The Secret Life of 'PAT'( parent and toddler)

After your 9 months of pregnancy and initial 3 months of induction period ( to get accomodate with the new homo sapiens you brought to the world), the word ‘ Motherhood’ gets a facelift.

So from this point of time,a mother becomes a multipurpose autonomous machine,a multilingual ( normal human languages and language the baby understands differs,yeah!),multitasker (will come to that point later),break resistance (and also lifetime warranty except manufacturing defects), low maintenance but highly efficient, low or no budget, 24×7 available vending and serving machine. Aghhhh..!

We all dream about our rosy days with our cute baby(ies), a house full of cartoons and toys, babies just waking up to eat,play,pee and sleep again! What else can they do at max? A naughty baby! Oh even the word sounds so adorable. And then you cuddle your new born to share your warmth and his soft baby skin let you forget a bad day in seconds.

Then comes a day,you are elated to see your little bundle can turn sides and in few months he is able to sit up on his own. You send his photos over social medias to your friends and families to share your joy. And just then, a mother becomes transponder with all the qualifications I mentioned in the beginning.

Especially if you are a mother with no helping hand at home, or your parents are not nearby and it's just your husband who is the other adult available in proximity when he is not at work. And you spend 10-12 hours a day with your toddler.

Here are few excellent situations I can think of:

1. You don't need a gym: people ask me why am I so thin, and I always give credits to the running treadmill we have at home, it's just that he runs everywhere from kitchen to pick utensils from shelves, to the toilet to wipe the toilet seat, to bedroom to fetch his mamma's comb and cream.

2. You don't have luxury to wash hair everyday, sometimes once in ten days:  If someone asks me how do I maintain my longhair, I feel may be the municipality manholes are better maintained in the city! Lol. Gone are those days when you get to shampoo two times a week,and then a perfumed conditioner to feel the softness in your locks,and then occasional visits to parlor for extended services. I thank to my luck if I get 30 free minutes a week to wash my hair and get it combed peacefully !
3. You don't have privacy to respond to the nature's calls,  alone behind closed door : Well you have choices- a) either you close the door, let him pull the shelf,throw the stuffs,falls down on ground and cry loudly until you pick up or more horrible scenarios OR b) you make him sit in front of bathroom door and keep the door open and whatever you are doing you just keep talking to him to make him sit there for 5 minutes or less. LIFE is SIMPLE !
4. You have no fixed lunch times : As babies grow up,the neurones sparks more energy and their brains always send signals to keep awake and play around whole day. And you are in race with their freshly made extra smart and super fast neurones. Hence the best way to survive the race is to reschedule your routine according to them. If he sleeps at 10 in morning,take bath,clean the mess he just created,cook food, make arrangements for dinner,boil his milk,keep his lunch ready and if he is still sleeping better you have lunch then.    If he sleeps at 3 pm, finish your lunch and steal a small nap like a thief in your own house.
5. You have ached shoulder, stiff neck, numb arms: Pain is your new friend, your body comes with a limitation of physical strength and sometimes you reach the threshold and try to slog at the end of the day. Result is your body parts are crying for a rest and you are depriving it.  But, that's OKAY! Remember you are a transponder - multi-tasker, break resistance, low maintenance!
6. Your patience level touches moon : You are not the same human anymore who used to curse the autowala for charging 10/- extra, or who used to yell about the traffic in Bangalore. You have more patience to absorb things that are better and ignore the clutter.

Well I could have written more, but you see my baby has just woke up from his precious morning nap time and I have to rush now.

Before leaving, let me tell you one thing.

In returns of all these hardships all we want is a healthy smiling baby, who will come running to us and cuddle with their tiny arms. Who will grow up fast and will be independent and they will have their own space. Until then, let's make the most of it as this time,as precious as God, will never come back!