Vocal Mama

Yuvaan recently fell sick. He had fever on and off for five days. One minute he was fine and next minute he was warm, vomiting, irritated, and crying. The five days of fever were like a nightmare for us. He was just not taking his medications, was drowsy plus super clingy. His nose was blocked and he was coughing. None of us (Y, S, and I) slept properly for 4 nights. But this time rather than focusing on what happened and how it happened, I would share what helped me get pass it. Here is a list: ➡️ Have patience and a lot of it. ➡️ Consult the pediatrician ASAP and abide by what he/she suggests. Do not just do not start your gharelu ilaj and delay the doctor visit. ➡️ The baby will be clingy and cranky so put everything aside and focus on the baby.   Every other thing can wait. Cradle him, comfort hi m, hug him. ➡️ Babies hate medicines. They will sometimes throw up immediately after the dose. So, use a dropper or medicine dispenser to give medicine. Dispense the medicine at the en...

I lost my father four months ago. I was emotionally very close to him. He was a very calm parent. He rarely shouted at me. He always had solutions to my problems and answers to my queries. He always told me that no question is silly and it's okay to speak up my mind. There has not been a single day after his demise when I have not thought about him. I am a single child  but I never felt alone while growing up because I always had papa to play with me. I have a lot of wonderful memories with him and the event cited below is one of my favorite.  I must have been 4-5 years old. We used to live in a nuclear set up. It was just me and my mumma-papa. My papa used to walk me to school and back to home, every day. On our way back, I used to walk-dance and he used to buy me an ice cream. We had a black and white videocon TV at home and I loved watching it after coming back from school. One day, I saw an advertisement of a pepsodent's brush which had feet attached to it. The adverisemen...

It was the day before janamasthami; the birthday of lord Krishna, and inspite of the rains we went out to get the Krishna-attire for Yuvi. It has been a ritual since Y was born; to dress him up as lord Krishna on janamasthami every year. The first two times were easy. We dressed him up and clicked beautiful photos. This was his third janamasthami. After juggling through clothes from shop to shop, we brought home a beautiful orange dress. Y liked it too and kept calling it 'sundar'. Next day, in the evening, out of zest I got all dressed up and then started to dress up Y. Y said "no-no-no" and denied to wear the dress. We tried to lure him with different stuff but he stood up on his grounds. After a lot of hussle, we gave up. Y was so frustrated at our behaviour that he even refused to wear his night suit. We then took him to his almirah and let him choose a t-shirt to wear. Y has always loved footballs so he chose a t-shirt with a print of football on it. Anyway, the ...