Gauri the teacher

Climbing  staircase.: What is new in that? Oh my daughter has taught me different ways of doing it. Now our house is in third floor. She will use all different strategies’ to climb up and down. Two step jump one step jump, one leg jump, holding the railing, back ward , forward, three together or one by one, one part I will carry her on my back other part she will carry me !!  or she will carry her doll, she will sit and protest or she will slide, she will peep in each step or she will teach and give all the instructions to me and the doll about the safety.

Gauri in bathroom. So what? Different ways to take bath; shower, below tap, inside bucket, Sometimes, bucket will go to the hall and she will watch Doreman sitting in warm water. oh luxury, soaps will disappear, today she rub the soap froth on her belly and made triangle rectangle and even a cow on  her belly. She would take different colour shampoos soaps and mix them. She will be fish in the bucket , I need to catch her with towel as net, only when she comes out of bucket!! She will play many times, oh intelligent fish will test my patience!

Wear the cloth- what is in it?

She has choice. Choice changes every day. If she wants to kill the time, she will change options randomly. Wearing a dress is part of her journey. I mean she will run around the house, I need to catch her and put the shirt on her neck --------- running--------then one hand------ again running -  another hand, and for each cloth process repeats. 

Sleeping-

She thinks that sleeping is waste of her valuable time. So in all possible ways she will postpone her sleep. I never knew time is so precious and should not oversleep. First she never lie down and watch TV in the afternoon, she may fall asleep! In night, she runs for 10 min, lights are off she will bring chair and put on the light, we military parents show our power, she will agree to sleep, but now she wants milk, “no milk” , give me water, that can’t be refused, can I? Now she wants to go to loo, how can I refuse; now she wants to do potty that to at 1 am in night!! Even she will push to her limits and pass out a  small roll of shit to show me that she is not lying, finally stories then songs, then play on tablet....endless... her creativity to avoid sleep. 

Potty- what is this? Oh she will do potty , triangle, rectangle,  train colours and diet she ate, what would make watery and what makes rock.  How flush works – meanwhile she keeps playing with water, I am supposed to see each of the potty sometimes they will roll down the hole (Indian toilet) but still I need to bend and see it. Smell, she is very particular about smell. Appa, today it smells bit different. All potty have names, sometimes they are father, mother,  granny or her friends or they may be good bad and ugly. 

 Anger (gussa/sittu)- She will throw anything or she will go and sit in a corner. When she do this, how do I control. I wonder about it, since when she does this, I too get angry. But doing so, I cant tell her, don't be angry. Bit tricky, keep your cool and tell her that dont get angry is one of the most difficult thing I ever did. Cant imagine? just think, one big bowl of rice with ghee and salt, was thrown across the dining hall; fine, I will get chapati, she will spit it around the house, ok, I will get milk, milk is purposefully spilled on sofa ............. how about that , now keep your cool and teach her anger is not a good behavior!!!  

Food- Let me not write about that, it is long story. She consider it as harassment. This is how she takes revenge.

She is my teacher for the course “creativity”

“It truly takes long time to become young”

“Life is all about journey not destination”