Internet off !!!

Hi all.... Have some trouble again with my broadband ... Will keep you all posted as soon as its up and working again. till then....me enjoying the joys of motherhood with Cheeku and shaaku baby :-)))

Sleeping Patterns

I'd like to share the different sleeping postures of Cheenu and Shaku today. At the time when Cheenu was about six months old, he used to love sleeping with his arm around my neck. It was this position he loved best and we would sleep without a care as long as he knew i'm next to him. How i loved his arm around my neck, he snuggled so close to me.. my little baby :-))

Now that Shaku is almost the same age i find he prefers to have his own space even while he wants me next to him. So he starts crying if I so much as touch him or put my arm around him when he's asleep. So i just lie close to him and in between when he wakes up, he opens his eyes (or sometimes with eyes shut too) ,reaches out to feel my face with his tiny fingers, manages to feel my nose or cheeks and then satisfied that it is indeed me next to him, goes back to sleep. 

i love sleeping next to both of them... snuggle up close to them and feel their breath..listen to the sound of their soft rhythmic breathing... feel their little pudgy hands and fingers on my face or neck,  get a whiff of their Johnsons baby powder fragrance ...that lingers on.. this is bliss indeed for me !!!

Don't you grow up too fast my boys for i cherish these days ...love having you both around me ... love  being a part of your children's world...a world where i too get to " sleep like a baby" with you.

First day of Playschool -Cheenu 15 Jun 2012

( This post was supposed to be done on Fri, 15 Jun 2012 itself...However my internet  was down for whatever reason....Thank God its back ...Hurray for connectivity [or net-tivity ;-)] In My defence I tried to sort it without success ...complained to hubby whose query was.. "Why do you need to blog on your desktop when you have an iphone ?".. well there can be no reasonable reply to that logic.. i'm still getting used to my iphone which was a recent gift from my hubby dearest ...a well earned one at that after having used my earlier cell for nearly 5 years...make it five and a half ! though Cheenu has used it more than me on a daily basis with his nursery rhymes app )


Hi... It was D day today..both for Cheenu and me ;-) and as expected we both were unprepared for what lay ahead of us...

From now on for all future references, OCM stands for "ME"- the Obsessive Compulsive Mother !!
As the saying goes" the child gives birth to a mother" ..in our case " Cheenu and Shaku gave birth to me, the OCM !!"
So, Cheenu got up early, had a bath ( remind me to share the dry clean day tales later) and some breakfast and was ready to go. He thought what a day... we are going out so early ..what fun...

Me, I had cramps in my tummy since i got up...remember the feeling on the day of exams..those butterflies that refuse to go away in your tummy... the same feeling came over me. I could not eat, could not do anything right that morning.(OCM ! OCM !!!)... kept glancing at the clock every 10 sec as i didnt want him to be late ..
So, I fed Shaku baby and while he kept my mom company, Cheenu and me  went to his Playhouse .
What a sight that greeted us !! Anxious parents, Grandparents, Nannies and little toddlers had gathered around. Cheenu too sensed something amiss and caught hold of my hand as tightly as he could.

The next thing...all kids being handed over to the teachers one by one as they screamed and screeched (the kids) their lungs out...Cheenu too did the same...
OK..he's inside now with 30 other wailing kids... 30 mins to go....all parents await outside while the kids are taken inside the classrooms ( it's  the settling period of 30 mins  everyday for  a week) ..hmm..i'm composed...my breathing is almost normal...
i even consoled a mom who could not help bursting out with tears as her daughter was taken inside...Oh the first call for change of clothes was her daughter's. She had thrown up !!

Hmmm.... the 30 mins wait over the kids were being escorted outside to the waiting parents again. I heard the teacher call out for Cheenu's change of clothes. My Champ too threw up !!
Once outside the class he ran to the door when he saw me.. My little bundle of anxious nerves... but he was calm the moment he came back to my arms...my baby !!!

So that was it...we both did well... me for my OCM behaviour did really well i think..no tears.. no melodrama ...and of course My Little Cheenu was my Champ today... i'm sure he'll take his time but eventually settle down.. years later we'll read this post together again dear Cheenu...till then..Happy Growing Up!!!

Too Tired to blog today

Hi...I'm too tired to blog today..went to the local salon to get a head massage..came back with a splitting headache instead..i think the head massage machine didnt help in relieving my stress of sleepless nights..rather it got my migraine back...so that's it for now...goodnight folks !!

WILL LEAVE YOU WITH A CUTE PHOTO INSTEAD

Kids Miss You Papa...come home soon !!

Hubby dearest is out of town on Official tour for a week.... and the kids are having a tough time without him... Cheenu misses him dearly every evening when its time for him to come home from work. Shaku baby is only 7 months old and too small to actually miss the physical presence of '"Papa" everyday but somehow by evening he too gets cranky and moody .


My Mom,dad and sister  came visiting last week and this is the first time Cheenu has expressed how much he misses them too.( Got mom to stay with us longer so she's still home while dad and sis left last weekend)

Also, our chauffeur (and Cheenu's new found friend) is on a month's leave !!! Hmmm.... too many people have disappeared at the same time for Cheenu's comfort level.

so now-a-days the conversations rally around the same topic as below 100 times a day (No exaggeration !!)

Me: Good morning Sweety-pie !!!

Cheenu: Papa??
Me: Papa's out ..for work..will be back on friday ,Baby.

Cheenu: Nana ?? (my dad..his granpa)
Me: Nana's  back at his place

Cheenu: Ditti ??? (my sis..thats the name he calls her)
Me: Ditti's back at her place too

Cheenu: Baboo ?? (His friend and our Chauffeur ;-)   )
Me: He's out of town ...will be back soon

Cheenu: Papa ???

Hubby dearest you elder boy has really started missing you ...PLEASE COME HOME SOONNNNN !! :-)))

P.S. Need to get my Dad and sis back here soon too :-)) Their little fellow misses them ..EVERYDAY !! EVERY OTHER MOMENT !!!!

Rains !!

Monsoon is here finally and with it brings relief from the scorching Sun ... The plants have taken their first sips of the rainwater and are waiting for more... But wait until its mid July and then the monsoon effect takes over... clothes don't dry for days... its humidity at its best...water pools everywhere...wet umbrellas... traffic jams .
But rains or No rains each weather has its own charm and must be enjoyed to the fullest.
We will be taking Cheenu for his first brush with rains the day it rains cats and dogs this season...wow..cant wait to get drenched head to toe. Shaku baby is too young and hence no getting drenched for him this year. Next year the whole family gets drenched...promise !!

Playschool ...4 days to go !!

I just went to Cheenu's playschool to get his starting " Kit" today (playgroup starts on Friday !!). I took Cheenu along too to familiarize him with what lies ahead and guess what...the moment we entered his class with other parents and a few unsuspecting kids like Cheenu who too had accompanied their parents... He started crying...i mean actually crying out loud and then stuck to me like a magnet the whole time we were there.
Hmmm.... we always think that the kids who cry out will be other kids and that maybe somehow our kid would be this amazing guy who gels around with everyone, smile on his lips and takes to school like a fish to water. ..sigh ! sigh !! kids give you a reality check..everytime.:-)))

OK sonny boy...No worries.. its OK to cry at the sight of other crying kids and parents.. No worries at all...Its my heart that needs control the first day he will start school.... maybe he will be fine but i will be the one trying to control my urge to cry...  somehow it feels my little one is growing up faster than i thought he would :-(

Day 1 : welcome to my Blog

This blog is dedicated to my darling boys ,Cheenu and Shaaku (their names as we fondly call them at home..) You make me want to be a better MOM each day !! and i love you two soooo much more than i will ever be able to express.

This is also dedicated  to my Hubby dearest and my sister !! :-))

It was on their insistence that i started this blog so that i could get back to doing something other than being " Mom" every single waking moment . Hmmm...the question is " How does one stop being "Mom"???
You may read everyday incidents,events and  everything a parent undergoes in my blog... thats all i can write on my first post..need to go catch some sleep before one of my boys wakes up at night.. Happy reading !!!