PostMan's Law of Child's Instincts

While accessing archives of photos and videos on the electronic device, a child will always find the delete function.

Family Planning in Pakistan

Forget contraceptives, forget pills, forget One Child Policy - the most potent tool to promote family planning in Pakistan ? The School Fee. Current exorbitant Fee requirements for a child in a good private school will render any couple to think a thousand times about extending their family. Take note doctors.

Totka To Make Children Walk

"You daughter is afraid of walking. You will have to do a totka", our maid's mother stated.


A totka is a household creative solution for variety of issues based on folklore and old wives tales.


My daughter started to walk at the age of 1. She had couple of incidents in which she fell while trying to walk and got afraid of this activity. So much so that she started to cry whenever we would let her stand independently. She would readily move around the house holding a hand but not independently. We tried every trick in our books but to no avail. Watching our dilemma, our maid's mother stated that she had a proven totka to make children walk, that they employ this totka on every child in their social circle. Hearing the solution, my wife and I just laughed. Who the hell does that we said. Illiterate people! And so 3 months passed further.


Now we really were in a quandary as to what the solution could be to take the fear out of her of walking. One day, we both laughingly agreed to use the totka as the last option available and see what happens. We were laughing when we were using the totka, we even feigned the same accent that our maid's mother uses and in their language. It was not going to work so what the heck, let it be fun.


And the totka. According to her, we were to tie a rope around the legs of our daughter - not tightening it but a symbolic gesture of legs being tied. Three twirls around the legs with that rope. Then we were to take a knife, my elder daughter was to be asked 'Shall I cut the rope?' and she was to reply 'Yes, cut the rope' and the first twirl would be cut. Three times this activity of question-answer and cutting the 3 twirls of rope. 'She will start running after this you will see', the maid's mother had claimed.


An hour passes...


My daughter gets up and starts to walk. She walks and walks all by herself so much so that she did not want to go to sleep that night out of excitement. We laughed before the application of this totka and laughed when we saw the result. This is totally bizarre. Had I heard it from someone else, I might have doubted it but I did it  myself and I saw the results.


Truly unbelievable.

PostMan's Law of Children & Blankets

Children aged 1 to 3 hate blankets during sleep.

BCP or DR?

My wife keeps a diaper and wet tissues in the glove box of our car for our 1 year old. Does that fall under Business Continuity Planning (BCP) or Disaster Recovery(DR)?

PostMan's Law of Child Care

The level of attention to the care and protection given to children decreases as the number of children increases.

PostMan's Law of Parents

You realize the value and importance of your parents when you raise your own kids.

PostMan's Law of Child Instinct

The moment you set yourself for meal, your child needs to go to the washroom.

Dad-0 Daughter-1 - Part 2

I had a surgery to remove a cyst.
My 2 1/2 year old Daughter: 'Baba! daddi hay!' (Does it pain?)
I: Yes it does but if you kiss me then I will be ok.
*she kisses me*
My Daughter: 'chalo ab bat-ball khailo' (OK now play bat-ball with me)
And I did.

PostMan's Your Baby's Meal Law

The probability that the morsel of food, or whatever is left of it, in your child's mouth will end up in your mouth, through your child, is quite high.


PostMan's Fact on Meal Law

You will eat that.

Dad-0, Daughter-1

*scene: My daughter getting rides at the swings. There is another child sitting right next to her on another swing 'awaiting' the coin to be inserted in the machine*

My daughter: 'baba' *pointing towards him* 'bhai jhoolu' (brother wants a ride)
I: (in my heart) So what .. children keep sitting here, their parents roaming around not caring about their children. I am not responsible for him!
My Daughter: 'baba! bhai jhoolu!'

*she points to towards my hand in which I am holding coins, takes the coin from me and tries to put the coin in other machines slot*

I: (asking her) put the coin in the machine?
*She nods her head as affirmative*

As the ride gets operative she is all smiles and points towards the child and says to me 'baba bhai jhoolu!'

Multilinguist

My daughter, who till now spoke excellent Greek, has started using words that I understand. Am I learning Greek or her language is getting influenced by other languages?

PostMans Law of Electronic Devices

A Child will make you stumble upon the unknown functions of an electronic device.

Monster Dad

SANKT POELTEN, Austria: A jury on Thursday ordered Josef Fritzl jailed for life for treating his daughter as a sex slave in the cellar of his home during a 24-year orgy of depravity in which he fathered seven children. ... (link)

That is why I am in favour of death penalty - 'exemplary' in this case. Earth does not need scum.

PostMans Law of Child Creativity

A child will always choose a clear portion of the wall to show his/her artistic capabilities.

PostMan's Law of Nursery Rhymes

You will learn all the rhymes before your child.

Baby 10 Commandments

(from the perspective of baby - the lord)

1 - Thou shall giveth everything to me.
2 - Thou shall not taketh (it) back from me.
3 - I shall throweth wherever I wanteth.
4 - Thou shall not covet my stuff.
5 - Thou shall feed me.
6 - Thou shall clean me.
7 - If you will - I wont.
8 - If you wont - I will.
9 - If you insist - hell will be the abode.
10 - The night is mine, the day is mine, you are at the servitude.

My Daughter

Credit KKT at Buzzvines

Peeping in every few minutes
My precious still there
The world beckons for her
And I know she cannot remain
That bed will be empty
The room for once tidy
The rituals will have to change
Her scent, though it may linger
But it too will dissipate
Last loving glance
At sleeping beauty
Suddenly she seems changed
No longer as childlike as I recall
My child nonetheless
Who will protect her
How will I tame my instincts
Fear may engulf her heart
But mine feels torn apart
How will life go on
Who will I live for
Who will I care for
Who will I worry for
The Lord giveth
And the world taketh away

Fatherhood - Manifestation

When the lights go out, you sacrifice your own sleep for the comfort of your child and fan her with every possible object so that she keeps sleeping.

P.S: Though my sister will kill me if she read this because she diligently made more effort to take care of her!

Happy Birthday!

You turn 1 today janu :) mashallah...

Last night... the lights were out and UPS was on. You don't like fan! you like Air Conditioner! You were absolutely nuts with sleep but did not sleep because the AC was not on! Your mum and I were drowsy and you were playing! And then when the lights came on.. I switched on the AC for you.. you cracked a laughter! I went out of room to re-fill your bottle feed and when I came back.. you were already asleep face down on bed as if sleeping since ages!

You are one cute darling. *Tightest of janu hugs*

Happy Birthday. May you be under Gods protection. May you be blessed. *Kiss on your forehead*

-Your Baba-