Mama?! Will you make me a biiiiiiiiig pancake that I can fly off on?
Mama?! I can’t find my slippers.
Mama!!! Where are you?! I just want to see you.
Mamaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Wash my bummmmmmmmmmm.
Mammaaaaaa…. He’s hitting me
Mamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa – she took away my cycle.
Mama! Can you tie this into a knot?
Mama? Can you pull that out of the pot?
Mama? Is the sun very hot?
Mama? Do babies cry a lot?
Mama? Will you read me this story?
Mama? Can we eat chicken for dinner?
Mama? Can you catch a whale?
Mama? Can we walk around the earth?
Mama? Mama?Mama?
And when Mama is losing patience and gets tired of being called every minute or so the only thought that keeps going is that someday (very soon!!) they will stop thinking of Mama as the authority on everything. They will not need Mama for all the answers. They won’t need her to tie a shoelace or help reach the top shelf. And then what?!!!
So she gets up for the nth time to read them the story of the Three Billy Goats.
The Mad Momma 
Sooo cute…lol…Catch a whale…come on super mom..i hope u said u could!
it is abnormal that my husband also asks so many questions…I have often told him i will change my name and then he wont know what to call me by!
damn. you prompted yet another post. watch out for it in a couple of days and you’ll know that one’s for you!
bated breath
🙂 its coming. dont worry. and when you see it – tell me if you recognised it.
i was looking fwd to it as well ..albeit now with trepidation as you said it will make us cry.
sorry 😦
Cho cute.
awww, so sweet. I guess it’s easy to say ‘enjoy it while it lasts’ when I am not the one who has to get up for the nth time 🙂
:p you got it!
It’ll be over sooner than we’d like it to be 🙂 Isn’t it great to feel “needed” (other than the exhaution part ) :)?
🙂 it is.
i read somewhere that the greatest human need is to feel needed.
Awww! Echoing Nuttie Natters here – Just yesterday I was telling my husband that along with the kids, he is also becoming a kid. He keeps calling me for everything! I am exhausted taking care of the two throughout the day and waiting for him to take over in the eve, but I all I get is get saddled with another whiny one! 🙂
Love the third one – “just want to see you”…
With kids, it’s ‘I ask…therefore I am’, isn’t it?
ooh. good one.
And it’s more frequent now that the summer hols have started…there was this Bill Cosby Show episode where he wryly remarks that he didn’t know his name would change after her became a father to “Dad, can I..”!!
But since my son became much more verbal recently after we had a scare about possible delays, it sounds so very sweet, music to my worried ears…and I brush aside my irritation and have a million conversations with him…I was waiting for this.
This too shall pass. How right you are! Like you. . I have 2 children. A daughter who incidentally is the one who forwards me some of your blog updates which she knows i will completely identify with . . Is 28 and married and a media professional. My son who is 23 and a hotelier. I have been God Almighty for all of their childhood and in fact am still (hopefully)second in command.:) when they grew up to be capable of making most of their decisions seems the biggest mystery!enjoy these years. They will pass soon enough.:)
🙂 my mom will totally identify with what you said. I am 31 and I still call her up for help even though i pretend i dont really need her opinion
@Mom. Are you my mum? Except for the ages, you could easily be! I am 30 and a journalist and my brother is 28 and a hotelier! So cool.
@MM: Wash my bummmmm! priceless. 😀
Must be cool also. For them, you’re the Go-to person.
I remember my mom used to impose a 2 pm – 3 pm “not calling mom even once” rule, unless someone was hurt. Ofcourse, she used to be the target of much pent up curiosity in the 3-4 pm hour 😀 I think, in the long run, that rule’s served her and her sanity pretty well.
Oh, and I’m totally looking forward to the post you promised Nuttie above 🙂
it wont be a fun post. i cried while i wrote it.
Ooooh,sooo cute..I can just imagine you going after that whale:))…I guess the questions change after a while but you will remain an authority on placement,recovery,supplies,nursing of physical as well as psychological wounds etc. etc.!
i dont know whether thats a good thing or bad 😉
i am 25 and i still can’t do a thing without ma!
mom- i want to wear a french plait today – do my hair
mom- put ur hand on my head and sit
mom- tell me a story from wehn i was 5
and almost every 3rd day i go crying back to her – mom i m sorry i have been such a terrible child to you
Line 2 and 5 will never cease. Believe me.
agree!
Hello,
That is sweet yet irritating as I am also subjected to that in my home.
I have a request. Do you buy Tulika/Pratham books online or in bookstores in Delhi? If you buy them from bookstores could you please let me know from where? My cousin could not locate any in Delhi so I wanted to ask where you buy them. I would appreciate if you can give me the information.
Thank you. Lots of best wishes for the little ones.
Gayatri
sure – eureka http://www.eurekabookstore.com/
i dont enjoy shopping online. i like to see the kids react to books before i pick them up
Whale 😀 😀 😀 That was funny 😀
Oh and waiting for the new post you promised Nuttie 🙂
you guys are tempting me to hit publish right now. but as part of my new resolution, i shall be patient and give it only on monday or something
oh pls now now!!!
awww… I want to be Mommy too!
ugh. no you dont. poopy diapers smell
all good questions!!! mine asks, mommy, why do all the ppl have noses??!! I really have to think before I can answer 🙂
Soooo true. I am right there with you. I often joke with my coworkers saying that I am going to my full time job while leaving work in the evening. At least you have some maids who can help you. Here in the US, we become the cook, helper, cleaner and apart from that, spend time with the kids.
It will pass too soon mama,make the pancake soon and send him over here.Then you may not do one post like this.
MM – yeah – I can believe greatest human need is to feel needed. I can’t imagine the day when the kids won’t need me. Will be so sad.
And thanks girl for posting often. It is nice that at least one of my favorite bloggers is consistent about posting!
Oh yeah – I have the towel ready – bring it on – the next post! 🙂
well noonie – i wish you’d post more often. i miss stories of KB and KG 🙂
i’m sooooooo happy right now that I can’t stand it! I had the most amaaaazing day (and night) yesterday (check out my post) and I’m just skipping around!
When they asked you if you can catch whales, did you give them a lecture about how whales should not be caught cos they’re awesome gentle creatures who are bing poached? 😉
ha ha!!! no i didnt. i was just too exhausted to answer. let me go chk your post.
awww that was so sweet
and i join all of the rest above in waiting for the post u promised to nuttie
i know how irritating it can be, but finally when it passes, i am sure we will miss those questions so much.
It changes with time, you know. Now it is “Mummy gimme money” for endless stuff, or “Mummy gimme car keys”, but since its not physically taxing and does not come with poop, snot and dribble, its dealable
well theres a silver lining if ever!
oh how this sums up the story of my life . Love this post 🙂
Sigh…
the questions are endless arent they. but its nice when they remember stuff that u told them even after a long time
I teach at an orphanage and the questions are endless. I meet them for a few hrs very week and I am tired by the end of it all. I wonder what it will be like to do this every single day!