Last night little bird was getting hiccups. First they were normal soft ones, then it became strong.
We tried everything, but it just would not stop. By everything I actually mean giving him something to drink. He would not allow me to hold his breath, which is very understandable, and I was too lazy to find him a plastic bag.
So I tried the Bangla method, I tried scaring him. I gave him quiet a serious jhari, and it was most probably the first jhari of his life.
I just said two or three lines in a very strong voice, he then hugs me with his tiny hands and unable to meet my eyes he says 'ma, ami aar eom korbona' ( mother, I will never do it again) with all the guilt his little chest could bear.
Ure amar jaanta. Ure amar shona pakhita. If only I could make him understand that the cajoling was to stop his hiccups!
To me this was also a learning, as I got a hunch of a development milestone, whereby I now know that the little one can assign cause and effect relationship to events!
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