Athuli, my 5 year old daughter is obsessed with food and her love for food is an open secret. But the extend to which she would bargain to get her favourite food shocked me. My hubby, Raghu recently came back from India with loads of sweets like kaju katli, Mysore pa etc. As usual, she wanted to have the lion’s share. She always thinks that Raghu is her rival in food related issues and so the very thought that she would have to share the sweets with him, gave her jitters.
So Athuli went on a rampage and had 6 kaju katlis and 2 Mysore Pas within a span of 5 hours. Repeated warnings from my side fell on deaf ears and as expected she was down with stomach pain and vomiting, thanks to her over eating. When I took her to task for her bad behaviour, she promised me 'Mom, From now on, I will not touch any sweets". I thought to myself that she would stick to her resolution for atleast a week.
Within 24 hours, Athuli's stomach pain had subsided and she was back to her full form. She came back to me and appealed for something to eat. This was just after she has had her dinner. I asked her to elaborate as to what she wanted to eat and pat came the reply ‘only 1 kaju katli’. I was numb for a second to even react. Then I tried reminding her about her resolve to keep away from sweets. She gave a once over to me and said ‘OK then, atleast give me half’ . It looked as if she was doing a great favour to me by reducing her demands.
This incident reiterated my view that Athuli is the natural entertainer of our family.
