Before Pratap
7am
zzzzzzzzzzzz
8am
Ginger Tea in the balcony, soaking in the sun ( Best thing on earth to start your day!)
9am
Bath (Pondering for more than half an hour on what to wear, which body wash to use, which hairstyle day is it today and what not!)
10am
Breakfast (Aloo Parathas! Yummmm! I love them!)
11am
Planting myself in front of the TV to watch my favourite TV show that starts at 11.30pm!
12 noon
Cleaning my room and doing the laundry.
1.30pm
Lunch
2.30pm
Watching the repeat telecast of another favourite TV show of mine.
3.30pm
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
4.30pm
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
5.30pm
I’m up! It’s Ginger Tea time again!
6.30pm
Yoga–Ah! Feels so fresh!
7.30pm
TV! TV! TV!
8.30pm
Dinner.
9.30pm
Post dinner walk with my husband on the terrace. The most relaxed time of the day and also the most romantic. 🙂
10.30pm
Time to doze off!
11.00pm
zzzzzzzzzzzzz
After Pratap
7am
[Baby crying]
“Oh my baby! My daaaarling! Hungry? Are you? Two mins! Gimme just twoooo mins!”
Up on the bed, scruffy hair, smelly mouth, half asleep! It’s Milk-Time!
8am
Ginger Tea… tea cup in one hand, tidying the room with the other…me still half asleep, but baby fully asleep, so this is my busy free time!
9am
Knock! Knock!
The maid who massages the baby is here!
Arranging for hot water, baby’s clothes, diaper, massage oil and tidying the pram.
10am
[Baby crying]
It’s Milk-time!
11am
Oh Gosh! Totally forgot to have my breakfast! Have to finish my bath as well! Thank Heavens the baby is sleeping, let me finish my bath and breakfast…this is my busy free time!
12 noon
Doing the baby’s and non-baby laundry separately!
1pm
[Baby crying]
Changing the diaper  It’s Milk-time!
2pm
Good Lord! I am damn hungry! [Baby sleeping, so this is my busy free time!]
Whoa! My favourite veggie for lunch! Looks like a reward for all that I have been through since morning!
[Thought gets over. Baby gets up! I wonder…is it Milk-time? I realise…Any time can be Milk-time!]
3pm
[Baby sleeping, so this is hopefully my busy free time!]
I decide…let me take a nap, as a result, shall be fresh at night time.
My head touches the pillow to rest, baby’s crying sound touches my ears!
Diaper change. Baby wants Mumma. Could be Milk-time.
4pm
Tea time. Badly need some tea,if not sleep! Totally tired due to lack of sleep.
5pm
Time to change the baby’s clothes: shirt, diaper, pant, mittens, booties, cap and swaddle.
6pm
It surely is Milk-time! Where is that busy free time of mine? 😦
7pm
Dinner preparations
8pm
Whoosh! It’s Milk-time! Let me check the diaper! Oh! No! Gotta change!
9pm
Dinnnnnneeerrrrr! Am hungryyyy!
10pm
Preparing the baby’s bed. Changeover of baby’s clothes! My night-time medicine! My nighttime brush routine! Could have been my busy free time, but…[baby crying]
Milk-time again!
12 midnight
Baby crying incessantly. Is it the diaper? No!
Is it Milk-time? No!
Is he sleepy? Not at all!
Arrrggghhh! Then what is it?
Whole family pacing up and down my room and flourishing is the guessing business of ‘what’s-wrong-with-the-baby’?
Damn! This is neither my busy free time; nor Milk-time! This is just sleeping time for a normal human being…which- I realize- I am not anymore!
2.30am
It’s Milk-time!
Totally sleepy! Clueless as to what is where and what’s going on.
4.45am
What else? Milk-time!
6.30am
Just can’t manage anymore!
I put the baby on his Papa and plead him to help me catch up on my sleep!
7am…and it’s a vicious circle, you know!
Being Mumma! 