Tulika, Author at Obsessivemom

15/03/201015/04/2017

Dadu dadi gone

My in-laws left today and as expected Hrit Naisha were pretty upset when they woke up. They had no idea they were leaving early morning. No goodbyes, no see-you-soons. I think that bothered them a lot. I told them Dadu Dadi had gone to bua’s house.

Here’s what Naisha said,
“It’s okay mama. They need to rest. We have been really troubling you these last few days I think that’s why they went away.”

She hadn’t been feeling well over the last few days and she’d been very very cranky. I was taken by surprise that she was aware she hadn’t been a ‘good girl’. Surprising and touching.

14/03/201015/04/2017

No one compliments like Naisha

Naisha’s down with an upset stomach and she became worse by late evening today. I spoke to the doc at night to ask for emergency medicine. When I went to put her to sleep she says, “Thank you mama for asking doctor aunty for medicine for me.”
I said, “It’s okay baby, all moms do this… I want you to get well soon,”
And she says, “Mujhe pata hai, all mama’s do this but no one has a mama as nice as mine… not Nirali, not Shubhi, not Satvik bhaiyya. No one.”
She’s a sweetheart sometimes.
Hmmmm… hope she feels the same during her preteens and teens.

14/03/201015/04/2017

Naisha’s not well and Hrit’s feeling left out

Naisha’s not well… upset stomach, which is no surprise considering she’s expecting her poor stomach to digest such utter rubbish… chalk, sand, cement and every other concievable stuff off the ground. She’s got it quite badly. And she’s a BAD patient if ever there was one. She’ll pick fights and make herself so unpleasant and difficult that she ensures no one is happy till she gets well. A total handfull.
What’s worse… Hrit can’t stomach the fact that he’s not the one who’s unwell, for a change. He couldn’t believe it that Naisha was getting more medicines and attention (in that order) than he was. He got so fed up of asking for medicine that he came up with a new one…
“Mama,” says he, “Give me medicine my mouth my hurting.”
“What happened to your mouth,” I asked
“I’ve talked so much today that my mouth is hurting. You need to give me medicine,” says he.
I thought that was funny till he actually howled and howled.. “My mouth is huritng and mama is not giving me medicine.”
Tough times.

14/03/201009/09/2024

Ludo disaster

I tried teaching the kids to play ludo yesterday. I presumed because they knew counting they’d enjoy the game. Wrong… It was such a total disaster. To begin with it was tough to get them to sit. Then they were more interested in everything else rather than moving along their pieces. They were totally enchanted by the dice but weren’t bothered with how many numbers it was showing. They fought over which colour piece to pick but didn’t bother with the game at all.

Then I tried snakes and ladders… maybe they’ll like it because of the whole concept of being bitten by a snake and climbing up ladders… wrong again.

Finally I lost my cool. I know, I know I shouldn’t have… but I did. Told them they were good only for bat-ball ( bad, bad, bad, I know). Then took them down to play where they met their friends and I met mine. Both had a ball. And everyone told me it was a little too early for them… said after they were four I should try again. Which made me feel better – nothing wrong with my teaching or Hrit Naisha’s learning abilities… What would I do without friends… thanks Sahana for this one.

11/03/201015/04/2017

Bat ball or cricket

There was a time when Hrit was happy playing ‘bat ball’. Now that he’s growing up he likes to call it ‘cricket’. Only he’s a little confused. Instead of just calling the game ‘cricket’ he now calls his bat and ball also ‘cricket’. Confusing? Well it’s like this, if I tell him to get his bat and ball he’ll say, “it’s not bat and ball it’s cricket. I’ll get my cricket.” Crazy.