Bablu out of the Rat Race for two months!

Padmaja and I decided not to admit Bablu into play school after all. We will wait till September this year.

Let him be a baby for some more time! Get up late, have a late breakfast and then potter around the house all day... No point in forcing him so soon into the rat race that is life these days. He will be thrust into the mad mad world soon enough anyway!

Mamli unfortunately didn't have the same luxury when she was a baby. She started play school when she was just over a year old. At that time we didn't have any family support here in Hyderabad (not that we have any now!) and the live-in maid was a bum. The maid was harsh to Mamli when we were away and we thought it better to have her in school than spend the entire day with the maid.

The situation is better now. Mamli is all grown up and supports her little brother. So Bablu is not alone and has somebody to look out for him. The current maid is a little better than the first one. Not much but still an improvement over the first one.

We hope Bablu will enjoy his toddlerhood for a little while longer. Something his elder sister didn't get to do...

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