He gifted Us A Surprise On His 14th Month Birthday.

Something Unexpected happened on the 24th of August 2018 at 9:30pm.

        As usual of my routine since last 4 months, I was returning home from my clinic at 9:20 pm.
As tomorrow being weekend I had planned to make Sponge dosa for Kartavya as he loves it, so rather than coming directly home, I took a halt in-between to buy grocery with a preoccupied state for one of my patients.
Doctors are always occupied with some or the other thought, so in order to ease it a bit, I talk to myself throughout riding my way till home & today even I was continuously talking to myself regarding how to plan my patient's treatment & make counseling & consultation more interesting.

       Suddenly I heard a loud scream, my thought process took a pause, to which I realized that I have already reached my society parking,
It was Kartavya's voice. He plays like there is no tomorrow, he is always loud, he always makes his presence felt. I asked my watchman about him, that whether he is downstairs with his Papa or playing upstairs?
Question would arise, that how could any watchmen recollect such a small baby in society of 6 wings and 780 flats, but you know what Mr. Kartavya is very famous, All the watchmen in our society know him, because of his daily habit of waving goodbye & giving see you flying kissy to all the people whom he came across while his morning & evening tricycle ride.
      Kartavya( Kittu), Yes Kittu is the name by which all society members, kids, watchmen & maids know him. He is just 14  months old and is known by all. 
Believe me or not but our society ladies know me by his name i.e Kartavya's mummy.
He has already attended 4 birthday parties, having numerical friends, Didi's, Big Bro.

Today even he was busy playing with one of his Didi on our floor when I heard his playful scream.
I rushed to the elevator & as the elevator's door opened, I saw him playing at the right end corner of the corridor, he was on his 4 wheeled scooter; As soon as I shouted his name, within no time he rode his scooter towards me and hugged me.
But this time, the hug lasted for just a microsecond, then he was on a forward mode, he started riding his scooter ahead.

                                                        Why, Why, Why?

Why he didn't cling me, or didnt cried for not being attended, didn't ask for feed?
I looked towards my hubby with a question in my eyes.
All of sudden, he took few scooter push towards our flat & looked back to see wheteher we are following him or not.
I understood his signal & we followed him, He reached to our flat and started banging on our door;
Understanding his haste, in no time Chintan opened the door.
He took his scooter in, rode it till our couch, got down the scooter & started climbing on it.
I & Chintan were continuously observing his act.
As he succeded in getting on it, he settled himself & then started calling me towards him "mummma...., mummmma...., mummmmma".

Yes, finally he has started saying this word, his first Mum- mum-mum was on 11th of July 2018.

 Trust me he says it so sweetly that I mimic him many a time.

So following his orders, I went towards him, he pulled me towards so as to make me sit on the couch, he then started clinging me & asking for feed by pulling over my tunic. I responded the way he wanted & offered him his feed.

I know the query in your mind, 
"Why he did not cling to me as soon he saw me in corridor & why now"?

This is the unexpected thing I witnessed today.

Though being so small, he understood my daily routine, my pattern, that after coming from the clinic,
Mumma freshens up, change her clothes then sit on the couch, relax & then take me in her arms to feed; 
So instead of wasting time in the corridor, he himself took the charge, asked us to follow him till home, indicated us to open the door, got on the couch, settled himself, gave me time to change my clothes & then cling to me for feed.

I & Chintan were so amazed by his act that we even noted down the date & time.

Come-on Kartavya You are just 14 months, how can you be so smart & understanding.

This small event thought me a big lesson;

"He is too small to understand" this is the stanza we usually use for kids, but my dear parents, please dont under-estimate your kids, there is a junior scientist in every baby, its us who have to  nurture their brain with gesture of "Yes" & reducing the number of "NO" in their life.
It's us who are hampering their growth by disturbing their innovative thoughts,

• let them play in mud & let them be dirty, As you can make them bath twice a day to remove the dirt, but stopping them from feeling our mother earth would make them less immune.

• let them break things & witness their attempt of joining it back with their inventive trials.

• let them fall, let them understand the meaning of pain & injury so that they know the process of prevention & be ready to face the worldly challenges from very begining.

Parents relish their childhood in their children, but Kartavya is making me mature day by day.
Each day I rise up with a new lesson to learn.

• Be Childish, as kids enjoy the most.

• Laugh out hard at silly matters, as laughter is the best medicine.

• No pain no gain,

• Make mistakes to learn from them.

• Each day is a surprise & live as if there is no tomorrow

                                 & 

• Fall so as to rise, walk and eventually run. 

Its said "Each day brings a new surprise for You"
So are you Kartavya,
You never fail to surprise us with your actions on  daily basis, 
Every day you have something new to make us fall for you even more.

But Mr. Kittu "This act was totally out of the World"

                                   Love you.