Chronicle of my life, times, this n that

 Little V is on a Daddy craze these days. It all started with my husband leaving the city for work one morning before Little V could wake up and see him. Little V spent that morning generally feeling sad. He didn’ t even enjoy his bath that day. Carried a very sullen face to his day time care. And it kept me wondering what was wrong with him.  I never thought it was daddy that he was missing. When his dad came back in the night, Little V was absolutely thrilled to see daddy. And he wouldn’t let him go out of sight. He wanted to be carried by daddy all the time. And he just totally refused to come to me! It was overwhelming to see that love between them. Hubbie was overjoyed, with all the lavish love Little V was throwing at him. He was crawling and following him where ever he went and the moment he could manage to reach daddy, he wanted dad to pick him up. I could see my husband’s eyes go wet with all that affection. Its so lovely to see a baby shower such unconditional love on us. Little V is a very affectionate child. I have seen kids, but I know there’s something very special about Little V in the way he shows his love to us. Little V greets every visitor in our house, whether a relative or a friend with lavish smiles and never cries out when they hold him. Of course, he’s not friendly in an instant and not so good if he’s sleepy. But if he can see that the visitors are known to his parents and if the guest has a gentle voice and maintains a fair distance from him initially, this boy will simply be all smiles, ready to show off his skills and share his toys. I totally admire this aspect of Little V’s personality, sometimes I find it very inspiring too!

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I can’t appreciate enough the day time set up that Little V goes to. It’s a system which works very well and by far is my best option. For those who do not know, Little V is dropped off by me at a home of an old couple, (in their 60’s, old but still very active), and his maid goes along with him. I pack all the food for him for the day. And there’s another baby who comes also with her maid. So the 2 babies, 2 maids and these 2 gentle souls, they spend the day together(they do not keep more than 2 or max 3 kids). The place is a ‘home’ just like our own homes are. Its nice and warm and just very very homely! They play with him, talk to him, watch over him and keep an eye on the maids. They are also very open to follow my details regarding his food, food timings, sleep timings, play areas and generally my idea of checking on him. They ensure he sleeps some pre defined hours. He’ usually crawling over the house and they happily move furniture to create more space for him to explore. And I can attribute some of his out going nature to his stay at their place. They usually have relatives visiting them. The place is also very very clean. The lady is a very typical god fearing, vegetarian, cleanliness freak, your next door sweet aunty types. When I go pick him up in late afternoons, the curtains are drawn and the place smells like wet earth and it makes me so drowsy too. It gives me loads of peace of mind, to know he’s safe, happy, cared for and ‘at home’. And there’s someone to watch over the maid too. Besides, they are willing to follow all that I say. They say they do not do it for the money, their kids are settled out of India and its the company they enjoy! They do not charge me much and also never complain if he happens to spend an hour or half an hour extra. When I grow old, I want to do this too, its a great way to keep oneself occupied!

ok, so much, now *anti jinx* to the post.