When Siddharth was very small, we used to have a very stereo-type schedule. Come what may, lights would be off at 7.30 pm and he would be asleep. We noted that he used to anticipate the activities in his schedule even at the age of 4 months. He used to be cranky if anything in his schedule was moved around. Similar was the experience with Shreya, though we were a little less particular. But we learnt something. Routine is natural. It helps to know what lies ahead in the day and it helps tremendously if it is the same everyday. It is magical how small activities done everyday turn out to be life changers.
Both of us are convinced that a daily routine is most important in our new life. Rekha has a knack of following a schedule & discipline. I just have to surrender my right to alter the routine. In the last 3 weeks, we’re happy that we’re able to follow a routine. Variety may be the spice of life, but spice does not have importance in our lives (and also food). Kids intuitively like a routine. Not just our kids.
In our daily routine, we’ve frozen some things. Breakfast everyday is ‘kanji’. Kanji is a mixture of 4-5 grains, soaked, roasted and ground. The mix powder is prepared in advance for a month or so. Everyday it is cooked with water and milk, jaggery added and done. Kids love the taste. Kids practice their English and Maths for about an hour everyday, I do my asanas for an hour before breakfast, rekha washes clothes around that time, lunch at 12.30, fixed amount of farm work, bath at 5 pm, raw & fresh cow milk for kids in the evening, one-pot dinner (poha, upma, khichdi and the like), aloud reading of Panchatantra story for Siddharth, kids & Rekha sleep at 9. I engage in a little more manual work in the farm, while Rekha manages the house and food more than me. I am convinced that the more we reduce variety in food, clothes, work, the more we enjoy and learn. We have to improve on many aspects, but it’s well begun.
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