All in the Genes

My Elder girl had(now getting better with age) this habit of watching TV, upside down from the time she was almost 3. I used to wonder what made her do such acrobatics...her head would be down on the sofa watching her favourite cartoon and her legs up in the air leaned against the back of the sofa. No matter how much I scolded her or spoke to her with love ,she wudn't budge. I even used to explain to her the bad after-affects specially after any ,meal. She just wudn't listen. I as a mom, wud think if she had any problem scientifically, but found no answers.

Some time ago when we went to Kerala for vacation. We went to visit my Sister-in Laws home after a long time. Lo and Behold, I see her elder daughter watching TV in the same position as my daughter does. For a moment I was surprised to see her do that and then we all were amused by the similarity. When I asked my SIL, she said thats her usual style. I also came to know that somebody else had these same characteristics as a child(TOP SECRET, else I will be strangulated). It was a releif for me ,as now I got the answer. Its all in the Genes.

Importance of God

Today is a Sunday.Every working person longs for Sundays to get a break from their Routine work.But we Moms never get rest even on SUndays, as our kids have them as Holidays . One releif is that we can get up late as we don't need to send our kids to school. Sundays are family days. Most of us go out out to take a break with our children. A day to think over the past week and prepare for the coming week.

I feel Sunday's also a day of prayer ( for Christians Mostly). Our children need to know the Importance of God and that God is able to do miracles and is much much powerful than man. They need to know that they can depend on God incase theres' nobody around. They need to know that God watches over them all the time and that they r never alone.I like this Verse from the Bible very much. I just go thru this verse when i feel my child is getting out of control.

It is from Isaiah 54:13,14

All your Children shall be taught by the Lord,And great shall be the peace of your children.

ScrapBook

ScrapBook or Sticker Books can be fun for Kids. You can always buy even a blank notebook and ur child can fill them with Stickers that u give them as a reward, for being good or whenever u feel like pleasing them. They can even cut out their favourite pictures or cartoons from magazines and fill it with them. Its fun to watch kids do such Creative activities. You will also get to learn ur child's interests and tastes.

When I was small I used to keep a file and fill it with the latest News articles that wud interest me. I still am interested in Reading News papers and Current Events.

Children not only become more Creative but they will learn to take care of their stuff and improve their observation power .

No Junk Food

Like many moms, I too worry bout my kids getting addicted to Junk Food. Kids are so fond of Lays,Burgers,Pizza,Bicuits, Fries etc. HAving them once in a while isn't harmful, but having them regularly over a period of time, make them addicted to such stuff. It is the responsibilty of us parents, to keep our these habits from invading our kids. Initially I would pack my kids snacks with all these ready-to-eat food but these days we try our best to avoid such snacks, as we found that our kids keep asking for such snacks all the time. With many lifestyle diseases prevalent, its better that we teach our kids from childhood the importance of including fruits and vegetables into our daily diet to remain healthy. Thankfully my kids' school has a snack chart and they have strictly DISallowed Junk Food from class 1 onwards, during snak time and lunch time. Their weekly chart is as follows:

Monday-fruits

Tuesday-sprouts

wednesday-vegetables(grated carrot)

Thursday -dry fruits

Friday-Fruit salad

This method help parents too .

One Snack which my kids have begun to like is this simple Easy-to- make Veg Sandwich.

It needs the following:

2 slices of Brown Bread

Butter to be spread on one side

Very thins slices of cucumber and tomato just enuff to fill in the 2 slices

A little salt and a little pepper.

Baby Charm

My Little Angel,

Oh how u've grown!

Tho I prayed that,

You'd grow big and strong,

I wish u'd remain,

Small like a babe.

So that I cud hold u,

Gently to my heart.

And Whisper softly,

In ur tiny ears,

Sweet lullabys.

And while u grow,

I'd miss the times ,

That i rocked u,

In my swinging arms.

And while u slept,

In peace and calm,

I'd love to watch,

Your baby charm.

And when u woke up ,

In bitter tears,

My heart wud sink,

In unknown fears,

On why u cry often,

Tho its very common.

And tho U have grown big now,

You'll always remain,

A Small babe to me,

Forever .

Fun with Sand

These days there are Short Evening Showers in bangalore . After the rain, when i take my kids to play in the park,we take the Sand Toys coz my gurlz love playing in the sand. I have been coming to the same park for 3 year and more, but my kiddos r never fed up of this Messy Activity. If there is any toy that these girls have fully used , those are their sand toys. I suggest every Mommy to Get these Toys for ur kiddos.

Cherai Beach

It was a Sunday. Our (2 month)vacation in kerala was coming to an end. WE were planning a trip to Cherai Beach(jst 12 KMs from our place in Aluva) at 4 o'clock in the evening, with my Sis,who was longing for a trip to any end of the world,coz she's hardly travelled anywhere for ages. Her Boss's marriage happened to be on that same day. A 'pick and drop facility' had been arranged from her office for attending the function. And so we were all waiting for that evening.

Kids were excited to go. Me too. I am a fan of Beaches and this was the only chance for me to visit before we left for bangalore. Time passed. All of us were sleeping and waking up in turns from our afternoon nap, jst to see if my sis was back from the function. 3 o'clock passed, 4 o'clock passed...by 5 o'clock we all started getting desperate. We noticed that she left her bag and mobile where she usually keeps her stuff. She obviuosly had taken her bigger bag which she had bought recently.

We were wondering,how cud she leave the mobile and go to a faroff place without informing us that she's gonna be late. We started calling her colleagues and even her Boss(Poor Fellow got tensed on the day of his marriage!) and all of them were surprised that ,she hadn't reached home. Infact a few of them mentioned that she was the first one to get off the bus at 2:30. Then we started assuming that she wud have gone for shopping to cochin,as she was mentioning about it the other day. My dad was ready to burst with anger and was waiting to fire her if he got her in his sight. By 6:30 PM we assumed that she had run away from home.

I went off upstairs to see if she has taken her clothes, and left a note or any clue to her disappearance. I opened her bedroom door and Lo and Behold, I see her lying on the bed, snoring away to Glory. I rubbed my eyes to chk if I were hallucinating. For a moment I thot she was there the whole day,as we were in Church when she had left home for the marriage . I burst open my emotions at her (tho it took some time for her to realise what i was saying) and she too at me. She hadn't known what commotion she had created by not just letting us know where she is.

What happend was that she had reached home at 2:45 and it seems the front door was open and all of us were in deep sleep . My dad was somewhere outside and he didn't hear too. My sis was too tired to let us know that she had come and she didn't want to disturb our sleep. She left her bag and mobile down(which was what we saw while we were enquiring bout her). From the time she hit her room and closed her door,she knew nothing that happend at home nor did we know that she was in the house all the while. Another round of phonecalls were made, to let everyone know that she was home afterall. It was embarassing for her, that all her colleagues were dragged on for her whereabouts.

Even tho we had many arguments ...we were glad to see her but sad that we cudn't make it to Cherai Beach.

Bubbles

Kids these days r fascinated by a lot of things. For the past few days, my kids ask their dad to make them a soap solution for Blowing Bubbles. DAd makes a mixture of Soap, water and oil in the right proportion and gives it to them. From then on, kids r in their own world of fun and frolic.

Magic Potion

I have been using this home remedy for almost 3 years and beleive me, it works. If my girls get cough ,specially dry cough, i don't give them any coff syrups. Instead I give them a spoon of honey with a pinch of turmeric powder mixed to it, 3 times daily. If given continously for 3 days the cough subsides.

Stammering Problem

When my yunger girl was born around 4 years ago,my elder girl was subject to so many changes in life. She was going to a day time Creche then. I too was going thru my Postpartum Blues as well. During this time,i put pressure on my elder girl to start writing. I bought her a new 4 line book and then felt she shud learn writing those days. She was 3 and a half years old. I wud have been really tuff on her, coz after a few days ,she started stammering. At first i thot it was just my imagination coz it was only a few words she was repeating. But then it was confirmed by her Teacher in her Creche that she noticed the new changes in her pattern of talking. I was shattered for a few days. I kept crying thinking what has happened. I went thru some articles that made me realise my mistake. My girl was going thru a lot of stress including the birth of a new sibling. I then devoted a whole 2 weeks to be with my child continously and listening to her every need and feelings. Showering her with all my love and affection and even bought her things she wanted. My yunger one was too small to notice my lack of attention for her ,moreover it was helpful for me , being with my parents. My Elder girl got completely free of that stammering problem. And Of course, I need to mention that its also by the Grace of God that she got well!

Modern Maids

We live in Apartment Complex here, and its is really amusing to watch maids bringing kids, to the park in the evenings. U must be wondering why can't they?! Well!(Gulp!!)its difficult for moms like me, to be found as the odd one out, among these modern maids. Enter the apartment parks in Bangalore(or for that matter any Cosmopoliton City) and its difficult to distinguish Moms from Maids. Why ??? Coz these gals r truly Accessorised and fully loaded with the latest Gadgets in town. They come in all shapes and sizes but all in all ,I must say, they follow the latest Fashion trends. Why shud I mention this ?? I shud say Hats off to these Modern maids!! who take in the place of the Child's Real Mom. The Child's Mommy and Daddy are high salaried IT professionals, who wud pay any amout jst to get their Precious kid all the earthly blessings...(which parents wudn't??). They Shower these modern maids with stuff from Mobiles to the latest Salwar Suits. And few of these maids own even a two-wheeler......
The other day a maid from Hyderabad came to Converse with me!...she shocked me by speaking very fluent English!! ..and to add to my "Shock of the century" she asked me if I were a maid or a mom!!....but i must say,I can't blame her cos "Moms in the Park" aren't Trendy any more.