My typical day. begins at 530 in the morning when I start with yoga, 15 minutes of reflection and tried a few paragraphs on a book I am writing with my wife on a transition from the US to India. nope nope nope. That is how I imagined my morning to be last night. I can barely get. this routine one time a week. Today, for example I woke up. at 630 just in time to wake up my four year old, put on. the sofa, begin to change clothes, close the curtains as it was too much. light on ice, plotting to get attention so that she will wake up while praying that the younger one will not wake up. After almost losing my mental balance, we managed to leave home for the bus stop where she invariably gets distracted by an. insect or an of earthworm. By the time we. reach the bus stop, I almost had it. I looked calm and. say hello to all the. parents as if nothing happened. Then as she gets on the bus looks back to his head and says bye daddy I will miss you and all is well in the world again. One down 1 to go. I come back and my wife has been working on the second one who is now up and awake. This one is harder, 20 months, I approach her and all she. is interested in is. for me to read a book, more interested that I sit criss-cross and read the book. I read the book long. enough to stop feeling guilty. Thankfully the rest of the morning is taken care of by my wife Who is only working part time right now. in the evening, as I go to pick. them up. from daycare, and thinking how. bad could it be but my 19 month old insists on walking each step out of four flights of stairs in my evening is to rocking start.
As a side note, since have been a parent, I feel that my work to begin is. when I wake up in the morning till the time I go to work and then when I returned back from work through the night.
Once home, they get taken. to the park, get a. bath, change clothes and get ready for dinner each of these. steps is punctuated by irrational, unexpected interruptions, mindless rituals as I'm sure you have all experienced my older daughter was in. kindergarten has. no interest in food except if after a bite of food is a twist to the story. They watch a. little bit of television before they are put to bed. with one –. two stories. If we. have two work after their sleeping, we have to drink coffee before we go in that dark room with them. Again, the evening is punctuated by some very beautiful tender moments at the same time, the look of jubilation in both of her eyes when both the kids are sleeping is priceless.
I'm definitely not an expert parenting. At the same time, through training, some temperamental advantages I. do know what I need to and am absolutely at ease with what. I'm able to do in that moment. If I make a mistake I apologise, but sometimes I don't.