Archive for August 2009
Waiting to get 8 hours of sleep
Posted on: August 17, 2009
There are few days when I would feel , when am I going to sleep for 8 hours at a stretch. This is because fo my daughter. From the first day of her birth , till almost up to 1 year, she used to wake up every now and then. Sometimes she will cry at night, sometimes she will just be awake. But in any case we will not be able to sleep. This is the common symptoms with most of the kids born during night time. I got lot of advice from my friends, relatives and doctors. The list goes like this ” Don’t feed her at the middle of the night, this will create a time schedule for the babies and they will be expecting lot of food during night”. I could not follow this as I will not be able to sleep , when my child is crying with hunger. So this is ruled out.
The next advice was ” Bathe the baby at night, this will increase their blood circulation and will have a soothing feeling, this will help them to sleep well”. I could not follow this too, as my Mother in law and my mother were against me bathing baby at night. They were shocked when I said I need to bathe her to make her sleep as if I’m committing a big mistake. So this is also ruled out.
The next point was ” Do not allow baby to sleep during the day, so that they will sleep at night”. My daughter is very shrewed in this, during day, how much ever you shake her, put cold water on her eyes, shout with loud voice , she will never move. But at night, even when I whisper, she will look at me as if I’m saying the most important things to her. so this is also ruled out.
Similarly I got so many advice , but nothing worked out. Only after 1 year she started sleeping on her own for atleast 5 hours, even then only 5 hours. So I’m waiting for the day when I can sleep for 8 hours.
Want a baby proof jacket?
Posted on: August 5, 2009
I was wondering if parenting is more of getting hit that anything else. My daughter is now 15 months old. When ever she is happy , sad or angry, she would fall on me, targeting my jaw. She will try to prick my eyes, pull my ears, hit against my teeth. I’m thinking if my face will be totally in distorted shape by the time she grows up. So I thought we have to derive at a new definition for parenting ” The element which changes it shape, color, odour and yet stay stable, with the emotional bombardment of a juvenile”. When ever we define something we tend to take action for that. Since parents are in poor state, we all have to join hands for developing good head to toe jacket, which can withstand any extent of shocks, bites, scratches and forces in any ways. There by protecting all poor parents from young wrestlers. Long live parents!!!
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