Antara Echoes

His sobs interrupted her dream. She woke all of a sudden and turned to see that he had his eyes tightly shut. He was crying in his sleep. “Maybe a nightmare”, she thought as she checked the bedtime clock by her side - 3:45 a.m. She got up and walked softly out of the room and turned the latch as quietly as possible. “Click” it sounded like someone had rubbed steel over an iron grate. “Gawd!” she muttered to herself as instantaneously her little toddler started his wailing. “Akash!, Akash..wakeup. Sumer is crying. Hold him close & rock him please while I get his milk warmed. Aakaaash” “Whaat..? Oh ok ok” he stuttered and tried to clumsily hold the crying baby. “For heaven sakes! Don’t switch on the light, Akash. He will lose his sleep” she fiercely whispered on her way out to the kitchen. She heard some angry mutterings but there was no time to retort. By the time the baby was fed & put to sleep again it was close 5:00 a.m. Akash had long turned his back and his snoring was ba...

I don't know how I seem to manage it, but this is my 3rd consecutive book that I have read in the last month. Now this is no mean feat if you have a 10 month old toddler to take care of too. Bah! you say? Sample this - My typical day goes something like this: My little darling is an early riser and but that I mean somewhere around 4:30-5:00 a.m and by rising early he doesn't simply wakes up and smiles around. He wails. Now I got to rush down, get some warm milk (at the exact temp, else there goes some precious minutes in trying to cool it) and then sleepy feed him. Care as to be taken so he remains calm yet doesnt get too entertained that he loses his sleep and I dont want to get into telling about a grumpy baby! From then on its baby breakfast time (cereal first, appropriate fruit and then a little warm water), baby bath time (get his little pool ready, baby oil, clothes, shampoo) baby medicine time (gripe water, iron/vitamin drops) and then he is ready for a short nap before ...