The year of the babies-2010

It is a tested fact in life that when you are going through a new phase then you feel the same is happening to the whole world. So it was pretty obvious that when we were having a baby, we thought the whole world was having one as well. Or maybe it was that time that we noticed that loads of others were making babies too....

While there were many on the baby bandwagon already, it seemed the whole lot of Mohit's friends were delivering babies in 2010. Almost all of those married for sometime had a baby in this year and after counting one or two couples here and there everyone had a baby now. 2010 saw seven babies besides Navya happening in the friend circle and two in the family which makes one wonder if it truly was the year of the babies.

Babies, babies everywhere and many to-be-parents. All of a sudden, we had all become from the usual culprits in the drinking crime to parents discussing breastfeeding and nappy changing.  The sweety-pie messages declaring the birth of the babies to long phone conversations, every little thing pointed to the arrival of a little one in someone's life.

Now I stood and took notice every time I heard the wail of little babies. The world had changed around us. So maybe it wasn't hallucination that everyone seemed to be in the same activity as us. The reality of the babies coming into our lives was true. There was hope, love and warmth in our life now. All brought upon by the birth of a little baby made entirely out of our tissues and cells and love and heart. So many of us had leapt upon the newer and better things in life. Graduation year for many of us. Cheers to 2010- the year that was for the babies...

This year I have to...

Each year, all of us form an endless list of resolutions and decide we will do them dutifully. For some it might be starting a new hobby, for others it would be to quit smoking or drinking while for most people(like me) year after year the resolution is the same. Yes, you guessed it right. Losing weight. And invariably it goes ignored by the end of January. And I speak for the collective voice of most of the weight watchers who forget their vows in the heavenly abode of a Ferrero Rocher.

So I decided to cut the Resolutions list this year at the start of the year. What is the point of making a list that can never be followed. And anyhow each year it is more or less the same list, give or take a few things. After dumping the list, I felt pretty good till I read people declaring their special to-be-done-things for 2011 on Facebook and started having second thoughts about my Jan 1st decision.

So here I am at the threshold of February 2011 with 1 month almost complete and only 11 to go to fulfill the vows. Rather to think of them first and then go about fulfilling them as well. Another thought(I am so full of them) later, I figured that each year, there was a list of things that started with "This year I will...." etc and by mid year, it was always "This year I couldn't but next year I will....".

So 2011 has begun(and also reached feb) and I am taking a harsh stand on myself. From 'This year I will' it is 'This year I have to'...And what is it that I have to do you ask?

This year I have to be happy and keep people happy...
That's it. Plain Vanilla as all of us like it.
See I started my making you happy didn't I?

So far....So sleepy!

Some one wise once advised me to sleep all that I can in the nine months that have passed. I, thinking I am wiser to all ignored the statement and thought the world is mad. "After all, how can the months with the baby be hard on sleep. Babies are so tiny, how can they stay awake". I thought to myself and I quote.

But well, well....Come 29th Sept...All had changed. My thinking, my sleeping pattern, my life everything. Some for the better and some for the worse. While my life changed for the better, my sleep changed for the worse. I was awake when the baby was and I was awake when the baby wasn't. Why? One tiny baby brings with it so much to do that even when the baby is asleep there is so much to be done....

Nights are now days but days are not nights. I am always awake yet always sleepy. Now I sleep when the baby is feeding at 5 am in the night and even when she is wailing for a feed. Such is my sleeping pattern.... So whoever said 'sleep all you can' was right and I should've slept all that I could. But that time is passe now and so is that life.

Now my life is about being a family and not about thinking of being sleepy. Anyhow, even when she screams at 3 am in the night, the one smile that is reserved only for me wakes the hell out of me. It takes all the sleepiness away and gets life back on track. It is the smile that makes my day, my week, my whole life...It is the smile for which I would stay awake all my life....

For Navya,

With love...

Rupal, the Mom

And they call Courtship a 'Golden Period'

He holds my hand and helps me clear the water puddle,

And makes sure I get the daily cuddle.

He walks me to the loo when my back hurts like hell,

And presses my feet when they really do swell.

He feeds me and watches my diet each day,

And rocks me to let my fears away.

A complete atheist, he takes me to the temple sometimes,

And makes sure the morning alarm doesn't chime.

He sits through hours of doctors visits,

And pretends not to panic on the weighing scales extra digits.

He takes me shopping and comes running when I call,

And reminds me to watch that little nail in the wall.

He handles the mood swings like a pro,

but his constant bickering over exercises is such a blow.

He is the reason the months flew away so soon,

And also the one to be excited and croon.

Pregnancy's come and got emotions in myriads, 

And leaves me wondering why is courtship the golden period....