Just another Day in the Life of a MOM!!!!!

It’s been a while since I worked on my blog.  As strapped as I am for time, and regardless of how exhausted I am at the end of the day, for the past few days I have had this nagging feeling that I am missing something. I don’t really know if it’s Anika’s school or Ashwin’s travel or my laziness. Perhaps all of the above and then some more; but I woke up today and decided that I absolutely have to get back to blogging again.

I've been writing about being a mom and how challenging this new phase in a woman’s life can be.

Everything has a shelf life and becoming a new mother is no exception! Once the buzz of being a new mommy in town wears off, it is time to take stock and pull up your socks.  The whole trial and error phase with your newborn is over and pretty soon your lil’ one is walking and talking all at once and you realize your kid is growing up fast! Fortunately or unfortunately so are you and nothing drives home the message faster than the fact that your kids friends now call you -”AUNTY!”

To be honest, initially I did feel pretty old when Anika’s friends started calling me Aunty. This is how the “AUNTY” phase has been treating me -

I go to a mall for shopping and look at girls younger than me and feel “J”

I see a nice super sexy dress and wish I was a little younger to wear that.

I see women my age coming to school to drop their children and think “Oh yeah, I belong to that group now.”

I go into McDonalds, KFC or any Coffee shop and look at the crowd and feel, ”I hope these kids don’t mind me coming here.”

I get a trendy haircut and think “Oh my god, does this really suit me????”

In-case you were thinking this is all, wait till your kid starts school. Suddenly it’s your kid telling you if you are looking good or what to wear and yes a time does come when you realize your kid know things better than you do! Sigh...whatever happened to the “what’s, and why's, and where’s” that they couldn’t stop asking like just yesterday.

Oh and let’s not forget the other areas of our lives that get invaded....they weren't kidding when they say “parents sacrifice a lot for their kids” were they now?

Your time of watching TV is finally over. They decide what they want and you just have to follow their program. (You definitely can’t operate the remote). Chotta Bheem, Thomas and friends, Mickey Mouse suddenly become your family members. (Don’t bother asking how). You can't change channels if it’s a break. Advertisements are equally important. Its more of going to a Mall to play children’s games or go to any children’s place (Window Shopping is only allowed).

The point that I am trying to make however, is this - no matter how much I might while about it, at the end of the day there is no better happiness in this world than watching your kid grow up and spread their wings. Yes, I do feel I have grown old but I did become old to see my little one grow up to talk to me. Little things that can’t be expressed; little sacrifices which mean so much...all of these are precious and I know these are what memories are made of.

My lil’ girl completes me. She is the reason for all my happiness today. Being called an aunty....who cares! I am a mother and that’s all that matters to me now.