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DAY 21

14-Apr-2020

Well, ideally it is the last day of my commitment which I took 21 days back to update the happenings of my home during the 21 day lockdown in this blog. But looks like Coronavirus has planned something else altogether for all of us....all of humanity...I could see figures of so many people dying in various countries and news just update the numbers-the figures and no one knows how their family survives after demise of a member.

It is sad and unfortunate to see so many developed nations coming down on their knees in front of such a pandemic as if no one has ever thought of this or anything sorta. Countries have spent so much to maintain and improve their military capabilities, to have nuclear powers, to reach to mars/moon etc...but why no one has ever given a thought for anything like this. More than a lakh people are already dead!! Lakhs of people are stranded in hospitals, thousands of people in India are hungry everyday...people are walking hundreds of kilometers to reach their homes during this lockdown.

My day started with a positive note though...I made tea and gave milk to Shivansh and our eyes were glued to the TV, Prime Minister Modi was supposed to address the nation. So finally, the lockdown is extended till 3rd May which was already expected. Somehow, it brought too much negativity in my home. Vikas and I were instantly unhappy and we started complaining about insignificant problems that we faced during the lockdown and how to continue for next 19days like this. Just around this, I thought of hundreds of people who are daily wage labourers... we have no problem if we compare ourselves with them. 😞😞

Anyway the whole day was a mess... to cheer us up...we started watching Shazam during the Shivansh's nap time. But he woke up around 3:30pm and kept crying till 5pm...looks like he also sensed all the negativity from us. Finally around 7pm... we all got happy and were ready to face the next day and next....whatever comes !!

Later in the evening:

Finally, we completed the movie 'Shazam' once Shivansh slept around 10:30pm and I am free around 12am on day 21. Will try to continue like this during the next phase of the lockdown in India. Hoping a positive future ahead....ending this blog tonight!!

DAY 21 IS GONE!!

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DAY 20

13-Apr-2020

So we are approaching the end of the lockdown part 1...yes!! It might get extended, all depends upon Mr Modi's speech tomorrow @10am. The nation awaits.

The day started on a positive note where Shivansh didn't disturb my night sleep and didn't get up even once. I myself got a bottle of milk for him around 7:30am which he drank and slept again. He finally woke up around 9:30am all happy and cheerful. Weather has become too hot to handle these days so I decided to finish off washing clothes in the washer in morning itself and close the balcony doors afterwards to switch on the ACs. I decided to make chhole-bhature( A traditional indian dish) today to lift up our spirits specially Vikas's as he loves it.

Made vegetable oats for Shivansh and kheer for desert:

I had a long list of work to be completed today- had to wash my hair today, take out all the stuff that Shivansh threw from the back of the bed, mop the floors, water the plants and all the daily stuff like doing the dishes, putting all the laundry for drying, making food, feeding Shivansh, bathing him, making him sleep etc etc....that list which never ends. Thanks to the lockdown- Vikas is upto the speed now and helps much faster than before 😄😄

Shivansh settled for his nap around 2pm. In the meantime, Gyanvati called to recharge her mobile phone with data to which I obliged instantly. Afternoon time was relaxing but I could not catch a shut eye for more than 15minutes... it was around 5pm and Shivansh was still sleeping. From yesterday's 'fighting-sleep' episode -I took lesson and woke him up. He smiled and it made my day.

I made evening tea with snacks as Vada. Shivansh had his share of milk and apple. He kept playing and we got him engaged.

I completed all my chores tonight around 10pm. Vikas gave dinner to Shivansh which was a simple khichdi. Vikas and I skipped the dinner. It was sleeping time for Shivansh and I don't know how come he understood this and started running around the whole house. I tried to rock him but he became too overactive yet again. Looks like we are missing something for his night routine. 😞😓

He finally slept around 11:30pm after getting scolded and rejected by me thereafter getting back to papa and ultimately lying on my lap.

I felt so guilty!! This little monster is my joystick!!

Anyways...DAY20 IS GONE!! waiting for PM's speech tomorrow! Nighty night...

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DAY 19

12-Apr-2020

Currently it is 1:40am and I am too tired to write down anything from today. From morning itself Shivansh gave us a hard time- he woke up @ 7am and slept back after 2 hours of continuously rocking. And finally woke up around 11am in the morning....the whole routine went up for a toss cuz of this. Though he remained happy throughout.

I made a light masala pasta today and put Shivansh to nap around 3pm.

When he wasn't getting up around 5:30pm 👆👆

He played and learned a lot in the evening. Tonight, Vikas made us sandwiches and I made Shivansh's tehri with lots if veggies:

Afterwards with leftover milk, I made kheer:

We could complete everything around 10:30pm today. But how can I sleep early?? So Shivansh started fighting sleep and it made us so tired...he finally slept around 11:45pm 😑😑😑😞

I had to complete few TCS trainings so I switched on my computer after around a month.

That was all!! With 2 more days to go and too much speculations of lockdown getting extended...we have no hopes in terms of getting my maids back. I may have to start working for my new project soon.

And yes, I contributed for PMcares fund as well as UBER drivers fund. Atleast what I could do from my end.

DAY 19 IS GONE!!

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DAY 18

11-Apr-2020

We all got up little early today around 8:40am and Shivansh wanted all attention towards him. He was happy and playful. I tossed clothes in the washer so that he can be little busy and I could make my morning tea! While having breakfast, we watched news where we saw cases of COVID-19 increasing even though there is nation wide lockdown. News also indicated that the lockdown may extend for certain states in India...

Around afternoon time, I massaged Shivansh- this happened for the second time in the lockdown days so far. Then I took him to shower. He was cooperative today and sat in his bathtub happily ( he generally wants to get out of bathtub and roam around with mug full of water in his hands)

I made Pav(could not get pav) bhaji for lunch today for us and khichdi-bhaji for Shivansh😆

Shivansh slept nicely after having lunch around 1:40pm. Vikas and I decided to watch this Oscar winner foreign movie 'Parasite' today. I liked it, unlike other oscar winners, it wasn't slow and boring!😂😂

Shivansh woke up around 4:30pm and started crying on top of his lungs. He wanted to be held by me and specifically in one pose 'the sleeping pose 🙄🙄 He kept crying for another 20mins, nothing worked on him. Finally after having milk, he became calm.

Around 6:30pm, he became cheerful and had 2 bananas. We ordered from Pooja's homemade kitchen pasta that she prepares in her home for ourselves along with besan laddo... she is a good friend and I know there is 99% chance that we would not get corona from her.

Shivansh played afterwards and I can see the difference in how he plays now. He is understanding much more things and doing things which a bigger kid does!!🤗🤗 and doesn't only run without any reason 🤪🤪

I made vegetable oats for Shivansh. He slept around 10:30pm tonight. I had to complete household chores now. I could do everything by 12am. When I was thinking I could sleep early today and I realised I didn't check my office emails from quite sometime. It took another 30mins and afterwards Shalini(my friend) she sent a message on WhatsApp that she is offended by my behaviour where I said I could not complete her TCS trainings. I had to make her understand that I was stuck with so much of house work on Friday that I could not do those multiple trainings. Also it is against TCS security policy!! I 😊😊 I hope she understands.

Anyways, it is 1:33am now and Shivansh can start crying anytime now. I should rush to sleep now. 3 more days to go.

DAY 18 IS GONE!!

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DAY 17

Too much work happened today and we are still energised! All thanks to Shivansh - he started saying words not only syllables from today 🙃🙃

I got up around 7:30am with Shivansh crying for milk/diaper change. With so much of sunlight passing through the crevices, there was low chance of him getting back to his sleep again....but I still continued patting and comforting him as he wanted. After an hour & 15min he slept. Surprise!!

I thought he would sleep for sometime now, so when I thought to sleep again around 9am, he woke up in another 20min. 😖😖😖 I wanted to sleep some more😭😭

Today we had a lot of things which were supposed to be cleaned- utensils from yesterday, vegetables that Big Basket delivered (yes! They are delivering now at the society gates), rooms & balconies. With Vikas's help I could complete mopping as well. Shivansh was needy today and was not playing alone in morn ing time.

Somehow I managed to make daal-rice and spring onion. Shivansh did not eat properly. Anyways I was hungry and without morning tea-sleepy too!! Vikas helped today to wash the baby. After my meal, I patted him to sleep. I also almost slept when Vikas came to cut baby's nails. Omg! Those became too sharp to handle 😑😑 he scratched me at several occasions after which we decided to cut his nails when he sleeps. Thank god, Vikas remembers all this🤞🤞🤗

Shivansh and I got up around 4:30pm. Shivansh was cheerful. I knew about the growth spurt associated with sleep regression and today here it was!! All the sleepless nights proved to be worth those 2 words-car and fan 🤩🤩

Shivansh kept repeating those 2 words from 6pm onwards and we both-Vikas and I were so emotionally involved to see our bud sputtering words now🙃🙃

That was byee👆👆

I made his favourite meal -Bhindi parantha and Vikas fed him. In the meantime, I completed kitchen work like boiling milk, cleaning slabs and utensils & sterilising the milk bottles.

Around 10:20pm I went to Shivansh to make him sleep and surprisingly he slept in 15mins. I am so lucky today😆😆 he didn't fight sleep. Wow!!

I already made tea earlier so that I can watch news while having tea. So that's what we did around 11-11:30pm. There were some leftover dishes which I cleaned again. Shivansh got up again around 12:15am may be because I switched off the AC( not sure which temperature is a comfortable temperature for babies 😓😓)

So I started writing this post few minutes back...it is 1:07am and I am quite early tonight to sleep 😆😆

DAY 17 IS GONE!!

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DAY 16

9th Apr 2020

Today Vikas got some serious back pain. So, I got up @9am and didn't wake him up. Shivansh got up around 10am and so did Vikas. I was extremely sleepy even when I got up 😴😴😴 may be because I slept around 3am yesterday. Also, Shivansh had to be comforted in between.

I prepared tea, toast and heated milk for Shivansh before he got up. Afterwards, the day passed very fast 😆

Shivansh was throughout happy and didn't throw any tantrums in eating, sleeping, bathing or even after waking up after the nap- It was the best!!

I made vegetable pulav for our lunch and Shivansh had it peacefully. Even Vikas liked it a lot!

When Shivansh slept during afternoon, Vikas decided that we should watch feel-good movies so we narrowed down 'The Lion King' for this task 😂😂 We didn't stop there, we also watched Frozen II on TV along with Shivansh when he got up.

Shivansh kept playing in the evening. When I was feeding him mashed apple, he threw up and I got scared for a minute. Later, Vikas consoled me that it might be just a gag reflex.😐😐 Shivansh kept playing busy so I thought it might be okay! He was so much fascinated by himself that he started posing for selfies:

I made simple heeng-jeera wali khichdi tonight and Shivansh had it peacefully. It is 10:20pm and I am going to make him sleep.

Wow, the one day when I thought I can sleep by 00:00!! When I started to change Shivansh's diaper before he sleeps, I took him to washroom. Then put him on the bed, asked Vikas to keep an eye on him and within no time before I could wash my hands... the potty was everywhere.... on the bedsheet-all over Shivansh and of course somewhere on Vikas 😭😭😭

This increased a lot of work for all of us, we had to bathe Shivansh. I changed the bedcover and also cleaned everything involved in the episode. Vikas took shower, also put everything to the washing machine. Thereafter, I had to rock Shivansh to sleep. It was 11:30pm now. I was already tired. Vikas made maggie to lift up my spirits😑😑 I made tea, cleaned & sterilized Shivansh's bottles. I did not do the dishes and left them for tomorrow. I have cleaned the kitchen though.

I just had maggie & tea and watched Mom's season 7. It is 7minutes past 1am...m off to sleep now.

DAY 16 IS GONE!!

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DAY 15

So I came across a movie trailer 'Contagion' from 2011 and observed striking similarities between the current COVID situation with the movie. Vikas is not ready to watch this movie saying it would have negative ending but I want to!! 😐😐

Anyways, I got up today around 8:30am. Shivansh was still sleeping as he woke up around 2:45am and slept back in an hour or so. I handed over the garbage bags, prepared tea and toast by the time Shivansh and Vikas got up. Shivansh wants immediate attention from his mommy as soon as he wakes up. Otherwise, he will loose his cool and start crying 😄😄

Morning Chakkar:

Shivansh was happy and cheerful today. He kept playing till afternoon. I made simple tadka daal, rice and torai sabzi. He had his lunch around 1:30pm. I was sleepy today, so decided to nap with Shivansh. He slept for 3 hours and I for 1.5. We both got up around 5pm.

I wanted to make something different to get energised so I did some experiment with normal potato fries and the result was awesome:

After the evening tea. It was playtime, so we all 3 played well. Shivansh kept repeating A,B,C & 1,2,3 ....8😆😆

Fascinated with the fan:

Later in the evening, we watched some COVID news. No new headlines, only the patient and death count increasing!!😐😐

And yes, the eye infection repeats itself in the left eye:

I made vegetable oats for dinner and Shivansh had it peacefully. Vikas fed him.

In the meantime, I cleaned kitchen. Made kheer:

And washed off Shivansh's bottles. I didn't do the dishes today. Didn't feel like doing it! 😑😑 Shivansh refused to sleep today and kept getting down from the bed to fight the night time routine 🙄🙄 the weather was also too hot today and him fighting not to sleep made it worse. I thanked Vikas who cleaned the complete AC unit a day before. We switched on the AC so that the room becomes comfortable enough for Shivansh to sleep. He slept finally!! Phew!😓

I made tea afterwards and finished off small things which were left to be taken care of. Started writing an hour back. But Shivansh got up again, may be because I switched off the AC. Looks like I have to keep it on.

It is almost 2am and I have to wash off my eyes and apply the ointment before I sleep.

DAY 15 IS GONE!!

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DAY 14

So 2 weeks are already passed and we are left with 1 more. This seems pretty easy now( in terms of my difficulty in coping up without house helpers) looking back at last 2 weeks.

Today was an easy day to pass. Shivansh slept okay as he slept too late yesterday and woke up at 6am first, then 9am finally.

I had to make a good lunch and use the left over kaddu(pumpkin) from the day when lockdown started ....so it was already 2 weeks old😑😑

My friend, Lochan suggested to make kofta out of it and it really turned out nice. This was the biggest activity of my day. No actually, I made desi ghee and some sweet type of thing with the ghee leftover...that is the one!!

Topped with pistachios:

Shivansh played and was cooperative throughout. Vikas helped with grating the pumpkin which otherwise is a tedious task for me 😖😖

Around the nap time, Vikas and I watched 'English-Medium' movie and we laughed out loud 😆😆 It was a great watch. Shivansh woke up around 5pm. I gave him bottled milk and started preparing tea.

He played afterwards. Today Vikas helped with the dishes in evening because there was too much to be cleaned. In the meantime, washing machine entertained Shivansh 😆😆

Also, as soon as he saw both of us being busy. He opened a jar of snacks(Mathri) and started playing on the bed. It increased a set of activities for me- clean the bed, wash the bed cover thoroughly as all the oil from the snack was soaked in it, lay a clean bed cover on the bed ☹☹

And look at him...how happy he was 🙃🙃 It was worth it!!

The night time was pretty easy, no dinner for us. Made khichdi for Shivansh which he had peacefully. He slept around 10:50pm. I cleaned the whole kitchen and leftover utensils. It took me around an hour.

Afterwards I caught up in WhatsApp chat with Lochan which consumed another 40 mins or so. I made a cup of coffee for myself and started writing around 1:10am. It is 1:40am now and am signing off.

DAY 14 IS GONE!!

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DAY 13

6th Apr'20

Phew!! The sleep regression is taking toll on us now, last night Shivansh could not sleep from 2am-5am. He kept on weeping and wanting to sleep😓😓 I was so tired by 5am that I dont remember whether he slept first or I.

The day started around 9:30am with the bell on the door for garbage collection from homes. I woke up Vikas afterwards. Shivansh got up around 10am. He was happy.

Shivansh is not eating anything hard these days, so I gave him a bottle of milk. I was so tired from yesterday night that I did not do much today in kitchen. Made Kadhi-rice only which Shivansh instantly rejected 😭😭 Later, I prepared moong daal for him so he could have lunch but after the bath he was so sleepy that he couldn't hold himself. So, Vikas patted him to sleep and yet again we had to give him milk.

Shivansh skipped his breakfast and lunch by only taking milk today, this thought added so much of tension to my already weary day! 😞😞

When he got up around 5pm, I gave him daal- rice with a hint of kadhi😊😊 he finally ate. Probably he was not eating due to being tired from the night episode.

In the evening, Shivansh was happy and played a lot by himself. Thank god. Also had 2 bananas 🤗🤗

I only made simple khichdi for dinner tonight. Shivansh had it nicely but he was so active tonight that he didn't want to sleep and finally slept around 11:30pm which is quite late from his normal routine of 10:30pm. I just hope he sleeps peacefully tonight.

It was already late when Shivansh slept, so it took a lot more time for completing the chores.

It is 1:38am and am off to sleep.

DAY 13 IS GONE!!

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DAY 12

5th Apr 2020

It is almost 30 minutes past midnight. So, technically the date should be 6th 😊but as I update the lockdown journal around the same time everyday with the happenings of the previous date day... I follow this. Nevermind!!

So today was a day where Shivansh was at his behavioural best and ate, slept, played, read peacefully 🤗🤗

I got up @6am today as Shivansh was crying for milk/diaper change. But soon slept nicely around 6:30am. I was confused whether should I get up with only 4 hours of sleep or should I sleep some more. I was totally awake. Samosas were circling my mind!😆😆

But 4 hours could do a permanent damage to my emotional state of being happy and hence the decision was taken to sleep some more time 🙃🙃. I finally got up with Shivansh @9:30am.

From 1-2 days Shivansh is not able to chew and spits out the things which are not pureed. It might be a sign of teething. The timeline says it should be the first set of molars eruption. For this reason, I have to make everything of pureed consistency so that he can eat. 😓 I miss the days when he used to eat parantha nicely.

I made some khichdi for breakfast+lunch for him and vegetable oats for dinner.

Vikas and I were supposed to have samosas today 😊😊 They really turned out great. I did most of the work but wasn't able to get this perfect shape, so Vikas came out for the rescue and ta-da:

After bathing Shivansh, I made tea for both of us. In the meantime, Shivansh was sleepy and slept almost instantly when I placed him on my lap 🤗🤗 this feeling is really mesmerising.

During the nap time, I only wanted to relax and do no household chores. So Vikas and I watched 2 more episodes of 'Panchayat' on Prime video along with some tea & snacks!!

It was around 4pm when Shivansh got up. I took him to the balcony which is attached to the study room. He became so happy looking at the plants.

Thereafter Vikas and I played with him for sometime. He posed for us today which provided the opportunity to take best selfies with him.

Shivansh was quite playful today, he ventured everything that he does in his good mood.

Also, without no apparent reason Shivansh got hurt by the box kept in study room where his entry is otherwise prohibited 😭😭

We applied dettol and boroline on the cut. He seemed to be okay afterwards and played normally.

Around 9pm we thought to give it a try - PM's appeal to light the candles etc... and surprisingly, Shivansh was really cooperative.

Now it was 9:15pm and Vikas fed him dinner. I cleaned his milk bottles and boiled milk. Around 10:20pm I sang lullabies to Shivansh and he slept around 10:38pm.

I completed the daily chores with help of Vikas tonight and could do everything by 12am.

Today was one of the best days of the lockdown🤗🤗 as Vikas made Maggie just now.

It is 1:20am now and I am off to sleep.

DAY 12 IS GONE!!

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DAY 11

With no stopping of the deaths by our own Virus- The Corona... we all are in waiting currently for this lockdown to be over. But the big question is 'Will there be any less fear on the streets by Apr 14th?'

Atleast we feel safe in the current situation where people are in their homes and we have minimal chances of getting the infection.

Anyways...now 10 days are left for this lockdown to be over.

I got up @9:15am today and realised that Vikas was already up. I had to keep the day simple and fun. Before Shivansh got up, I watered the plants, made tea and put breads in the toaster.

Shivansh got up around 10 and he was cheerful. He took some bites from the bread and then got bored. He started spitting the bread all over the place. Vikas helped with mopping afterwards 😂😂

Shivansh turned 1.5 years today and it is such a big milestone. Still, I couldn't get a nice click out of him 😑😑

With less sleep and more disturbed patterns during nights, Shivansh is sleeping around 3 hours everyday during his afternoon nap.

Vikas and I watched 2 episodes of 'Panchayat' during the nap time while having lunch together.

Shivansh woke up around 5:15pm and was so playful & elated afterwards. I made fried rice for evening snack and tea.

Thereafter browsing through the internet, I saw someone suggesting samosa as quarantine food 🤩🤩 I had to give it a try, but it's too late to have samosas today. We already have all the ingredients. I prepared the filling and will do the rest tomorrow.

Shivansh kept playing in between my preparations for tomorrow. Vikas fed him apple and also the dinner.

It's good night time & m too tired!! 👆👆

DAY 11 IS GONE!!

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DAY 10

3rd Apr 2020

So, 10th day. The cases of COVID-19 are increasing rapidly in India and the lockdown is supposed to be over by 14th April. With so much of chaos created due to Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi, it is expected that the lockdown may get increased for DELHI-NCR.

When I got up in morning, the PM was supposed to address nation @9am. We got the message to lit some kind of light for 9minutes on 5th March @9pm. This will be really difficult for us as Shivansh will definitely disrupt the entire thought which involves torch or anything light bearing 😑😑

Today I cooked a lot of items to engage myself.

Breakfast: Ghurghri

Lunch: Vermicelli

Dinner: Bhindi Roti ( Shivansh is crazy about Okra 🙃🙃)

I did not nap today and completed some extra work of cleaning my table where the monitor and keyboard were turning brown due to multiple layers of dust 😂😂. I also arranged the study room and did mop the study room+ balcony & kitchen.

When Shivansh was up after his nap of 3 hours, he was all lovely and wanted to lie down near me 🤗🤗:

But soon the tranquillity vanished as he became too much to handle in the evening with over activity during his playtime 🙄

Somehow, Vikas managed him. Shivansh slept around 11:10pm-too late from his normal routine. Thereafter, I rushed to complete my daily chores... it took around an hour or so there.

It is 1am and am too tired to write anymore. I am just happy that DAY 10 IS GONE!!

😊

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DAY 9

First and foremost, I would like to mention that Mr maulana from my yesterday's post has asked his fellows to follow govt rules for lockdown and is in self isolation and he has released one of the audio clips to give this message to his followers of Tablighi Jamaat.

Today was a day where Vikas and I kept watching COVID related news most of the times and Shivansh gave us a hard time. May be because COVID News got all our attention and he felt less important 🤣🤣

My day started when the door bell rang- it is the bell to handover garbage bags to the cleaner of the society. Yes, the essential services are still being provided and sanitization & cleanliness being important ones among them in this coronavirus related lockdown.

It was 9:15am, Vikas and Shivansh were still sleeping. As soon as I closed the main door, Shivansh started crying as he didn't find me near him. He started smiling as I entered our room.

I made special breakfast today and made sooji ka cheela for Shivansh which he spontaneously rejected 😡😡

In the meantime, Vikas waters the plants in the balcony. Shivansh was cranky as he was hungry, I had to give him milk instead of food.Then we played hat changing game 😊😊

After I bathed him, he looked so fresh. He had his lunch(Veg Khichdi) peacefully and slept around 2pm.

I decided not to take a nap today as I completed my 6 hour sleep yesterday night😇😇. So I could entertain myself with a movie today. I stated watching 'Judgemental hai kya'. I liked the movie, I generally like most of the movies which are psycho-thrillers 🙃🙃 Vikas only saw starting n ending of the movie as he cannot watch a slow-paced movie at a normal pace 😂😭😆 all he wants to do is to watch any of such movies at 2X speed(blame it on YouTube feature)

Shivansh woke up around 4:30pm...he only wanted to sleep more. I had to comfort him for next 30 minutes...then also he was all cranky.

Even after having milk, he kept crying 😓😓😭not sure what he wanted. I switched on washing machine so that he can see the rotating tub, which he generally loves. Even yesterday's game didn't make him happy. Somehow, I fed him apple puree with dry-fruit powder. After around 8pm, he was all okay and started playing

I the meantime, I received a call from my IOU HR as I am a part of TCS's hi-Potential group, we discussed about my future expectations and he suggested the steps to be taken to be there.

I am supposed to reach a score to get the badge at the end of 2 years. I really have to work hard to get there 🙃 which obviously I am not doing in terms of my career growth plan.

Shivansh finished his dinner @9:30pm and was very active. It became difficult to calm him down for sleep. Anyways, it was around 11pm when he finally slept.

Vikas and I had dinner afterwards. We kept discussing the COVID situation and our future during my daily chores completing activity 😆

It is 1:50am now and I am going to sleep. DAY 9 IS GONE!!

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DAY 8

So, I went to sleep yesterday on a decent time...I think it should be 1:20am when I fell asleep. But it looks like Shivansh is having this 'sleep regression' thing going on 🙄🙄

He woke up around 2:30am and was crying incessantly. Vikas and I thought something happened to him and we switched on the light to check his whole body...it seemed okay. He just wanted to sleep back but couldn't... I had to pat and comfort him for next one and a half hours. It was around 4am when I could finally see him sleeping. I also slept.

9am- we all got up as Shivansh started playing and kicking me 😐

I made tea and toast for breakfast and Vikas played with Shivansh. As we go through the morning news today, we saw that In a leaked audio clip, Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad can reportedly be heard instructing followers to not abide by government/medical guidelines with regards to the coronavirus outbreak.

And amid all this, the new count of coronavirus patient reached 1600+ with 38 deaths in India & it is at the verge of community transmission 😕😕

Deliberately chosing not to worry about the situation, we have to continue in self quarantine and continue to be positive.

Shivansh was playful today and did not require much intervention.

Around the nap time, Shivansh slept but I couldn't today. I had to follow the news. I just kept watching live news on COVID-19 😓😓

It was scary. Not sure if everything will settle down to normal in next 13 days. Aafter an hour and a half, I thought to sleep but at the same time Shivansh got up. My bad😞😞

So lift up my mood I had to prepare things I love to eat😀🤪

Also, Shivansh was so playful today that it made our day!!

Shivansh slept around 10:30pm aand I could complete my daily chores around 12am.

This is the day where I could finish off everything on time 😀

Going to sleep now.... DAY 8 IS GONE!!

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DAY 7

Yes 7th day, even I cannot believe that we have made this far...I mean Vikas and I 🤣🤣

So it was a very bad morning...yesterday I went to sleep around 2:15am and Shivansh got up around 2:30ish... I thought he will sleep back again after little patting/comforting etc. But he did not!! It took almost 3 hours...he was not getting settled in one place, may be he had stomach ache or not sure what else 🙄🙄

Vikas and I both were exhausted from the crying and weeping sounds coming from our own child. Finally he slept in my lap...phew!!

When i got up in morning, it was 9am. Shivansh was happy and it did not seem that he had any issues 😠😠😡

I could only sleep for 3 or 3.5 hours, so my head was blowing hammers inside... The whole morning was a blur... I wanted to sleep but I cannot in all sort of sounds that happen inside the house when Shivansh is up.

Anyways... I decided to make something I really love and you know what my mood is equally proportional to what I get to eat 😇😇

Oh yes! I am a big foodie!!

I made macroni pasta salad and Aglio e olio pasta with ginger tulsi tea( to fight the corona 🤣🤣)

This really helped me go through and work for Shivansh in the morning...I bathed him and made daal-rice for him. He ate nicely and was sleepy around 1pm. But I managed to engage him so that he can sleep at his normal nap time and his sleep pattern doesn't go for a toss!

I couldn't take a proper nap today because I had to sort out some timesheet & my allocation issues in the tcs office. Yes, I work for TCS and I am not a homemaker alone 😊

The TCS story will be covered in future blog posts.

When Shivansh got up...it was around 5pm. Vikas fed him milk like everyday.

My issues with the office were still on. Anyways it doesn't matter now because it was already 5pm and no one would do anything today as it is 31st March.

I chose not to worry as was mentioned in today's TCS quote 🤗🤗 and started playing with Shivansh. Vikas had to leave for getting his medicine which was increased for next 5 days. He also wanted to buy some eye drops for me.

When he came back, it was around 8pm. I gave 2 steamed apples to Shivansh and so he was well-fed and entertained. We all played together for almost an hour after all rituals like taking shower, washing everything which came from market, sanitizing door knobs et was completed. Our evening today was quite happening:

Afterwards, I made moong daal cheela for Shivansh and Vikas fed him. In the meantime, I made kheer and cleaned the kitchen.

So it is 1:11am now and I could complete everything in time( I believe 😊)

I hope I get some sleep tonight... DAY 7 is gone!!

#parenting #lockdown #coronavirus in india

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DAY 6

So Shivansh woke up around 6:30am for diaper change/milk. I made him comfortable so that he can continue sleeping as he wants...it took another hour and a half to pat him to sleep. My hands started hurting. Vikas helped after an hour and he slept finally around 8am. I slept again and got up with Shivansh @10am.

So as it was my bday today, Vikas made me feel special by making tea and trust me it is a big deal. Vikas doesn't know how to prepare tea but he did this today to let me know that he can do anything for me 😄😄

So it was pretty easy day to pass... Vikas cleaned the kitchen beforehand and I made our lunch which was the kaddu from the day 1 and ragi parantha. Shivansh was very playful throughout and was running in the whole house and I barely had to do anything to please him except for changing his nappies. He was amused by the washing machine today which had become a mundane activity for him of late.

May be he gave me my bday gift in his own way😀😀

After bathing Shivansh, he had his lunch so peacefully that made me realise he might like kaddu(pumpkin) 😐😐

As usual he slept instantly around 2pm during his nap time as he was extremely tired but he slept for 3 hours today...yet another gift🤗🤗. I only slept from 4-5pm. Vikas and I watched a series called CodeM and completed it.

I forgot to mention that my eyelid infection is taking turns for both of my eyes from last couple of months and it is yet again appeared on right one to wish me on my bday:

After Shivansh woke up, I saw so much similarity in his and my hair 🤣🤣

It took a lot of effort to make him eat 2 bananas as you can see below 😓😓 He was playful in the evening as well but felt sleepy around 8...which was a surprise...

Anyways I had to rush for making dinner and I could make "moong daal tehri" in the need of the hour with all sort of vegetables.

In the meantime, I had a video chat with my sister and my sister-in-law for my bday.

It was already late for Shivansh as per his mood... he was cranky and started refusing dinner. But 'Bob the train' came for rescue on YouTube 😀

He finally slept peacefully around 11pm. It took me a lot of time to wrap up my daily chores in which Vikas also helped. So I started writing only few minutes back.

Overall a good birthday and a good day 😊😇🤗

DAY 6 IS GONE.

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DAY 5

Too much to be updated here and it is already day 6 technically. Let me try to trace down neurons from my brain if they can give me a full picture of what has happened from morning.

It was around 7am when I thought I should get up and check on the baby whether he is okay and comfortable. Shivansh was cold when I touched him...I changed his diapers and wrapped him in dohar...took him near me and made him sleep again. I didn't get up thinking Shivansh would remain warm like this. At 8:53am he woke up all happy.

He had cheela in the breakfast and afterwards I had to mop 2 other rooms along with balconies. Vikas helped me with the baby in the meantime. Then he chopped some vegetables so that I can make vegetable pulav. Shivansh took lunch but was very sleepy around 2:20pm

We both went for our daily nap and it was so relaxing. Around 4:30pm Shivansh started crying in top of his lungs 🙄🙄

I hate to get up like this....with such an excruciating sound near by. Anyways...Vikas gave him milk but he still cried for sleeping and I rocked him again so that he becomes calm.

Now he was happy... he just wants his mother to work on his demands

Vikas was not feeling well again today so after having tea...he slept and this little monster made me dance on his tunes!! 😀

Very nice father-son duo...nice idea to hail a storm on mommy!

To my surprise, Vikas managed to get Dominos margarita pizza delivery. So it reduced the effort of my evening cooking for us. I had to give something home cooked to the baby:

After having dinner, Shivansh slept around 10:53pm. I had to complete my daily chores - folding laundry, cleaning kitchen & utensils. Arranging baby bed etc. It took around an hour...so to was my bday today and Vikas arranged some brownies:

We both had a bite and talked about different things happening around us and our life. I am 33 now!! DAY 5 is gone.