It is beautiful to see the little one gradually beginning to react with his smiles, laughter and rhythmic sounds. Of course this is only one side of the response, he also shrieks, shouts and howls. It is all part of the growing up game. This increased intelligence with advancing months also means that he now recognizes faces, surroundings and voices. And you know what comes next… he recognizes me, mommy. “I feel elated” will be an understatement. Though he is extremely comfortable and playful with other family members, he searches for my face and longs for my arms after a while. Trust me the first time he out stretched his arms to come to me, I had an air of pride all around me. Finally, I was the chosen one. Probably this is their way to make up to mommies for changing their nappies through the night.
Well, there’s a slight whammy in being the chosen one. As much as I may regale about his bonding with me, it also comes to mean that now my absence does not go unnoticed by him. In the consequence, my restaurant visits are rushed apart from being seldom. Before ordering for a dessert, I need to check up at home if he is still in his happy-go-lucky mode or the tantrum state has set in. While shopping, the first thing that appears decent to me, I pick up. Can’t take the risk of rummaging through the store and modelling in the trial room while he rises from his siesta looking for his mommy dearest. Did you say movies in theatre? Ah! that option has been deleted from my entertainment itinerary since the little angel descended in my lap. A Bollywood flick barely reaches its climax in three hours while in the same three hours my baby feels hungry atleast twice, pees four times and poops atleast once. Phew! No question of being sane and sober after this schedule.
All said and done, the privilege and joy of being The Mommy is much greater than the whammy of losing the liberties. No experience of dining, shopping of movie going comes even close to the experience of watching your baby laugh in response to you. Long Live the Mommy… both- my mommy and my baby’s mommy.
hiee,
not gud writer like u…but shall try to share my views.I agree to ur article but i think tht stars r chosen as they try to influence sme category of ppl who buy the product bcoz they feel tht the star is using…eventually increasing the sale of the product
for the fake docs they do mention the name of the doctor on bottom corner of the screen nd use an actor, as the docs dnt like to show up on screen…thou these ads arent tht convincing is a differnt story
For the bad ad i shall say nirma washing powder wher sanjeeda khan is shouting at the pothole…is highly unwatchable ..but i rember it..nw thts d trick …too bad and so i rembr it.hahaha
der r few gud ads also but cant rembr at the moment
Thanks for your comment didi… Yeah, I agree the animated pothole and Sanjeeda Khan are a bit too much for our sensibilities :))..
Nice article, nicely worded.
I agree with you when you say that earlier it was the actor who would enhance the brand image. However i fail to understand why would a star want to feature in some crazy advertisements.
I think the cadbury ads are really amazing.. even now when you watch a cadbury silk ads, they sometimes have emotional ads sometimes funny ads… one can never forget few of their ads.
Some of the TATA TEA ads nowadays are really nice which are pitched against bribery. I hope we get to see some more meaningful advertisements in future.
Tata Nano school girl ad is a breath of fresh air!