through this road to catch a bus to school. The rainy evenings, playing in water while returning home. The chit chats with everyone we met. Laughs about the silly jokes we spoke. It was so beautiful, precious. Something which is lost some way. But the memory of it unchanged.

Now changes have taken away everything, I wish I could return home, return to this place ....the long back this place.

June 13, 2015

Today, Adi is completing fourteen months. And here he is running all around the house and making me run behind him. He could reach everything kept till the second row of the shelves at home. He calls BS 'Appa' i.e. daddy and that's the only word clearly comes from his mouth. He calls BS Appa, Appa and runs behind him or search for him every time. Even when I am behind him trying to feed his daily food. Even when BS is at work. I must explain him that his daddy is at office and will be coming back after the work is done.

He smiles to almost everyone whom he meets. Especially old people, he just loves them. He doesn't care whether its first time or not he starts conversation immediately he sees them. I love that. I hope he continues the same even when he is grown.

He tries to play Talking Tom, Talking Angela and all the talking apps available as soon as he sees the iPad. He could sit with that until he feels hungry or sleepy. I am trying to hide iPad and he searches for it even underneath the pillow :) (I had hidden it there once).

Adi wants to change the furniture arrangements at home and succeeded in changing all the small furniture’s and today the Tea table as well.

He loves to dance and at times he wants me to take him and dance and doesn't want to stop at all.

He loves to go out in car, anywhere, anytime. A week before one morning BS took him out in car and told he will take him later that day again since BS had some work at home. After half an hour Adi remembered the promise His daddy made and cried until BS took him out in car.
He talks to his Achachan and Ammamma (my mom and dad) over phone and give kisses to the phone when they asked him to give kiss. He also talks to my sister, his Chitta in Skype and show off to her everything he newly learned.

I may not stop updating about him today. But let me stop this. I will tell more about him on another post.

The Flower

A rainy Morning and I was walking through the garden,

Found this velvety soft petals, swaying violently against the wind

Drenched in murky water she danced with glee…