Modern Motherhood & Parenting in 21st Century: Journal capturing small, beautiful moments

My son Rudrakksh amazes me everyday with his words and actions! This journal captures those beautiful moments.

Feb 2026 (he’s two years old)

24 Mar

Chhaava met Diya today after a few days. While she refused to give her toys to him, I told Chhaava to play with an alternative toy, he kept quiet and followed what I said :)

23 Mar

Thanks to my Athe who looked after Rudrakksh since morning 9 to 2 PM.. while I went to watch Dhurandhar 2! He was playing around aaramse at home, without being cranky.

22 Mar

Chhaava says the names of most of his relatives.. Kithan Anna, Harini dodhama, Vikki doddappa.. :) He also kissed them all.

21 Mar

Chhaava is quite cooperative. Whenever I say, let’s cut nails, “parchtidhe”, he’ll be okay. Of course, he keeps asking for the nail cutters to play :D Praveen gave him bath today :)

20 Mar

He played with Punarvi & Sanvika today for the first time :) They came home and enjoyed solving puzzles. He got his new friends in the new house!

19 Mar

For the first time, Chhaava & I went in our Bajaj Chetak EV scooter all the way to Bhemavi house in traffic. That’s a win. He held the mirror handles and leaned his head back on me. Met his best friend Bhemavi, Teju Athe, Manu maama today to wish Happy Ugadi :)

18 Mar

Took him to park today, on our new Bajaj Chetak EV :) Spoke to a parent who resonated with the idea of homeschooling. He loves aigiri Nandini mantra and now says “giri vara vindhya shirodini” in one go :)

17 Mar

The only toy he plays with is red car. He rides it multiple times everyday. He plays with clips, cups, bucket, saucer and spoons :)

16 Mar

Chhaava is being stubborn after he crossed two years. So more energy is required to look after him these days. One good thing is - He’s eating jowar (millet) roti roll, everyday for dinner along with chutney pudi & ghee :)

15 Mar

Attended a relatives wedding ceremony today, where Chhaava met his cousin Samanvi. It’s important that my child attends social gatherings from a young age, one of the reasons we chose to return to India from UK :)

14 Mar

Today, he played sea saw, slide with other children at Manipal hospital, while we waited for our annual eye checkup. He waited for his turn, and didn’t push other children. That’s a win :)

13 Mar

Today he ate one jowar roti roll for dinner, with A2 Ghee & Groundnut Chutney Pudi. That’s a win :)

12 Mar

Chava fell down today on road. But no bruises because Chiru picked him up with super quick reflexes! Grateful to have such cousins around :)

11 Mar

He spent good time with his hoskote doddajji during a week’s stay. She’s also happy riding his toy car speedily, talking non-stop, saying lengthy sentences and calling her “girijammajji” :)

10 Mar

One of the main reasons for coming back to India from UK was - Giving a great social circle for our child. Today, it feels like, we did the right thing. Meeting so many people (new friends and relatives) who are like-minded, eco-conscious living a healthy lifestyle..feels like a blessing :)

Chhaava met Apratim (appu anna) & Yashaswini akka at Divya’s home. Best kids I’ve met in recent days, who are brought up so well by their parents Divya, Siddhu anna & granny. I will also raise Rudrakksh to be a kind, humble, warm-hearted person :)

9 Mar

Chhaava visited two more temples today and he asks for Vibhuti, Kumkuma, does namaskara :) He also ate 2 pooris + saagu prepared by his ammamma :)

8 Mar

Took Chhaava to his Maama Athe house where he loves spending time on Swing and patting Rumi :) I want him to grow up knowing all the important relatives in first circle..

7 Mar

Took Chhaava to 3 temples in Malleshwara and he identifies all 3 gods.. Shiva, Gangamma, Basanna chaami :) He gets excited to visit temple!

6 Mar

Today I was telling him the story of ‘Samudra Manthana’ from Shiva’s storybook. He listened to it and slept in joli :) He even repeated the words ‘Thamudha Manthana’.

5 Mar

Many of my friends are carrying now, with their second child :) Many of them say they are planning. All of this are positive signs that two children are needed. It is in line with Replacement Ratio.

4 Mar

Chava loved the ‘Mahadeva’ book :) He saw the snake, mountain, tortoises of Samudra Manthana scene.. I’ll continue to tell him Shiva story this month.

3 Mar

Appa & I brought a chair for Rudrakksh. It’s plastic :( But bought it because we need to correct his sitting style to move away from “W” position.

2 Mar

Ordered 10 Mythology Board books for Chhaava. He loved the Durga story. He now tells the story back to me “Mahishasura kokki rakshasa (bad guy).. Durga jeji beat him” :)

Every month, I’ll give him one book - starting with Shiva story :)

1 Mar

We shifted to a new rented house and I’m amazed by how quickly Rudrakksh got accustomed to this new place inspite of things being spread all over the house! He calls it “hosa mane” :)

28 Feb

While we 4 (Prav, Amma, Appa & I) were busy shifting items to new rented house, Rudrakksh happily stayed with his Ajji & Chikkappa the whole day in their house :)

27 Feb

Did a quick photoshoot of Rudrakksh as Vamana 😊 Placing his feet on a globe, editing background with AI. His ammamma wanted to do it since 5 days.

26 Feb

He gets his teeth brushed and tongue cleaned by his father everyday.. once in morning and once at night :) He played with neighbour kid Yashu for more than one hour, while we elders were busy packing in shifting our house.

25 Feb

For the first time in two years, Chhaava asked for “appaya” when we woke up. He wanted his dad only to pick him up from Joli. But Praveen had gone to gym. When my Amma called Praveen, asked him to come soon, he was shocked and surprised that his son is asking for him with so much love :)

24 Feb

My Amma told Rudrakksh looks like “Vamana”, and he immediately picked up “Vamana chhaami”. I hope to tell him the legendary story to him soon :) He already knows the story of Goddess Chamundi & Mahishasura.

23 Feb

We met Bhemavi, Diya and played together for sometime without snatching anything. :)

22 Feb

With gods grace, Rudrakksh mundan was done with zero cuts :) He cried during head shave, headbath..for an hour. Applied 100% Natural Red Sandalwood Powder (raktha chandana from Raw Alchemy). No more tears after that :)

So happy ~40 people had come so far to grace the occasion. Grateful to all of them.

21 Feb

All prep done for the big day of Rudrakksh mundan ceremony! Some anxiety, prepared for his cry, the only prayer is ‘no cuts while shaving his head’ :)

20 Feb

Finally got second photoshoot done for Rudrakksh, at Chethana’s place.. one with Bhemavi’s purple frock, one with Diya’s blue langa jacket :) One pic with his ammama and Thatha..

19 Feb

Chhaava & I fed muskmelon and leftover coriander leaves to two young cows today. He asked me to lift him, so that he could touch the cow and do namaskara :)

18 Feb

Everyday he waters the plants kept in Nanasu terrace. My neighbour ajji was surprised to see that and appreciated him :)

17 Feb

He said “tanku you tho much” to Vinay Anna who repaired his JCB toy and remote car :)

16 Feb

He enjoyed playing with ‘nookobandi’ today, which was gifted by his thatha last year :) Invited dear ones for his mundan ceremony this Sunday.

15 Feb

On Maha Shivaratri, he did Pooja to Shiva lingu with ammamma. :) We 3 also visited “jeji gudi” (Annapurneshwari temple) in evening. He bowed and did namaskara to all gods and goddesses. When his Ajji asked what did you see in temple, he said “jeji swing” because he saw an idol on swing :)

13 Feb

He wished his ammamma “Happy Birthday” and kissed her, on completing 60 years :) He enjoyed the chocolate cake! Glad to see him being with Amar thatha at least for 5 mins.

12 Feb

Appa & I took Rudrakksh to park. He enjoys two-wheeler rides. He fell down from swing today, on mud. He fell once on road I while running. He does cry. But I don’t feel sad about it because there are going to bigger falls in future, from cycles, or in sports. :)

11 Feb

Rudrakksh played with Nihaan (Mala’s son who’s 7 months old) for 30 mins. He hugged and kissed the baby’s hands. Seems like he loves seeing babies. :)

10 Feb

Rudrakksh met Rumi (a pet dog) after a long time and he absolutely loved meeting her. But Rumi got scared when he fell down and cried.. He kept asking for Rumi. Like me, he surely loves pet dogs. Proved for second time :)

9 Feb

Our neighbour toddler came home and I’m glad Rudrakksh didn’t snatch any of his toys from her. She happily stayed at our home for 30 mins exploring 3-4 toys. He kept saying “Diya paapa” :)

8 Feb

Took Rudrakksh to park. Just watching him play swing and slide gives me joy. Also, I make sure he gives space for other children to play first, without being cranky. I believe patience and kindness needs to taught since childhood :)

7 Feb

Everyday he plays with water in morning with 3 coffee mugs, one strainer and dry/fallen leaves in the balcony. He plays solo, silently, with full concentration for about 15 mins. I enjoy watching his calm, self-invented play :)

6 Feb

Today, Praveen & I were doing a heated argument which made Rudrakksh cry. 2 hours later, I said sorry to Rudrakksh & asked him “if he felt bad?”

He said “yes”

I was shocked and thought he’s simply saying yes.

I asked him “did you feel happy?”

He didn’t answer.

Then I asked: Did you feel sad or happy?

He replied “I felt sad”

I said sorry again..

His words, his reactions truly amazes me everyday :)

5 Feb

I was giving bath to my son. I was sad over something because of which I was crying. Initially he thought I’m doing a prank and he was laughing. But when he realised I was really crying — He also immediately started crying loudly and said “Let’s go out”…

He stopped crying only after I stopped crying and sang a song for him, proving that I was okay. I’m truly amazed by response of a 2-year old human. :)

3 Feb

When there was a loud argument in the house, he starts crying and he said “Amma, let’s go to terrace” :)

2 Feb

When we said “Fruit is cold,” let’s eat later. Rudrakksh said, “Jiji ge haakana” (put it in water to normalise the temperature).

It reminded me how children don’t complain; they instinctively look for solutions.

Adults, we overthink. Children simply adapt. :)