Thunderous Third Year

I have heard and read that the third year of any kid is the most difficult year for the parents. This statement must be true coz handling Mickey this year has gotten tougher. I don't know if it is my incompetency or if it is Mickey, the menace. This is yet to be decided.

Mickey helps me in my daily chores, be it folding clothes or chapati making. It can even be cleaning up the sofa or the refrigerator. The problem with her helping me is that  after she finished helping me, I have to do it all over again with double the effort.

Mickey loves climbing. I have said that earlier and I repeat again, she climbs anything from window to gate, from chair, table to breakfast counter, ladder. She hangs on any of our legs. When she does that she calls herself a monkey. The heights was when we were in Udupi. She was climbing the iron pillar in the house with the support of Prashanth's hands (her uncle). Shri and I are wondering if Mickey will become a gymnast or a pole dance!!!

Mickey can reach upto any height to get what she wants. It's not that she has grown so tall. At home you can always see Mickey walking around with a small chair or a carton in her hand. Mickey can never climb up or down the stair case in our building without loosening the nut which is on the staircase railing. 

My memory fails to record all such incidents. I don't know if this is the maximum that a child can do. Or is it that every mother feels that her child is the most unmanageable kid around. The answer is still unknown to me.