Its fun experiencing this

Payal's visit to parlour was pending for past few days infact few weeks. Finally today, saturday, she told me in morning she would go to parlour once Atharva goes to sleep after he takes bath. I got the indication that today is gonna be the day when I need to change my role from father to baby sitter.

The moment Atharva went to sleep, payal got dressed so fast that I couldn't believe where as she would take pretty good amount of time to get dressed up... hmm.. after all she is a girl and how can I forget girl's best(est) jewelry is her makeup (shingaar), good attire....etc... After she got ready, she asked me if she would get dropped at parlour ASAP. And as perfect husband, I did.

Now at home, it was the father who was taking care of his son, but more importantly it was the father turned into baby sitter who was taking care of baby who was in deep (sound) sleep. All the precautions were taken like TV volume reduced to lowest, living room window closed, etc... so that Atharva doesn't get disturbed and I don't need to be on my toes running here and there..... finding ways to settle him down.

After roughly an hour, I heard him crying.... got the signal... dude the king has woken up... time to be on toes. I took Atharva in my arms... while he was crying... he directed me to different rooms in search of his mom... and the moment he couldn't see her... the volume of crying increased (but bearable....).

After trying all sorts of tricks,I managed to get him back to sleep.... and this helped me to take a deep and calm breath. I must say.... it was fun experiencing the change in the role.