Anything for the rulers of my heart
Being a mother is the most beautiful feeling in the life of
a woman. Cliché, isn’t it?
Yes, this is a cliché, which no mothers would be tired of
saying. The soft touch of those tiny fingers, the smooth abut of the lips, the
enticing feel of the eyes…
The first time the nurse brought my daughter for
breastfeeding, colostrum hadn’t started coming. So she took her away. But my
puny little child held the IV wire as if saying that I don’t want to leave my mother.
My eyes welled. I swore that I would do anything humanly possible to give her
the best of everything. From the best hospital to the best school, from the
best dress to the best toys. The first feel I had when she refused to leave me
minutes after her birth, never left me. I did whatever possible to give her the
best.
After two years, I had my son. I treated him the same way as
I treated my daughter. If she is my princess, he is my prince. The rulers of my
heart. But after a month, my poor little thing started reacting to the foreign
matters mingling with his body. Dry skin, rashes, redness, pain. I could not
see his agony but I was not able to decipher the real reason behind the
allergy, nor did the doctors find out. Then I decided to cast out all the
foreigners from his body. I gave the best to him but I decided to give the
bestest. I did umpteen things to bring his skin back to the normal baby soft
velvet one. The top five, I share with you now.
1. Dress.
I changed his clothes. I threw the old clothes
but did not give it to charity since I did not want any child to be victimized.
I gave him purest cotton dresses from reliable firms. Trust me local weavers
are far better than the international brands when it comes to the little ones.
2. Bath Time.
I threw the soap and body wash. The well-known
brand, which I used, was not trustworthy, it seemed. Hence, I made green gram
powder at home and bathed his in it. The purity of homemade body wash worked
well. It made his body extremely soft and smooth. I applied good quality Olive
oil before bathing his for retaining moisture. I applied coconut water to avoid
prickly heat from attacking him.
3. Body Lotion
Post bathing I applied the best quality
body lotion all over his body. Through experience, what I learned was that baby
powder is not so good for kids. Hence, I continued using body lotion thrice a
day
4. Baby Bed and play gym
Being a baby, he spent more time in bed and
his play gyms till he started walking. Hence, I made sure he had the best of
them. I changed the bed and play gym every three months so that no dust or other
impurities lingered on.
5. Diaper
After following the aforesaid methods like
a religion, dryness in his skin vanished magically. But, his rashes failed to
leave his body, especially genitals. I was perturbed to see my little one’s
pain. Diaper rash creams became his daily routine. Later realization embraced
my dumb brain that the diaper would be the culprit. I discarded the diaper and
started using cloth. I waited for the rashes to vanish since I was so confident
about the natural home remedy.
Nevertheless, the cloth diaper did not
work. After each micturition, the cloth got wet and disturbed his sleep and
finally he became a sleepless baby, which in turn became a nightmare for me.
Then I noticed that I missed out one important fact. I had been using the diaper
provided by the hospital and did not bother to change the brand.
Then I changed his diaper to PAMPERS PREMIUM CARE PANTS. Its soft inner lining pampered his skin with as much love as possible.
It absorbed moisture completely and always kept his skin dry and pure. It kept him
dry; working for as long as twelve hours.
Can you believe this? Yes, they claim only 10 hour’s dryness but pampers keep
them dry for as long as 12 hours. The belt of the pants were so soft and
stretchable that it left no marks on his body. Since it is diaper pants, it was
so easy to make him wear. Diaper draping became hassle free. Pampers pampered him
as perfectly as his own mother.
Do you think it’s a Sci-fi?? No its stark reality.
Pampers does have a wetness indicator.
Do you think I am the only mother with such
an experience? NO!! Just watch this
Now
what more should I say? This is the best; no bestest.
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