Being What I Always Wanted To Be.....

So, there are so many contradictory feelings that you keep having as the baby starts growing up. You want the baby to give you a break sometimes, but within 5 minutes you start missing him if he isn't around. You want baby to be active but you get so tired of fetching the things he keeps throwing and asking you for it. You want the baby to be interested in food but feel guilty when he stares at you eating without blinking his eyes. You want the baby to love you more than anyone else he loves and yet you want him to prepare to stay with a caregiver once you join back work. You want the baby to like to go out but sometimes exhausted of always wanting to go out. You want the baby to sleep well but when his afternoon naps extend beyond 2.5 hours, you start missing him and feel when will he wake up! (Confession: I sometimes even start making noise around the house so that he wakes up and plays with me :D ) This and so much more ! While you are adjusting to understand what yo...

One of my friends who is an ex-colleague, a fellow blogger, a fellow mom and an awesome buddy asked me a few days ago "why don't you write blogs anymore?" I knew the answer but it never registered that I didn't even attempt to make time. No wait, that's false. Lots of blogs came up in my mind during this time, but they had to be mental blogs. Too much truth, too much exposure, too much offence. So now, finally when I can write something not so controversial, lets go at it. Last 9 months of my life, phewww... can't be explained in a blog or captured in a book even and I don't have patience or time to write volumes of books. Basically, those were 9 months but everyday was so new to learn how to be a (good) parent that they flew away like they were 9 seconds. Lessons learnt: 1) You are in this alone. 2) "I will help you" is a myth. 3) Every kid is different so advises are useless (unless they are home remedies for a sickness of the kid). ...