We have been greedy parents. Always. Not much after Mira’s birth, we were anxiously looking out for a smile of recognition from her. A smile that acknowledges our presence and tells us that she is happy being with us. Once she did that, we wanted her to sit up and look at the world in an upright position. She achieved that too in her fifth month and then, we wanted her to walk – to go on her cute little wobbly feet and see what the world had in store for her!
Mira had done it all…..Smiling…..Sitting…..Walking!
But wait, there is more to go (see, I told you we were greedy) – we are now desperately waiting for Mira’s first words. Though she has been randomly combining syllables for quite sometime now, Mira is yet to consciously utter an understandable and a meaningful word. Words like Mumma, Papa or Durga. What? Durga? Why Durga? Why her name in the same breath as Mumma and Papa? (Durga has been a treasured domestic help and a great friend to Mira since birth.).
These are the questions, rather worries which are bothering Papa these days. These worries follow Papa wherever he goes - any official travel that keeps him away for long or any late evening meeting which delays him beyond Mira’s sleeping time. As a result, Mira is undergoing long strict training sessions over the weekends to ensure that she says exactly what Papa needs to hear!
Papa: Mira, Mira,……………say………….PAA………..PA!
Mira: Looking down and busy destroying her pink stuffed dog
Papa: Mira, Mira,…………...say………….PAA………..PA!
Mira: Still looking down
Papa: Mira………..pls look here………….PAA……….PA!
Mira: Looks up, smiles and raises her arms upwards (a gesture to be picked up)
Papa: No Mira…………first say………PAA……….PA
Mira: TAA……….TAA!
Papa: PAA………PAA!
Mira: TAA………TAA!
This is one of the first few sessions and God knows, how many more to go before Mira decides which name to pick, I mean Durga or Papa. Well, how does it matter till Mumma remains the first one, she says! :-)
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