One awesome year!
My little daughter V has just turned one! What a year it has been!! It has been the most precious year of my life. I am trying to put this entire year into a single blog post - I know that's going to be really tough.
I still clearly remember the pale pink line on the pregnancy test and how it changed my life forever. Me and my husband R were ecstatic. Having a bit of type A personality traits I wanted to control everything I can, I knew what I had to do to have a healthy baby. I remember reading this particular article from the TIME magazine - "How the first nine months shape the rest of your life".
I loved this particular jargon "intra uterine atmosphere"(inside the womb). There has been some much of research into this topic. By providing a good intrauterine atmosphere how we could prevent obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease and many more. I ate healthy, exercised every single day (wish I am so motivated always) monitored every single measurement to the percentiles on the scan. Waiting every single day to hold the little one. I was treating my little one as my womb mate, she knew everything I was doing every single second. I enjoyed that feeling for nine months.
The little one arrived, that moment for me was nothing short of magic. She instantly seemed to recognise me, she made a powerful eye contact. Those are the special moments of life!! I realised that nobody can ever prepare you enough for being a mother till you are actually one. I had never seen R so joyful, he looked like a child he was just enjoying with V; she recognised his voice instantly. "Intra uterine atmosphere" is powerful, little V was listening to us all the while.
The next few days just seem to go by, I had no idea about the date, time, news outside; everything seemed to have blurred.I could never have imagined that 3 kg tiny creature can take up all my time and energy. My mom was my pillar of strength in those initial months, I realised what it is to be her. Now when I think back it's funny, me and R got up one morning thinking we were the most harassed parents as little V hadn't let us sleep for days now. Trust me when I say this; all those sleepless nights are truly truly worth it.
Then came the phase of smiles, acknowledgement, playfulness and life has never been same again. We were eager for her to wake up in the morning just to see her smile and play with her. Every single day turned out be a celebration.
When V was about 4 months old, I was wondering when can I even get back to work.I have been in private practice for a while; I had the choice of working flexible and could choose my schedule. Leaving little V even for an hour with someone left me terrified. R stepped in he said he will take care of her in the evenings! It's been 9 months and the arrangement is working wonderfully. I work about 2 hours a day and that is dad's exclusive time with little V;she loves that time. Just working those few hours keeps me happy and sane. R has been a wonderful dad; I just love to hear those giggles when I get back every day.
I loved this particular jargon "intra uterine atmosphere"(inside the womb). There has been some much of research into this topic. By providing a good intrauterine atmosphere how we could prevent obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease and many more. I ate healthy, exercised every single day (wish I am so motivated always) monitored every single measurement to the percentiles on the scan. Waiting every single day to hold the little one. I was treating my little one as my womb mate, she knew everything I was doing every single second. I enjoyed that feeling for nine months.
The little one arrived, that moment for me was nothing short of magic. She instantly seemed to recognise me, she made a powerful eye contact. Those are the special moments of life!! I realised that nobody can ever prepare you enough for being a mother till you are actually one. I had never seen R so joyful, he looked like a child he was just enjoying with V; she recognised his voice instantly. "Intra uterine atmosphere" is powerful, little V was listening to us all the while.
The next few days just seem to go by, I had no idea about the date, time, news outside; everything seemed to have blurred.I could never have imagined that 3 kg tiny creature can take up all my time and energy. My mom was my pillar of strength in those initial months, I realised what it is to be her. Now when I think back it's funny, me and R got up one morning thinking we were the most harassed parents as little V hadn't let us sleep for days now. Trust me when I say this; all those sleepless nights are truly truly worth it.
Then came the phase of smiles, acknowledgement, playfulness and life has never been same again. We were eager for her to wake up in the morning just to see her smile and play with her. Every single day turned out be a celebration.
When V was about 4 months old, I was wondering when can I even get back to work.I have been in private practice for a while; I had the choice of working flexible and could choose my schedule. Leaving little V even for an hour with someone left me terrified. R stepped in he said he will take care of her in the evenings! It's been 9 months and the arrangement is working wonderfully. I work about 2 hours a day and that is dad's exclusive time with little V;she loves that time. Just working those few hours keeps me happy and sane. R has been a wonderful dad; I just love to hear those giggles when I get back every day.
Last one year I realized how a baby can change your entire life's perspective, there is a new meaning to why you wake up every morning. I feel I have rediscovered myself. One awesome year of pure love, joy, laughter!!! Pray we have many, many more such years........