On Sunday night , I woke up around 3 / 4 AM with Aryan's kick on my tummy. There was no power (and generator was not switched on ..wonder why ) , so night lamp was not on. It was raining heavily outside. Aryan was twisting and turning.
He : "Mumma , Rain Rain".
I : "yes".
He : "Umbrella"
I : "No Aryan its night , sleep"He keeps quiet and kept turning sides. Kept banging his hand /leg /whatever on whatever parts of my body , just to make sure I don't sleep. I kept telling him to sleep.
It seemed like an hour or more , I kept trying to make him sleep in all possible ways , hugging , cuddling , patting , showing off that I slept but nothing worked.
I : "Aryan , Are you Hungry ?"
He : "No"
I : "Want Milk"
He : "No"
I : Want to Pee"
He : "No"
I : "Tummy mein pain hai"
He : "No"
I : "Then why dont you sleep"
He : "Rain Rain"
I : "Yeah , but thats outside , sleep please"No luck. It was 6 in the morning and the alarm rang. Then the maid knocked. I opened the door. Aryan is wide awake , happily sitting. I am visually pissed off and sleep deprived. Husband wakes up and I had a out burst ,"Its been 3 hours , he is not sleeping ....."
And now its husband's turn to take care of him and I went off for a power nap of 30 minutes.
I woke up after 30 minutes and I see Aryan is sleeping peacefully.
I asked hubby , "What did you do , I tried everything"
Hubby : "Nothing , he was excited about the rain and wanted to see rain "
I : "Ya , I know at midnight"
Hubby : "So I took him in the balcony , he stood there with his umbrella for 5 minutes watching the rain , then I asked him to come inside and he came and cuddled with me and slept in 2 seconds"
I : "OMG"
Hubby : "Thats known as a child's enthusiasm. He was not sleeping in excitement"