- Losing their night’s sleep for what seems like forever and still continuing to smile and love the *being* that causes it J
- Reading the same story for the nth time with the exact same intonations and still feeling joy every time it is read if only to see that smile and the eyes light up!
- Giving up taking strategic projects and influential roles just so she can come home to focus on her child learning his colors and abcs.
- Not knowing which date/day of the week it is because her measure of morning and night are by the teeth brushed, the mouth fed and the snuggles felt.
- Only a parent can understand that *color TV* literally means coloring the TV for some and take pride in the fact that their child can think cognitively.
- Shopping now means buying diapers, toys, puzzles and clothes always for someone else.
- Going through every hour of every day imagining the joy in picking up their child from childcare, searching for eye contact, in spotting that little head bobbing amongst the many others in the playground.
- Anything that does not get done in the 1 hr nap time that her child takes can wait.
- Joy and Sorrow take new meaning now because they are experienced through another being, in his/her smiles or tears. Being a mom is allowing a part of you to walk out of you.
- Feeling more pride in the fact that her child is potty trained than in the fact that she helps Moore's law become a reality or that Obama is visiting her workplace.
Showing posts with label motherhood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motherhood. Show all posts
I am no longer Anu-the daughter, or the sister, or the daughter in law, not Paapu-the wife, not Aanu- the aerobics instructor, not Anu- the doctoral candidate, I became an "Amma" and my life has changed forever. To my mother, a thousand god salutes!! While I cannot be in a happier place, raising a child does have its share of challenges. Here are a few that I experience and I’ve only just begun.
- COSTCO and diapers.com are my new best friends
- "Me” time is the biggest joke I have ever heard
- Eating, sleeping, using the loo and taking a shower in leisure are no longer necessities, they are luxuries
- “Poop” is talked about at least once if not more times in a day
- Criteria for new friends: They need to have kids or like kids
- Criteria for old friends: need to have e-mail or be on online networks, I barely talk to anyone on the phone
- Couple time/Dating/Romance –yeah, been there done that!
- S.L.E.E.P, oh how I miss you!
- Dirty dishes and clothes keep piling up much quicker than I can even say “DONE”
- How someone only 34 inches tall can have SO *much* stuff
- My list of top 10 inventions of the century goes like this a) diaper b) baby monitor c) washable crayola..you get the picture
- My reading these days is limited to a half a page of the parenting magazine ( sometimes I can’t find where V put the rest of it)
- Watching a movie is a week long process, especially Indian ones
- Jeans most days, different t-shirts, hair always in a ponytail..yeah, you can spot me a mile away, and my sense of style has taken quite a beating I must say
- A good day at work is when there is no meeting at 4:30 and I can get a workout at lunch, and my boss smiles when we cross each other in the hallway :)
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