Summer vacations are on for Vidur and therefore, bed time is flexible. He mostly lazes around the house, plays a lot of cricket, paints, plays with dough and watches his favorite cartoons. At home, my TV time is given the least priority. Vidur has top priority and then my husband. So, fights over what to watch typically take place between my husband (a 30 something) and my son (all of his 3 years). My husband has actually had to sacrifice a lot of his TV time to watch Tom and Jerry. I know what is the latest in Mr. Bean Animated/Ben 10/and so on. I love bollywood movies and used to watch Zoom (bollywood news and trailers) all the time. But, this is no longer the case. It was so bad that when emails were doing rounds of Munni vs Sheila, I was clueless as to who Sheila was. I called my mom (epitome of bollywood wisdom) to check on this.
Back to the clash between father and son, that particular evening, hubby was watching two movies simultaneously (it's an art) on cable TV. Vidur explained that he wanted to watch Tom and Jerry. Rajeev very firmly said we can't always watch what you want to watch. You can watch Tom and Jerry on the other TV. Vidur tried a few more times and that's when I decided to intervene. I put on Incredibles on the computer for him to watch. Vidur watched for a while, then got bored, and decided to play with Tuffy. I had some work so after cleaning up the Kitchen, I settled to work.
At 9:30, Vidur tells my husband, 'Off Tv, Dudu (that's what he calls himself) wants to sleep.' Rajeev was thrilled! This kid hates sleeping and fights it even when he is almost asleep. Vidur came up to me and said 'Look at time, come let's sleep amma.' He pulled me by my hand and led us to the bedroom. Rajeev tried singing him to sleep and all the while Vidur was facing me and had his eyes wide open. I wondered how he could feel sleepy after his marathon nap of three hours in the afternoon. I decided to get up and finish my work.
At 10:00, Vidur comes and settles himself on the bean bag. He looks at me and whispers 'Amma, appa sleeping, on TV, I want Tom and Jerry.' I was extremely amused as my son had managed to strategize and carry out his plan. He managed to put his father to sleep and have the TV all to himself! Kids are really smart these days.... watch out for them!
Back to the clash between father and son, that particular evening, hubby was watching two movies simultaneously (it's an art) on cable TV. Vidur explained that he wanted to watch Tom and Jerry. Rajeev very firmly said we can't always watch what you want to watch. You can watch Tom and Jerry on the other TV. Vidur tried a few more times and that's when I decided to intervene. I put on Incredibles on the computer for him to watch. Vidur watched for a while, then got bored, and decided to play with Tuffy. I had some work so after cleaning up the Kitchen, I settled to work.
At 9:30, Vidur tells my husband, 'Off Tv, Dudu (that's what he calls himself) wants to sleep.' Rajeev was thrilled! This kid hates sleeping and fights it even when he is almost asleep. Vidur came up to me and said 'Look at time, come let's sleep amma.' He pulled me by my hand and led us to the bedroom. Rajeev tried singing him to sleep and all the while Vidur was facing me and had his eyes wide open. I wondered how he could feel sleepy after his marathon nap of three hours in the afternoon. I decided to get up and finish my work.
At 10:00, Vidur comes and settles himself on the bean bag. He looks at me and whispers 'Amma, appa sleeping, on TV, I want Tom and Jerry.' I was extremely amused as my son had managed to strategize and carry out his plan. He managed to put his father to sleep and have the TV all to himself! Kids are really smart these days.... watch out for them!
