I know its been a while since I updated anything about the lead actor "Kulli" :)...since my last update regarding Kulli going to the daycare things have not been pleasant the updates are below:
Day 1: Kulli was fine in the daycare the first day...with my mom sitting in a corner and watching her...she kept checking on my mom but continued to play with other kids all the while making sure my mother was still in the vicinity...
Day 2: We felt Kulli should be left alone and check if she will be fine by herself...now that was the mistake we made...Kulli got scared not seeing any known faces around her and started screaming and crying....we left her there for an hour and then I joined her... she hugged me real tight and wouldn't look at me (her way of letting me know she wasnt happy)...you see we are all insanely emotional (except the father of course) and we cry at the drop of a hat....so seeing the leading lady wail was more than a reason for my mother and I to join her...now the teachers in the daycare were puzzled and didn't know whom to console...and we came back home....
Day 3: The father takes Kulli to the daycare knowing that the grand mom and mom are utterly useless in this task.... that's when Kulli realises that her wailing and such tantrums will not work on the father and that she should certainly do something more to get the attention....she plays and cries and cries...when all of a sudden the teacher felt her hand and found that she was running a temperature...the father immediately gives her the Tylenol and takes her home... madam is all happy...but poor thing had developed a mild ear infection...for those who know about kulli and her paranoid mom...you shud know that kulli getting fever is equivalent to hell breaking in the household...
Day 4: kulli is given Tylenol and ibuprofen every 3 hours day-in and day-out until she feels better...No Daycare today
Day 5: She feels better..again No DayCare
Day 6: Kulli is fine and taken to the daycare with grandmom...she starts crying and wouldn't stop for 2 continuous hours...the teachers follow CIO and we Indians well most of them are against this method...so mom and grandmom feel guilty again and bring the child back home...
Day 7: Mom starts hunting for a home daycare...where there is TV and people speaking in tamil (the language that kulli understands) and food that she can eat and lots of toys....luckily the mom finds one such nice lady who has a 2 year old and was willing to take Kulli (ofcourse mom has not told the lady the tantrums Kulli is capable of ;))...so Kulli is happy in a home daycare so far with granmom by her side though :)...and happily grabbing al the toys from the poor lil guy (remember somewhere my genes in Kulli too...)
So right now getting Kulli used to the nice lady and her son and making sure Kulli behaves and likes place...will update soon, hopefully with good news...until then wishes and prayers for the household please :)...
P.S. Sure you can go ahead and call me names...I know kids shouldn't be allowed TV time....I know sometimes kids should be allowed to cry...I know kids should be taught to share stuff....well I know them theoretically ...par kya kare Dil hai ki maantha nahi :(
Day 1: Kulli was fine in the daycare the first day...with my mom sitting in a corner and watching her...she kept checking on my mom but continued to play with other kids all the while making sure my mother was still in the vicinity...
Day 2: We felt Kulli should be left alone and check if she will be fine by herself...now that was the mistake we made...Kulli got scared not seeing any known faces around her and started screaming and crying....we left her there for an hour and then I joined her... she hugged me real tight and wouldn't look at me (her way of letting me know she wasnt happy)...you see we are all insanely emotional (except the father of course) and we cry at the drop of a hat....so seeing the leading lady wail was more than a reason for my mother and I to join her...now the teachers in the daycare were puzzled and didn't know whom to console...and we came back home....
Day 3: The father takes Kulli to the daycare knowing that the grand mom and mom are utterly useless in this task.... that's when Kulli realises that her wailing and such tantrums will not work on the father and that she should certainly do something more to get the attention....she plays and cries and cries...when all of a sudden the teacher felt her hand and found that she was running a temperature...the father immediately gives her the Tylenol and takes her home... madam is all happy...but poor thing had developed a mild ear infection...for those who know about kulli and her paranoid mom...you shud know that kulli getting fever is equivalent to hell breaking in the household...
Day 4: kulli is given Tylenol and ibuprofen every 3 hours day-in and day-out until she feels better...No Daycare today
Day 5: She feels better..again No DayCare
Day 6: Kulli is fine and taken to the daycare with grandmom...she starts crying and wouldn't stop for 2 continuous hours...the teachers follow CIO and we Indians well most of them are against this method...so mom and grandmom feel guilty again and bring the child back home...
Day 7: Mom starts hunting for a home daycare...where there is TV and people speaking in tamil (the language that kulli understands) and food that she can eat and lots of toys....luckily the mom finds one such nice lady who has a 2 year old and was willing to take Kulli (ofcourse mom has not told the lady the tantrums Kulli is capable of ;))...so Kulli is happy in a home daycare so far with granmom by her side though :)...and happily grabbing al the toys from the poor lil guy (remember somewhere my genes in Kulli too...)
So right now getting Kulli used to the nice lady and her son and making sure Kulli behaves and likes place...will update soon, hopefully with good news...until then wishes and prayers for the household please :)...
P.S. Sure you can go ahead and call me names...I know kids shouldn't be allowed TV time....I know sometimes kids should be allowed to cry...I know kids should be taught to share stuff....well I know them theoretically ...par kya kare Dil hai ki maantha nahi :(
Brilliant! - so now she knows she can get her way through to you. Please leave her more often with her dad. :P
ReplyDeleteYes she does, you know she never asks Shonapa to play rhymes or songs on the phone, but with me it is taken for granted that I will play anything she asks for....
DeleteI know I have to learn good parenting(I do, I read thru all d articles in baby center :))...she is very smart (all kids are ...) and I have to practice to say a firm NO when required....
your right I should leave her with her dad more often :)...right now kulli is scared of only him..
Good to knw she enjoy's home daycare.
ReplyDeleteYou're good in parenting mam, but Moms are emotional and sensitive as they are very much attached to their kids...But fathers are more practical nd try to make kids to stand on their own and learn by themself. Doesn't mean that we don't take care of kids :-)
Agreed Prabhu...as much we want them to be strong and independent...it hurts to see them cry non-stop or get cranky...
Deleteplus as a mother I wanted to follow my instinct hence the change to home daycare...
also one thing i ve observed dat works for kulli is diverting her attention instead of saying NO...