Tasmai shri guruwe namaha..

My baby has been and continues to be my biggest teacher this year.

I am learning (its a continuous process) immense patience, and the meaning of true love and absolute trust, you may doubt your own parenting skills, but your baby thinks you’re the bee’s knees, really!!

Also cool skills like surviving on two hours of sleep, lunch at 5 pm, a 2 minute bath once in two days, scoring baby gear at online auctions while putting a cranky baby at ease (my cloth diapering mama friends know this is hard core ?)

Most of all I’m trusting that nature knows it all, baby knows what he wants and when he wants it. I’ve learnt of the magic of breast milk, sustainable living with cloth diapers, environment friendly detergents, shampoos (no poo) and of other techniques, not just to do with baby care. A world I never knew existed. And one that I am glad to be a part of..

So on Guru Purnima today, I say thank you baby Tasmai, for being my inspiration.

~~My son’s name is Tasmai, inspired by a Sanskrit shloka that gives thanks & respects to one’s guru or teacher~~