Last week was very busy. We had a lot of work which meant sleepless nights. We were constantly tired. I was so tired that I forgot to send the sleeping bag to Sarath’s day care. The dumb mommy that I am, did not even realize that until his teacher mentioned it in the evening. They…
Author: Sushma
Toddler conversations
Sarath has now become an expert in talking. He can say every word very clearly and loves to mix and match Telugu and English words. He is the king of logic in our house. He has a logic for everything. Here are some of our conversations. Me: Can you bring me that catalog? Sarath: No….
Gender Stereotypes
Deethi has tagged me for this and I love it too. So, here are my sins against gender: 1. Playing basketball in school and play tennis now. I used to watch cricket too. 2. Love to exercise. 3. I like to work with tools. 4. Love to have wine and margarita (especially mango margarita) 5….
Rock-a-Bye Baby…
Rocking a baby to sleep feels so good. I used to rock Sarath all the time when he was a baby. I loved it as much as he did. Watching him fall asleep in my arms felt so good. I don’t remember when we stopped rocking him at bed time. We slowly shifted him from…
No More Crying!
Today Sarath made a bold statement in the morning – “amma, I will not cry today. I will play in the pre-school while you and nanna are in the office”. I was happy and praised him all the while thinking about the crying scene that I was about to witness in the pre-school. He told…
Mommy Guilt
When did I start having mommy guilt??? Right when I found out I was pregnant. The first pregnancy test that came positive had me smiling all day and all week. It was as if I was on cloud nine and everything around me was beautiful. I started eating properly, taking my pre-natal vitamins and everything…
Healthy Pasta Salad
Now that Sarath is going to day care, I have to think about lunch options. They actually provide lunch but, it is usually meat. Since we are vegetarians and I hope to raise Sarath to be a vegetarian, I decided to pack lunch for him. They give the kids 30 min for lunch (which I…
More Rhymes for Tulika Blogathon
Here are some more rhymes for Tulika Blogathon. 1. Chuku chuku railu vastondi pakkaki pakkaki jaragandi aaginaka ekkandi jo jo paapa edavaku laddu mithai tinipista kammani paalu taagista Translation: The choo choo train is coming, so move away everybody and only get in after the train stops. Oh my sweet baby, do not cry. I…
First Day at Day Care cont…
Here is the first part of this post. I went to pick up Sarath around 5:00PM. The moment he saw me, he started bawling. I had to fight to stop my tears rolling out. All this was for 5 min. Then he was very excited and showed me around his class, his shelf, the place…
First Day at Day Care (Pre School)
Sarath started Day care today (Pre-School as he calls it). He was very excited this morning. In fact he has been excited since last night. I gathered everything that he would need today and put them on the counter last night. He wanted to put his backpack along with the other stuff. He has two…