It’s that time of the year again. Monsoon hits and so does the season of coughs, colds and flus. When the season changes here it’s terrible. Within 2 days the temperature has fallen 5 degrees Centigrade and the kids are all coughing and sneezing. Both P and A have caught it. First P caught the cold and had temperature for 2 days.As soon as she got better, A caught it. Along with becoming sick the kids also get cranky! Clingy! And want to do only mamma mamma all the time! So its tough. You want to get something done….. and your baby is clinging on to you screaming “godi mamma!!”

While I totally understand where its all coming from, there can be times when you wish they would just play for a while and be ok. It’s difficult to keep them occupied on their own. A just wont play on her own or even leave my side sometimes. Not even if we are in the same room or car. But there is one thing which can distract her…… a video on the phone or the TV. She will be crying her lungs out and tears will be rolling down her cute chubby cheeks….. but the second you ask her do you want to watch something? She forgets it all and quietly settles down on the sofa and watches. Although I’m not a big fan of using TV as my escape route, I am guilty of indulging sometimes. Especially when she is home all day and getting too clingy. (Or when I want to sleep in late…. shushhh!!)

There can be many other ways to keep her busy. She enjoys reading books, loves building legos, playing with kitchen set. But all these need your time and patience. Which, I will admit, I lack sometimes (patience that is). The age gap between my daughters (5 years) has ensured that I have been attending to an infant/ toddler for over 8 years now. I loose it sometimes and just feel like i want to get out of this phase asap. I literally count how many years before my toddler will go to school for longer hours and i can get free of this stuff. Phew!

Caring for a sick child can be difficult. Fortunately for me they both haven’t got very high temperatures. When the fever goes high it’s difficult to sit by their side and see them suffer. You keep measuring the temperature just hoping it won’t go that high again and…. there you are. The viral stays on for 3-5 days and you are helplessly staring at the child going through it. Here are some things

It’s one of biggest tortures for a mother I feel. Seeing their child suffer. But then it’s a part and parcel of parenthood. You signed up for all those sleepless nights and constant worrying once you decided to have a baby. I read this line somewhere…. “it’s like having your heart walk outside your body”.