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We Indians are always boasting about all the number things that we invented: the Zero for example has been our primary source of  pride at multinational gatherings. But why did no one ever document Baby mathematics or for that matter baby physics, it's a huge chapter! 1.Baby's energy is always inversely proportional to mother's energy. 2. g> 9.8m/s (why do you think newborns can't move?!) 3. At 6 months, you wish g>>9.8m/s but it reduces to what seems like 4 m/s (she was right here.Where did she go?!) 4. Have you learnt "A stationary object will remain stationary until acted upon by an external force"- Sorry.  " A stationary object will be smothered in drool and will go kaput until acted upon by an adult". 5. The shortest distance between 2 points is a line segment joining them? Only if there are 3 of her favourite toys, the TV remote and an expensive cell phone lying at varying distances between these 2 points. 6. infinity to the po

Motherhood takes you back to your own childhood they say. Obviously I don't remember what I did as a 6-month old  and I am not going to believe what my bro says I did (doesn't make me look very sweet and adorable), but there are things from long ago that somehow stick in the back of your head. Things we did and didn't do, things the others did, things we were not allowed to do and still did. Six of us, plus or minus a few every now and then. Making 'poisonous' concoctions from tree sap. Being the "Joker" during daily cricket matches. Chicken pox (March through June, all of us taking turns) Mangoes from the 'Padri' tree. Climbing the water tank to look at the "thumbs Up" Hill. Playing in the rain. Dark room with glow worms. Hide and Seek during Power outage (someone always wanted to pee badly when hiding!) Compulsory Ooty and Kodai trips with the mamas. Patti. Ghee rice and Veg Kurma. Chapatti and Bhindi. Mangoes-letting the