Either that my daughter is so tiny...she hardly looks 2. Or that I am doing a mistake by sending her to playschool so 'early' and that I should have waited another 6 months or so...I swear I will sit them down and give them a good piece of my mind. Either that or I will shrug them off as another member of the 'Harry Mother's Association' as one of my friends refers to such moms :-)
Sorry for sounding so harsh but today is my day to vent and whine and crib. I am really sooo sick of hearing these things about her. Why do some people (and by people I mean total strangers... not even friends and family) especially here in India make it a business to come by and tell you how to raise your own child? We as parents are more worried about our kid than you Mr. or Mrs. Stranger are...trust me. We have consulted enough doctors to reassure ourselves that our daughter is perfectly healthy as long as she is active and following her growth curve and that her size is not an indication of ill health...it is probably just genetic. And yes, she is 21 months old now...old enough to interact with kids her age and fall into some kind of a routine in life. So we are both ready for a 2-3 hour per day of playschool each day. So no thankyou - you are not the best judge of when I consider my child to be ready or not. I know her more than you do and am not pushing her into anything. I am making sure it is gradual and that she is gradually beginning to enjoy herself. So please...just back off and just give us some space. Thank you!
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Hey Divya - Don't know about day care stuff but people do comment on looks. I've seen both extremes with my sis's kids being told they look tiny and Nishan on the other extreme. All that matters is a child being healthy. Just have to ignore those comments.
I don't understand why being 'chubby', in India is considered 'healthy'? In any case, I hate it when people comment on how thin my baby is too. I wish I could say to these people - "I never told you how ugly you look, so why comment on my baby?" :P
LOL - well put Priyanka. That seems like a great idea to try when someone comes to us next with comments abt our baby huh. We should tell them what we really think about their looks :-)
And Nithya - you are so true. I never realized it could be true in the other extreme as well. I guess one can never get rid of such people and we just have to learn to tune them out. Howz Nishan doing btw? Turned 6 isn't it?
BTW Priyanka - what hapenned to your blog? I can't seem to read it anymore...says I am not invited to read it. Did you put some security settings on it now?
SBJ - :-)
I can feel your pain, I had a lot of this when I was in India for the 3 months... Especially because Yash was unwell most of the time...
Next time round just say 'really?' everytime they suggest something
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