Gautam, who is the shy one when it comes to making friends, used to tail his brother outdoors. But, of late, Sid is playing football, where Gautam cannot follow him. So, he takes his toy trucks and cars and plays in the sand pit alone. And, finally he has a friend. He actually looks forward to seeing him in the evenings. Yesterday, this friend ignored him for some reason, and Gautam was almost in tears. He was so hurt. I told him that tomorrow is a new day, and I am sure that your friend will play with you again.
The other day when I picked up Gautam from school, he looked terrified. He told me let’s go soon, and then burst out crying. I asked him, “what happened?” He replied that police would take him away. I looked around and noticed that there were a couple of police cars with policemen standing around. There was also parked a big fire engine and some firemen in uniform were there. I think there was some drill in the school that way. I told him that the police only takes away those who are very bad, And, you are a very good boy. But, he said that his teacher had told him that they will take him away. I had to tell him that the teacher must have said that so that they would not be noisy. Then I took him around the fire engine showing him the hose, the fire extinguishers, the ladders, the jackets which were visible. And, he became so happy and animated in one moment. That is the best part with children. They go from crying to happiness in one second.
Gautam is falling sick every week since past 4 weeks with cough and cold. These days, I don’t give him any conventional medicine. Just ginger and honey, cinnamon and honey, pepper tea, steam, lots of vicks, and some amla juice in the morning. These help! I have seen that these cough syrups are all useless. And, I cover his ears and neck with a muffler at night when he sleeps. Hopefully, his immunity will improve as time progresses.
And, this one is funny. Gautam says that when he was inside mummy, he was like an egg in my mouth :). I said, I wish it were that way, and I had to just spit him out or vomit him out instead of suffering so much pain at childbirth. Actually, Sid told him that he was like a kidney bean in mummy’s tunmmy (8- week ultrasound), which Gautam interpreted as an egg in mummy’s mouth :). Vivid imagination, I must say 🙂
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