Confidante

V is back, putting an end to Ash's incessant queries about when he'd be back. The child's extreme dependence and fondness baffles us. Maybe it is his state of health that is making him so. When we ask him which of his parents he likes more, he says: "Both Appa and Amma." But I think the absence of the father for 3 days tilted the scales in my favour, as both kids vied to sleep next to me and refused the father's company. Especially Mira, despite a late-night punishment from me for dismantling an old clock that had gone into safekeeping in a shelf. Who said absence makes the heart fonder?
And today, as Ash was getting ready for school (his only appearance this week), he said he had something to tell in my ear. Whispering demands and entreaties in the ear even when there is no one within earshot is one of their latest fads. Well, not very recent actually.
"Will you please tuck your hair under the ear?" he asked impatiently, not wanting a strand of hair to make his demand any less heard. Another demand for Chocos/Bytes. Once in a while, we ease the restrictions on junk food to accommodate a bowl of noodles, Bytes or a Nestle Milkybar.
Tomorrow, we plan to drive down to Vellore early dawn to meet the peadiatric dermatologist at CMC - Vellore. Just for an opinion on the advice of some folks back home. Not that there is anything much allopathy has to offer that we havent tried. Save for wet wraps and further allergy tests. The crowd and the procedures sound daunting, but I hope we will have some positive news at the end of the day.